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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:655
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Day 1Lots with images:640
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:482
Date:7-Dec-2024
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An antique Anglo-Ceylonese writing slope with specimen wood inlay, 19th century. Finely crafted with two separate secret compartments, fitted with drawers, 16 cm high, 44 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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'W. Leeming boot Store No.1 Errol Street North Melbourne' antique advertising vesta with photographic top, together an antique glass paperweight advertising 'Ockerby's high Class Australian Flours.....Perth W. Australia' with calendar function, plus 'The Durable printer's Roller' glass paperweight, 19th century, (3 items), the largest 11 cm high
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Moran & Cato interest: antique silver plated teapot engraved 'Moran & Cato Annual picnic, 1893, Present by Charles W. Gray & Co., won by F. Slater'; together with a ceramic ashtray branded 'Loftus Moran Pty. Ltd., the house of Quality', circa 1920s, (2 items), the teapot 77 cm high, 32 cm wide
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Thomas Gaunt of Melbourne Admiral Fitzroy's antique wall barometer in kauri pine case, with weather indications for the southern hemisphere, 19th century, 96 cm high
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An antique jarrah box inlaid with coat of arms, Western Australian origin, circa 1900, 17 cm high, 30 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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John Mason rare Australian serving tray made from silky oak and inlaid with various Queensland forest timbers including Queensland maple and walnut, cedar, honeysuckle, blackbean and others, Maryborough, Queensland, late 19th century, 60 cm across the handles
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Advance Australia folk Art deed box with inlaid coat of arms on the top, early 20th century, 13 cm high, 28 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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An Australian Arts & Crafts timber panel, carved with gumnuts, leaves and blossoms, signed in the lower margin 'R.W.S., 1915', 66 x 38 cm
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A pair of antique glass paperweights with photographic Australian scenes, including paddle steamer and a coastal scene, 19th/20th century, 11 cm wide each
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An Australian folk Art hand painted timber panel with kookaburras, titled 'An Australian Eleven', signed lower right 'F.M.B. 1911', 20 x 40 cm overall
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Leggos: antique English advertising barometer emblazoned 'Leggos Pickles, Leggos Tomato soup, jelly Xtals', with inscription verso 'This is the property of H. M. Leggo & Co. Ltd. Adv.t. Dept.', early 20th century, purported to have hung in the company's head office, 69 cm high
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United Commercial travellers Association of Australian 9ct gold fob (6.3 grams), together with two silver gilt Masonic medals (one in case), early 20th century, (3 items)
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Three antique Australian timber book boxes, silky oak, cedar and blackwood, pine and fibre board, 20th century, the largest 21 cm high
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An unusual antique Australian walking stick with carved horn handle, silver collar and segmented leather shaft with brass ferrule; together with a blackwood and myrtle walking stick with silver collar, 19th/20th century, the larger 94 cm high
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Alice Mary Parsons Australian pokerwork box adorned with arts & crafts landscape scenes inside and out, circa 1920, signed 'A. M. Parsons' to the base, 5.5 cm high, 21 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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Royal Doulton kookaburra and wattle patterned teacup, saucer, plate and side plate, (4 items), factory marks to base, the side plate 21.5 cm diameter
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A vintage Australian folk Art lighthouse lamp with mulga wood base, Bakelite fittings and milk glass shade, mid 20th century, 63 cm high
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Three assorted antique and vintage Australian timber boxes, comprising of a circular pokerwork example with label 'Extons, Brisbane and Toowoomba', another bearing a foil label 'Supplied by Rooney's Townsville', plus an attractive Queensland maple and ash box with cross-banded edge, early 20th century, the circular box 19 cm diameter
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Royal Doulton rare pair of English porcelain standing picture frames with vase backs, decorated with Australian wildflowers (native fuchsia), circa 1920, factory mark to reverse, 19 cm high
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Royal Worcester rare kookaburra dish, circa 1923, stamped 'Royal Worcester, Crown Ware, England, C.W.225', 7.5 cm high, 14 cm long
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Royal Doulton two 'Map of Australia' English porcelain dishes, rare, circa 1920, factory marks to base, 13 cm wide each
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Royal Doulton kookaburra and wattle patterned bowls and dishes, (7 items), factory marks to base, the largest 21.5 cm wide
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Royal Dux 'Major Mitchell's Cockatoo' Czechoslovakian porcelain statue, 20th century, pink triangle mark to base, 18 cm high
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Victorian Centenary: 'Melbourne Centenary Royal show, 1934' medal, silvered bronze, by Stokes, 54 mm, superb condition in box of issue. Together with 1965 the Royal Australian mint / 1966 decimal Currency medals in bronze and in silver, both in boxes of issue. (3 items).
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Madge Freeman hand painted huon pine miniature vase, signed 'Madge Freeman, 1924'; together with a pair of huon pine pokerwork floral egg cups and two pokerwork napkin rings, circa 1920s, (5 items), the largest 7 cm high
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A pair of Australian powder horns engraved with animals, ships, Aboriginal warrior, crown, kangaroo and emu, both engraved 'This was Done by Henry Carolyn' and dated '1854' and '1855', both with carved cedar end pieces. 46 cm and 47 cm long
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Brownie Downing pair of porcelain figural wall plaques, mid 20th century, stamped 'Brownie Downing Design', 16 cm and 17 cm high
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Boomaroo vintage red and green finished metal toy truck with original decals, (missing wheel and showing signs of age), mid 20th century, 38 cm long
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[Queen Elizabeth] a gilt-bronze 1953 Coronation medal by Stokes, with original ribbon; together with four souvenir plastic flags 'Royal visit souvenir 1954 - Newtown and Chilwell' (on red or blue backgrounds); also, a small cloth flag 'Souvenir of Royal visit 1954 - Proceeds to red Cross'. (6 items). The Queen and Prince Phillip visited the Geelong area on March 6th, 1954.
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Pates green glazed pottery wall pocket, Elischer 'Kaiser Stuhl' character jug, Tulloch horse racing plate and 'Historical Australia, Sydney, the bridge at Parramatta' Wedgwood cabinet plate, 20th century, (4 items), the cabinet plate 25.5 cm wide
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Brittania creek glass Australian Art glass paperweight adorned with a silver whale, incised monogram (illegible) and dated 1997, 8 cm high
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V.O.C. Dutch East India Company antique bronze cannon, stamped 'V.O.C.' with Amsterdam foundry mark 'A', circa 1750. Verified by the Fremantle maritime Museum in Western Australia. The cannon is accompanied by a selection of carriage parts which were gifted to the vendor by the Fremantle maritime Museum. 128 cm long
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Gary Tonkin scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with scene of a mother whale and calf, signed lower right 'G. Tonkin, '98', an impressive 17 cm long
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