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Auction House:
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:24
Lots with images:24
Prices available:24
Category:
Convict Relics
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A 'Her Majestys convict Departments' Pike hat badge, c.1,850, with comments from Powerhouse Museum Curator - very rare, diameter 11 cm ***
*** A pair of Colonial era hand irons with key, length 29 cm ***
*** A pair of Colonial era leg irons, from Hobart house, appear to have been escaped from, one side ovalled (a flogging offence) & rivet removed from other circular side, length 60 cm ***
*** A convict era iron leg ball, from Campbell Street Gaol-cell block number 3, height 20 cm ***
*** John Woods - 1833 convict official Criminal record, manuscript vellum document, John Woods was convicted at Norwich in December 1833 for stealing fowls and transported to New South Wales, arriving at van Diemen's land, February 1835. The document… ***
*** A convict era circular Grindstone, broad arrow mark, Tasman Peninsula, diameter 19 cm ***
*** A pair of Colonial era leg irons, length 24 cm ***
*** A set of early English convict leg irons (rivet type) ***
*** A convict love token, English coin, engraving to reverse, diameter 3.25 cm ***
*** Two similar convict handcuffs, both stamped 'Hiatt' and one stamped 'British made', together with a pair of convict handcuffs, no key(4) Provenance: Steer & Co. Auction, 5 Oct 1980 ***
*** A pair of early English convict handcuffs, complete with keys the type typically used in early convict era in Australia ***
*** A pair of early nineteenth century blacksmith-made handcuffs ***
*** A pair of nineteenth century blacksmith-made handcuffs ***
*** An early nineteenth century convict overseer's/police alarm ***
*** A pair of Colonial era leg irons, found under floor boards of house in Hobart, length 80 cm ***
*** Two brass bugles and a pair of 1950s Darby handcuffs (AF) ***
*** Two small pewter tankards, a Cohen's Duke of Brunswick Hotel glass & a Port Arthur officer's mess fork ***
*** A pair of Colonial Police handcuffs, possibly from Berrima or Dubbo jails, with colonial markings 216 & 2 bird feet mark, length 23 cm ***
*** Three fragments of convict bricks, Government broad arrows, height 6 cm, 11 cm & 13 cm ***
*** A pair of high quality copy cast iron linkage adjustable handcuffs complete with key ***
*** Sheriff collection: tin plate & plastic power rifle, handcuffs, lone star rider badge backing card & Hopalong Cassidy badge ***
*** A pair of high quality copy cast adjustable handcuffs ***
*** Five large c1970s Kids movie posters, including: Bell The Blue Dog, Tweety Superstar, The Shaggy D.A, Disney's True Life Adventures, The Little Convict, largest 102 cm x 68 cm ***
*** A Caring for convicts and the Community Publication together with a pottery Shard from Clayhills pottery circa 1853-1871 a History of Parramatta Hospital published 1988 ***