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Auction House:
Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:21
Lots with images:21
Prices available:15
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*** A vintage Shortland Smiths oak cased wall barometer, mid 20th century, England, the banjo shaped compensated barometer and thermometer with a shaped brush steel dial set within a chrome bezel and a framed thermometer set to the arm, the deep toned oak… ***
*** An antique French oak framed wall barometer, early 20th century, carved with oak leaves and rustic branches enclosing a brass barometer with, visible internal works and an enamel thermometer to the stem, length 51 cm, width 24 cm ***
*** An antique French timber framed wall barometer, early 20th century, carved and pierced with vegetal forms with a wicker style basket enclosing a barometer with visible internal works, an enamel thermometer to the stem, length 44 cm, width 22 cm ***
*** A dried horseshoe crab. Length 69 cm ***
*** An African sand grouse, naturalistically mounted on a wooden base. Height 11 cm. Width 17 cm ***
*** A pair of carved mother of pearl shells, circa 1920, decorated with a pair of Roman busts within a circle. Height 12 cm ***
*** An amethyst cave, split presentation. Height 34 cm ***
*** A pair of Australian water buffalo horns. Length 152 cm ***
*** A vintage mahogany wall barometer, early 20th century, the barometer with visible escapement and a thermometer to the stem, housed, on a pierced and carved mount, length 59.5 cm, width 19.5 cm ***
*** A hog deer pelt (Axis Porcinus), a cased hide in beige and light brown. Length 110 cm. Width 80 cm ***
*** Two aneroid marine Barometers, 20th century, unmarked, a brass and copper mounted wall barometer and a heavy polished brass open, dial ships barometer with a visible escapement, diameter 16 cm and smaller ***
*** A gazelle skin rug. Height 99 cm. Width 72 cm ***
*** A dried lobster shell, mounted in a hanging plastic case. Length 26 cm ***
*** A small decorative thin-cut polished stone slab. A thin section cut through a petrified tree trunk, showing the original growth features of the tree and retaining its natural outline, polished on one side. Length 25 cm. Width 20 cm. ***
*** A Thai metal relief of an Apsara (Hindu celestial dancer), laid down on lime silk and framed. The relief: 33 x 13 cm, frame 58 x 33 cm ***
*** A New Guinea dugong skull. Length 35 cm ***
*** A set of tiger shark jaws, with rows of unerupted teeth. Height 29 cm. width 44 cm ***
*** A spiny puffer fish, preserved inflated. Length 38 cm ***
*** A late Victorian cased ornithological diorama, containing ten specimens, including two parrots, within a part-painted glass dome (cracked). Height 54 cm. width 60 cm. Depth 29 cm ***
*** An entire giant clam shell, late 19th/early 20th century, both halves. Length 89 cm ***
*** A thresher shark tail fin. Length 185 cm ***