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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** An antique theodolite in original mahogany box and leather field case, 19th century, the case 47 cm wide ***
*** [Medicine] "The Chirurgical works of Percival Pott, F.R.S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital" by James Earle (Vol. 3 only) [London : 1790]; and "A manual of Clinical medicine and Physical Diagnosis" by Thomas Hawkes Tanner [London : 1869]. (2 vols.) ***
*** Orontes sailor's folk art hand-painted pearl shell on timber stand, 19th century, 19 cm high overall ***
*** Philips 12 Inch Terrestrial Globe' with brass fittings on ebonised turned wooden base, circa 1920, 45 cm high, 30 cm diameter ***
*** Zograscope antique telescopic specimen viewer, turned mahogany, circa 1855, 67 cm high ***
*** A Georgian 15ct gold lorgnette, early to mid 19th century, 13 cm wide when open, 18.5 grams total ***
*** A sawfish bill, mid 20th century, 77 cm high ***
*** A sperm whale tooth, 19th century, 17 cm high ***
*** Wayne Barrett two carved whale's teeth in the for of eagle heads, both signed 'W.B.', 20th century, one with bespoke stand, the larger tooth 12 cm long ***
*** Three boxed instrument accessories and an antique theodolite, 19th century, theodolite 27 cm high ***
*** Graphoscope Stereo-Viewer Graphoscope F.T. Depose, stamped on viewer, very rare and highly decorated French table viewer, in a walnut veneered wooden box which is also the transport case and stand, when boxed, 21 x 24 cm. ***
*** A taxidermy sea turtle, 19th/20th century, 47 cm long ***
*** A taxidermied kiwi bird in glass case (unassociated), 19th century, the case 40 cm high, 48 cm wide, 20 cm deep ***
*** Rainbow trout taxidermy display in wall mount case with hand-written card captioned 'Rainbow trout (Salmo Iridius), weight 7lbs. Sex female, Grassed by Mr Staples. Eildon Weir on large fly. Taxidermy by A.C. Slamen, 622 Collins St.', 42 cm high, 90 cm… ***
*** A taxidermy sea turtle, early to mid 20th century, 57 cm long ***
*** A late Georgian gold cased quizzer looking glass, circa 1835, 6.5 cm long ***
*** Stephens' Inks antique point of sale enamel thermometer sign, made by Jordan & Sons of Bristol, early 20th century, note: missing alcohol thermometer, 155 cm high ***
*** A shoulder mount taxidermy ibex,  90 cm high, 47 cm across the rack  ***
*** Three fish fossils and a trilobite fossil, (4 items), the largest 17 cm long ***
*** An antique English theodolite, 33 cm high ***
*** Cooke, Troughton & Simms standard English transit 5 inch Vernier theodolite in original mahogany case with additional leather field case and tripod stand, early 20th century, 39 cm wide ***
*** Palestine Stereoscope View Cards and Viewer, including Views of Palestine and other Biblical sites. All in very good condition in original book type box by Underwood and Underwood. (81) ***
*** Pharmacist's label dispenser cabinet: manufactured by McCourt label cabinet Co (Bradford, pa, USA), five drawers, some labels remaining, c.1910, 50 cm high, 59.5 cm high, 17 cm deep. ***
*** Two sperm whale teeth, 19th and early 20th century, 15 cm and 16 cm high ***
*** An antique terrestrial globe on cast iron base, 19th century, 51 cm high ***
*** Jasper Rasmussen two carved whales teeth in the form of a wizard and a crocodile, the wizard signed 'Jasper, Albany', Western Australia, wizard 10 cm high ***
*** A carved whalebone ornament mounted on a whale ear drum bone, 12 cm high, 15 cm wide overall ***
*** An antique burr walnut onion top mercurial barometer with 8" dial engraved "T.J. Williams, Cardiff" with removable alcohol thermometer box, 19th century, 100 cm high ***
*** An antique English Admiral Fitzroy's barometer in cruciform oak case with spirit thermometer and storm tube, 19th century, 105 cm high ***
*** Two antique French rolled gold lorgnettes, 19th century, the larger 12 cm long ***
*** Angus Cornish, Castlemaine Borough engineer & Inspector of works, circa 1870s - 1900s: a bulging file of hand-written and illustrated specification documents and surveyors reports for works completed or required in and around Castlemaine; including 'C.… ***
*** An antique brass and timber expanding telescope, engraved 'Gough, London', 19th century, 25 cm long, (expands to 75 cm long) ***
*** A carved whale's tooth knife, 19th century, 19 cm long ***
*** Antique microscope in box, 19th century, the box 37 cm high ***
*** An antique brass porthole barometer with mercury thermometer, 19th century, 20 cm diameter ***
*** A shoulder mount taxidermy fallow deer head, 20th century, 113 cm high, 60 cm wide ***
*** A vintage expanding telescope in leather case, with broad arrow mark, 20th century, 29 cm long when closed ***
*** A pair of whale's tooth ornaments on stands adorned with folk Art penguin paintings, 15 cm high overall ***
*** Keichousaurus marine reptile fossil, Chinese origin, Triassic period 245-235 million years old, 30 x 14 cm overall ***
*** Chemist's brass sign brass, painted and enamelled surface, very ornate, 'Apothecaries Opiferque Per Obum Dico' 32 x 23 cm in fine condition. (1) ***
*** A swordfish rostrum (bill), 19th/20th century, 98 cm long ***
*** Amber: Fossilized Tree Sap, with insect inclusions, Pleistocene, approximately 1 million years old, Sambava area, north east Madagascar. With certificate of authenticity ***
*** Aneroid barometer, nickel plate and brass, circa 1890 'Presented To Hon. James Munro Premier Of Victoria, Bellarine, Corio Bay, 13th Dec 1899' 25 cm high ***
*** Scientific balance scales, boxed weights and antique brass microscope, 19th and 20th century, microscope 35 cm high ***
*** T. F. Wiesener of Sydney: mahogany and boxwood strung cased hydrometer set with measures and ivory scaled mercury thermometer, maker's ivorine label to the lid; together with a book titled 'Hydrometer Tables', 19th century, (2 items), the case 6 cm high,… ***
*** Two antique whale's teeth, 19th/20th century, 13 cm and 11 cm long ***
*** An attractive antique watchmaker's indexing lathe, 19th century, 26 cm high, 26 cm wide ***
*** A Dresden floral porcelain encrusted figural centrepiece, 19th century, 49.5 cm high. Provenance: The collection of Sir Leon and lady trout, Christies, Brisbane, 6 June 1989, lot 483, Private collection, Queensland ***
*** Brass and steel microscope with base engraved 'Made for Barraclough Melbourne & Sydney', 37.5 cm at highest setting, in timber box with multiple additional eyepieces and lower tray filled with various prepared slides, 19th century. ***
*** An antique English aneroid banjo barometer in oak case, 19th century, 89 cm high ***
*** An antique English taxidermy fox and rabbit display in case with makers label 'H.T. Shopland, carver, Gilder & Naturalist, 40 Higher Union Street, Torquay', 19th century. Missing all glass. 61 cm high, 107 cm wide, 31 cm deep ***
*** Troughton & Simms, London. Triple extension brass wand timber telescope inscribed 'Presented at the public Examination on the 12th June 1851 to gentleman Cadet Henry R. Thuillier by the Hon'ble court of Directors of the East India Company as a mark of the… ***
*** Impala horns mounted on timber board, 64 x 39 cm overall ***
*** A taxidermied bird display in case, 19th century, 54 cm high, 45 cm wide, 30 cm deep ***
*** A pair of kangaroo skin rugs with original brown felt backing, late 19th century, 165 x 175 cm ***
*** Opal mineral specimen of impressive proportions, 30 cm across ***
*** A pair of antique French mother of pearl opera glasses, 19th century, 10 cm wide ***
*** An antique expanding telescope by Broadhurst Clarkson & Co Ltd., of London, with original leather fittings, extends to an impressive 105 cm long ***
*** Greco-Roman collection of six medical instruments, framed as one for display, 31 x 33 cm overall ***
*** Aviation: two leather pilots caps, googles in case and arm band barometer, World War I period ***
*** An antique wall barometer mounted in a finely carved oak frame, dial marked 'Kilpatrick & Co. London & Melbourne', 19th century, 48 cm high overall ***
*** Gunthers chain antique measure, 66 feet long in one hundred links, used up until the 1870s as a standard measure for surveying land ***
*** An antique wheat bushel measure, in original mahogany case, 19th century, the case 33 cm wide ***
*** An antique sea turtle shell, late 19th, early 20th century, 49 x 44 cm ***
*** Glass Carboy plain, hollow glass stopper filled with blue liquid, 60 cm tall ***
*** Carved and pierced Nautilus shell 'Australia' c1900, the shiny outer surface is similar to mother of pearl. The carving & pierced work is exquisite. 'Australia' is carved at the back and below the name, a profile of an Aboriginal man. ***
*** Fossil Fish, Dastilbe from the late Cretaceous period, located Santana formation Cera, Brazil. With certificate of authenticity ***
*** Three shells on stands, the largest 24 cm across ***
*** An expanding telescope, leatherbound brass by 'J.H. Steward, 406-66 Strand, & 55, Cornhill, London. Maker', 19th century, expands to 80 cm ***
*** A pocket expanding brass telescope by 'Thomas Jones, 62 Charing Cross, London', 19th century, 64 cm expanded ***
*** Negretti & Zambra of London antique Cornish marble desk thermometer pedestal, 19th century, 36 cm high ***
*** Two antique pocket barometers, one marked 'Flavelle Bros. & Co. Sydney & Brisbane', 19th century both 7 cm high overall ***
*** Dr Brewster patent kaleidoscope red morocco leather covered case with ormolu escutcheon plate and maker's badge to the lid, circa 1860, (lacking contents); together with an Art Deco shagreen and ivory covered cigarette box, (2 items), the larger 6 cm high… ***
*** Carl Werner antique wall barometer in oak case, dial marked, Carl Werner & Co. Melbourne, 19th century, 57 cm high ***
*** Barograph: by Negretti and Zambra of London, walnut and bevelled glass case with drawer containing spare paper. VG condition ***
*** Bird taxidermy display in original glass dome, 19th century, 25 cm high ***
*** Glass Carboy pear shaped, plain flame type stopper, 55 cm tall in fine condition ***
*** A walrus tusk and sperm whale's tooth, 19th century, 21 cm and 13 cm high ***
*** An antique taxidermy kingfisher in original glass dome display, 19th century, 39 cm high ***
*** Melbourne international exhibition 1888 stanhope in whalebone miniature field glasses, together with a Sydney international exhibition 'Garden Palace' 1879/1880 silver token mounted as a button, (2 items)  ***
*** Microscope: Leitz Wetzlar Microscope [#148610], 29 cm high, lacquered brass and steel, circa 1911 ***
*** An antique sperm whale tooth, 19th century, 12.5 cm high.. Provenance: Private Collection, Hobart, Tasmania. ***
*** T. Gaunt & Co. Barometer; together with a Goldsmiths & Silversmiths of London pocket barometer and a Hutchinson's improved surveying aneroid pocket barometer, 19th century, (3 items), the largest 9 cm high including bow ***
*** World War I period expanding telescope with leather bindings and case, broad arrow stamp, expands to 80.5 cm long ***
*** An antique American 7 inch standard globe on turned oak stand by Replogle globes of Chicago, 38 cm high ***
*** Two Australian police coshes, one with steel bar and weighted interior covered with animal tail leather hide, the second with a spiral whale baleen shaft with lead filled and woven bulb ends, with leather wrist strap, late 19th century, the largest 34 cm… ***
*** Double glass Carboy cylindrical style, wide glass stopper, 60 cm tall in very good condition ***
*** Lemaire Fabi mother of pearl opera glasses, c1900 in original pink velvet lined evening carrying bag. In near mint condition ***
*** Large operating theatre overhead mounted light, removed from Dental Hospital operating theatre ***
*** An English theodolite with broad arrow mark stamped 'H.O.B. 429', 27 cm high, 38 cm long ***
*** An antique figural desk thermometer, cast bronze and hard stone, 19th century, 22.5 cm high ***
*** Seven taxidermy decoy ducks with lead weight line, ***
*** Gaunt French opera glasses, mother of pearl and gilt metal in original silk lined leather case marked 'Made in Paris for T. Gaunt, Melbourne', 19th century, T. Gaunt & Co. French opera glasses, mother of pearl and gilt metal in original silk lined leather… ***
*** An antique mahogany apothecary box with red velvet compatment interior with assorted bottles, accompanied with a hand written note 'This was a medical chest belonging to the late Father J.P. Lynch who came to Australia from Ireland in the 1890's and who… ***
*** Hammonds 9' terrestrial globe, circa 1920 ***
*** J. Halden & Co. Ltd. London & Manchester 1915, No 12. brass drawing protractor with magnifying loupe housed in a polished mahogany case with broad arrow mark, circa 1915, the case 17 cm wide, 13 cm deep ***