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Auction House:
Gowans Auctions
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Cell door bolt from impression bay convict station, Port Arthur with padlock and key ***
*** 12th Australian Light Horse badge 'Tasmanian mounted Infantry' and two badges - Egypt ***
*** Pair of early tongs with broad arrow ***
*** 1854 pattern British Grenadier Guards sword Named to Maurice Thrupp Killed in action 1917 ***
*** Japanese sword ***
*** Carved powder horn decorated with animals, including kangaroo and Tasmanian tiger, 43 cm long ***
*** Leather bound book dated from 1830 from the library of Captain Willett of the Government Barque 'Lady Franklin'. Book has been bound in Hobart Town by G Rolwegan (worked Hobart Town 1842-1860) Owners name 'Wm Willett Franklin' in ink on frontpiece. on the… ***
*** Large copper water can with goose neck spout & broad arrow ***
*** Stoneware jar with broad arrow in the style of Sherwin pottery, 26 cm high ***
*** Colonial baleen cosh, 35.5 cm ***
*** Bell with broad arrow and wd stamp (possibly Prison Commission war Dept) ***
*** Percussion hand gun, Fenton London, incomplete ***
*** Convict period 14lb weight with BO & broad arrow ***
*** Colonial sword 1856 pattern Pioneers Sawback blade ***
*** Convict Department button ***
*** Convict handcuffs with key and broad arrow ***
*** Set convict handcuffs ***
*** Section of leather convict cap, Tas ***
*** Cast iron Georgian fire back, Ex Commandants cottage, Port Arthur, impressed with coat of arms ***
*** Kent knife Sharpening machine, table top ***
*** Convict era childs/womens handcuffs marked Hiatt ***
*** Hiatt vintage handcuffs with broad arrow ***
*** Hiatt leg Irons ***
*** Rivet leg Irons ***
*** Air force sword ***
*** Convict period mattock, blacksmith made with broad arrow ***
*** Colonial seal, Council office, Van Dieman's Land (for Either first Executive Council or first Legislative Council Van Dieman's Land) with ebony handle ***
*** Set handcuffs, Hiatt & original key ***
*** Pair of iron table ends in convict period style ***
*** Large heavy convict punishment pick ***
*** Brass handled sword ***
*** Early brass signal cannon ***
*** Cast iron and brass model of a cannon ***
*** Dagger with ornate handle & scabbard ***
*** Sperm whale ivory stiletto with fist handle and rattle ball ***
*** Blackwood Warders rattle ***
*** Elephant skin gun powder Carrier ***
*** Mid Victorian military cross belt plate to the 51st Regiment of Foot, stationed in Hobart & Triabunna from 1837 - 1846 ***
*** Convict padlock stamped with broad arrow & key ***
*** Early forged door bolt stamped with E.D & broad arrow (Royal engineers Department), 40 cm ***
*** Sword with brass and bone handle and ornate brass scabbard ***
*** Decorative Sword (Damaged Hilt) ***
*** Early convict mattock with broad arrow ***
*** Weight and chain with broad arrow ***
*** Schermuly marine pistol rocket line ***
*** 1897 pattern British/Australian Infantry Officer sword (no scabbard) ***
*** Pair of handcuffs, convict Era ***
*** Pair of unusual leather covered handcuffs ***
*** Convict Ticket of Leave, Blank ***
*** Early horn handled gun with blade ***
*** Broad arrow stamp with wooden handle ***
*** Set of neck irons, two man ***
*** Convict feed bowl with broad arrow, 13.5 cm diameter ***
*** Gang chain for leg Irons with central Loop. Has end stop & padlock ***
*** Convict leg irons ***
*** Early colonial cedar side table on turned legs with triple ring turnings, broad arrow stamps on apron and legs, 105 cm wide, 63 cm deep, 75 cm high ***
*** Broad arrow marked cold Chisel with various other Stampings ***
*** Anvil head with broad arrow ***
*** Convict come along hiatt handcuffs ***
*** Sarawak Mandau sword ***
*** Convict period handcuffs with Joining rod, originally Somercotes, Ross ***
*** Hiatt handcuffs with broad arrow & key ***
*** Large pair of handcuffs and key, convict period ***
*** Broad arrow marked 56lb weight ***
*** Australian knife, J Baker Hunter St Sydney ***
*** Convict Identity photo, Blank ***
*** Pair of convict handcuffs with key stamped hiatt/best ***
*** Carved bone wax seal with fist handle (Napoleonic POW) ***
*** 6 albums of various war photos family shots and Tasmanian scenes, etc ***
*** Convict Punishment Rake, head 64 cm, Tynes 13 cm ***
*** Napoleon hat in tin hat box ***
*** Pair of early forged hinges stamped with ED (Engineers Dept) & broad arrow, 49 cm ***
*** Rare convict period Prison Warder's buckle, as worn At Port Arthur ***
*** Convict buttons metal Detector Finds old Hobart Gaol During 1963 Demolition 'Convict Dept' 'Prisons Dept' ***
*** Death plaque, Albert Jackson, Williamstown Victoria ***
*** Police Truncheon ***
*** Hiatt handcuffs numbered 125 with broad arrow ***
*** Early wooden special constable's police baton ***
*** Pair Hiatt convict handcuffs ***
*** Convict coal chisel, broad arrow stamp and Ky N4 and others ***
*** Early Tasmania Police truncheon ***
*** 19th century wooden police baton. Marked twice with Victorian Crown and initials MP, relating to the Municipal Police of Hobart Town C1870 ***
*** Set of Hiatt handcuffs with broad arrow and key ***
*** Heavy hand forged 10 tyne rake (possibly convict punishment rake) ***
*** Convict hoe / pick head, two broad arrows ***
*** Weight 7lb, with broad arrow ***
*** Early wooden constable's police baton ***
*** 5 convict Bricks with broad Arrows & Royal engineers stamps ***
*** Early police truncheon, leather ***
*** World War II medals, W. Right, Tasmania ***
*** Pair of trench art vases, kangaroo and boomerang ***
*** Blacksmiths vice with broad arrow ***
*** Four blade chopper ***
*** Pair of leg irons ***
*** Sword ***
*** Five convict era buttons, 2 convict department 2 post office & 1 other, metal detector finds, Port Arthur area ***