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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Office, Workshop & Farm
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** An antique infill plane, brass and rosewood with Ward blade, 19th century, 3.5 x 20 cm sole, 26 cm long overall ***
*** A whaler's antique knife. Well worn steel blade with timber handgrip bound in string, housed in a timber scabbard bound in copper wire, 19th century, a rare survivor. 22 cm long ***
*** A fabulous pair of house hold candle boxes from the Ballarat goldfields, 19th century. One box was designed to be permanently fitted to an inside wall, the other was portable. They were made to be safe from rats and mice (which liked the lanolin), made… ***
*** 5 Valve Lubricator from the Detroit Lubricator Co., No.42A. Brass, 47 x 48 x 36 cm overall. Believed to have been used on N.S.W.G.R. A must look, for machinery buffs! ***
*** NSW signal arms: home/Starter, Wrong Road Shunt, Shunt Ahead. All overall 22 x 68 cm, Shunt ahead has large 'S' (40.5 x 26 cm) screwed on a little chipping but good condition. (3) ***
*** Vintage replica Diving Helmet: Mk V U.S.Navy Divers Helmet based on the famous 1916 design by Morse finished in copper & brass. attractive decorator piece for display purposes. This is a quality reproduction 50 x 40 x 40 cm. Ex Kryal Castle collection ***
*** A ship's lantern, brass and copper, 19th century, 44 cm high ***
*** A ship's trunk, kauri pine and steel, 19th century, painted 'Alexander Dunlop Steerage for Ship 'Charmer' Not Wanted on the Voyage, 58 cm high, 102 cm wide, 56 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection ***
*** An antique sextant in original mahogany case by Bryant & Biggs of Cardiff, 19th century, 23 cm high ***
*** T. Gaunt, Watson & Sons and W. H. Harling antique ivory drafting rulers, made in London with Sydney and Melbourne retailers, housed in a Stanley of London instrument maker's box with brass plaque to the lid intialled 'H. B.' with broad arrow mark and… ***
*** A whaler's lance, iron, wood and hemp rope, 19th century, 225 cm long ***
*** An antique whalebone bodkin with carved fist finial together with a whalebone and tortoiseshell pocket keepsafe box, 19th century the bodkin 9 cm long ***
*** Kassen's 1' antique boat builder's auger bit with whale bone handles, 19th century, 49 cm high ***
*** 'Whaleman's Shipping list, and Merchant's Transcript, new Bedford, Tuesday morning, May 10th 1887'. Two page double-sided newspaper display, attractively framed and mounted, showing fascinating pictorial advertising and news of whaling commerce of t ***
*** An English ships lantern, brass and glass, 19th century, 39 cm high ***
*** Five Stanley block planes including three No.3 and two No.5, 24 cm and 34.5 cm long ***
*** Norris Shoulder plane, 7¾', rosewood infill and wedge. Marked 2 and Unbreakable, 28 cm long ***
*** Steam Boiler, fire-box door, complete with most fittings, overall 78 x 59 x 13 cm with 52 cm long handle. Believed to be from a N.S.W.G.R. Loco. Good condition ***
*** An antique shop display counter cabinet, unusual format with narrow copper front display, claw feet and shelving at the rear, circa 1900, 100 cm high, 87 cm wide, 59 cm deep ***
*** Leitz: Aufsu reflecting waist level viewfinder for 50 mmZ lenses, circa 1930s. ***
*** An antique crescent shaped flensing blade, 19th century, 21 cm long, 19.85 cm wide ***
*** A surveyor's antique hand-held compass in original timber case, 19th century, the case 15 cm wide ***
*** An antique whalebone fid, 18th/19th century, has been holed for mounting, 42.5 cm long ***
*** An antique whalebone fid, 19th century, 36 cm long ***
*** An antique goat cart with original painted finish, French, 19th century, 40 cm high, 82 cm long, 41 cm deep ***
*** NSW railway type platform light. Includes lamp shade complete with globe and large ornate wall bracket, shade 35 cm diameter, bracket and shade 75 cm across, green and grey. Also, ground unit for the lamp, 55 cm high and 18 cm diameter. (2) ***
*** A ship's octant, in mahogany case, English, late 19th century, 28 cm high ***
*** Two antique whalebone apple corers, early to mid 19th century, one with silver mounts, 12 cm and 14,5 cm long ***
*** An antique whale harpoon with folding flue, 19th century, 94 cm long ***
*** An antique barbed flensing blade with spade tip, 19th century, 23 cm long ***
*** A fine quality antique drill brace, cast brass with ebony infill and inlaid ivory to the handle, 19th century, 35 cm high ***
*** Harley sport Art Deco male shop mannequin bust, painted chalk ware, circa 1920, 58 cm high ***
*** A gold miner's flat top mining cart, used in a horizontal shaft to move mining buckets along to the vertical shaft to be hoisted to the surface by a rope and windlass. 70 cm long, 45 cm wide, 28 cm high ***
*** Large Searchlight, manufactured by J. Stone & Co. Ltd London, believed to have had N.S.W.G.R. useage, glass 37 cm diameter, overall 54 x 57 x 30 cm. Presented with large globe and all its original fittings. The usual cracking on the back mirror but still… ***
*** NSW signal finials: 2 x 84 cm high with circular base; 1 x 77 cm high with square base. All painted grey. Also: small white finial, 19 cm high, good condition. (4) ***
*** A sailor's seam rubber, 19th century, an impressive 22 cm high, 10 cm wide ***
*** Stanley No.72 antique chamfer plane, circa 1900, sole 20 cm ***
*** Women on the goldfields: miners' right, 'Colony of Victoria, Ballarat, Date 23 February 1896 Issued to Margaret Bergman, Ballarat, with Address at Ballarat East ***
*** Octant, c1840, brass with unusual inlaid brass and ivory scale in excellent condition, has both scopes and scribe pencil in dovetailed box, all lenses and shades in good condition with no cracks. ***
*** N.S.W. Signal Indicator marked 'Lever No. 6'. Wooden box with glass front showing a signal representation in silvered metal with a small, moveable distant arm; opens to show electrical fittings behind the display. 24 x 13 x 9.5 cm. Display has a few paint… ***
*** Eureka Rebellion: 1854 Government 'Blue Paper' Report, 'Riot at Ballaarat. Report of the Board, Appointed to Enquire Into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballaarat. Together with Evidence Taken By the Board ' 21st November, 1854.… ***
*** Three railway station master and guard signal lanterns, 19th century the tallest 37 cm ***
*** A carpenter's tool chest, stained pine with metal mounts, interior fitted with lift-out compartments, 19th century, 55 cm high, 92 cm wide, 58 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection ***
*** Gold ore specimens, from the Bendigo goldfields central Victoria with collection note, circa 1925 ***
*** Two antique whale oil ship's hanging lamps with gimbaled mechanisms, 19th/20th century, 10 cm and 15 cm high ***
*** An antique whalebone fid, 19th century, 28 cm long ***
*** An antique whalebone fid, 19th century, 26 cm long ***
*** An antique flensing blade of triangular form, 19th century, 41 cm long ***
*** Harpoon heads group of four small sized examples used for small whales, tuna and marlin, 19th and 20th century, the largest 24 cm long ***
*** An antique whale blubber oil ladle, copper and iron with wooden handle, 19th century. Rare. 84 cm long ***
*** An antique chariot plane, user made with fine carved ebony handles, 19th century, 5.5 x 13 cm sole, 22.5 cm long overall ***
*** An antique wood plane with steel sole, blade stamped 'Norris', 19th century, 19 cm sole, 23 cm long overall ***
*** A collection of 19th Century steel and copper engravings, mostly hand-coloured and block mounted. Scenes include 'View on the Yarra near Dight's Mill' by Gill; 'Melbourne from the Botanical Gardens' by Winkles; 'South Bank of the Yarra, Near Melbourne' by… ***
*** 1900 kerosene railway lamp, with brass insert and chimney. Front and back lens marked 'British Made'. 'V.R.' marking to insert and side of lamp. in fine condition, small crack to chimney. Repainted but not recently ***
*** A Yaghan whale harpoon tip, carved whalebone, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, 19th century, 30 cm long ***
*** A ship's lantern, copper and brass with glass lens (electrified), 20th century, 40 cm high ***
*** Captain Alured Tasker Faunce (1808 - 1856) the first Resident Police Magistrate at Queanbeyan. Other items from the Faunce estate: a snuff box with gold trim, a monogram and currently containing a lock of Faunce's hair; a George III double-sided toddy… ***
*** T.W. Avery, three sets of antique gold scales in oak cases with original yellow manufacturer's label inside the lids, 19th century the largest 19 cm wide. Provenance: Private Collection Bendigo ***
*** A vintage dress shop mannequin on cast iron base, 'model 1951', early 20th century, 158 cm high ***
*** A collection of antique moulding planes by John Moseley, Son of London, 19th century. Inspection will reward. ***
*** NSW sign with clock face and 'Next train', 'Platform'. Clock hands missing. 52 x 37.5 cm, black on white, small missing pieces chipped from the bottom but otherwise good condition. ***
*** 'The Goldfields & Mineral Districts of Victoria' by R.Brough Smyth (Queensberry Hill Press 1979) facsmilie edition of 1000 copies; 'Victoria The Golden. Scenes, Sketches & Jottings from Nature by William Strutt. Melbourne, Victoria 1850-1862' (Melbourne… ***
*** An antique ship's lantern with black painted finish and applied brass plaque 'Anchor', 19th/20th century, 58 cm high including handle ***
*** A vintage nickel bound shop counter top display cabinet, early 20th century, 25 cm high, 120 cm wide, 55 cm deep ***
*** Two French carriage clocks in brass cases, 19th/20th century, 12 cm and 14 cm high ***
*** A sailor's fid, carved whalebone in the form of a fist, 19th century, 14.5 cm long ***
*** Two miniature luthier finger planes, 19th century, 28 mm and 30 mm soles, 4.5 cm and 6 cm long overall ***
*** An antique tin, brass and iron ship's lantern, circa 1900, by J. P. Marrian & Co. Naval brass Founders & lamp makers, Birmingham, 29 cm high ***
*** VR Edmondson Ticket Cabinet containing four ticket racks each for 13 rows of tickets. Believed to have come from Loch Rs; all the labels on the racks are for South Gippsland or Melbourne. Smaller size cabinet., 89 x 62 x 14.5 cm. Exterior appears to have… ***
*** Victorian Government Reports 1897-99: '1897 Victoria. Department of Mines..Report on the Steiglitz Gold-Field'; '1897 Victoria. Department of Mines..Report on the Malmsbury District'; '1897 Victoria. Department of Mines..Report on the Auriferous Zone from… ***
*** An antique whalebone jagging wheel, 19th century, 13.5 cm long ***
*** An antique chariot wood plane, solid brass with timber handle and robe Sorby blade, 19th century, 2.5 x 9 cm sole, 13 cm long overall ***
*** A Ballarat gold miner's pick, this one with a chisel tip, stamped with a maker's mark and 'Ballarat', also with the initials 'JLR', probably the owner, 72 cm long ***
*** An antique draftsman's set in mahogany case with ivory rulers, ebony parallel rule, instruments and lift out tray, early 19th century, the case 36.5 cm wide ***
*** A ship's lantern, brass, copper and glass, late 19th century, 55 cm high ***
*** P.S. Hygeia foghorn, late 19th century. The Hygeia was a steam powered paddle steamer passenger boat operating from Melbourne and the Port Phillip bay area in the late 19th and early 20th century. 38 cm high, 21 cm wide, 60 cm deep ***
*** A shop counter display cabinet, 20th century, ex Joshua McClelland Gallery, Melbourne, 100 cm high, 152 cm wide, 50 cm deep ***
*** An antique counter-top shop display cabinet, 19th/20th century, 61 cm high, 61 cm wide, 23 cm deep ***
*** An antique whaling harpoon bomb head, 20th century, 38.5 cm high ***
*** An antique brace with unusual angle drive handle, 19th century, 38 cm high ***
*** A 'Davy' patent miner's lamp, 25 cm high ***
*** A mid 19th century gold miner's spider candle holder and pin, in exceptional condition with original candle, museum quality, 16.5 cm long ***
*** Books New South Wales Goldfields: 'Hill End Gold' by M. Drinkwater, hardcover 1st edition, 1982, 163 pages; 'Gold Is Where You Find It' by L.Robinson & C.Frost, 2001, 218 pages; Department of Mines, Geological Survey of NSW 'Mining History of Gold… ***
*** Edmondson Date Stamper, with VR logo to top, 23 cm high with base 13 cm diameter, painted in the standard VR green. Appears to be in good working condition with plenty of ink on the ink roll; the usual paint chipping ***
*** Electric points lever, 76 x 30 x 6 cm, most original parts attached. N.S.W. Usage, with label: '321. Down Shunt to Mortuary platform Road'. Mortuary platform, between Sydney central and Railway square, was opened in 1869 to service trains on the… ***
*** Two locomotive Air Chimes, Nathan-style but with no markings. 36 cm and 45 cm respectively, both brass and presented with their original brackets. (the longer chime has some professionally-repaired dents). Also: a bell-shaped horn, 74 x 14 cm, brass,… ***
*** V.R. Carriage lamp: circular acanthus with plain surround, painted in silver. Has part-frosted domed glass shade and two light bulbs. Not wired. Electric light as converted from Pintsch's gas. 42 cm high and 29 cm diameter. Minor paint chips but still… ***
*** A ship's lantern, 19th century, 53 cm high ***
*** A whalebone bead graduated necklace, 19th century, has been restrung, 76 cm long ***
*** A vintage hand-held maritime compass in original case, stamped 'Trade mark Sirius, E. Esdaile Sydney No.1056', in original timber case, the box 33 cm long ***
*** An unusual antique flensing blade, maker's stamp 'Morris. Devon', 19th century, 26 cm long ***
*** An antique flensing tool with unusual circular head and wooden handle, 19th century, 29 cm long ***
*** An antique harpoon tip with folding toggle, together with unusual small size harpoon tip, 19th century, (2 items), 27 cm long and 29.5 cm long ***
*** Ansonia: two rare brass cased pocket sundials with wax card compass and perpetual calendar printed to the case lid, early 20th century, one with leather carrying case. (2 items). The leather case 10 cm long. ***
*** William Marples antique ebony and brass brace, stamped with Royal warrant, 19th century. Examples like these were often presented to the apprentice of the year in the 19th century. 33 cm high ***
*** A rare whale oil slush lamp, wrought iron, 19th century, 36 cm high ***