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ibson’s is delighted to announce our forthcoming Australian, Maritime & Exploration auction featuring items of Australian historical interest and importance including Australian and Colonial Furniture, Decorative Arts, Paintings and Early Photography, Scrimshaw, Artefacts, Goldfields and Convict interest, Militaria, Books and Documents. Leading the sale is the exquisite Australian silver cake clock, commissioned by the Myer Emporium in celebration of the Centenary of Melbourne in 1934, made by renowned silversmiths, Steeth & Son, of Melbourne Cup fame. At almost five kilograms of silver, this example is twice the size of the model in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria and presents a unique opportunity for private collectors and institutions to acquire a piece of significant Victorian history.
ibson’s is delighted to announce our forthcoming Australian, Maritime & Exploration auction featuring items of Australian historical interest and importance including Australian and Colonial Furniture, Decorative Arts, Paintings and Early Photography, Scrimshaw, Artefacts, Goldfields and Convict interest, Militaria, Books and Documents.
Leading the sale is the exquisite Australian silver cake clock, commissioned by the Myer Emporium in celebration of the Centenary of Melbourne in 1934, made by renowned silversmiths, Steeth & Son, of Melbourne Cup fame. At almost five kilograms of silver, this example is twice the size of the model in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria and presents a unique opportunity for private collectors and institutions to acquire a piece of significant Victorian history.
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52<br />
A pocket watch mechanism<br />
from a shipwreck<br />
reputedly from the RMS Lusitania,<br />
with an accompanying certifi<strong>cat</strong>e<br />
from Ocean Liner Memorabilia<br />
$100–200<br />
53<br />
A petite Swiss enamel and gold<br />
pocket watch, circa 1900<br />
crown wind and set cylinder<br />
movement, featuring an enamel dial<br />
and an enamelled ballerina scene to<br />
the reverse<br />
21mm diameter<br />
$300–400<br />
54<br />
A Swiss double dial silver<br />
chronograph, circa 1900<br />
silver dial, crown wind pin set<br />
52mm diameter<br />
$500–700<br />
55<br />
A Swiss double dial silver<br />
pocket watch, circa 1900<br />
crown wind pin set with full<br />
calendar moon face to the<br />
reverse to a silver case<br />
49mm diameter<br />
$500–700<br />
56<br />
An English fusee lever pulse<br />
silver pocket watch, 1890's<br />
key wind key set, white enamel dial<br />
with large sweep hand<br />
60mm diameter<br />
$400–600<br />
57<br />
A Swiss fusee verge silver<br />
pocket watch, circa 1810<br />
white enamel dial with gold hands<br />
54mm diameter<br />
$400–600<br />
58<br />
A sterling silver English pair<br />
cased fusee verge pocket<br />
watch, circa 1810<br />
with a personalised white enamel<br />
dial, the movement signed Charles<br />
Davidson London<br />
55mm diameter<br />
$300–400<br />
59<br />
An English sterling silver lever<br />
pocket watch, circa 1880<br />
with a silver and gold dial, the<br />
movement signed John Forest<br />
London<br />
54mm diameter<br />
$300–400<br />
60<br />
An English pair cased fusee<br />
verge, circa 1715<br />
white enamel dial with beetle and<br />
poker hands, the movement signed<br />
Robert Jackson Gainsborough<br />
50mm diameter<br />
$600–800<br />
61<br />
An English fusee rack lever<br />
sterling silver pocket watch,<br />
circa 1840s<br />
sterling silver case, the movement<br />
signed Charles Galli Bath, white<br />
enamel dial with gold hands<br />
54mm diameter<br />
$800–1,000<br />
62<br />
An English sterling silver fusee<br />
lever pocket watch, circa 1860<br />
with an enamel dial, key wind, key set,<br />
the movement signed D. Buckingham<br />
Glasgow<br />
55mm diameter<br />
$300–400<br />
63<br />
An English fusee sterling silver<br />
lever pocket watch by William<br />
Finley Bishop, Auckland,<br />
circa 1880<br />
with an enamel dial, key wind and<br />
key set<br />
56mm diameter<br />
$300–400<br />
64<br />
A Swiss gunmetal full calendar<br />
moon face pocket watch,<br />
circa 1900<br />
crown wind pin set, calendar, white<br />
enamel dial, blue steel hands,<br />
subsidiary seconds, German<br />
manufacturer, dial signed J Ve Koeln<br />
53mm diameter<br />
$600–800<br />
65<br />
An English pair cased verge<br />
pocket watch, late 18th century<br />
white enamel dial with Turkish<br />
numerals, movement and dial signed<br />
Edward Prior, made specifically for<br />
the Turkish market<br />
45mm diameter<br />
$600–800
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