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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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A sterling silver Swiss lever,<br />
circa 1870<br />
lever, key wind, key set, retailed by MT<br />
Tobias Liverpool, featuring a silver<br />
engraved case with duck hunting<br />
scene to front,fully chased and<br />
engraved movement, made for the<br />
Spanish market<br />
48mm diameter<br />
$300–400<br />
67<br />
A Swiss silver hunter case<br />
pocket watch, circa 1900<br />
cased and decorated silver case,<br />
crown wind pin set, fancy chased<br />
movement made for the Spanish<br />
market<br />
50mm diameter<br />
$500–700<br />
70<br />
A French silver single cased<br />
verge fusee pocket watch,<br />
circa 1690<br />
champleve dial with single hand, the<br />
movement 1690 Bobillier a Besancon,<br />
to a pierced chased silver case<br />
52mm diameter<br />
$4,000–6,000<br />
71<br />
A Longines 14ct gold<br />
chronograph pocket watch,<br />
circa 1920<br />
crown wind pin set, white enamel dial<br />
with constant seconds 30 minute<br />
register, signed case dial movement,<br />
fully jewelled Swiss lever movement<br />
54mm diameter<br />
$5,500–6,500<br />
68<br />
A Swiss double dial<br />
chronograph pocket watch,<br />
circa 1900<br />
with a round white enamel dial with<br />
sub seconds at six, crown wind pin<br />
set, silver case<br />
52mm diameter<br />
$400–600<br />
69<br />
A Swiss open face 'one minute'<br />
Tourbillon chronometer pocket<br />
watch by Fureur, circa 1900<br />
with a white enamel dial within a gun<br />
metal case, lever escapement, and<br />
movement signed Fureur, B.C.G.DC,<br />
numbered 34394<br />
54mm diameter<br />
$5,000–6,000
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