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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 rare Australian Colonial<br />
sterling silver teaspoon by<br />
Alexander Dick, 1837<br />
the 'fiddle pattern' spoon, crisply<br />
hallmarked to underside with<br />
'lightning bolt' mark<br />
25gms<br />
$800–1,000<br />
99<br />
100<br />
A sterling silver presentation<br />
porringer with grotesque<br />
dragon handles in the<br />
17th century manner, William<br />
Comyns & Sons, London 1893<br />
with gadroons and embossed and<br />
prick worked borders in the William<br />
and Mary style, inscribed below the<br />
lip: 'presented to Captain R.G Murray<br />
R.N.R by passenger friends, Britannia,<br />
Aug. 93.' hallmarked underside and<br />
with retailer's stamp for Goldsmith &<br />
Silversmiths Company, London<br />
8.5cm high, 10.5cm bowl width,<br />
255gms<br />
NOTE<br />
Shipping news from the South<br />
Australian Register, 11 July 1893,<br />
records the departure of the steamer<br />
Britannia on its voyage from Port<br />
Adelaide to London under the<br />
command of Captain R. G. Murray<br />
$500–600<br />
100
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