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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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COLONIAL SCHOOL<br />
Seated Lady in Blue Dress with<br />
Bouquet of Flowers, circa 1855<br />
watercolour<br />
17 x 17cm<br />
$1,500–2,500<br />
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118<br />
COLONIAL SCHOOL<br />
Portrait of Jan Ann Field,<br />
circa 1850<br />
watercolour<br />
inscribed verso: J. A. Field<br />
April 16th 1852 aged 5 years<br />
15.5 x 11cm<br />
$1,500–2,500<br />
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119<br />
LANCE BRESSOW (BORN 1942)<br />
Head in Profile<br />
relief sculpture Carrara marble<br />
raised on a Carrara marble base<br />
signed lower right: BRESSOW<br />
40cm high, 36cm wide,<br />
15cm deep (base)<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
McInnes Galleries, Brisbane, 1976<br />
Christie's, Brisbane, Paintings and<br />
Furniture from the Ian Callinan<br />
Collection, 11 December 1994, Lot 274<br />
$800–1,000
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