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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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ARTHUR MURCH (1902-1989)<br />
Two Pioneer Women<br />
oil on canvas on board<br />
159.5 x 98.5cm<br />
© Arthur Murch/Copyright Agency, 2023<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Christie's, Melbourne, Australian and European Paintings,<br />
Prints & Photographs, 6 December 1994, Lot 277<br />
EXHIBITED<br />
Arthur Murch: A Painting Retrospective, Campbelltown<br />
City Art Gallery, Sydney, September - October 1992<br />
NOTE<br />
This painting has been previously <strong>cat</strong>alogued as<br />
'Study for Project Mural of the Macarthur family'<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
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MIRIAM MOXHAM (1885-1971)<br />
Sport of Kings - The Preliminary, Randwick<br />
Racecourse, Sydney 1945<br />
oil on masonite<br />
signed and dated lower right: Miriam Moxham 45<br />
inscribed and titled verso: MIRIAM MOXHAM SPORT OF<br />
KINGS - THE PRELIMINARY<br />
56 x 114.5cm<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Christie's, Sydney, Australian & International Art,<br />
17 August 1999, Lot 105<br />
Private Collection, NSW<br />
EXHIBITED<br />
Sulman Prize 1945, <strong>cat</strong> no. 8<br />
$8,000–10,000
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