GA047-cat-flipbook-v1
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.
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
74<br />
216<br />
An Australian cedar chest<br />
of drawers, 19th century<br />
the top set with two half drawers over<br />
three graduated large drawers with<br />
knob handles<br />
107cm high, 112cm wide, 57.5cm deep<br />
$500–800<br />
217<br />
A Sunderland lustreware<br />
tankard, 19th century<br />
Inscribed with a poem<br />
and the ship 'Crimea'<br />
12cm high<br />
$400–600<br />
218<br />
A cedar chest of drawers,<br />
19th century<br />
with a bullnose top above two short<br />
and three long drawers with knob<br />
handles and oval brass escutcheons,<br />
raised on bun feet<br />
104cm high, 110cmm wide,<br />
53cm deep<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Formerly in the the Sheriff's<br />
Residence, 1 Camp Crescent,<br />
Castlemaine, circa 1854<br />
$500–800<br />
219<br />
A pine scullery table, Australian,<br />
19th century<br />
of pegged construction, the plank<br />
top above a band frieze supported on<br />
turned legs with toupie feet<br />
71.5cm high, 120cm wide,<br />
71.5cm deep<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Formerly in the the Sheriff's<br />
Residence, 1 Camp Crescent,<br />
Castlemaine, circa 1854<br />
$400–600<br />
216
Change language