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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 mahogany mounted<br />
Culpepper microscope,<br />
early 20th century<br />
the microscope on a sprung stage<br />
with a butterfly mouth slide, mounted<br />
to a mahogany single drawer base<br />
with bone handle, containing<br />
additional lenses and slides, in a<br />
mahogany pyramid form case<br />
the microscope 30.5cm high<br />
$2,000–3,000<br />
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A brass portable drum<br />
sextant by Cary, London,<br />
mid 19th century<br />
in original mahogany fitted case<br />
the sextant 8cm diameter<br />
the case 4.5cm high, 11.5cm wide,<br />
9.5cm deep<br />
$300–500<br />
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A bronze sextant by Troughton,<br />
London, in a fitted mahogany<br />
case, circa 1860<br />
the arc inscribed 'Troughton, London',<br />
numbered 944<br />
the case 12cm high, 35cm wide,<br />
28cm deep<br />
$1,500–2,000<br />
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A Prismatic brass surveyor's<br />
compass, by Stanley, London,<br />
circa 1900<br />
with leather carrying case<br />
and shoulder strap<br />
7cm diameter (approx.)<br />
$200–400<br />
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