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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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An engineered single cylinder<br />
under type high speed portable<br />
steam engine<br />
26cm high<br />
$800–1,000<br />
240<br />
Two model engines in brass<br />
and steel<br />
comprising a Stuart mill engine S50<br />
and a single cylinder Hubbard engine<br />
the mill engine 13cm high,<br />
the base 13 x 27cm<br />
$400–600<br />
241<br />
A scale model of the Brigantine<br />
'Raven', by Classic Marine<br />
Models, Melbourne<br />
constructed on a 1-60 scale,<br />
within a glazed display case<br />
52cm high, 77cm wide,<br />
12cm deep (model)<br />
63cm high, 100cm wide,<br />
45cm deep (display case)<br />
$600–800<br />
242<br />
A Colonial cedar chest of<br />
drawers, 19th century<br />
with two short drawers and three long<br />
drawers of graduated depth above a<br />
Georgian style base with undulating<br />
skirt and bracket corner feet<br />
111cm high, 112cm wide, 48.5cm deep<br />
$400–600<br />
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