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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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Part II Online Auction<br />
The Autumn Auction Series Part II will occur as a timed online sale,<br />
Monday 10 July, closing from 10am<br />
All bids are placed via the online <strong>cat</strong>alogue on the Gibson’s website<br />
and are executed immediately against the lot’s reserve, or the current<br />
highest bid. In the case of multiple bids occurring within the last five<br />
minutes of the close of lot, the closing time is extended for a further<br />
five minutes. Please contact our office for further information.<br />
277<br />
OLA COHN (1892-1964)<br />
A pair of painted ceramic book ends<br />
featuring a pair of seated literary<br />
figures on integral plinth bases<br />
27cm high, 13 x 15cm base<br />
NOTE<br />
Made by Ola Cohn for the vendor's<br />
grandfather<br />
$300–500<br />
269<br />
An Australian pottery vase<br />
in tones of blue and orange<br />
decorated with stylised trees,<br />
inscribed to base<br />
15cm high<br />
$100–200<br />
270<br />
ARTHUR MERRIC BOYD<br />
(1920-1999)<br />
a small earthenware dish hand<br />
painted with a desert scene,<br />
inscribed to base: 'AMB'<br />
12cm diameter<br />
$200–300<br />
271<br />
JOHN CASTLE-HARRIS<br />
(1893-1967)<br />
A glazed earthenware basket<br />
of fluted form in rose and mint<br />
colours with a blue rope twist handle<br />
and an applied bird in colours to the<br />
body, incised Castle Harris to base<br />
10cm high<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Property from the Collection of<br />
Andrée Harkness<br />
$200–300<br />
272<br />
JOHN CASTLE-HARRIS<br />
(1893-1967)<br />
a waisted earthenware vase with<br />
a wavy rim encrusted with applied<br />
grapes and vine leaves in transparent<br />
blue, mauve and pale teal glazes over<br />
a cream ground, inscribed Castle<br />
Harris with faint numerals underside<br />
18cm high<br />
$300–400<br />
273<br />
GREG DALY (B.1954)<br />
A shallow landscape studio pottery<br />
ceramic bowl<br />
with rich glaze effect on a black<br />
ground<br />
18cm diameter<br />
$100–200<br />
274<br />
ARTHUR MERRIC<br />
BLOOMFIELD BOYD<br />
(1920-1999)<br />
A green glazed slip ware jug<br />
with yellow glazed interior<br />
incised signature to<br />
base 'Arthur Merric Boyd'<br />
34cm high<br />
$300–500<br />
275<br />
WILLIAM RICKETTS<br />
(1899-1993)<br />
Out of the rocks they come,<br />
spirit from the eternal sun<br />
ceramic sculpture<br />
incised to base: Wm Ricketts<br />
/ 'out of the rocks they come,<br />
spirit from the eternal sun'<br />
9cm high<br />
$300–400<br />
276<br />
A pair of ceramic sauce boats,<br />
marked E.B, 1930s<br />
shaped as leaves with twig form<br />
handles, in green and brown slip<br />
glazes, inscribed E.B to the base of<br />
one, faint marks to other<br />
6cm high, 14cm wide, 5cm deep<br />
$300–500<br />
278<br />
A large ceramic wall plate by<br />
Martin Boyd (1923-1988)<br />
depicting three male corroboree<br />
figures with totem poles in the<br />
background, in brown and ochre<br />
slip colours, incised in script verso,<br />
'Martin Boyd/Australia'<br />
35cm diameter<br />
$300–500<br />
279<br />
DICK VELDHOVEN<br />
Battleship 1964<br />
oil on canvas<br />
signed and dated lower right:<br />
DICK VELDHOVEN 11-12-64<br />
78.5 x 58.5cm<br />
$200–300<br />
280<br />
ROY ALLEN<br />
Ferry Bower, Manly<br />
and a Street in Manly<br />
two etchings<br />
each signed and titled on margin:<br />
Roy Allen<br />
15 x 20.5cm (each)<br />
$200–400<br />
281<br />
ROSS McINTOSH (BORN 1942)<br />
Near West Wyalong, NSW 1990<br />
watercolour<br />
signed, dated and titled lower left:<br />
Ross Jan 1990 near West Wyalong<br />
24.5 x 33cm (image size)<br />
45 x 45cm (frame size)<br />
$100–200
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