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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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95<br />

389<br />

Two vintage large sheet metal and<br />

brass tropical rain gauges<br />

both of typical form with a collecting<br />

funnel and stabilising splayed base,<br />

one stamped CBM 465, the all<br />

copper model, marked CBM 195<br />

the largest 87cm high<br />

$300–500<br />

390<br />

A mahogany cased stick barometer<br />

by L. Casella London, circa 1850s<br />

with a paper scale<br />

87cm high<br />

$200–400<br />

391<br />

An oak cased clock barometer in the<br />

shape of an anchor, English<br />

reputedly from Penola Station<br />

57cm long<br />

$200–400<br />

392<br />

A carved oak barometer/<br />

thermometer, early 20th century<br />

with mark of Otto Boettger, Adelaide,<br />

to dial<br />

73cm long<br />

$200–400<br />

393<br />

Two antique barometer/<br />

thermometers, 19th century<br />

a wall hung barometer with<br />

calibrated measures housed in a<br />

wood frame, the other, an 'improved<br />

pocket barometer', by J. Cooke of<br />

York, housed in a hinged carry case<br />

60cm high, wall barometer<br />

$300–400<br />

394<br />

An Australian oak mounted steel<br />

stick barometer, circa 1960<br />

manufactured by R.W Skoglund<br />

Instrument Service, Northcote,<br />

Melbourne<br />

102cm high<br />

$300–500<br />

395<br />

A cased brass carriage clock by<br />

Ingram Bros, made in Paris, retailed in<br />

Melbourne, circa 1900<br />

having an enamel dial with Arabic<br />

numerals and a subsidiary dial, with<br />

visible escapement, marked Ingram<br />

Bros, Paris, Melbourne, with a hard<br />

carry case and associated key<br />

11.5cm high, 7.5cm wide, 6.5cm deep<br />

$200–300<br />

396<br />

A prismatic compass by Troughton<br />

& Simms made for Gaunt & Co.,<br />

Melbourne, mid 20th century<br />

the folding instrument stamped PMG,<br />

with leather case stamped PMG<br />

the case 13cm long<br />

$100–150<br />

397<br />

A portable brass compass<br />

and sundial, by J.H. Steward,<br />

Strand London<br />

housed in a leather box<br />

12cm diameter<br />

$80–100<br />

398<br />

A vintage portable aneroid<br />

barometer, Antarctic Division<br />

instrument, and an anemometer<br />

the cased aneroid barometer, type<br />

M.1991/A, with operating instructions<br />

to the inside lid and label marked<br />

Dept of Science Antarctic Division,<br />

made by Mechanism Ltd, Croydon,<br />

and; a calibrated steel and brass<br />

anemometer, for measuring wind<br />

speed and pressure, stamped<br />

Ernesto Allemano - Torino<br />

the case 17cm high, 16.5 wide,<br />

19.5cm deep<br />

the anemometer 29 x 41cm<br />

$300–500<br />

399<br />

A London & Bourne brass mantel<br />

barometer, retailed through<br />

T. Gaunt & Co, late 19th century<br />

with an open escapement<br />

instrument face and blue steel<br />

hand, housed in a reticulated<br />

and carved oak cradle stand<br />

the face 20cm diameter<br />

the cradle 45cm wide<br />

$120–200<br />

400<br />

A commemorative Arctic and<br />

Antarctica expeditions Adie<br />

Tendency barometer thermometer<br />

The James Clark Ross (1800-<br />

1862) Antarctica Expedition<br />

1839, with historical notes,<br />

produced by Nauticalia<br />

44cm high, 14cm wide<br />

$60–100<br />

401<br />

An antique cased brass<br />

chrondrometer or corn balance,<br />

W.R Dell & Son, 26 Mark Lane,<br />

London, 19th century<br />

a portable instrument complete<br />

with instructions for the weighing<br />

of <strong>cat</strong>egories of grain, housed in<br />

a hardwood case that serves as<br />

the base plate for the assembled<br />

instrument<br />

the case 8cm high, 31cm wide,<br />

15cm deep<br />

$200–300<br />

402<br />

A leather cased surveyor's<br />

instrument, A. G. Barker &<br />

Associates, Melbourne, circa 1940<br />

marked 'Surveyor's Aneroid<br />

Compensated', made in England,<br />

retailer A.G. Barker; leather case<br />

stamped Timbers 1940<br />

the instrument face 8cm diameter<br />

$100–200<br />

403<br />

A group of three vintage barographs,<br />

circa 1940-1980<br />

a bakelite cased barograph and two<br />

metal cased instruments, various<br />

makers including Thies Germany,<br />

retailed by Selby, and; Weathertronic,<br />

retailed by Dobbie Instruments,<br />

the bakelite model marked with<br />

trademark<br />

the largest 21cm high, 31cm wide,<br />

14cm deep<br />

$200–400<br />

404<br />

A vintage brass telescope<br />

the telescope mounted<br />

on a tripod base<br />

tube 95cm, the stand 145cm high<br />

$300–500

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