Portrait Medallions c.1840
A pair of Australian Blackwood framed
plaster Portrait Medallions by the Australian sculptor Bernhard Smith
(1820-1885) of his parents, Lord Henry Smith (1778-1855) and Jane Mary Voase
(1783-1845) Sculptors and friends Bernhard
Smith and Thomas Woolner arrived in Melbourne in October 1852.
Represented: National Portrait Gallery,
London; Linnaean Society, London; Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge: National
Maritime Museum, London; National Gallery of Australia; La Trobe Collection,
State Library of Victoria.
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London 1842-1851;
Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-1881
A long-stitch Needlework - c.1880
A long-stitch and wool-worked Sailors Needlework depicting ships and a lighthouse.
Book - Published 1985
Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture, a good copy, now out of print.
Plaque - c.1920
An Australian bronzed metal sculptured plaque of a WW1 Officer, signed Nelson Illingworth.
Plaque - c. 1920
An Australian bronze sculptured Plaque of a WW1 AIF Captain signed Nelson Illingworth
A long-stich Woolwork - c.1880
A Wool longstich (Woollie) of the Prince Consort.
Taxidermy c.1900
A cased Taxidermy display of Australian fish in a
naturalistic setting,
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Kangaroo Mystery Clock c.1920s
A German Junghams 4 day Mystery Clock patented 1909 and popular to 1930s.
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Whales Teeth - c. early 19th century
A rare pair of Southern Ocean Scrimshaw Whale's Teeth depicting a coconut palm and flowering breadfruit in a pot on one side, with fully rigged whaling ships on the other.
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Wall Clock - c.1850-67
An impressive 18" English mahogany Wall Clock with a fusee movement having a painted dial retailed by Brush & McDonnell, Sydney (act. 1850-67)
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Carved Panel - 1912
An Australian framed Carved Panel of a kookaburra, gum nuts and leaves, in Australian rose mahogany by G.L. Littlemore, signed and dated 1912.
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Portrait Medallion - c.1850
An Australian Wax portrait medallion of Captain William Bunster, an early Tasmanian colonist, in its original musk frame. Attributed to Theressa Snell Walker.
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Woolwork - c.1910
An Australian Woolwork of wattle, in a birds-eye maple frame.
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Coat of Arms - early 20th century
An Embroided Australian Coat of Arms
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