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Clothes Press

Clothes Press c.1825

An Important Early Colonial Australian Cedar Gentleman’s Clothes Press featuring a Palladian pediment the veneered carcase flanked by carved & rope twist ½ columns, the drawers with ebony stringing, internal slides missing, NSW Origin,19th century patina,

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Carver Chair

Carver Chair c.1845

An Early Colonial Australian cedar Carver Chair with scroll arms and featuring flame cedar veneer to the central cross rail, NSW origin, 19th century patina.

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Whatnot

Whatnot c.1850

A rare Tasmanian Blackwood 4 tier whatnot with a single drawer and brass castors.

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Painting oil on canvas

Painting oil on canvas 1887

Peter Powers

A good New Zealand Oil on Canvas of a mountain scene with Figures and a Hut, Labelled verso “The Hut/ From Wellington/ Looking towards [Warkati]. Signed and dated l.l.

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Easy or Library Chair

Easy or Library Chair c.1840

An imposing early colonial Australian cedar Gentleman’s Library Chair, inspired by a design by William Smee & Sons, NSW origin.

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Work Table

Work Table c.1830

A rare Australian Cedar Work Table with a cushion moulded frieze a lift lid revealing four lidded compartments and a removable tray, the Lyre design support has brass rod decoration, on a quadraform bace with square pad feet. Several variants of this design can be found illustrated in Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture.

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Painting

Painting c.1890

Louis Frank act. 1879-1900 An impressive Australian oil on card depicting Aboriginal burial platforms in a landscape possibly near Narrawallee South Coast NSW Signed l.l.

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Davenport

Davenport c.1870

A very rare colonial Australian Davenport in Brush Cyprus Pine (a NSW rainforest timber) having three internal drawers with ivory knobs, on concealed brass and porcelain castors, secondary timber Australian cedar, NSW origin, 19th century patina.

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Coastal View -

Coastal View - Dated 1843

George Hilling (1825-58) A watercolour of a New South Wales coastal view with aboriginals dancing, in an Australian cedar frame, signed & dated l.r.

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Clock - Wall

Clock - Wall c.1900

A 13" English mahogany Wall Clock with a fusee movement having a painted dial retailed by Hollingdale & Kessell, Sydney.

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Piano Stool -

Piano Stool - c.1850

An early colonial Australian Piano Stool in Tasmanian blackwood and acacia, an English metal mechanism with a brass plaque stamped Cope & Collinson / March 1844. Tasmanian origin, 19th century patina.

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Work Table -

Work Table - c.1865

A colonial Australian cedar Work Table with lyre shaped supports, single drawer with a paper label Chas Artlett ... Rushcutters Bay. 19th century patina, NSW origin.

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Whales Teeth -

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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Occasional Table -

Occasional Table - c.1880

A rare & important labelled Colonial New Zealand Table by the master craftsmen Anton Seuffert (act. 1859-87) featuring fern & floral marquetry design in various native timbers including mottled kauri, mapau,whairangipiro, rimu totara,rewarewa and puriri. A similar table is illustrated in The Seuffert Legacy by Brian Peet p. 116.

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Sofa or Library Table -

Sofa or Library Table - c.1840

An Early Australian cedar freestanding Sofa or Library Table with a single drawer and ‘S’ scroll decoration, NSW origin, 19th century patina c.1840

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Side Table

Side Table c.1810-15

A rare early Tasmanian Side Table in Huon pine with Gum square legs, featuring two drawers with brass knob handles.

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Occasional Table -

Occasional Table - c.1835

An early colonial Australian cedar Occasional Table featuring a shaped central support in the form of a stylised Lyre, 19th century patina, NSW origin.

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Occasional Table

Occasional Table c1830

An early Colonial Australian cedar Occasional Table with four legs, illustrated in Australian Furniture page 439, Tasmanian origin c1830.

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Side or Serving Table -

Side or Serving Table - c.1825

An early Tasmanian square tapered leg Serving or Side Table in Australian cedar, featuring faux front drawers, 19th century patina.

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Writing Box -

Writing Box - c.1855

A Tasmanian made Writing Box attributed to William Downing. The carcase is Australian cedar & imported Baltic pine it is veneered with imported mahogany & satinwood inlays the feather-banding however is Australian cedar & Huon pine.

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Clock - Wall

Clock - Wall 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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Water Monkey -

Water Monkey - c.1895

An Australian Lithgow Pottery "Water Monkey" unsigned.

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Candlestick -

Candlestick - c.1925

Harry Lindeman

An Australian Art Pottery Candlestick, signed to base H. Linderman, c.1925

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Dressing Stand

Dressing Stand c.1840

A rare Australian Cedar Gentleman’s Dressing Stand featuring two drawers and slides to both sides, in untouched condition, with excellent 19th century patina, NSW origin

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Painting, River landscape -

Painting, River landscape - 1901

An Australian oil on board of a River landscape in a bird's eye maple frame, signed and dated l.r. J. Peele 1901

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Work Table -

Work Table - c.1835

An Australian cedar & rose mahogany Work Table, NSW origin, 19th century patina.

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Apprentice Chest of Drawers -

Apprentice Chest of Drawers - c.1885

A rare Tasmanian birdseye Huon pine Apprentice Chest of Drawers, 19th century patina

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Painting, Wartercolour

Painting, Wartercolour 1890

An Australian watercolour view of the rail siding at Mingary South Australia - Initialed lr. 1890 J.V.

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Painting

Painting 19th Century

An Australian unsigned watercolour view of Castle Rock Cape Woolamai - Phillip Island Victoria - inscribed l.r.

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Card Table -

Card Table - c.1830

A RARE early Colonial Australian Card Table in Tasmanian blackwood & Huon pine.

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