An interesting selection of items, just freshly released.
With Christmas coming up fast, there’s a lot of items that would make great small presents – check out the ‘Under $100‘ and ‘Under $50‘ galleries.
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Victorian style small ‘slipper’ chair, floral upholsterySold -
Pair of black sequins hat pins C.1930$25.00 AUD -
Set of 6 Art Deco cocktail coasters, butterfly wing ground, c. 1920$45.00 AUD -
Victorian glove button hook, c. 1870$30.00 AUD -
Edwardian silverplate mug with ferns & inscription ‘To Edna A.Parish’, c. 1910$45.00 AUD -
Belt buckle, Georgian style, 19th century$45.00 AUD -
Indian Horn Paper knife C.1900$22.00 AUD -
Art Deco black glass bead necklace, c. 1930$25.00 AUD -
Hat pin with green top, c. 1930$15.00 AUD -
Hat pin with silver Scotch Thistle , C 1930$15.00 AUD -
Hat pin with glass teardrop C.1930$15.00 AUD -
Fine silver chain, .925, 1930’s$35.00 AUD -
SE Asian Silver ‘baby rattle’ mirror, 20th CSold -
Victorian silverplate mug with moulded daffodil & geranium flowers, c. 1880$30.00 AUD -
Sterling mounted glass stamp glue pot, 1905$45.00 AUD -
Victorian wood mounted thermometer, c. 1890$75.00 AUD -
Framed print – ‘The Mountains & Straits of Sang Wan Hab’ 1760$245.00 AUD -
Large 19th century clear glass chemist jar$240.00 AUD -
Hicks & Meigh Ironstone plate, Imari pattern 1066, C.1825$140.00 AUD -
Victorian pottery Child’s ‘Alphabet Mug’, P Q , c. 1840Sold -
Staffordshire Pottery ‘Railway’ mug with early train print, ‘Express’, c. 1860$245.00 AUD -
Pearlware plate, Rome Tiber view after Spode, circa 1820Sold -
Australian Pottery ‘Dragon’ vase, ‘Jacqueline’ -Erik Juckert signed, circa 1938Sold -
Large Scottish Pottery mug, ‘Seville’ bullfighting pattern, by R Cochran & Co, c. 1855$145.00 AUD -
Sterling Silver earrings, aesthetic movement with insects, c. 1880$125.00 AUD
Dutch Delft tiles in Manganese
We’re used to Dutch Delft in the blue & white, but the mineral manganese was also used to produce these interesting variations to the usual ‘Delft’. The Biblical examples are scarce, and these are fine examples – note the ‘Moses in the Bullrushes’ scene complete with a Sphinx in the background!
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Dutch Delft Manganese tile of castles by the sea, c. 1800$195.00 AUD -
Dutch Delft tile with manganese scene, c. 1800$195.00 AUD -
Dutch Delft Manganese tile, coastal scene, c. 1800$195.00 AUD -
Dutch Delft manganese tile, houses by the sea, c. 1800$195.00 AUD -
Dutch Delft manganese tile, Exodus 23- Moses in the Bull Rushes with Sphinx- late 18th Century$275.00 AUD -
Manganeze tile depicting Number 22 v 31, Angel of the Lord, 18th Century$275.00 AUD -
Dutch Delft manganese tile, biblical scene in John, Jesus before Pilate? Late 18th century$275.00 AUD
Pen Knives & Pocket knives
Once essential items for anyone who wrote, a pen-knife was a small sharp blade that allowed you to trim a quill to write with. The rarities in this collection are the ‘mini’ examples- perfectly usable , but in miniature and designed to hang from the fob chain of a gent’s pocketwatch.
The ‘fancy’ examples with silver blades are in fact for use with foods – ie. cutting soft fruits, where steel would both be damaged by the acids of the fruit, and cause discolouration to the fruit. Silver on the other hand didn’t have the same reaction, and they were a popular item in the Victorian era.
There’s also a rather lethal looking medical tool: a lancet, perhaps the most ancient and simple of all medical instruments: it has a super sharp double-sided blade with slender point, and was used to open a vein and allow all the badness to drain from the body… alongside the inevitable blood. Thankfully, a practice long since abandoned thanks to modern medicine! This is a German example in Tortoiseshell, marked ‘THAMM’ for a Berlin maker of surgical instruments.
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Early doctor’s ‘bloodletting’ tool, lancet, tortoiseshell & steel, THAMM of Berlin, 19th century$125.00 AUD -
German steel toothed scissors, ALTO brand by Richard Haastert & Büll, c. 1925$35.00 AUD -
Small Victorian Sterling Silver bladed fruit pocketknife, 1894$185.00 AUD -
Small ‘Rodgers’ double bladed penknife with pearlshell handle, Sheffield c. 1915Sold -
Small Victorian ‘Congress’ pocketknife, “SILVER STEEL” blade, c. 1850$145.00 AUD -
Small Victorian fruit pocketknife, Sterling Silver & pearlshell, Sheffield 1879$135.00 AUD -
Small Victorian congress penknife, pearlshell handle, c. 1880$155.00 AUD -
Miniature Victorian penknife, for a fob chain, c. 1860$165.00 AUD -
Small folding pocketknife, Italian c. 1900$65.00 AUD -
Rare miniature fobchain penknife, bone handle, c. 1850$135.00 AUD -
Edwardian pen knife with intricately carved Mother of Pearl panels, hallmarked 1912Sold -
Blue guilloche enameled pen knife, French c.1900$95.00 AUD -
French silver pocket knife/nail file with rococo scrolls, c.1900$95.00 AUD
Local Interest:
For all of those who are local, here’s a selection of interesting Artworks & Artifacts of local interest – all from Geelong, the Bellarine, and nearby country areas.
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Set of 10 Troy Ounce cup weights, mid 19th. c. – Goldrush Geelong provenanceSold -
Coloured print of Geelong, 19th C$145.00 AUD -
Coloured print of Geelong, 19th C$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Market Square looking NE from Malop St Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Yarra Street looking South to the Bay of Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving,Railway terminus St Paul’s church etc Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving,Moorabool St from Myers St Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Approach to Geelong, from the bay 1856: printed 1890$65.00 AUD
