Antiques
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# 45174
[Anon.]
An elaborate “cobweb” (or “beehive”) valentine with pull-string mechanism, 1840s.
[UK : s.n., 1840s]. Paper bifolium (255 x 205 mm), the front with embossed decorative border and central hand-coloured lithographed design of flowers with a pull-string mechanism lifting up to reveal two birds and the legend ‘Mutual Love’; above and below is a lithographed two-stanza poem: ‘Think not, oh! Think – this trifle vain,/ That …
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# 43727
CARY, John (c. 1754 - 1835)
New celestial globe
[London] : J. & W. Cary, [between 1791 and 1820]. Celestial pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, engraved gores over plaster and wooden sphere, two metal pins, housed in red morocco case lined with felt, bright original colour, some old discolouration under the varnish, metal eye hooks, the globe sitting perfectly within its case. …
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# 45014
GEORGE PHILIP & SON
Philips’ 12 inch terrestrial globe
London : George Philip & Son, circa 1928. Terrestrial globe 12 inches in diameter, printed gores over papier mache base, graduated equator band, supported on a contemporary half-meridian engraved brass stand on original turned wooden base and three feet, some old surface rubbing, a very good example, completely unrestored and in original condition. An interesting …
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# 42458
[HARVEY, William, 1752-1807]
Midshipman William Harvey, sailor on all three voyages of Captain Cook : his watercolour portrait and snuff box.
Watercolour on paper, 247 x 227 mm, in an early gilded wood and gesso frame, inscribed verso Midshipman Hardy [sic] of Ct. Cook’s Ship Discovery 1779. Exhibited: Endeavour voyage: the untold stories of Cook and the First Australians. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2 June 2020 – 26 April 2021. Reference: Coates, Ian (editor). Endeavour voyage, the …
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# 43742
LORING, Josiah (1775 - c. 1840)
Loring’s nine and half inch terrestrial globe.
Drawn and engraved by W, B. Annin. Boston : Josiah Loring, [c.1845]. Terrestrial globe, 9 1/2 inches in diameter, engraved gores and two polar calottes with original hand colouring over papier mache base, graduated equator, ecliptic and date line meridian, the oceans with an analemma showing the delineation of the sun for every day of the …
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# 43091
[Maker unknown]
Folding entomologist’s microscope.
[Probably English, c.1840]. Folding microscope, 110 mm (handle to lens), consisting of a slotted brass supporting arm, 110 mm spiked forceps, dual lens microscope, with turned bone handle; a knurled brass knob acts as a forceps holder, and allows for positioning; the lens can be rotated to configure different magnification powers; housed in the original …
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# 43543
Maker unknown.
A Batak shaman’s calendar, “porhalaan”.
[Northern Sumatra, twentieth century]. Comprised of twelve bamboo slats incised with Batak script, suspended by twine from a bone finial incised with shamanic symbols; dimensions 180 x 110 mm; intact, darkened patina overall. A Batak datu or shaman’s calendar, “porhalaan”, used not for determining the date but rather auspicious times for rituals. Each of the …
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# 43092
MICHAUT-DELACROIX, V.
[CALCULATING DEVICE]. Cercle calculateur mobile.
… par V. Michaut Delacroix de Châtillon (Côte d’Or). Paris : Lith. de Paul Dupont et Cie., 1840. Printed card, 275 mm in diameter, wooden handle 290 mm in length, mounted in the centre to rotate; one side calculates rates of interest for wages, calculated at 6% from one day to 360 days; the other …
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# 40253
JOHNSTON, W. & A. K.
18-inch terrestrial globe
London and Chicago : W. & A. K. Johnston for Hammett, circa 1910. Measuring 18 inches (46cm) in diameter, 45 inches (115 cm) tall; in bronzed cast iron meridian and stand, with calendrical paper horizon ring, laid on wood; with an analemma and two polar calottes. Standing in bronzed cast iron tripod stand with glass …
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# 37154
Maker unknown.
A unique handmade Asian conical hat constructed from Turf Virginia cigarette packets. Australia, between 1930 and 1945.
A conical hat (also known as a rice hat), 42 cm in diameter, constructed using a total of 183 individual Turf Virginia cigarette packets, with four tiers of meticulously arranged overlapping sections – reminiscent of plate armour – entirely hand-stitched with fine twine (no tape or glue was used!); the hat is surmounted by a …
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# 41659
BARDIN, William (c.1740-1798)
Wright’s new improved terrestrial globe,
on which the Latitudes and Longitudes of Places are Carefully laid down, with all the New Discoveries Made by the late CAPT. COOK and other current NAVIGATORS to the Present Time. London : William Bardin, 1782. Terrestrial globe, 9 inches in diameter, engraved gores and two polar calottes with original hand colouring over papier mache …
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# 35749
A set of English Regency library or bedroom steps
65 cms tall, 40 cms wide, 62 cms deep, mahogany with elaborate decorative inlay, leather steps, two fitted drawers with original paper lining, brass handles.
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# 40425
EVANS, Jane (attributed)
Keepsake in the form of a needlework sampler bookmark, commemorating the birth of John Evans at Round Mountain, near Rylstone, Central West New South Wales, on 17 June 1878.
Needlework sampler bookmark, 105 x 65 mm; very well preserved. The text reads: ‘John Evans / Born / June 17th 1878 / Round Mountain / Sweet copy far more dear to me / Than all the living forms could be. / Save him who placed thee next my Heart‘; [together with] another sampler bookmark, sewn …
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# 41036
Anon
A Regency folding card table circa 1835
Mahogany with Macassar ebony, inlaid decoration on a splay quatrefoil pedestal base, recent felt baize (lightly stained), measuring 72cm high, 91cm wide, and 46 cm deep, a few light scratches. A handsome Regency, practically useful closed or open for a number of purposes,
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# 40251
CRUCHLEY, George F. (1797 - 1880)
Cruchley’s new terrestrial globe, from the most recent authorities, exhibiting the discoveries in equatorial Africa, North Pole, and the new settlements and divisions in Australia, New Zealand, California, Texas &c.
London : G. F. Cruchley, [ca.1862] Terrestrial globe, 12 inches in diameter, engraved gores with original hand colouring over plaster base, graduated equator and ecliptic, the oceans with an analemma, hand-engraved calibrated brass meridian ring, movable brass polar calotte, small area of restoration to the north polar axis, engraved calendrical paper horizon ring with zodiac (in …
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# 40252
Anon.
A George III mahogany tilt-top circular wine table, circa 1760
Measures 72 cms tall, 69 cms diameter, crafted from deep-toned mahogany, the pedestal above a tripod base with spreading pad feet. A useful piece of Georgian furniture in good condition.