Art Objects

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Alabaster cornucopia
A fine and rare pair of 19th Century Alabaster Cornucopia with wonderful translucency.
Height 30.5 cm
$1,350 incl GST
Bluejohn Blue John
A very rare early 19th century Derbyshire Blue John Urn and Lid on a black slate base.
Approximate total height 24.5cm.
$2,850 incl GST
Basse Australian silver
A very rare Australian silver brooch depicting an  Australian Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus) by Frederick Basse of Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1890.
Silver body with real Christmas Beetle wings and eyes of rubies.
BASSE mark to base.
​Length 40mm
SOLD.
skeleton memento mori
A Nineteenth Century carved antler horn memento mori depicting a skeleton.
Height 17.5 cm
​$1,850

Coco de Mere Nut
A very rare Coco de Mere Nut
Found on only two islands in the Seychelles, and a protected species, the Coco de Mere has been collected as a rarity for centuries. Ancient mariners believed it was the remains of a Mermaid's body. 
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Height 33cm
​$1,850 incl GST
Tribal Head
Early Tribal Head on Stand
Height – 75 cm
$550 incl GST
A very rare Grand Tour Roman Imperial Porphyry Urn
Mounted on a period red onyx or marble plinth.
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Circa 1820 or earlier.
Urn height: 17.5 cm. Total height: 28 cm.
​$8,850
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Beaker depicting Pagliacci
A handmade earthenware beaker depicting the face of Pagliacci.
​Initialled to base.
​14cm high
​$385 incl GST
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An exceedingly rare early Australian sundial made for Adelaide by Raphael Clint, circa 1840.
Hand engraved slate with bronze gnomon.
Inscribed: Adelaide / Latitude 34 59S
20.5 x 20.8 x 10cm
Comparison with the few known bronze sundials with the makers name engraved can justify firmly giving the maker as Clint.
Ernie the Pig and A Thief.
Two very rare Australian cedar framed hand painted mechanical lantern slides by the Launceston, Tasmania, pioneer photographer and chemist
Frank Stuart Browne (1854-1938).
One with makers trade label.
$685 the pair.
Japanese tea bowl
Japanese Tea Bowl
Shino
Wheel Thrown
​9cm high
$395 incl GST
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