c1929. Enamel on tin, 45.6 x 61cm. Surface and paint loss to edges and centre. Comment from The University of Melbourne Archives: “The company, one of Victoria’s oldest, was floated in 1848 and 1849 as the Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Co. It changed its name in 1877. One of..... More
c1900s-1930s. Twenty-four (24) colour lithograph board games, sizes range from 18.3 x 27.7cm to 43.7 x 34.5cm. Most with splits to old folds, slight creases or scuffing, laid down on original card backing. Games include Snakes & Ladders; Ludo; National Bicycle Game; Race Round Australia [cars etc]; AFL board games..... More
1910s-1930s. Three photograph albums containing 200 vintage silver gelatin photographs, two albums are annotated with captions and some dated in ink on album page below images, sizes range from 4.9 x 3cm to 24.4 x 19.2cm. Minor silvering, most images laid down on album page. Albums contain many family photographs..... More
c1930s. Canvas with screenprint, 60 x 180cm. Minor stains overall. This gangway canvas would have been used at Rose Bay’s flying boat base, which operated between 1938 and 1974, except during the mid and post-war years of the 1940s. Accompanied with vintage silver gelatin postcard depicting the flying boat base..... More
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1939. Wooden plaque with engraved, mounted sterling silver, 23 x 18 x 4.6cm. Text continues “per inch of rainfall during the growing season. 1939-40 season. Won by P. Strange, 2 bushels, 6lbs. J.G. Taylor [silversmith], sterling.” Silverwork includes a swan, and a farmer with bushels of wheat. More
1939. Autograph letter on Australian Club letterhead, dated and signed by A.B. Paterson in ink, accompanied with binder of ephemera laid down on foolscap pages, collected between 1930 and 1957, some pages stamped “From J.K. Moir collection”, 15.3 x 20.3cm. Slight soiling and old folds to letter, laid down on..... More
c1910s-1940s. Consisting of nine hundred and sixty-three (963) vintage silver gelatin or print-out paper photographs, loose or spread over five family photograph albums, some images inscribed “yours sincerely” by women or captioned or dated in ink on backing below, one album contains an ex-libris label for “Francis Clune”, signed by..... More
c1946. Ink and wash with white gouache, titled in ink in lower margin, 20.5 x 25.7cm. Tears to upper edge, slight creases and minor foxing to margins. Shows the six states of Australia with their state flags. The South Australia symbol has since changed to a white-backed magpie. Ref: Flags..... More
1950s. Colour process lithograph, inscribed and signed by Menzies in ink in lower margin, 21.7 x 16.6cm. Slight discolouration to edges of margins, tipped to original backing. Inscription reads “For Charles [Lloyd Jones], with affection.” Provenance: Charles Lloyd Jones estate. More
c1950s. Acrylic on card with 24 silk or wool bow-ties, mounted with Dobell’s signature in ink below portrait, 23.5 x 21cm (image); 74.3 x 67.4cm (overall). Some bow-ties with tears or fraying, minor foxing to backing. Framed. Provenance: Dobell estate, Cromwells Sale 2005. William Dobell (Aust., 1899-1970) was the first..... More
c1958. Three hand-painted coconut shells, each scene titled, one face of shell dated with autographs of “Empire Games Squad” from 1958, sizes from 19.6 x 27.5 x 17.5cm to 26.5 x 30.3 x 22cm. Slight paint loss and chips overall. Titles read: (1) Magnetic Island [QLD]; [and] Souvenir of Townsville..... More
c1962. Printed cotton fabric, initialled “R.D.” in image in each repeat, text including title and artist printed along selvedge, 219.5 x 116cm, 28.5cm vertical repeat. Slight stains, strip of corduroy machine-sewn along left side. Text reads “Figures in Landscape by Russell Drysdale. Australian Artists Originals by John Kaldor Sekers Fabric.”..... More
c1911–1930s. Two softcover octavo booklets, 17.3 x 14cm and 19.5 x 16.3cm. Minor creases, stains, foxing, and tears to wrappers. Titles and text include (1) Birds of the Sunny South with Australian Flowers, published by Pater’s Printery, 271 Little Collins St, Melbourne, c1911. “Produced entirely by Australians. Birds by [Violet]..... More