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  • A Good 20thC Plaster Death MaskA Good 20thC Plaster Death Mask
      A Good 20thC Plaster Death Mask
      Origin: English or FrenchPeriod: Early/Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1930-50Height: 9.25”Width: 6” (at extremities)The life size thick plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a female, having an ochre coloured slip surviving from the first half of the twentieth century and being of English or French...
      $320.00 AUD
      $320.00 AUD
    • A Good 20thC Male Portrait Mannequin HeadA Good 20thC Male Portrait Mannequin Head
        A Good 20thC Male Portrait Mannequin Head
        Origin: BritishPeriod: Mid/Late Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1960-80Height: 10 inchesCircumference: 22 inches (at temple)The artists study plaster modelled mannequin head of a young man, hand painted with enamel eyes, realistically rendered eyelashes, dark brown hair and sideburns, having a slightly disturbing comatose or brain-dead like...
        $280.00 AUD
        $280.00 AUD
      • A Good 19thC British Oak Campaign Apothecary Chest to Include Sixty-Seven BottlesA Good 19thC British Oak Campaign Apothecary Chest to Include Sixty-Seven Bottles
          A Good 19thC British Oak Campaign Apothecary Chest to Include Sixty-Seven Bottles
          Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early / Mid Nineteenth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1825-45The Chest:Width: 14 inchesDepth: 10.5 inchesHeight: 8 inchesOf oblong form with brass campaign handle, the stop-hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with sixty-seven glass bottles of graduating size, some with wood corks, slatted compartments...
          $490.00 AUD
          $490.00 AUD
        • A Glorious Rare Pair of Large Mature Mid 20thC Taxidermy SwansA Glorious Rare Pair of Large Mature Mid 20thC Taxidermy Swans
            A Glorious Rare Pair of Large Mature Mid 20thC Taxidermy Swans
            Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid-Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1940-60Heights: 45” eachWidths: 19” & 21”Depths: 26” & 34” (all approximately and at extremities)The rare pair of large opposing mature English Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) each mounted on a naturalistic setting stump mount surviving from the second quarter of...
            $2,800.00 AUD
            $2,800.00 AUD
          • A Glorious Pair of Early 19thC Childs High-Top Leather BootsA Glorious Pair of Early 19thC Childs High-Top Leather Boots
              A Glorious Pair of Early 19thC Childs High-Top Leather Boots
              Origin: EnglishPeriod: Regency/Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1810-40Length: 5.75 inchesHeight: 7.75 inches (each)The high-top leather child's boots in black leather cowhide, the wholes shod with iron and with brass toe-caps, surviving from early nineteenth century England.The condition of the boots are thoroughly charming with the leather...
              $290.00 AUD
              $290.00 AUD
            • A Glorious Late 19thC Shadow Box Framed Entomology CollectionA Glorious Late 19thC Shadow Box Framed Entomology Collection
                A Glorious Late 19thC Shadow Box Framed Entomology Collection
                Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1880-1900The Case:Height: 18.5 inchesWidth: 18.5 inchesDepth: 3.5 inchesThe oak shadow box with amber interior and gilt gesso ornate frame, housing a collection of exotic butterflies containing approximately over one hundred and twenty specimens of butterfly, moth and...
                $345.00 AUD
                $345.00 AUD
              • A Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas BackdropA Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas Backdrop
                  A Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas Backdrop
                  Origin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd Republic Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1890-1910Width: 127.5 inchesHeight: 128 inchesThe very large hand-painted theatre canvas backdrop depicting a parted pair of red velvet stage curtains with gold cords and tassels, and strewn flowers amongst the partition, the whole at approximately 10.5 feet square,...
                  $1,600.00 AUD
                  $1,600.00 AUD
                • A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & HornsA Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & Horns
                    A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & Horns
                    Origin: AsiaPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1910-30Height: 23 inches (with horns)Width: 25.5 inches (at maximum)Depth: 7 inches (at maximum)The impressive female (Bubalus bubalis) water buffalo horns arching backward an then curving upward flanking the skull, with the set of teeth still present, the whole...
                    $280.00 AUD
                    $280.00 AUD
                  • A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Musk Ox Skull & HornsA Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Musk Ox Skull & Horns
                      A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Musk Ox Skull & Horns
                      Origin: Canadian Arctic/GreenlandPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1900-30Height: 8 inchesWidth: 23 inches (at maximum)The impressive (Ovibos moschatus) musk ox horns arching backward an then curving upward flanking the skull, with the set of teeth still present, the whole presented un-mounted, surviving from the first...
                      $290.00 AUD
                      $290.00 AUD
                    • A Good Early 20thC Mahogany Housed Lepidopterist's CollectionA Good Early 20thC Mahogany Housed Lepidopterist's Collection
                        A Good Early 20thC Mahogany Housed Lepidopterist's Collection
                        Origin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: J Burnett (?), 136 Renfield Street, Glasgow Date: c.1910-30 The Mahogany Case: Height: 5 inches Width: 24 inches Depth: 10.5 inches The Six Individual Cases: 9 inches x 7 inches each The mahogany hinged box opening to...
                        $290.00 AUD
                        $290.00 AUD
                      • A Good Early 20thC Ebonised 'Mystery' Barometer by Short & MasonA Good Early 20thC Ebonised 'Mystery' Barometer by Short & Mason
                          A Good Early 20thC Ebonised 'Mystery' Barometer by Short & Mason
                          Origin: EnglishPeriod: George VProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1920-25Height: 6.25 inchesBase Diameter: 3.25 inchesThe early twentieth century table-top 'mystery' dial barometer made by Short & Mason, having an attractively shaped ballooned ebonised case with clear glass dial etch marked 'Stormy' through to 'Very Dry' with the makers...
                          $195.00 AUD
                          $195.00 AUD
                        • A Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig SkullA Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig Skull
                            A Good Early 20thC Dutch Zoology Department Northern Sumatran Pig Skull
                            Origin: IndonesianPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1918-25The Skull: 8.25 inches Long X 5.25 inches HighThe Base: 8.5 x 5.5 inchesThe early twentieth century Dutch museum or zoology department Northern Sumatran pig skull specimen presented on a later ebonised raised stand with it's original description...
                            $290.00 AUD
                            $290.00 AUD
                          • A Good Early 20thC Artist's Studio Portrait Mannequin Head of an Oriental ChildA Good Early 20thC Artist's Studio Portrait Mannequin Head of an Oriental Child
                              A Good Early 20thC Artist's Studio Portrait Mannequin Head of an Oriental Child
                              Origin: BritishPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1900-25Height: 6.5 inchesWidth: 6.5 inches (at extremities)The life size artists study painted carved wood and gesso mannequin head model of a child with oriental features, hand painted, the whole with blue/green highlights, realistically rendered, survives from an artist's...
                              $350.00 AUD
                              $350.00 AUD
                            • A Good Contemporary Taxidermy Crow Mounted on an Edwardian Period Top HatA Good Contemporary Taxidermy Crow Mounted on an Edwardian Period Top Hat
                                A Good Contemporary Taxidermy Crow Mounted on an Edwardian Period Top Hat
                                Origin: EnglishPeriod: 21st Century & EdwardianProvenance: UnknownDate: The Mount c.2013, the Hat c.1905Height: 15.5 inches (the whole)Length: 16 inchesHat Diameter: 11.5 inches (at maximum)The well-preserved and mounted adult crow specimen perched on a tatty Edwardian period collapsible black silk top hat by Woodrow, 42,...
                                $295.00 AUD
                                $295.00 AUD
                              • A Good c.1940s Framed Entomology CollectionA Good c.1940s Framed Entomology Collection
                                  A Good c.1940s Framed Entomology Collection
                                  Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1930-50The Case:Height: 14 inchesWidth: 18 inchesDepth: 2 inchesThe hinged oak collectors case with hanging hook and buff coloured interior housing a collection of predominantly butterflies but also a beetle and two dragonfly specimens, the whole containing thirty...
                                  $225.00 AUD
                                  $225.00 AUD
                                • A Good c.1800 Carved Ivory Corpus ChristiA Good c.1800 Carved Ivory Corpus Christi
                                    A Good c.1800 Carved Ivory Corpus Christi
                                    Origin: EnglishPeriod: George III Provenance: UnknownDate: 1790-1820Height: 16.75 inchesWidth: 7 inchesDepth: 2.5 inchesThe finely carved ivory Corpus Christi attached to an ebonised softwood carved wooden cross beneath an inscribed INRI panel, standing on an unusually shaped scroll carved base survives from the late Georgian...
                                    $440.00 AUD
                                    $440.00 AUD
                                  • A Good Pair of Early 20thC Human Prosthetic Glass EyesA Good Pair of Early 20thC Human Prosthetic Glass Eyes
                                      A Good Pair of Early 20thC Human Prosthetic Glass Eyes
                                      Origin: British or GermanPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1910-30Width: 1.4 inches (each) In original condition and fantastically well made are these genuine human glass prosthetic eyes having superbly detailed hazel coloured iris’s, the wholes in shell like form.In generally good order, the eyes have no...
                                      $99.00 AUD
                                      $99.00 AUD
                                    • A Good Pair of Early 20thC Bisque Baby Doll Heads by The Diamond Pottery Co.A Good Pair of Early 20thC Bisque Baby Doll Heads by The Diamond Pottery Co.
                                        A Good Pair of Early 20thC Bisque Baby Doll Heads by The Diamond Pottery Co.
                                        Origin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c.1920 Circumference: 10.5 inches (at widest point) Height: 4.25 inches In original condition, the pair of flesh coloured bisque baby doll heads by the Diamond Pottery Co., England, c. 1920 Impressed "D.P.C. 164-8" each having...
                                        $165.00 AUD
                                        $165.00 AUD
                                      • A Good Ordovician Period Orthoceras Specimen in a William IV FrameA Good Ordovician Period Orthoceras Specimen in a William IV Frame
                                          A Good Ordovician Period Orthoceras Specimen in a William IV Frame
                                          Origin: Probably MoroccoPeriod: Ordovician/William IVProvenance: UnknownDate: c.450 million years BPHeight: 22.5”Width: 15”Depth: 1.75”The wonderfully preserved single framed specimen, being double sided and set within a late Regency/ William IV spiral twist frame of superb quality, the specimen polished and of good size, the whole...
                                          $817.00 AUD
                                          $817.00 AUD
                                        • A Good Mid 20thC Cased Atlas Silk MothA Good Mid 20thC Cased Atlas Silk Moth
                                          A Good Mid 20thC Cased Atlas Silk Moth
                                          Origin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c.1950-60 The Case: Height: 8 inches Width: 10 inches Depth: 1.5 inches The rectangular oak case housing a large Atlas silk moth (Attacus atlas) specimen survives from the middle of the twentieth century. Overall condition...
                                          $49.00 AUD
                                          $49.00 AUD

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