Round fibreboard hat box
Round fibreboard hat box.
Vintage plaster figure
This vintage plaster figure, Boy and Girl Piggy Back, is by C. Triach & Co.
Mid century spice canister, Australian
A Simpson & Son, Adelaide mid century spice canister set, painted tin with its original wall mount holder.
Quality Bennetts Magill Australian pottery vases
Fabulous Art Deco style
Australian pottery vase, trough form
By Nell McCredie, NSW
Indigenous painting on bark
By Christopher Ngaboy, West Arnhem Land
Australian pottery bowl
This is a very stylish Australian pottery bowl in terracotta with a lid. It has intricate glaze around the lid. The inside has also been glazes in a white glaze. It is thought to be by an artist in the Adelaide Hills but I have been unable to confirm who the maker is.
Ceramic Phrenology head
American brothers Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1811–1896) and Orson Squire Fowler (1809–1887) were leading phrenologists of their time. Orson, with associates Samuel Robert Wells and Nelson Sizer, ran the phrenological publishing house Fowlers & Wells in New York City. Lorenzo in England initiated the famous phrenological publishing house L. N. Fowler & Co. and gained considerable […]
Ornately carved and heavy hat stand
This ornately carved and heavy hat stand is not very old but has excellent style and practicality. The top swivels for easy access. The base is very heavily decorated and is also heavy to make the stand very stable. It does not require a lot of space.
Vintage medical tool, veterinary fleam
Vintage veterinary medical tool – a brass-cased triple-blade veterinary’s fleam. 9cm long. These instruments with their triangular-shaped blades were designed to be placed over the vein of the animal (most commonly the jugular or saphenous) and struck with a fleam stick. This would ideally result in rapid penetration of the vein for bloodletting.