SCRIMSHAW BULLOCK HORN, GUSTAV VON TEMPSKY

Scrimshaw bullock horn by Gustav von Tempsky, Prussian born artist, adventurer and soldier - Gustavus Von Tempsky. Von Tempsky is an iconic figure from the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s and was the leader of a company of Forest Rangers - an elite unit of bush fighters. He was killed during a battle in Taranaki against the Maori leader Titokowaru.
Similar examples are held in the Te Awamutu Museum, Waikato Museum and the Dargaville Museum
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PALESTINE SAMPLER 1850

Unusual map sampler from 1850 showing Palestine in the time of our Saviour 16 inches by 18 inches
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SARAH MCGREGOR SAMPLER 1845

17 inches by 17 inches, by Sarah McGregor, of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Daughter of Gregor McGregor and Margaret Colquhoun.
This is quite the best sampler I have ever had. Bright colors, silk and wool, with a school, church, houses, a hunter on horseback, a woman and a soldier, a peacock, animals and birds, bordered with flowers.
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FERN ALBUM BY MRS C C ARMSTRONG DUNEDIN

Victorian fern album by Mrs C  C Armstrong, Dunedin, New Zealand Ca1890

PEWTER BARBERS BOWL

18th century pewter barbers or surgeons bleeding bowl 14 inches by 10 inches
sold, thanks christchurch

BACCHUS JUG 1820

BACCHUS JUG 1820, PORCELAIN, 4 INCHES TALL