Thursday, October 15, 2009

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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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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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Monday, October 12, 2009

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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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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