GOLDSCHEIDER "DANCING SAILOR"

GOLDSCHEIDER, 15 INCHES HIGH CA 1925

sold thanks Florida

WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE "GHOSTLY WOODS" MALFREY POT

12 INCHES HIGH, PERFECT CONDITION ,
 MINUS LID

sold thanks Michigan

RARE BURL MUSK SIDE TABLE, TASMANIA CA 1835

WONDERFUL EARLY SIDE TABLE
TASMANIA CA 1835 MADE FROM
SOLID MUSK BURL Olearia argophylla.
700mm x 400mm x 500mm
sold thanks Melbourne

UNUSUAL LENZKIRCH REGULATOR CLOCK

Unusual, Sheraton cased Lenzkirch regulator,
1 million movement ,silvered dial, 2 weight,  ca 1890, 5ft high

sold thanks Auckland

NEW ZEALAND FERNWARE TABLE

Rare New Zealand Kauri Fernware trpod table ca 1880,
original condition

sold thanks Auckland

G ROWNEY ARTISTS WATERCOLOUR BX CA 1850

complete and original

sold

MEEK'S INK, DISPLAY BOTTLE, CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION 1906

 Huge WJ Meek ink bottle from the companies stand at the 1906 Chrischurch Exhibition, Hole for a tap on the bottom to dispense free ink.
over 1 meter tall !

sold thanks Wanaka

RARE INLAID WORK TABLE BY JEWELL & CO CHRISTCHURCH

Rare inlaid Totara work table CA 1880 by WH Jewell and Co, High St Christchurch, These were exhibited at the Christchurch Exhibition 1882, Original condition
sold thanks Wellington

"Monika Ruke" ca 1910,

Original large hand tinted photo of Monica Ruke Ca 1910

sold thanks Christchurch

TANGO GLASS

LARGE TANGO GLASS VASE 10 INCHES HIGH
CA 1930 LOETZ?

SOLD THANKS CHCH

EARLY AUSTRALIAN SAMPLER, HOBART TOWN

Mary Ann Nowlan aged 9
Convent School
Hobart Town
1843
sold thanks Australia

3 SILVER AGRICULTURAL MEDALS AWARDED TO SIR HEATON RHODES

 3 SILVER AGRICULTURAL MEDALS AWARDED TO SIR HEATON RHODES

sold thanks Christchurch

Robert Heaton Rhodes was born in New Zealand on 27 February 1861 at Purau, a farming locality on the shore of Lyttelton Harbour.
Heaton Rhodes moved to Christchurch with his parents in 1866, where his father built a large house, Elmwood, on Papanui Road. He attended Mrs Alabaster's school in Cranmer Square.. He was then sent to England About 1880 Rhodes entered Brasenose College in the University of Oxford. Completing his MA in 1887, he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple, London, but in 1888 returned to New Zealand, where he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court in Christchurch.
His father's death in 1884 made him an exceptionally wealthy young man, enabling him to give up the law and adopt a new career as a farmer and country gentleman.
From about 1893 Rhodes bought farmland near Taitapu, nine miles south of Christchurch; the farm eventually comprised some 5,000 acres. Rhodes commissioned Frederick Strouts, architect of his new house at Elmwood (the previous one burned down in 1882), to design a grand country house. The result, completed in 1895, was a three-storeyed 40-room timber and slate house, Otahuna.
Otahuna soon became a popular venue for the garden parties of Canterbury's social élite, and for polo matches, in which Rhodes was a keen and expert participant. But his main preoccupation for the next decade was the design and planting of a large garden.
Heaton Rhodes took a close personal interest in this remarkable garden, and from his intimate knowledge of its shrubs and flowers he became an expert horticulturist, much in demand as a judge at flower shows in Canterbury. He was elected president of the Canterbury Horticultural Society in 1903, and held this post for the next 53 years. Otahuna soon became famous for its fields of daffodils, and on open days between 1928 and 1954 thousands of people visited. Surplus bulbs were donated to the Christchurch Hospital and the Government Domain (later the Botanic Gardens), forming the nucleus of the daffodil beds which now line the Avon River.
Rhodes was highly respected as a model farmer, and was elected president of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association for 1896. In 1898 he established the first herd of Norfolk red poll cattle in New Zealand, and championed the merits of this breed so well that he became the first president of the New Zealand Red Poll Cattle Breeders' Association in 1921. Otahuna was also noted for its fine flocks of English Leicester and Corriedale sheep,



In 1920 Rhodes was appointed minister of defence. He was instrumental in helping to establish what became the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Rhodes was also appointed commissioner of state forests in 1922. In these years the foundations were laid for New Zealand's future exotic timber industry.
Rhodes obviously enjoyed the role of benevolent country squire. Each year on prize-giving day he sent buckets of cherries to Tai Tapu School, and on Christmas Day he visited all of his employees on the Otahuna estate, with a leg of lamb for the wives, cash for the men and sweets for the children. Otahuna was the venue for one of Canterbury's first demonstrations of aerial top-dressing
Few New Zealanders have achieved such prominence or popularity, received such high honours, or been more sincerely admired and respected in their own lifetime than Heaton Rhodes. Blessed with intelligence, talent, good looks and wealth, he made the most of his advantages. He excelled at many things, and is remembered in Canterbury as the province's outstanding public figure of this century. Bishop Warren's tribute referred to 'a quality of gentleness and quiet charm,' coupled with friendliness and helpfulness which endeared him to many. Daffodils still bloom at Otahuna, and the house itself remains his most tangible monument.

PUBLIC SEALS OF NEW ZEALAND, NEW ULSTER AND NEW MUNSTER

With the establishment of New Zealand as a British Crown Colony in 1841, all official instruments of the colonial government were sealed with the Public Seal of New Zealand.
The seal was designed by Benjamin Wyon, Chief Engraver to the Seals. The design depicted Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom in treaty with a group of Māori chiefs.
Seal of New Munster
In 1840 the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island were named New Ulster, New Munster and New Leinster respectively, after provinces in Ireland.
From 1846 New Ulster and New Munster were made provinces. New Munster included all the South Island and the southern part of the North Island.
Seal of New Ulster
In contrast to the south, the northern part of New Zealand, known from 1846 to 1852 as New Ulster, contained many Irish
They formed almost a third of Aucklands population. Many had come across the Tasman Sea from Sydney.
In 1852, the provinces of New Ulster and New Munster were abolished and regional provinces were established.
Seals are cast in vermilion wax and measure 70mm across, contained in a Morocco leather case

sold thanks Washington

STERLING SILVER TROPHY BY KOHN WELLINGTON

CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE CLOCK GARNITURE

A Fine Napoleon III Champleve Enamel and Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture, late 19th, the large domical and columned clock case with cylindrical body, the works marked "Marti Paris"; together with a pair of columned temples (en suite), clock height 19 1/2 in., diameter 10 in.; temples height 14 1/2 in., diameter 6 1/2 in.
for more information
portobello@woosh.co.nz

sold thanks Auckland

HORN AND SILVER TABLE SNUFF MULL

Unusual sterling silver mounted horn table snuff mull in the shape of a Scottish powder horn engraved Edward and Emanuel, Silversmiths to the Queen, The Hard, Portsea.
hallmarked London 1852, 13 inches wide
for more information
pomailto:portobello@woosh.co.nz

sold thanks Holland

LACHENAL ANGLO CONCERTINA 1860 IMMACULATE CONDITION

Excellent original condition, rosewood ends, steel reeds, bellows perfect, bone keys, original mahogany case, plays well. Serial number 41266, dates to 1860,badged for retailer Metzler of London

 SOLD THANKS USA

MAGNIFICENT ANGLO INDIAN WORK BOX CA1870

Solid Anglo-Indian Coromandel wood
work box, with fitted specimen woods
and ivory interior 17 inches wide by 12
inches deep by 7 inches high. Complete
and in perfect condition

SOLD THANKS CHRISTCHURCH

CAMPAIGN CHAISE Ca 1855

Campaign chaise which can pack flat and extend to a single bed, by Silver and Co London 1855
for more information
portobello@woosh.co.nz

sold thanks Akaroa

RARE ULA OR BELT CLUB, FIJI

See Oldman collection, plate 55 for similar examples

for more information
pomailto:portobello@woosh.co.nz



SOLD THANKS BRISBANE