RARE TAURANGA SPORTS CLUB BADGE

RARE TAURANGA SPORTS CLUB BADGE
Tauranga Sports Club badge in sterling silver designed by Major General Horatio Gordon Robley and executed by Wellington silversmiths Littlejohn and Sons, Ca 1900, depicting Tomileo Te Mutu of Tauranga and mentioned in a letter from Robley to Horace Fildes, see excerpt from letter below.This is an exceedingly rare and unique item which incorporates the work of one of New Zealands' most colorful and distinguished artists and the skill of one of New Zealands well known colonial silversmiths, Littlejohn and Sons of Wellington. Measures 35mm x 12.5mm

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ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT BY SIR LESLIE WARD (SPY)

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT BY SIR LESLIE WARD CA1878 "SPY" CARICTATURIST OF VANITY FAIR FAME, OF AUGUSTAS CHARLES HOBART-HAMPDEN, BETTER KNOWN AS "HOBART PASHA"

Augustus Charles Hobart

HOBART, Augustus Charles (HOBART PASHA), Turkish naval officer, born in Waltham-on-the-Welds, Leicestershire, England, 1 April, 1822; died in Milan, 19 June, 1886. He was the third son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. He entered the British navy in 1836, during the Crimean war commanded the " Driver" in the Baltic, and was commended for his gallantry at the capture of Bomarsund and the attack on Abo. After the war he retired on half-pay, and during the civil war in the United States was in command of a blockade-runner, the "Don," which cruised along the coast of North Carolina, and endeavored to keep up maritime communication with the southern states. He was, perhaps, the most daring and successful of the English blockade-runners. In 1867 he offered his services to the sultan, who gave him command of the fleet operating against Crete. For this his name was stricken from the British naval list, but, at the instance of Lord Derby, he was, in 1874, restored to his former rank of captain on the retired list.When the war between Russia and Turkey began, in 1877, Admiral Hobart was placed in command of the Turkish fleet in the Black sea, and formally withdrew from the British service. On 8 January, 1881, the sultan raised him to the rank of "Mushir," and Marshal of the Empire, an honor never before conferred on a Christian. He wrote "Sketches from My Life" (New York, 1887).
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 Virtualology^T

NEWLYN COPPER TRAY

NEWLYN COPPER TRAY , ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN PEARSON, 380mm x 270mm
decorated with Dogfish and seaweed
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SALON SUITE 415 BY JOSEF HOFFMANN CA 1907

THREE PIECE SALON SUITE DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN , KOHN CA 1907, PURCHASED AT PHILLIPS, LONDON, 1991










model 415
Exhibited 1908 Vienna Art Show1908
also Kohn exhibition Milan 1912,
Illustrated Studio Magazine 1908








photographed at the Vienna Art Show 1908.

LARGE NZ SILVER BEAKER BY PETERSEN, CHRISTCHURCH

RARE EXAMPLE OF THE NEW ZEALAND SILVERSMITHS CRAFT BY B. PETERSEN, CHRISTCHURCH, CA 1863, ONE PINT, 125mm TALL BY 90mm WIDE, GILT INTERIOR.



information kindly provided by Canterbury museum as follows..........

"my research indicates that it is related to the Canterbury Grandstand 1863 medal we believed it belonged originally to Robert Chapman. My notes for him are:

Robert Chapman, the first owner of Springbank Station (October 1851). He was a significant breeder of merino sheep and was a judge at the first Canterbury A & P Show in 1859 at Shepherd's Bush. He also judged cattle at the first Canterbury A & P Show in Christchurch, after the founding of a permanent Association - this was in 1863. The showground encompassed 14 acres, part of which is now Sydenham Park. I believe that medal could have been given to Chapman as a token of his judging activities at that first A & P Show, or as one of the early members of the Association, to allow admission to the members' grandstand. I speculate that the cup (which dates from about the same period or slightly later) might come from the same source "

Jennifer Quérée
Senior Curator, Decorative Arts Collections
Canterbury Museum