WHALERS SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE WALKING STICK CA 1840

 SCRIMSHAW STICK OF PAN BONE
WITH A TOOTH FROM A SPERM WHALE
CARVED AS A TURKS HEAD AS A KNOP
THIS IS THE BEST SCRIMED STICK I HAVE HAD
PERFECT CRISP CONDITION 32 INCHES LONG
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UNIQUE TATTOO FLASH CARDS CA1950

From Emille McSweeny's Tatto Parlour
Manchester Street, Christchurch
Black ink and watercolor,
each measure 12 1/2 inches by 10 inches
I have 24 cards in total
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CAMPAIGN CHAISE Ca 1855

Campaign chaise which can pack flat and extend to a single bed, by Silver and Co London 1855
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WHALE EARBONE

Ear bone from a Blue Whale painted to represent a Scottish soldier Ca1900
with 2 Sperm Whale teeth a nd a tooth from a Beaked Whale for more information
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COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOXES

1840 - 1880
German, English and Canton for more information
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UNUSUAL SAILORS VALENTINE

SAILORS WOOLWORK OR "WOOLIE"

Unusual subject, from Portsmouth
19 1/2 inches x 26 inches

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SAILORS WOOLWORK OR "WOOLIE"

19th century, the card de visite of the sailor is stamped "Ouless Jersey" 21 inches by 17 inches
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SAILORS WOOLWORK OR "WOOLIE"

19th century 22inches by 22 inches
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MILITARY DESK CA 1860

MAGNIFICENT CAMPAIGN DESK IN ORIGINAL CONDITION,
PATENT ACTION REVEALS STUNNING FITTED INTERIOR, LEGS UNSCREW ON LARGE BRASS THREADS, BRASS CUP CASTERS, 34 INCHES DEEP BY 54 INCHES WIDE, 33 INCHES HIGH
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LARGE SHIP DIORAMA CA 1870

LARGE SHIP DIORAMA, VICTORY 1199 TONS, MAIDEN VOYAGE TO PORT CHALMERS IN 1863, 72 DAYS, MADE 3 VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND CARRYING IMMIGRANTS '1863, '64, AND '65. 1270mm x 670mm

PAIR SHIP PORTRAITS BY REGINALD MATTHEWS. CONVICTED MURDERER

A pair of unusual ship portraits by Reg Mathews who shot an killed a man in Timaru in 1920 and also shot a policeman in Lyttleton while trying to make good his escape. Both are extensively inscribed on the reverse.He was found guilty but his death sentence was commuted on the grounds of insanity.He spent the rest of his life in various mental institutions.They are painted in lampblack, laundry blue and milk of magnesia. He notes one one painting,"painted under difficult conditions by an ex member of the vessels crew" A news paper clipping on the reverse states that" he spent 60 years behind locked doors, 45 of those in solitary confinement".

SS THEODORE, LAKE WANAKA, by CHRISTOPHER AUBREY 1885

“SS Theodore”, a rare ship portrait by Christopher Aubrey ,1885 500mm x 330mm
inscribed verso

S.S.Theodore
built by Asher Smith
for Theo Russell & Capt Hedditch
who was skipper
Tom Creig was engineer
He gave this painting to Sam McSkimming
when Sam McSkimming and his familly
left Pembroke to go to Arrowtown in 1900

Notes
Christopher Aubrey
The only reliable biographical information concerning Christopher Aubrey is provided by his signed and dated works.He came from Stewart Island to Riverton in 1879, and in that year painted around Riverton and the Orepuki area. In 1881 he painted his way up the Aparima River.He was one of the guests at the Fairfax Hotel in January 1891, on the night when it burned down.
He was known to have been in Otago and Southland in the 1870s and to have stayed on back country stations in the 1880s. When he was in country houses near Riverton he often left sketches there in return for hospitality received. He seems to have moved from Dunedin (1876), south to the Taieri Plains and Milton (1877), the lower Clutha valley (1877-78) and Southland (1878-84), before travelling into more spectacular regions (Fiordland, Lake Wakatipu, Lake Wanaka) and moving north to Canterbury (1885) and North Otago (1886). The last South Island subjects known before he crossed to the North Island are views of Dunedin (1887) and the Fox Glacier (1888).
Subsequently he worked in Wellington and the Hutt Valley (1889-90), the Wairarapa (1891), Palmerston North (1893), Wanganui (1894), the Waikato and the Coromandel (1897) and Auckland (1898-1900). The latest dated work to which any reference has been found is a 1902 view of Dunedin.
The only contemporary documentary record appears in the catalogues and report of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880-81 where he is listed as living in Invercargill.
The measure of control which he displays in architectural subjects and details as early as 1878 - particularly in contrast to figures and animals - suggests some training and experience in engineering or another technical field, but the numerous views of hotels and farmhouses suggest also an itinerant life, perhaps earning a living by his brush. This supposition finds slight confirmation in the absence of his name in electoral rolls and street directories of the period.
Christopher Aubrey is represented in major collections throughout the country including the Auckland City Art Gallery and the Turnbull and Hocken Libraries.


S.S Theodore
The first steam driven vessel on Lake Wanaka, built in 1881 by Asher Smith, an American sea captain , the THEODORE, was named for Theodore Russell, co-founder of Pembroke, who died in 1877, and who had dreamed of a steamer service on the lake.
Built from local timber, she weighed 35 tons nett, was 67 ft long and had a beam of 16.4 ft. The hull was flat bottomed and she had almost no sheer. The engine room occupied a large amount of deck space, with the top used as a promenade deck measuring 24 ft by 16 ft. Her owner and skipper Elijah Charlton Hedditch made a 2-day trip round the lake each week with shorter trips for tourists. She sank alongside the Pembroke jetty in 1891. After being raised, repaired, and under the new ownership of Robert McDougall from 1892, Laid up in 1896 for complete overhaul and virtual rebuilding. Re-launched 7 January 1897 with name changed to WANAKA. Continued to offer a passenger service on the lake till laid up about 1910.

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

ELSINORE PUNCH BOWL

ELSINORE PUNCH BOWL, INSCRIBED "SUCCESS TO THE "WILLING" OF JERSEY, CAPT H BERTRAM, PRESENTED 1855" OLD STAPLED REPAIRS. DENMARK, 1850

French Sailors Sea Chest Ca 1840

French Sailors Sea Chest, ca 1840, with a ship portrait on the underside of the lid, nice rope work beckets, pine with domed teak lid.

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French Prisoner of War Bone Model Ca 1810

French Prisoner of War Bone Model Ca 1810 under glass dome. Made in Dartmoor Prison by French Napoleonic War sailors captured by the British. 20 inches wide
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