Lot 1237

Description

Teapot, small nickel silver, with tiny hole damage at top edge, by M H & Co, Martinoid Pat., portion of basin marked 'found in Tank Stream October 1972'; Chinese plaque (112mm), black decorated with traditional scene of fowls feeding in trees in mountain terrain, all in green, gold and silver, cased; pair of Chinese marble seals, cased; ladies grooming implements, ivory and pearl handles, c.1900; ashtray depicting highwayman staging a coach hold-up, by Ridgways, England; 'Daisy' butter dish by J.& G.Meakin, England; 'Sargent's' butter dish, Grindley Hotel Ware Co, England; metal candle snuffer in shape of a beer stein, decorative design on body; small silver chain, ball at one end, fitting bracket at other end; pair of decorative, frilly jazz garters; preserved praying mantis; French 8-day pocket watch but without casing; other bits and pieces. Good - extremely fine. (36)

The Tank Stream runs beneath the City of Sydney and was used as a source of water when the colony of New South Wales was first established in 1788. Ex Tom Hanley Collection.