Lot 5426

Description

Scrimshaw, cow horn (ht 160mm, base dia 47mm), with bust of Ned Kelly, 1880, surrounded by a garland of leaves, and scene of the township of Glenrowan. Very fine.

Togther with a report, Victoria, 1880-81, Kelly Reward Board, report of the board appointed to enquire into and report upon the proper mode of distributing the rewards offered for the capture of the Kelly Gang, together with the Minutes of Evidence, as presented to both houses of Parliament (14 pages); Third Supplement of the Victoria Government Gazette, of Friday October 25, 1878 (single page); article 'Ned Kelly in Pictures' printed and published by Southdown Press, Melbourne, 16 pps. Some foxing, top edge torn to supplement page, holes to first page of report.