Catalogue
Lot 425
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
BIAMANGA, King of Wallagand Bega District, Born Bedboura,in brass engraved with kangaroo & emu, 195x110mm. Blacked in lettering, good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $6,600
Lot 426
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
JEMMY, King of Wallum (billa), in brass, badly broken, 160x80mm. (badly damaged in homestead fire). Large fragment, poor.
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
Lot 427
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
TOBY KING OF WIGTON, in brass, engraved with kangaroo, emu and grass, 180x75mm. Good fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $3,700
Lot 428
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
DAN, CHIEF OF THE WILJAKALI, in brass, engraved with kangaroo each side, 150x60mm. Shield style, uneven patination, nearly very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $3,300
Lot 429
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
WILD DUCK, King of Windermere,in brass engraved with Crown, and leaves, dated 1832, 160x650mm. Cast early flat style, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $7,600
Lot 430
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
PADDY, Chief of Wolombi Township, in bronze, engraved with aboriginal with spear, and kangaroo, no chain, 150x70mm. Cast bronze patinated, nearly very fine and early ...
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $5,000
Lot 431
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
KING OF WONBAH,(LETTERS worn) in brass with no chain. 220x50mm, Poor name of wearer indistinct above King of Wombah. Fair.
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Lot 432
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
DAVID, King of Woronora, in brass engraved floral leaf, with three pierced holes. 130x60mm. Early gorget shaped style, hand beaten, nearly very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $5,400
Lot 433
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
JIMMY, King of Wurtimurti,in brass, engraved with crown, leaf emu & kangaroo, with chain. 183x115mm. Cast plate, ornate shape, patinated, very fine,
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $6,500
Lot 434
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
EVE, QUEEN OF WORTIMURTI,IN brass with crown engraved to top, 170x55mm. Smaller similar shape to previous, very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $5,600
Lot 435
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
SAM CUBBIE, King of Wycombe, in brass, with Queensland Coat of Arms, elegant printing, string chain, maker/engraver F.W.Walker, Brisbane 200x95mm. Flat plate split at top ...
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $3,500
Lot 436
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
KING CHARLIE, Yancannia, in brass, with engraved cross boomerangs, 160x65mm. Flat plate with some patination and verdigris, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $2,000
Lot 437A
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
TOMMY KING OF CONNAI, emu left kangaroo right each beside a grass tree, 210 x 90 mm. Beaten sheet, nearly very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,700
Lot 437
Sale 76 Aboriginal Breastplates
ABORIGINAL KING PLATE OR GORGET, c.1900s, inscribed to 'Peter / Chief of / Warangesda / Mission', crescent shaped brass (150 x 220mm), holed at each ...
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,500
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