Rare Colonial Australian Workbox with Inlaid Starbursts and Silk Interior
A rare Colonial Australian workbox, impressively constructed using different timbers on each side comprising musk, fiddleback blackwood, tulip wood and huon pine, beautifully inlaid with starbursts in tulip wood and other native timbers. Interior fitted…
Antique Australian Work Box with Whale Baleen Inlay, Tasmanian Origin
An antique Australian work box, houn pine and cedar with whale baleen inlay. Interior fitted with lift out compartment tray and two secret drawers. Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 10 cm high, 27 cm wide, 18 cm deep
Australian Musk-Wood Inlaid Work Box, circa 1860, 36x25x12cm
A musk-wood and inlaid work box, Australian circa 1860, 36 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 12 cm high
1850 Australian Colonial Workbox with Ownership Inscription and Missing Tray
An antique Colonial Australian workbox, musk, myrtle, huon pine, cedar and ebony, circa 1850, ownership inscription under lid 'G. Fryed, 6 Albert Street, Auburn', Note: Missing lift-out tray, 11 cm high, 33 cm wide, 23 cm deep
19th Century Australian Tulipwood Workbox
An antique Australian workbox, native tulipwood and cedar, Queensland origin, 19th century. Note: tulipwood boxes are extremely scarce, this being only one of a handful seen at our rooms. 11 cm high, 31 cm wide, 22 cm deep
Robin Hood Sewing Box with Whalebone Implements
Robin Hood, early Tasmanian sewing work box, huon pine and plum pudding blackwood with ebony escutcheon. Interior fitted with huon pine tray and velvet lining, housing a variety of whalebone implements and thread winders made from musk, banksia and myrtle…
Tasmanian Workbox by Richard Dowling
Richard Dowling (attributed) workbox, blackwood, huon pine, myrtle, musk and cedar, Tasmanian origin, circa 1850, 12.5 cm high, 31 cm wide, 23 cm deep. Illustrated in Richard Dowling: The elusive cabinetmaker of O'Brien's Bridge, VDL, page 45, Australiana…
Fiddleback Blackwood Workbox with Lift-Out Tray
An Australian workbox made from slabs of fiddleback blackwood with lift out tray, 20th century, 14 cm high, 29.5 cm wide, 19 cm wide
Rose Carved Colonial Box with Farmhouse Decor, 1955
A New Zealand colonial Jane Brenkley carved and painted rose decorated box, rectangular form, stained and painted red, cream and green roses, the interior lid with poker work decoration of farmhouse scene together with verse, wallpaper and portrait…
Colonial Sewing Box with Inlaid Timbers and Fitted Tray
Inlaid Colonial sewing box with assorted timbers including musk tulipwood cedar and pine with fitted inner tray
Tasmanian Timber Inlay Box, c.1850
An Australian, possibly Tasmanian sarcophagus shaped timber inlay work box with fitted interior, c.1850, interior lid inlaid with native timbers 19 x 34 x 26 cm
Rare Colonial Boxes by F.B. Dale, Sydney 1844
Rare pair of Colonial boxes, solid Tasmanian musk with myrtle secondary timbers, interior fitted with compartments, and bottles, pencil inscription on both reads 'F.B. Dale, Sydney, 1844'. Colonial born Dale worked as a cabinet maker in Sydney, New South…
Australian Inlaid Timber Workbox with Lift-Out Tray
An Australian timber workbox, impressively crafted with inlaid top and serpentine profile, interior fitted with lift out tray and compartments with fine inlay work, cedar, musk, huon pine, blackwood and pine, Barossa Valley, South Australia, 19th century,…
Sobraon Workbox with Silver Plaque
The Sobraon workbox with silver plaque 'Constructed Of Timber From Sobraon, Built In 1866 (Renamed HMAS Tingira in 1911)'. The Sobraon a fine large clipper played a significant role in the story of migration to Australia in the post convict 19th century…
Somersetshire Marquetry Workbox with Ship Portrait
The 'Somersetshire' marquetry workbox with ship portrait inlaid on the lid, interior fitted with tray and compartments, circa 1870, The Somersetshire was built by Money Wigram & Sons and launched in 1867 and played a significant role in the story of…
Inlaid Australian Timber Sewing Box
19th century lift top sewing box inlaid with Australian timbers including cedar, inside has 3 compartments & felt top, 37 cm wide, 28 cm deep, 16.5 cm high
Norrie Star Inlay Colonial Work Box
William Norrie New Zealand colonial woods small work box, the lid with star inlay comprising various woods, burr totara, mottled kauri, etc., on rewarewa ground, exposed dovetail joints, plain interior. Various woods named in pencil to the base as…
Early Australian Colonial Cedar Workbox
Early Australian Colonial cedar workbox, New South Wales origin, circa 1840, 16 cm high, 34.5 cm wide, 24 cm deep, Note a near identical example is illustrated in: 'Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture' by Fahy, Simpson & Simpson, Plate 234, Page 397.
Colonial Australian Cedar Sewing Box
A Colonial sewing box, Australian cedar with original blue silk lined compartments, 19th century, 12 cm high, 28 cm wide, 21 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection
Colonial Sewing Box with Intricate Compartments
A stunning Colonial sewing box, cedar and pine, Barossa Valley, South Australia, circa 1885, interior fitted with intricate checkerboard compartments and lift out tray with lockable drawer, 18 cm high, 33 cm wide, 24 cm deep
Floral Sewing Box Named Florence from Late 19th Century
An Australian sewing box decorated with gum leaves and floral motif and named to 'Florence', late 19th century 11 cm high, 28 cm wide, 20 cm deep
Nautical-themed Australian Sewing Box, 19th Century
A fine Australian sewing box with nautical themed inlay, cedar and pine, Tasmanian origin, 19th century interior with lift out tray fitted with compartments 16.5 cm high, 31 cm wide, 27 cm deep
Inlaid Australian Timber Work Box, Late 19th Century
An Australian timber work box, fiddleback blackwood with inlaid huon pine star, late 19th century, fitted interior painted blue, 13 cm high, 35 cm wide, 23 cm deep
19th Century Inlaid Colonial Work Box
A good 19th century N.Z. colonial woods work box, mottled kauri with dark hardwood edging, the lid with six pointed star-on-star inlay in various timbers, the interior lid with an inlaid cross on a stepped base. Some design elements similar to the…
Tasmanian Work Box, 1850
A fine Tasmanian work box, huon pine, musk, casuarina, blackwood, pine and dogwood, fitted huon pine interior with whalebone handles, circa 1850, 12.5 cm high, 30 cm wide, 20.5 cm deep
Antique Australian Timber Sewing Box with Lift-Out Tray
Australian timber sewing box, musk, burr myrtle, silky oak, casuarina, blackwood, cedar and Tasmanian oak, fitted with lift out compartment tray, 19th century, 11 cm high, 30 cm wide, 26 cm deep
Carved Arts & Crafts Sewing Box by Arthur Bertram Meddick
An Arts & Crafts style carved sewing box, by Arthur Bertram Meddick 1898-1979. Working Great Britain and N.S.W., Australia. Carved circa 1920, for May Sterena (who later became his wife) with MS monogram carved front of box. the interior has a lift-out…
Ebony Inlaid Huon Pine Sewing Box from Tasmania (11 words)
An ebony inlaid huon pine sewing box, Tasmanian, circa 1860, 12.5 cm high, 15 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep. Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd, Woollahra plate 80…
Australian Wood Inlaid Sewing Box, 19th Century
An Australian specimen wood inlaid sewing box, 19th century and later, 12.5 cm high, 33.5 cm wide, 25 cm deep
Antique Tasmanian Work Box with Original Bun Feet
Tasmanian work box, circa 1850, musk, huon pine, beefwood, fiddleback blackwood, myrtle & cedar, with original bun feet. Width 29 cm, depth 22 cm, height 13 cm.
Colonial Parquetry Specimen Wood Sewing Box
A New Zealand colonial parquetry specimen wood sewing box, circa 1860, of rectangular form, the hinged lid with star inlay including Puriri, Rewarewa, mottled Kauri, Maire and other New Zealand timbers, with burr totara to each corner, dovetail joints and…
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