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…
An antique solid musk trinket box with cedar lined interior, stamped 'D. White', together with a Tasmanian blackwood timber map of Tasmania with hand-painted oil scene, signed 'H. B. Rollings', 19th and 20th century, the box 7 cm high, 18 cm wide, 10 cm…
A good musk, black-wood and mixed timbers parquetry writing box. Australian, mid-19th century. with inscription to E M Govett Brunswick Melbourne, 40 cm wide, 25 cm cm deep 14 cm high
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
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…
An antique box with starburst top, various timbers including casuarina beefwood, musk, mottled kauri, cedar, ebony, acacia and marri, 19th century 12.5 cm high, 28 cm wide, 17.5 cm deep
Rare and early Colonial Australian writing slope, musk with ebony string inlay and flush carry handles, Tasmanian origin circa 1840, fitted interior with crown top ink bottles, 17 cm high, 52 cm wide, 27.5 cm deep
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…
An Australian exhibition sample wood double sided circular table top, inlaid with predominantly Tasmanian timbers including huon pine, musk, myrtle, blackwood and cedar, 19th century, 60 cm diameter
A Tasmanian musk jewellery box together with a fiddleback blackwood box, 19th and early 20th century, (2 items), the musk box 9.5 cm high, 18.5 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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…
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,…
Richard Dowling (attributed), O'Brien's Bridge, Tasmanian inlaid timber deed box, circa 1850, cedar, musk, blackwood, ebony and pine, 11.5 cm high, 33 cm wide, 23.5 cm deep
An inlaid Tasmanian timber box, blackwood, casuarina, huon pine, musk, myrtle and cedar with whalebone handle, 19th century, 10 cm tall, 33 cm wide, 25 cm deep
A superb Tasmanian timber writing box, huon pine, musk, cedar, blackwood, myrtle, beefwood, honeysuckle and casuarina, cedar secondary timbers, fitted with slope and drawer compartments, circa 1850, 18 cm high, 61 cm wide, 31 cm deep
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
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
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.