Brass King Plates: Rare Set from Australian Royalty, 1840s
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A rare and significant set of three brass king plates: King John of Wagala, Ellen First Queen of Iluka and Sandyman and Biddy, King and Queen of Ashby, Clarence River region New South Wales, Australian circa 1840/50. Provenance: By repute: Sold to a sea-captain in 1907. Left by him 65 years later to a member of the original family (?). Then sold in 1985. Sold by a Mrs G Campbell Longueville, Sydney at Lawsons Sydney 21 July 1985 lot 316. Sold Davidsons Auctions, Sydney, October 2019, 17 cm wide, 14 cm wide and 20 cm wide, framed as one
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