Archive for: October 2025

THE COLE PEPPERBOX PISTOL,  ….FROM HOBART TOWN TO THE EUREKA STOCKADE, … THE MAORI WARS AND BACK TO TASMANIA. 6 GENERATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN OWNERSHIP.  BILL LOWE SILVER SERVICE  It was an ordinary sort of day in May 2018 when a gentleman walked into my shop with a bag, within was...

NED KELLY IVORY  WALKING STICK HANDLE  J.B. HAWKINS ANTIQUES  The silver mount to the ivory handle is stamped KINGSTON & LORD MELB. Following his father Robert’s occupation, Edward Kingston (c 1841–1934) opened an umbrella shop in the late 1870s in the Royal Arcade, later operating in Swanston St ‘opposite...

HAIRWORK JEWELS  ANNE SCHOFIELD ANTIQUES  Of all the materials used in jewellery, I find the most intriguing to be human hair. It memorialises loved ones passed, and is a keepsake to be truly treasured.  I have recently acquired a superb collection of mourning jewellery made from human hair, the...

HELLO SPRING A Fine18th century pastel portrait of a woman by Polish female artist Anna Rajecka (1762-1832) also known as Madame Gault de Saint-Germain. Signed lower left in an oval gilt wood frame. H 72cm W 61.5cm $12,000 EYESPY COLLECTIVE Studio Williams, featured in Belle, see their display at the AAADA Antiques & Art Fair...