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DEEP WINTER TALKThursday 31 July2:00 PM BRITISH ART CERAMICS: BY DESIGN AND EXAMPLE WITH DR ANDREW MONTANA Focusing on The Johnston Collection’s Minton ceramic statue (1860) by Felix Summerly as a point of departure, this lecture highlights the importance of British ceramics in the design reform movement of the...

WINTER STYLE An excellent example of an early Australian-themed Christmas card, this card was most likely printed by Gibbs, Shallard & Co., one of the best publishers in Sydney. Colour lithograph, inscribed with Christmas greetings in ink verso, 10.8 x 18.7cm, c.1882. “The practice of exchanging Christmas-themed greeting cards first became popular...

AUTUMN FINDS Nandi Bull with long Horns.India, c.1700He sits on an integral plinth with a Yoni and Lingam before him. A saddle supports an attached lamp holder behind him. Provenance: A Spink label is attached underneath. $950 PETER LANE GALLERY Exceptional 18ct Yellow Gold & Platinum French Antique Diamond Trilogy...

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AUTUMN TREATS Unheated 8.59ct Yellow Sapphire Ring Edwardian, c.1905, cluster ring with a GIA certified unheated oval yellow Sri Lankan sapphire weiging 8.59ct in yellow gold tapered claws to a surround of mixed old cut diamonds in platinum on a 14ct rose gold undergalleryTotal Estimated Diamond Weight: 1.12ct  Colour...

CERAMIC COLLECTORS SOCIETY Founded 1949 The Ceramic Collectors Society was founded on the 13th of September 1949, by a small group of antique dealers and ceramic collectors in Sydney.  Its aim is to promote appreciation and knowledge of ceramic art and to form a meeting ground for all those interested...

Featured in the latest newsletter READ HERE Lorna Nimmo (Aust., 1920–1990).1940. Colour linocut, printed à la poupée, signed, dated and captioned with a verse in pencil in lower margin, 16.5 x 17.3cm. Old mount burn.The verse reads “’My son, my son’, said his mother, ever so many times graciously...

View a selection of last minute gift ideas from our Members Thank you to all of our supporters who throughout the year have attended our Fairs in Melbourne and Sydney, engaged in our social pages, read our newsletters and most importantly supported our Members to do what they love!...

Carved ivory figurine of a chimney sweepDieppe, FranceCirca 1860$850 Lacquer three compartment inro with agate ojime and ivory netsuke. Signed JapanCirca 1890$1,500 Carved boxwood netsuke of Ashinaga with open mouth and a drum.JapanCirca 1880$1,250 Lacquer dish decorated with mackie cranes.JapanCirca 1990$225 PentimentoArmadale VIC 3143Jill RobertsT: 03 9822 2767M: 0413 238 423 F:...