TASMANIAN ABORIGINAL (PAKANA) SHELL NECKLACES

ANNE SCHOFIELD Antique jewellery dealer Anne Schofield recently exhibited a collection of rare Aboriginal shell necklaces from Tasmania, which were on show in June at her Woollahra gallery. A tradition of adornment extends from the oldest living culture on Earth, and continues unbroken to this day. That’s what excites...

April 8, 2024 AAADA Admin News.

A PRESENTATION CASKET WITH CARVINGS BY JOHN K. BLOGG, 1915

SARAH GUEST The box seen here shows the superb carving of John Kendrick Blogg, a successful and entrepreneurial industrial chemist who was born in 1851 in Canada, settled in the Surrey Hills region of Victoria in 1877 and died in 1936. His day job involved making perfumes and extracting...

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KING ALBERT’S ‘BIRTHDAY BOOK’, 1915

JOHN WADE After Albert I King of the Belgians refused safe passage to Kaiser Wilhelm’s troops to attack France, Germany invaded neutral Belgium on 4 August 1914. Britain, bound by an 1839 treaty to support Belgium’s neutrality, declared war on Germany the same day. Australian Prime Minister Joseph Cook...

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WEDGWOOD, JANE AUSTEN AND WHITE WARE

Roger Elliott, on behalf of Zena Thomas: “Wedgwood, Jane Austen and White Ware.” Writer Jane Austen wrote to her sister Cassandra that she visited Wedgwood’s London Showroom where her brother chose a dinner set in White Ware for his household. With notes and illustrations provided by Zena Thomas, Roger...

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A VERY EARLY DEPICTION OF FRENCH EXPLORERS IN THE VIRGIN EQUATORIAL LANDSCAPE OF ISLAND MELANESIA, PAINTED BY LOUIS-AUGUSTE DE SAINSON, THE OFFICIAL VOYAGE ARTIST ON DUMONT D’URVILLE’S FAMOUS 1826-29 EXPEDITION IN THE ASTROLABE.

DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS From a historical perspective, this painting is of great significance as a rare example of early nineteenth- century Pacific voyage art. More specifically, its rarity is underlined by the fact that there are no finished watercolours by de Sainson held in public collections in either...

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CHUAH THEAN TENG 1914 – 2008

LAURAINE DIGGINS FINE ART Celebrated as the ‘father of batik painting’ Malaysian artist Chuah Thean Teng is credited as the pioneer of developing batik to a fine art painted medium, elevating the everyday craft to an art form. Combining his training at the Amoy Art Institute in Fujian, China...

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AND IN FRONT THE LANCERS RODE THAT NEW SOUTH WALES HAD SENT: WITH EASY STRIDE ACROSS THE PLAIN THEIR LONG, LEAN WALERS WENT.

JOHN HAWKINS Col Burns of Burns Philp arranged the sending of a squadron of one hundred Light Horsemen to be quartered, fed, horsed, and trained at the British Army cavalry barracks at Aldershot, under the auspices of Lord Carrington, the Honorary Colonel of the Lancers and former governor of...

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A FOCUS ON COLOURED STONES

RUTHERFORD 18ct yellow gold necklace set with a cushion cut peridot of estimated weight 1.66ct set into a crimp setting (remade) fixed to a length of 18ct yellow gold chain which fastens with a bolt ring the necklace hallmarked for items made in Egypt of 18ct gold in 1919....

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AAADA PARTNERS WITH THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION

The Johnston Collection is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association (AAADA). The Johnston Collection (TJC) is an award-winning house museum located in leafy East Melbourne at the historic 1860s townhouse, Fairhall. The museum holds a superb collection of English Georgian, Regency,...

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MAXIMALISM & THE DECLUTTERING TREND: CAN THE TWO COEXIST?

Tira Lewis, Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association Let’s first dissect these two ideas. Maximalism is the art of pairing bold colours, bright patterns, various woods, and patinas with silver, gold, and glass of every colour and style! If this sounds like visual overload, the trend may not be for...

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