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Click here to subscribeAn Oceanic model canoe, the dug-out body with woven reed decking, 112cm long, a Papua New Guinea carved crocodile, pigment decoration, 85.5cm long, a Papua New Guinea mythical bird and crocodile handle, 54cm long, a wood fish hook, 22.5cm high, a carved dagger with fish, 40.5cm long, a net shuttle, 36cm long and a wood spear tip, 17cm long. (7) Provenance Dr James Spillius, London.
A 19th Century Solomon Islands hardwood canoe paddle, the leaf-shaped blade painted in natural black pigment with birds, the crescent shaped handle with seated figure terminals (one missing), 48.5ins overall (some damage) Provenance : Collected by William Richard Rose (1877 - 1952) of Worth Court, Worth, Deal, Kent some time in the early 20th century, and thence by family descent
19th Century circular turned oak box and cover made from the timbers of the Medieval canoe ferry discovered in 1849 during excavations in Small Street, Bristol, inset into the top is a silvered portrait of Henry III, a hand written letter dated 1851 states 'In the year 1240 a Mandamus was issued by King Henry III to the Mayor and authorities in Bristol to begin to make the New Quay and in 1247 the stone bridge was finished, the river was thus diverted from its course from Stephen & Baldwin Streets along St Augustines, the side of the river was consequently built up to form the quay wall and the ground at the bottom of Small Street filled up. An old canoe or boat used probably for the ferry which then existed, of a peculiar description, was covered over. It remained so until 1849 when Mr Armstrong in excavating with difficulty succeeded in cutting out a piece of it, the bottom was 4" thick and it appeared to be part of a boat scooped crudely out of a solid oak tree of very large size. It is evident therefore this box of oak is nearly 800 years old and thus 27 generations of citizens have gone to their rest while it still endures. The City Arms of that day favour the supposition it was a canoe made in the fashion of those times. J.S. Birtle, November 1851', 12.5cm diameter Condition: The hand written paperwork is in several pieces and split along the seams - **General condition consistent with age
VARIOUS PROOF & DOLLAR COINS etc. Including three Britannia £2 proof coins all dated 1998. Three Morgan dollars in uncirculated condition, dated 1890 and 1896 x 2. A fourth dollar dated 1883, with Oregon mint mark. A US Walking Dollar UNC dated 1990. Two Canadian Canoe dollars both dated 1963. A proof Alderney Queen Mother £2 piece, also a 1951 UNC FOB crown. (12)
Reunion, P 55b, Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer, Département de la Réunion, 20 Nouveaux Francs on 1000 Francs, (1971). Two women (symbol of the 'Union Française') at right on front. Signatures Postel-Vinay - Clappier. Men in canoe at left center and portrait of a woman at right on back., # T.2 04386707, PMG 66 EPQ, Gem UNC
Belgian Congo, P 10d, NBBC-B14, Banque du Congo Belge, Matadi, 20 Francs, June 26, 1927. Portrait of Ceres at upper left, woman kneeling with hammer and anvil, woman reclining with elephant tusk at left on front. Signatures Guillaume - Franck. Waterfront village and canoe on back., # 037.V.081, Small tear in lower border, otherwise an original VF
Belgian Congo, P 11c, NBBC-B25, Banque du Congo Belge, Léopoldville, 100 Francs, July 3, 1926. Woman standing holding portrait of Ceres, young boy seated on rock with elephant tusks and produce below at left, woman kneeling with fabric at right on front. Signatures Guillaume - Lepreux. Woman and child at left, fisherman with canoe paddle and fishing net on back., # 011.P.669, Two tiny center holes, light stains, small repaired tear at top of vertical fold, otherwise F
A collection of sixteen various 19th century and later fairing groups including humorous examples in the form of two cats drinking milk inscribed Oh Leave Me A Drop and three pugs seated on or beside a chair, inscribed The Orphans, further groups inscribed The Wedding Night, Returning At 1 O'clock In The Morning, Paddling His Own Canoe, Now Madam, Say When?, etc
A LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY CABINET MAKER'S TIMBER SPECIMEN CHEST containing eight numbered shallow trays with dividers, enclosed by a pair of cross-banded doors, the sides with carrying handles, 19.5cm high, 38.5cm wide, 38.5cm deep; together with 159 specimen timbers, most labelled, each approximately 7.5cm x 6cm. Note: A variation in the writing on the labels applied to the timber samples suggests that the collection was made by more than one person, perhaps successive owner tradesmen. The earliest specimens seem to date from circa 1770-80 and include 'rattan mahogany' from the West Indies and 'canoe wood' from Tahiti. There are also two Australian woods - 'Botany Bay oak' and 'casuarina' - which first began to appear in England during the 1790s. Similarly, the absence of relatively common early 19th century woods, such as bird's eye maple and Canadian ash, imply that the collection was not expanded significantly after circa 1820.
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