Coins / Medals / Objects

ALPHABET SET.
Set of letter blocks.
England, circa 1800- 1850.

Alphabet set of 179 pieces of bone, each approx. 15 x 18 mm., letters incised and filled in with black ink by hand;...

A fine, early alphabet set, consisting of rectangular bone letter tiles in a well made wooden box; used in education...

Australian: $2850 (Approx. US $2974, Euro €2066) Quote ref.

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BOTANY BAY.
Nineteenth-century Needlework Sampler with a reference to Botany Bay.
England, late nineteenth century, 0.

Cross-stitch needlework design on canvas, 480 x 610 mm., the canvas a little browned yet in overall very good condition.

A charming and accomplished needlework sampler, and evidence of the hold that the notion of Botany Bay had on popular...

Australian: $8500 (Approx. US $8869, Euro €6163) Quote ref.

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[CHILDREN] ALPHABET BLOCKS.
Set of Children's Blocks.
France, circa, 1880.

24 timber blocks, chromolithgraphed with five3 paper guides, some a little creased; original box.

French children's alphabet blocks with a Kangourou. A remarkably complete set for such an early and obviously well-used...

Australian: $1450 (Approx. US $1513, Euro €1051) Quote ref.

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[COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION] HAGELBERG, W.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: Souvenir of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.
Berlin, W. Hagelberg, 1886.

Colour printed card, 115 x 166 mm., with pull-out tab which opens a booklet of eight black & white scenes with...

Very scarce Christmas souvenir of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1866, depicting scenes from the Empire...

Australian: $1100 (Approx. US $1148, Euro €798) Quote ref.

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[DUMONT D'URVILLE] CHARLES X.
Medal for the departure of the first voyage of the Astrolabe.
Paris, Depaulis, 1826.

Bronze medal, 50 mm., extremely fine.

Rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 25 April 1826 of the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the...

Marquess of Milford Haven, 'British and Foreign Naval Medals', 190.

Australian: $4850 (Approx. US $5060, Euro €3516) Quote ref.

[DUMONT D'URVILLE] CHARLES X.
Medal for the departure of the first voyage of the Astrolabe.
Paris, Depaulis, 1826.

Bronze medal, 50 mm., good even tone, traces of die-rust, about extremely fine.

Rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 25 April 1826 of the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the...

Marquess of Milford Haven, 'British and Foreign Naval Medals', 190.

Australian: $4500 (Approx. US $4695, Euro €3263) Quote ref.

[DUMONT D'URVILLE] LOUIS PHILIPPE I.
Original Commemorative Medallion for the Voyage of the Astrolabe and the Zélée.
Paris, Barre, 1837.

Bronze medal, 51 mm., attractive even tone, a few edge nicks, extremely fine.

A fine example of the rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 7 September 1837 of the second voyage of...

British Historical Medals, 1207; Marquess of Milford Haven, 377.

Australian: $4300 (Approx. US $4487, Euro €3118) Quote ref.

[DUMONT D'URVILLE] LOUIS PHILIPPE I.
Original Commemorative Medallion for the Voyage of the Astrolabe and the Zélée.
Paris, Barre, 1837.

Bronze medal, 51 mm., extremely fine.

Medal struck to commemorate the return of the second Dumont d'Urville expedition, in which the Astrolabe and the...

British Historical Medals, 1207; Marquess of Milford Haven, 377.

Australian: $4385 (Approx. US $4575, Euro €3179) Quote ref.

[DUMONT D'URVILLE] OUDINE, E.A.
Commemorative Medallion for Admiral Dumont-D'Urville.
France, Oudine, 1844.

Bronze medal, 69 mm., extremely fine.

A particularly attractive copy of this medal struck to commemorate the tragic death of Dumont D'Urville. As the lengthy...

Marquess of Milford Haven, British and Foreign Naval Medals, London 1919-1928.

Australian: $2650 (Approx. US $2765, Euro €1921) Quote ref.

[DUPERREY] LOUIS XVIII.
Bronze Medal, 'Voyage autour du Monde de la Corvette la Coquille'.
Paris, Andrieu & de Puymaurin, 1822.

Bronze medal, 50 mm, extremely fine.

An excellent example of the very uncommon bronzed copper medal commemorating the first voyage of Duperrey to the...

Marquess of Milford Haven, 189.

Australian: $4100 (Approx. US $4278, Euro €2973) Quote ref.

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