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AN AUSTRALIAN FIDDLEBACK BLACKWOOD SETTLE WITH A LATER ADDED CARVED ADVANCE AUSTRALIA CREST
The rounded rectangular buttoned back with scrolled end and carved lion mask head, rising to a crest carved with the Advance Australia Arms medallion, raised on carved legs with brass mounts and castors, 218 x 89 x 80cm.
Provenance: In accordance with information provided by the vendor, this settee was used on the Queensland railways locomotive used to transport the Duke and Duchess of York on their Australian tour in 1927. It is believed that the settee is of late 19th century manufacture and that the crest was added at a later time for the purpose of the visit. Another corresponding example, although lacking the Advance Australia Arms, is known to be exist in a Melbourne private collection.
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Lot 155
The rounded rectangular buttoned back with scrolled end and carved lion mask head, rising to a crest carved with the Advance Australia Arms medallion, raised on carved legs with brass mounts and castors, 218 x 89 x 80cm.
Provenance: In accordance with information provided by the vendor, this settee was used on the Queensland railways locomotive used to transport the Duke and Duchess of York on their Australian tour in 1927. It is believed that the settee is of late 19th century manufacture and that the crest was added at a later time for the purpose of the visit. Another corresponding example, although lacking the Advance Australia Arms, is known to be exist in a Melbourne private collection.
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Dec Arts Sunday Sale
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Sale: LJ5516
12:00pm - 5 June 2011
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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