An Australian  specimen timber work box Tasmania, circa 1860
An Australian specimen timber work box
Tasmania, circa 1860
Of rectangular form inlaid with native timbers including musk, huon pine, ebony, honeysuckle, cedar and myrtle, the top with an unusual compass design, 33cm wide, 30cm deep, 17cm in diameter, (12.5" wide, 11.5" deep, (6.5" in diameter,
Sold for AU$ 5,040 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Reference:
    Australian Furniture Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, page 206, plate 82.

Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana


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