COLONIAL

A WA Colonial jarrah chiffonier c1870. A classic Western Australian form with a top that is very Regency in silhouette. The piece has its original polish and a fine colour.

An exceptionally beautiful Anglo Indian sadeli work photograph album featuring four exquisite Mughal style miniatures on ivory at each corner, c1870. The cover is made of ebony veneered in ivory with silvered brass inlay and mounts. The central image of a European child is hand tinted and suggests the piece was intended as a Christening gift. The album is 90% full of period photographs most bearing the stamps of Northern English photographic studios such as Leeds.

A WA colonial jarrah bookcase c1850 with later base. This Georgian design bookcase is a rare survival of the earliest period of the colony, before the arrival of convicts in the 1850's. It has squared paned doors with original glass and is of great elegance. Book cases are amongst the rarest of early WA furniture as the poverty of the colony saw few people needing such luxuries.

A WA colonial jarrah circular dining table c1880. A tilt-top tripod dining table with a distinctive flattened turning, found on a number of Western Australian Colonial pieces; the column with a finial, and the shaped legs with original porcelain castors. Sensational colour to the top.

A colonial period teak sofa c1860. This wonderful Greek revival sofa is of teak with ebonised details. It is hard to tell wether the piece was made in India, The straits or the Dutch East Indies as teak was used across the region, either way a superb and stylish piece.

A jarrah two door cabinet c1860. Of beautiful colour with shield doors the paired down design is reminiscent of Shaker furniture. The piece is of Fremantle origin.The top is one sensational board of jarrah with great figuring.

An exceptionally rare WA Colonial console/whatnot c1860. This is an important, unique survival in West Australian furniture - nothing else of it's quality and type has been found. It's form owes much to late Regency consoles with tiers of shelves and cabriole legs. It would have been made for a wealthy household with the means to decorate rather than just survive. It retains its original polish and the most sensational colour.

A WA Colonial sheoak dining table c1870. Sheoak has the most beautiful grain when polished and this piece is no exception; the planks to the top have wonderful depth and colour. Finely turned legs, original patina and stands on its original brass castors. This table will comfortably seat six. Interestingly sheoak is a much rarer timber than jarrah in this period.

A WA Colonial jarrah hanging food safe c1860. An uncommon survival this piece is very well made and incorporates a blacksmith-made double hook inside for hanging meat and an external loop for suspending the safe. The only other known example is in the collection of The National Trust.

A WA naive oil of the South West c1880. The tradition of naive painting in WA is continuation of the limner tradition from England where jobbing sign writers would paint pub signs and prized pigs. Here, the artists were often men who had followed the Gold Rush to WA and not done so well! This work is probably of a new farm on the Blackwood River around the Bridgetown/Nannup area and shows a family on the river with their cattle. It is in its original early Australian gilt frame.