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Objects Gallery

Objects Gallery

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Etching plates by Norman Lindsay, c 1910s - 1920s

2

Copper printing plates by Sir Lionel Lindsay, 1912–36

3

Copper printing plates by Sir Lionel Lindsay, 1910–35

4

Engraved plates by William Moffitt, 1830 - 1865

5

Sextant, c 1800

6

Trench art letter opener or paper knife, 1916–18

7

Leg irons, weighing 14 kilograms prior to 1849

8

Two pairs of manacles, possibly from Port Arthur prior to 1849

9

Bust of William Shakespeare 19th century

10

11

Death mask of Henry Lawson, c 1922

12

Cast of Henry Lawson’s right hand, c 1922

13

Molten glass from Garden Palace fire, Domain, Sydney, 1882

14

Spade presented to Annie Thomasine Parkes, daughter of Hon Sir Henry Parkes

15

Three spades presented to Hon EW O’Sullivan

16

Australia vase, 1906

17

Candelabrum presented to Sir Francis Forbes, 1836

18

Bird whistles, c 1960s

19

Ear trumpet owned by writer Ethel Anderson

20

Hairpin box owned by Dame Nellie Melba, 1918

21

Sewing box, or ‘housewife’, possibly owned by Mary Putland

22

Engraved cigarette case presented to Major Francis Edward De Groot, 1932

23

Tin box issued by Australian War Contingent Association for Christmas 1915

24

Spectacles owned by journalist and political advisor George Ernest Morrison, c 1900

25

Stained Bronze: About us, but without us