b'73388ALEXANDER DICK rare Colonial Australian silver fiddle pattern spoon with engraved monogram, Sydney origin, circa 1830s,stamped DICK with crowned leopard and date letter E,lion passant and monarchs head,18.2cm long,$1,2002,000389DAVID BARCLAY rare Colonial Australian silver tablespoons with engraved monogram, Hobart origin,388circa 1835,stamped D.B. with lion passantand monarchs head, S,and leopards head,21.5cm long, 63 grams.$1,2002,000390THOMAS ROBINSON (THE CONVICT SILVERSMITH)pair of sterling silver decanter labels,with attached bottle-neck chains, early 19th century5.5cm wide, 20.5 grams total.In September 1822, Thomas Leathwick Robinson pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously selling four silver bottle-labels with forged and counterfeit marks resembling the hallmarks of the Goldsmiths Company. The trial resulted in a sentence of fourteen years transportation. Robinson arrived aboard the brig Competitor, landing at Hobart Town in August 1823. He petitioned in 1824 for his wife and five children to join him on a free passage, and that request was granted. He received his ticket of freedom in November 1836 and remained in Australia, passing away in 389 November 1864 at Cooma, N.S.W.The Brandy and Sherry labels are accompanied by the 2008 edition of The Journal of the Silver Society, London (No.23), in which an article by Bruce Jones tells the story of Robinsons counterfeiting activities, his trial and his conviction.$1,5002,500390'