b'2289JAMES SHERWIN antique mahogany brass bound writing box with owners name plate on the lid Jas. SHERWIN, 1814.Born in 1788 in the rich pottery district of Staffordshire where he learnt his craft, Sherwin moved to St Petersburg in Russia in the early 1820s. He lost his wife and son in floods and decided to move to Van Diemens Land. James Sherwin established one of Tasmanias89earliest commercial potteries setting up in Hobart in 1831. This box is purported93to have personally belonged to him andAn Australian cedar walking travelled from England to Russia andstick, carved fist with entwined serpent, finally to Tasmania. 19th century,19cm high, 50.5cm wide, 19.5cm deep. 90cm highPROVENANCE $250350 97Private collection Tasmania A New Zealand specimen wood turned $1,2002,000 walking stick, an Australian walking stick 94 engraved HEPBURN SPRINGS 1933; Two Australian walking sticks carvedtogether with an Aboriginal walking 90 with native flora and fauna, moststick with snake motif and iron studs, An Australian folk art miniature chestlikely Aboriginal mission work,19th and 20th century, (3 items),of four drawers, cedar and pine withlate 19th century, the largest 92cm highporcelain knobs, 1890s depression era, 94cm and 87cm high (2) $200300 35cm high, 34cm wide, 18cm deep $350450 $2503509895 Three Australian walking sticks, 91 A New Zealand sample wood walkingblackwood, casuarina, myrtle and sterling An Australian walking stick, fiddlebackstick, circa 1900, silver, 19th and early 20th century,blackwood shaft with carved cedar boot91cm high the largest 85cm high (3)handle, 19th century, $150250$100200 91.5cm high$200300 96 99Three Australian walking sticks, oneTwo walking sticks, fiddleback 92 made from a propeller, one fiddlebackblackwood with Australian silver collars, Two walking sticks, fiddleback blackwoodblackwood, and one cane with silver19th century,and silver, late 19th century, plaque W.H. BALMAIN, BEGA,83cm and 84.5cm high (2)92cm and 90cm high (2) N.S.W., 19th and 20th century, $250350 $200300the largest 97cm high (3)$250350 102 91 93'