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• Auction House:
  Barsby Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Carinsmore Estate Auction
• Sale Date:
  28 Apr 2019 ~ 11am (AEST)
• Lot #:
  264
• Lot Description:
  Rare Australian 1850's chair by Ninian Melville
• Notes:
  Ninian Melville (1843-1897), cabinet maker, undertaker and politician, was born on 29 December 1843 in Sydney, son of Ninian Melville and his wife Catherine, née Hayes. His father came from Aberdeen and was sentenced on 20 April 1833 at the Perth Court of Justiciary to seven years transportation, received a ticket-of-leave in 1838 and set up as a cabinet maker in the 1840s. Educated in Sydney, young Melville was apprenticed to the cabinet makers, John Hill & Sons.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Furniture

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