I beg to acknowledge your letter with the accompanying photograph & letter of description of the carriage which you propose to exhibit at the approaching International Exhibition. I have not failed to submit these to Her Majesty The Queen. Her Majesty has been pleased to accept the photograph.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
your most obedient humble servant,
C.B.Phipps.
Phelps, Stevenson & Elliot.
Coachmakers Stirling.
This is a letter from Queen Victoria’s secretary to the coachbuilding firm of Stevenson & Elliot thanking them for a gift of a coach to the Queen.
Stevenson & Elliot was established in Stirling, Scotland and later opened branches in Calcutta and Melbourne. George Elliot migrated to Australia from Scotland around the time of the gold rush established the Melbourne business. The factory was in King Street and the showroom was at the corner of Latrobe and Swanston Streets.
A Very Decorative George III Mahogany Wheel Barometer of Large Proportions. Having an attractive engraved metal face, surrounded by a moulded brass rim. The case, figured mahogany with ebony and boxwood stringing. By F. Pastorelli
Dealing in antiques for the past 30 years and being in the trade now for 40 years, I have started to add a few contemporary pieces we create for Australian Interior Designers, Architects and Private Customers. Sometimes a customer needs something that has never been made before. The majority of my stock has always been quite unique, so why not provide a modern option of the same quality.
Take a look at mine and Andrews modern creations and consider a unique contemporary piece to mix with your beautiful antiques.
This collection immediately captures your attention with their unquestionable class, elegance, style and clean lines.
Valerie was born on the 14 September 1929. She grew up in Wright Street, Middle Park, and attended the Brigidine Convent, Kilbride, on Beaconsfield Parade.
As a young women she demonstrated prodigious artistic talent and studied under Archie and Amalie Colquhoun, contemporaries of Max Meldrum and later, at the National Gallery School under Sir William Dargie, eight times winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture.
A 20th Century Australian oil on canvas depicting an unusual slave market with naked white slaves. Painted by a student from the Norman Lindsay School.
