Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Lot 755 SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Estimate $750
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SOLD $3,600
CIGAR CASE, in sterling silver, hallmarked Birmingham, 1855/56, maker A.T., engraved on case 'From / Hugh Glass Esq / to / Saml. H. Bindon / in / remembrance / of / Professional exertions / Melbourne / 1858'. Good very fine.
Hugh Glass (1817-1871) speculator, squatter and merchant in Victoria. Samuel Henry Bindon (1812-1879) Legislative Assembly for Castlemaine 1864, appointed Minister of Justice, Melbourne 1866, in 1869, Chairman of General Sessions, District Judge for Bairnsdale, Palmerston, Sale & Walhalla, in 1874 His Honour Judge County Courts, Gippsland and District.
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