Articles & Books

Books

In 1973 John wrote the catalogue and staged the pioneer exhibition; Australian Silver 1800-1900, held by the National Trust (NSW) at Lindesay in Sydney. He has written five definitive books, all of which may be purchased from the author:

Thomas Cole and Victorian Clockmaking (1975)
The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold (1985) Sold Out
Nineteenth Century Australian Silver (1990)
Irish and Scottish Cabinet Makers and their influence over Australian Colonial Furniture in Sydney and Hobart before 1840 (2008) Sold Out
Zoomorphic (2010)

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The category filter below will give you access to over 60 articles written by John Hawkins. He will be updating this page regularly so please visit again. To download a complete list of articles please Download PDF.

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Art
Australian Silver
Clocks and Watches
Furniture
Porcelain & Pottery
Various

Charles Rasp & the Model of the Broken Hill Mine

Published Antipodes Antiques and Fine Art, Vol 1, No 1, 1997

The Antelope from Van Diemen’s Land

Published Australian Antique Collector, 34th Edition 1987. Depicting an actual event this is the largest, earliest and most important of all known Australian sporting oil

Of Frogs, Gold Bracelets, Opals, Ladies and Queens

Published The Australiana Journal, May 2018 Vol 4 No 2 This bracelet of cast and chased colonial gold and Queensland opal is unique in the

Rhodanthe, the Phar Lap of the Australian Coursing World

Published The Australiana Journal, February 2018 In the 11th century, King Canute laid down his Forest Laws of England stating by decree that “All persons under

Staffordshire Engine Turned Pottery 1760-1780

Published Australian Antique Collector, January to June 1982.

Essie Jenyns and her Australian Terriers

Published The Australiana Journal, November 2011 The history of the Gem Set Woodstock Challenge Cup by the Priora brothers.

“A Poket Time Keeper” John Arnold, Joseph Banks, and Constantine John Phipps.

Published the Australiana Society Journal, November 2014, Vol 36, No. 4 ‘A Poket Time Keeper’ puts the case that this ‘Poket’ Chronometer was commissioned by

Lawrence Butler and his veneered case furniture made in Sydney between 1804 and 1815

Published the Australiana Society Journal, November 2016.

Transported to the Colonies

Published World of Antiques & Art, March 2012. A look at High Society in Van Diemen’s Land through a recently discovered longcase clock of c.

Henry Upton Alcock & Billiard Tables in the Nineteenth Century

Published Australian Antique & Fine Art Dealers Handbook, Sydney, May 1996.

Introduction to a Unique Collection of Rapes a Tabac, Treen-Snuff Rasps

Sold by J B Hawkins Antiques, Australia and Hawkins & Hawkins, Edinburgh.

Catalogue of a Unique Collection of Rapes a Tabac, Treen-Snuff Rasps

Sold by J B Hawkins Antiques, Australia and Hawkins & Hawkins, Edinburgh.

Governor Macquarie and The Badge of Distinction

Published 21st Lindsay Antique Dealers Fair, 1988

Thomas Paine 1737 – 1809

Published 21st Lindsay Antique Dealers Fair, 1988

The Australian Four Poster Bed 1810-1850

Published the Australian Connoisseur and Collector 1983.

J & A Campi Looking Glass Manufacturers

J & A Campi looking glass manufacturers, glass bevellers, wood carvers, frame makers and gilders, Melbourne, 1853 -1900. Published the Australiana Society Journal, November 2018