Hume family home contents an auction drawcard

The house at 49-51 Streeton Crescent, East Ivanhoe was built originally for a member of the Hume family – direct descendants of the explorer Hamilton Hume who around 1824 opened up much of southern New South Wales and Victoria and lends his name to the Hume Highway.

The vendors, who still have the original architect drawings, have asked Christian McCann Auctions to sell the contents on site from midday Sunday March 16.

The auction will comprise the finest quality French, English and Chinese antiques and objet d’art, and Australian art.

Included is French provincial and Paris-made antique bedroom, salon, dining, sitting, library and ormolu mounted furniture featuring a rare pair of commodes and a vitrine.

There are outstanding 19^th century French ormolu mounted Sevres vases and bowls, Royal Worcester and Meisssen, and signed antique bronze figures and figure groups by important sculptors.

Among the Chinese items are antique porcelain, jade and ivory and cherry wood furniture.

The auction also contains hand woven Persian carpets and rugs and paintings by Australian artists Hugh Sawrey, Pro Hart and David Boyd and various 19^th century European artists, along with garden furniture and statuary.