GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, GRAND TOUR AND AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

A 19th century silvered library model, of a thoroughbred horse, standing, four square, rectangular rose marble base, 13cm long

A 19th century terracotta novelty model, of a top hat, 12cm high, c.1880

A 19th century toleware rectangular artist's box, hinged cover transfer printed in monochrome with a country house, enclosing compartments for pai...

A 19th century toleware shot flask, painted with a sportsman and his dog, he stands, loading his rifle with the ramrod, brass spout, 18.5cm long, ...

A 19th century watercolour armorial, titled, The Armorial Ensign of the Name of Morrow, 36cm x 26cm

A 19th century wax picture, moulded after an Old Master with a domestic scene, 9.5cm x 8.5cm

A 9" terrestrial globe, by George Phillip & Son, London, turned ebonised base, 42cm high overall Condition Report: early 20th century, probably...

A Black Forest novelty dumb waiter, naturalistically carved as a bear, he stands, holding aloft a circular plateau with his right paw, circular ru...

A brass hour glass, turned supports, bun feet, traces of silvering, 16cm high

A brass mechanical wine pourer, screw-thread mechanism with cranking handle, rectangular oak base, 38cm high Condition Report: mechanism workin...

A bronze desk weight, cast in the Renaissance manner as a mask, rose marble base, 20.5cm wide

A brown salt glazed stoneware belamine, loop handle, 21cm high, 18th/19th century

A canvas shotgun case, by Brady, Halesowen, hinged cover enclosing an arrangement of compartments, tan leather angles and straps, 83cm wide

A cast bronze and enamel Royal Coat of Arms, 9.5cm wide

A coconut and ebony novelty toy, as a turtle, articulated head and legs, 18cm long Condition Report: working toy, generally good, wear to cocon...

A collection of Dulex Paper furniture transfer prints, by the Meyercord Co, Chicago, for decoration and restoration, various patterns and designs,...

A collection of Grand Tour plaster intaglios and medallions, various subjects from Classical Antiquity and Renaissance Europe, ebonised oval frame...

A collection of Grand Tour plaster intaglios, after the Antique, various subjects, the largest 7cm x 9cm, museum-type display boxes, each 32.5cm x...

A composed vampire hunter's killing kit, comprising mallet, cross-shaped and other stakes, late 18th century tree calf folio Holy Bible, 19th cent...

A Continental parian portrait bust, Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), ebonised base, 22cm high overall

A Continental pottery novelty whistle, as a dog, mottled blue markings, 9.5cm high

A Coptic verdigris patinated bronze icon, cast in relief with a figure in benediction, before the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, possib...

A dark patinated and lacquered brass figural 'Atlas Watch' desk timepiece, 6cm diam dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, day and calendar...

A dark patinated bronze model, of a recumbent stag, possibly Mughal and on a later stand, 13cm wide

A dark patinated bronze mounted desk weight, as the head of a walrus, square marble base, 7.5cm wide

A folk art panel, naively carved in relief with a bull, 35cm wide

A French Art Nouveau umbrella stand, the whole centred by a heron with incurved flapping wings, stood before a pool recess, the banks with lily pa...

A French champleve enamel letter rack, brightly decorated with scrolls and anthemions, 14.5cm wide, c.1900

A French kingwood rectangular letter tray, the field quarter-veneered and crossbanded, shallow gallery, 28cm wide

A French roundel, the centre cast in relief with a bust of Marianne, within a Republique Francaise legend, 15.5cm diam, late 19th/early 20th centu...

A George III brass bound mahogany gallery glass or connoisseur's lens, turned border and handle, 33cm long, c.1820 Condition Report: generally ...

A George III faux tortoiseshell scumbled table cabinet, hinged top enclosing an arrangement of compartments, above a pair of doors enclosing drawe...

A George III mahogany canted rectangular hand mirror, turned handle, 32.5cm long, c.1800

A George III mahogany folding reading stand, the triptych plateau adjustable on a ratchet, 45.5cm wide (open), early 19th century

A George III mahogany miniature trug, possibly for gambling tokens, twin-compartments divided by a reeded band, 12.5cm wide, early 19th century ...

A George III oak rectangular candle box, shaped and pierced cresting, hinged sloping cover, 41cm high, 20cm wide, c.1800

A George III shagreen tapered rounded rectangular draughtsman's etui, hinged cover enclosing an arrangement of drawing implements, monogrammed car...

A 'George III' tortoiseshell crossbanded ivory octagonal tea caddy, hinged cover with brass axe head finial, 12.5cm high

A George IV brass-mounted rosewood and specimen wood writing slope, hinged cover inlaid with a reserve and lozenges of exotic timbers, enclosing a...

A George V gentleman's black leather travelling case, comprising hair brush, hand mirror and clothes brush, various date codes, six faceted jars ...

A George V gentleman's leather suitcase, fitted for dressing with silver brushes, shaving kit, glass bottles and jars with silver covers, London 1...

A George/William IV rosewood novelty boot jack, as a foot, folding for travel, brass hinges and fittings, 25.5cm long, c.1830

A German Art Nouveau mahogany, marquetry and pyrography table box, by Hermann Loose, Hamburg, hinged cover enclosing twin compartments, decorated ...

A German clear tankard, pewter and bronzed hinged cover cast with wreath and symbols of the Franc Prussian War 1870 - 1871, eagle thumb piece, 1...

A graduating pair of George III rounded rectangular copper trade card printing plates, Willm. Monk, Horse Slaughterer, Field Road, New Street, Whi...

A Grand Tour circular mosaic panel, decorated in coloured tesserae with a maiden, wearing a laureate garland, painted softwood frame, 24cm diam ov...

A Grand Tour gilt metal mounted agate shaped oval tazza, set with nine panels of specimen stones, loose carrying handles to sides, rope twist feet...

A Grand Tour verdigris patinated bronze plaque or icon, cast in relief with a named depiction of Jesus Christus, 13cm X 10.5cm, probably 19th cent...

A Grand Tour verdigris patinated model, of a canopic jar, cast after the Ancient Egyptian with the head of Imsety, hieroglyphics and devices, hing...

A Kashmiri lacquer and penwork papier mâché lobed circular bowl, decorated in the typical Indian taste with leafy stems on a ground of dense gilt ...

A Kashmiri penwork rectangular box and cover, decorated overall with flowers and dense foliage, 35.5cm wide, paper label to base for Mull, Chand &...

A large 19th century Indian hide, lacquer and penwork ovoid vase, decorated in the Kashmiri taste with stylised flowers and strapwork, wavy rim, d...

A large 19th century Islamic copper rose water bottle, profusely chased overall in the Indo-Persian taste with stylised animals amongst dense scro...

A large 19th century Persian ovoid vase and cover, chased with native celebrants and stylized beasts amongst flowers and scrolling foliage, domed ...

A large Victorian glass specimen dome, 39cm high, 19cm diam; another, 20cm high, 13cm high; others, 20cm high, 9cm and 7cm diam (4)

A late 19th century Black Forest birds nest wall pocket, carved with foliage, 15cm high, c.1880 Condition Report: good condition, a few light l...

A late 19th century bronze desk thermometer, crested by a Bacchic infant, silvered scale, alcohol thermometer, circular marble base, 17.5cm high, ...

A late 19th century domed circular wirework bird carriage, the lower front with two arrows centring the pull-up sliding door, wrythern horizontal ...

A late 19th century German shop display table-top tobacco cutter or shredder, stamped Gesetzl Geschützt, hinged rectangular mahogany plateau, encl...

A late 19th century Indian Bidriware occasional table, the circular copper top engraved and chased with scrolling foliage, picked out in red on a ...