GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

A Moorish brass pentagonal lantern, pierced with flowers, leafy scrolls, and roundels, the ogee side panels with red and blue glass, 36cm high, c....

"Mynoydd", William Lloyd Davies (Welsh, mid-19th century), a fragmentary composition portrait bas relief maquette, of a lady, in profile and fully...

A 13.5" Phillips' Standard Globe, aluminium meridian band, turned softwood base with inset compass, 55cm high ...[more]

A 16th/17th century lead boss or fitting, cast as Tudor Rose royally crowned, 10cm x 5.5cm, later oak mount

An 18th/19th century iron and leather fighting dog collar, copper-riveted construction, the prow 10cm wide

A 17th century Delft square tile, painted in underglaze blue with a boy on stilts, sparse white ground, spandrels to angles, 13cm x 12.5cm, mounte...

A 19th century cast iron ball and chain, the orb 17cm diam; a cannon ball (2)

A 19th century alabaster pocket watch stand, pierced and carved with scrolling leafy branches, shaped base, 21cm high, c.1860

A 19th century and later drawing-room 'museum' or table-top wunderkammer, collected and/or gifted by E.G. Molyneux, among others, the case enclosi...

A 19th century Anglo-Indian coromandel and ivory marquetry rectangular desk top writing box, inlaid throughout with meandering flowering leafy ste...

A 19th century Anglo-Indian Sadeli marquetry folding chessboard, typically inlaid and outlined with geometric borders, 53cm wide, c. 1870

A pair 19th century noir belge library porticos, each with a cast figure beneath a domed pediment with arched triglyph-fluted frieze and flanked b...

A 19th century arched rectangular plaque, embossed with the royal coat of arms and inscribed By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, 16cm wide

A 19th century Art Pottery onion-shaped stoneware money box, in the Folk Art tradition, glazed throughout in merging sallow tones, inscribed Miss ...

A 19th century bois durci circular snuff box, the cover depicting a naval battle, 8cm diam, c.1850

A 19th century boxwood and ebony treen draughts set, each piece engine turned with a sample design, 3cm diam; a mahogany board, 33.5cm wide

A 19th century brass and cast iron door stop, cast with a deer, posted divided acanthus-scroll handle, shaped serpentine base, 40.5cm high

A 19th century brass mounted leather gentleman chemist's field box, enclosing divisions for test tubes, 16cm wide

A 19th century brass pocket watch stand, cast as a griffin, spreading base with bracket feet, 11cm high, Swiss silver fob watch en suite (2)

A 19th century bronze novelty inkwell, cast as nest of birds, the fledglings attended by their parents, glass liner, 15cm wide, c. 1870

A 19th century bronze novelty, cast as an acrobat balancing a ball on an upturned foot, square black marble base, 17cm high, c.1835

A 19th century bronze pocket watch stand, cast with birds and a rabbit amongst trailing branches, circular aperture, rectangular black marble base...

A 19th century bronze portrait medallion, after Stothard, depicting George IV, bust length crowned with laurels, 6.5cm diam, ebonised frame

A 19th century brown patinated bronze portrait medallion, Napoleon as Emperor, after Andrieu, 6cm diam, framed

A 19th century Burmese bowl, chased in high relief with deities riding mythical and stylised beasts, amongst scrolling foliage, above a band of lo...

A 19th century burr walnut rectangular casket, hinged cover inlaid with a brass and abalone marquetry cartouche, 11cm wide, c.1870, enclosing a pa...

A 19th century cameo conch shell, carved with a Classical maiden, bust length, wearing a diadem, 12cm wide, c.1880

A 19th century carrara marble rectangular plaque, carved in relief with a military officer, bust length in profile, facing to dexter, canted angle...

A 19th century Chinese hardwood and mother of pearl marquetry rectangular box, inlaid with precious objects, flowering branches and birds, brass l...

A 19th century Chinese sandalwood box, hinged cover carved in relief with a figure on horseback and attendants being received before a pagoda, the...

A 19th century copper fire mark, Guardian, embossed with an allegorical maiden, 23cm x 22cm; another, similar; another, Farmer Fire & Life Insuran...

A 19th century copper shot flask, embossed with hunting trophies of hanging game, 19.5cm long; another, Sykes Patent, embossed with gun dogs, 20cm...

A 19th century cut glass inverted baluster bar-top spirit dispenser, the side with a measuring scale delineated in quarts, on a ground of stylized...

A 19th century cut-shell picture, possibly Indian, depicting a bird in flight above lotus, on a moss velvet ground, 29cm diam

A 19th century dark patinated bronze library desk bust, of John Milton (1608 - 1674), cylindrical plinth, octagonal base, 23cm high

A 19th century dark patinated bronze vase, boldly cast with stags' heads and trailing ivy, fluted socle, stepped circular base, 22cm high, c.1870

A 19th century dark patinated cabinet bronze, of William Shakespeare, stepped circular base, 11.5cm high

A 19th century Derbyshire Ashford Marble mounted gilt metal and enamel cylindrical dressing table casket, the push-fitting cover enclosing a plum-...

A 19th century Derbyshire Ashford Marble saucer-shaped dish, inlaid in malachite and white specimen marble with a sprig of blackthorn flowers, 18c...

A 19th century desk study, cast as Napoleon Bonaparte, he stands, in iconic pose, 10cm high

A 19th century earthenware medical bust, Phrenology by L.N. Fowler, Ludgate Circus, London, typically outlined and delineated with psychological n...

A 19th century Eurasian steel icon or book cover, possibly Caucasus, chased in the Orthodox manner with an enthroned king with Byzantine crown, fl...

A 19th century faux burr walnut domed rectangular pen box, gilt line borders, hinged cover now enclosing a collection of draughtsman's rules, 23cm...

A 19th century folk art cattle horn circular snuff box, hinged cover, traces of sgraffito 'scrimshaw' decoration, 7cm diam

A 19th century French Palais Royale gilt brass and mother of pearl mounted opaline glass pocket watch stand, contained within an ovoid chamber, op...

A 19th century French pewter two-litre flagon, by Le Seigneur, Caen, hinged cover with scroll thumbpiece, angular handle, skirted base, 25cm high,...

A 19th century German folk art pipe bowl, carved in relief with leaves and juniper berries, 11cm long; another, carved with acorns; others (4)

A 19th century gilt bronze mantel urn and cover, cast in relief with fruiting vine, field mouse finial, waisted hexagonal plinth, 26cm high, c.1870

A 19th century gilt bronze plaque, cast after the Renaissance in bas relief with putti, 34cm wide

A 19th century gilt metal political portrait plaque, depicting Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804 - 1881), ebonised frame, 32.5cm x...

A 19th century gilt-metal mounted coconut cup, a facsimile of a German Renaissance wunderkammer example, the tall flared rim engraved with strapwo...

A 19th century Grand Tour bronze mantel vase, the shape after an ancient Greek skyphos, cast in bold relief with centaurs and Bacchic putti, black...

A 19th century green glass wine bottle, kick-up base, 37cm high

A French papier mâché nodding model, of a dog, 29cm long; another, similar (2)

A 19th century hand-scrivened and illuminated armorial hunting banner, the Arms of Melton Mowbray, [Leicestershire], the coat of arms crested by a...

A 19th century horn powder flask, the brass cap secured with a chain, 37cm long; another (2)

A 19th century Indian sandalwood canted rectangular box, carved in relief with temples and peacocks amongst dense flowering and scrolling foliage,...

A 19th century Irish Killarney marquetry pylon shaped work box, inlaid with shamrocks and thistles, hinged cover centred by a chevron band, enclos...

A 19th century Irish Killarney-type Arbutus woodand parquetry book carrier, turned end-supports, the base inlaid with a checkered band, bun feet, ...

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour cameo conch shell, carved in relief with a portrait roundel of a Renaissance Humanist, 13cm long