GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AND AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

French School (19th century), a brown patinated bronze library bust, of Jean de La Fontaine, the fabulist and poet, wearing a peruke and knotted l...

After Lorenzo Bartolini, a Grand Tour alabster sculpture, Venus Reclining, the composition based on Titian's Venus of Urbino, rectangular marble b...

Grand Tour School (19th century),a dark patinated bronze, Venus de Milo, after the antique, 27cm high

Continental School (19th century), a cabinet bronze, of a putto, crawling, rectangular marble base, 14.5cm wide

English School (early 19th century), a pair of bronzes, recumbent lions, seated to left and right, rectangular rose marble bases, 13.5cm wide

French School (19th century), a brown patinated bronze library bust, of Archbishop François de Fénelon, wearing his zucchetto, clerical collar and...

After Isidore Jules Bonheur (French, 1827 - 1901), a brown patinated animalier equestrian bronze, Race Horse and Jockey, signed in the maquette, s...

French School (19th century), a brown patinated library bust, of a Man of Letters, probably Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, long curled hair, wearing a ...

French School (19th century), a dark patinated and parcel-gilt cabinet bronze, of a hen, oval base, 7.5cm wide

French School (19th century), a dark patinated library sculpture, of a recumbent lion, 24cm long

Grand Tour School (19th century), a dark patinated Grecian lip-cup, flared lip, squared handles, knopped stem, spreading base, 13.5cm high

Italian Grand Tour School (19th century), a serpentine model, Il Porcellino or the Florentine Boar, after Pietro Tacca, canted rectangular base, 2...

Grand Tour School, after the antique, a verdigris patinated portrait bust, Homer, marble base, 21cm high overall

Henri-Joseph Holemans (Belgian 1894 - 1973), a brown patinated bronze, of a World War I soldier, bust length, wearing an Adrian helmet, signed in ...

Indian School (19th century), a bronze, of a tiger, rectangular base, 9.5cm wide

Italian Grand Tour School (19th century), a brown patinated bronze, Spinario, after the Antique, circular base, 23cm high

Asian School (20th century), a gilt patinated bronze, of an elderly Japanese peasant, in traditional rural dress, 22.5cm high

Nazi Germany, Third Reich - a bust of Adolf Hitler, cast in the Brownshirt uniform of the SA (Sturmabteilung), his breast with Iron Cross, square ...

Nazi Germany, Third Reich - Theodor Linz (1886 - 1979), after, a brown patinated spelter sculpture, the head of Adolf Hitler, hollow cast, rectang...

Pierre Jules Mene (1810 - 1879), after, a gilt animalier cabinet bronze, of a squirrel, rectangular base, 10cm wide

Sino-Burmese School (19th century), a bronze Buddha, seated in meditation, 19.5cm high

A 10" terrestrial globe, the Phillip's Challenge Globe, turned ebonised base, 52cm high

A 19th century agate rounded rectangular desk weight, 9cm wide, c.1880; a malachite rectangular box, 4.5cm wide (2)

A 19th century American cast iron novelty patent mechanical money box, The Tammany Bank, cast as William Magear Tweed (1823 - 1878), seated, 15cm ...

A 19th century American munitions box, by the Cincinnati Regalia Co, hinged cover, the side inscribed in red paint W.O. Cornelius, Murphysboro, [I...

A 19th century bibliophillic tromp l'oeil decanter box, disguised as a stack of tooled and gilt leather bound books, hinged cover enclosing a pair...

A 19th century bois durci circular portrait medallion, 4cm diam, mounted for display

A 19th century brass bound oak campaign book carrier, downswept sides with pierced handles, iron rail base, 53.5cm wide, c.1880

A 19th century bronze desk weight, cast as a recumbent hound, rectangular base, 14.5c, wide

A 19th century carrara marble relief boss, carved as the head of a female beauty, of Grand Tour type and after the antique manner, turned circular...

A 19th century Chinese patinated bronze pagoda-shaped amulet or talisman, chased with a grid of symbols and figures, pierced suspension loop, 14.5...

A 19th century Chinese silk sleeve panel, embroidered in coloured threads with exotic birds, blossom, prunus and rocky outcrops on a mauve ground,...

A 19th century Colonial ebonised and ivory cribbage board, inlaid with rectangular reserves centred by a roundel, outlined with boxwood stringing,...

A 19th century concertina, by Lachenal & Co, London, thirty two keys, pierced hexagonal ends, leather-trimmed paper bellows, serial no. 53674, 18....

A 19th century dark patinated bronze desk figure, of a Renaissance soldier in armour, square base, 13cm high

A 19th century desk bronze, of Napoleon Bonaparte, he stands in iconic pose, square plinth, 20.5cm high

A 19th century enamel armorial applique, in tones of blue , red and gilt with the arms and motto of Beaufort, 4.5cm wide, framed

A 19th century French bronze Grand Tour model, of the Vendome Column, square belge noir base, 18.5cm high, c.1870

A 19th century French gilt metal and enamel pedestal tazza, crane handles, decorated and 'jewelled' on a cobalt blue ground, 13cm high

A 19th century French inkstand, cast in the Renaissance Revival taste with terminal figures, masks and scrolling foliage, the cylindrical wafer bo...

A 19th century French rosewood and marquetry rectangular box, hinged cover inlaid in brass and mother of pearl with flowers and scrolling foliage,...

A 19th century French rosewood rectangular games box, hinged cover enclosing an arrangement of playing cards, markers and Chinese export armorial ...

A 19th century gentleman's travelling fork, by Lund, Fleet Street, London, steel three-prong blade, stag antler grip, folding for the pocket, 23.5...

A 19th century gilt and silvered desk weight, cast as a swan, with neck curled, rectangular verte antico marble base, 9cm wide

A 19th century gilt bronze novelty, of a Manneken Pis, he stands, in military dress, square base with acanthus bracket feet, 13.5cm high, c.1870

A 19th century gilt desk bronze, of a dolphin, rectangular granite base, 18cm high

A 19th century gilt metal model, of a heron and snake, the serpent held underfoot, square base, 30cm high, c.1880

A 19th century gilt metal plaque, embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms, 15.5cm wide

A 19th century gold coloured metal mounted malacca gentleman's walking cane, the domed pommel chased with a laurel wreath, wrist strap eyelet, ind...

A 19th century Indian bronze sectional figural votive, cast as a female astride a bird, 20cm; another similar, smaller, the Infant Krishna holding...

A 19th century Indian gilded hardwood carving, depicting a bird holding a branch, 34cm high, 30cm wide

A 19th century Indian hardwood and brass marquetry scent or apothecary box, hinged cover enclosing a mirror and glass bottles, 15.5cm wide, c.1880

A 19th century Indian Mughal rectangular parchment and softwood portrait panel, painted in colourful pigments with a full-length official, on a re...

A 19th century Indian sandalwood and Vizagapatam domed rectangular stationery box, hinged cover enclosing an arrangement of compartments, 21.5cm w...

A 19th century Indian sandalwood rectangular box, profusely carved in relief with deities amongst dense scrolling foliage, the interior with a dat...

A 19th century Irish bog oak model, of a harp, carved with shamrocks, domed circular base, 17cm high, c.1880

A 19th century Irish Killarney marquetry rectangular box, hinged cover inlaid with a view of Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry, 24.5cm wide, c.1860

A 19th century japanned metal zoetrope or wheel of life, 28cm drim, domed circular base, a comprehensive collection of additional paper bases and ...

A 19th century mahogany floor standing candlestick, dished wax pan, ring-turned sconce and column, draught-turned base, 89cm high, c.1880

A 19th century Middle Eastern tinned copper circular dish, chased in the Islamic taste with stylised animals and lotus, 33.5cm diam; another, Otto...