GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, STAMPS AND GRAND TOUR OF AUCTION CURIOSITIES

A 19th century Chinese Blanc de Chine figure, of a sage, seated with a scroll, typical flowing robes, 25cm high; another, similar; a Chinese earth...

A Kashmiri lacquer ovoid jar and cover, decorated in the Indo-Persian taste with flowers and dense scrolling foliage, 17cm high, 19th century

A Kashmiri penwork rectangular box, push-fitting cover with armorial and thistle, profusely decorated with with flowers and dense scrolls, in poly...

A large 19th century cut glass boat shaped sweeetmeat vase, probably Irish, shaped circular foot, star-cut base, 23.5cm wide, c.1830

A large 19th century Dixon, Austin & Co Sunderland Pottery lustre ovoid jug, inscribed George Booby and transfer printed and coloured with a three...

A large 19th century French wax seal, in relief with portrait profile bust of Marianne, symbol of The Republic, 21cm x 17cm

A large 19th century porcelain ornithological novelty, as a speckled ostrich egg, 15cm long, possibly Macintyre, c.1880

A large early 20th century silvered metal novelty desk clip, cast as the head of a fox, 11.5cm wide

A large George IV rosewood rectangular artist's box, hinged cover enclosing a lift-out tray, an arrangement of covered and open compartments, pale...

A large Indian brass paan daan box, as a peacock, hinged cover enclosing a fitted tray, further compartment to tail, 44.5cm long, signed, early 20...

A large J H Barrett & Co rectangular tile, printed with a photographic portrait of Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (187...

A large late 18th/early 19th century Dutch free blown onion wine bottle, 27cm high, c.1800 Condition Report: Fairly good condition but for some su...

A large Middle Eastern rectangular tile, in the Iznik taste, inscribed in Arabic on a turquoise ground, within a border of flowers, 50.5cm wide, 2...

A large museum-type plaster cast, after an an Egyptian frieze fragment, 57cm x 67cm

A large Persian brass shaped circular tray, chased and cast in the typical archaic manner with stylized figures, beasts and Islamic script, raised...

A large pond yacht, single-mast, varnished deck, white painted hull, 126cm long, first-second quarter, 20th century Condition Report: Please see ...

A large Turkish tile, brightly decorated with the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire, on a turquoise ground, 40cm square Condition Report: Good c...

A large Victorian silver mounted clear glass square desk inkwell, hinged cover, 9cm wide, retailed by J C Vickery, Regent Street [London], Birming...

A late 19th century French rectangular stately tourist's souvenir box, hinged cover transfer printed with heraldry and inscribed Souvenirs De Font...

A late 19th century treacle-glazed stoneware model, of a recumbent stag, on a grassy ground, 14.2cm high, c. 1900 Condition Report: Good condition...

A late 19th/early 20th century Mexican mechanical clerks stamp, the matrix with Juan Lopez, Puebla, turned wooden handle, 21.5cm long

A late 19th/early 20th century teak floor standing office chest, possibly American, moulded rectangular top above five drawers, brass bat shaped h...

A late Victorian oak gentleman's smoking room cabinet, hinged moulded top above a pair of bevelled glazed doors, enclosing a tobacco jar and an ar...

A late Victorian/Edwardian copper coaching horn, Army & Navy C.S.L., 105 Victoria St., London S.W., 117mm long, c.1900, leather case ...[more]

A late Victorian/Edwardian E.P.B.M rounded rectangular huntsman's sandwich tin, hinged cover, James Dixon & Sons, c.1900; a 19th century horn beak...

A magnifying glass, 25cm long

A Maranao silver damascened canted rectangular betel box, inlaid in the Islamic taste with scrolls and stylised flowers, hinged cover enclosing fo...

A museum composition copy, of a Medieval masonry corbel fragment, as fruit berry, mounted plinth base, 23cm wide

A Medieval masonry limestone architectural corbel, naturalistically carved as a leaf, 26cm high, 13th century

A Middle Eastern tin glazed earthenware baluster jug, painted in the Persian Iznik taste in tones of puce with scrolls, flowers and foliage, S-scr...

A Middle Eastern tinned copper bowl, chased in the Persian taste with a hunting scene and Arabic script, 14.5cm diam

A Middle-Eastern silver and copper damascened brass rectangular casket, decortaed in the Islamic taste with Arabic script and meandering scrolling...

Aeronautica - a museum landscape diorama, the R. 100 Airship, British c. 1925, labelled, flies over a rural scene, 34cm high, packing case en suit...

Aeronautica - a museum model of a monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, 1927, perspex case with faux grass base, carrying case en suite, 45.5cm wide...

Aeronautica - a cased museum model, of a Concorde, 87cm long, packing case en suite

A mosaic vase, of bowed ovoid form and applied with coloured 'tesserae', 22.5cm high

A museum composition model, of a Pharaoh, after an ancient Egyptian model, square marble base with Musee du Louvre Atleiers de Moulage roundel, 24...

A museum composition model, of an Egyptian head, after an ancient sculptural fragment, rectangular base with Moulage Musee du Louvre roundel, 33cm...

A museum type composition model, of a cat, after the ancient Egyptian, rectangular base, 17cm high

A Museum type composition model, of a head, after the Ancient Egyptian, ebonised base, 15.5cm high

A museum type verdigris composition model, of a soldier, after the Ancient Greek, square marble base, 50cm high

A museum-type composition model, the head of Buddha, after an original from 12th century Khmer (Cambodia)

A museum-type compostion model, of Amunhotep, Son of Nebiry, after an 18th Dynasty model, 17cm high

A museum-type model, of a large Egyptian shabti, 27.5cm high

A novelty 'disguise' humidor, as a shelf of books, the hinged side enclosing three small drawers and provision for pipes, rectangular base, 25.5cm...

A pair of 19th century dark patinated bronze tazzas, each centred by a profile portrait roundel, spreading circular bases, 12.5cm diam, one marked...

A pair of 19th century decoupage pictures, composed of gilt and coloured scraps, the central vignettes on a mirrored ground, 18cm x 10cm

A pair of 19th century French mother of pearl and gilt brass opera glasses, folding telescopic handle, 10.5cm wide, c.1870

A pair of 19th century Wedgwood Jasperware oval plaques, sprigged in the Neo-Classical taste with Victory holding a laurel wreath and a muse scatt...

A pair of Anglo-Indian silver mounted boar tusk wine labels, Port and Madeira, 'scrimshaw' engraved and inscribed to verso Mysore, 24-8-14, 10cm w...

A pair of Austrian miniature pistols, 2mm calibre, two-piece metal grips engraved with scrolling foliage, 4cm long, c.1920

A pair of bronze desk model cannons, each oak carriage with four wheels, 33.5cm long

A pair of early 20th century Isle of Wight sand pictures, The Needles and Alum Bay, titled to ebonised frames, labels to verso, 13.5cm x 19.5cm

A pair of Egyptian Aswan granite library busts, of ancient pharaohs, each wearing the hedjet or cap crown of Egypt, 31cm and 20cm high

A pair of George III cast iron desk weights or door stops, cast as recumbent lions, seated to left and right, 15.5cm wide, early 19th century

A pair of Indian Kashmiri bronze peacocks, their tails at full display, picked in tones of red and pink pigments, circular bases, 23.5cm high, Kas...

A pair of Japanese carved and painted noh masks, 20.5cm long

A pair of Minton, Hollins & Co Heads of Ancient Tribes series tiles, Saxon and Gael, each moulded in relief with a profile portrait bust of an Aes...

A pair of onyx library obelisks, stepped square bases, 37.5cm high

A pair of Russian silver filigree-mounted and mother-of-pearl open caviar dishes, leaf-shaped handles, scroll feet, 3.2cm high, 9.5cm wide, 20th c...