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

A Chinese camphor wood box, carved in relief with landscapes and blossoming prunus, bracket feet, 25cm wide

A Chinese earthenware tomb model, as a table laden with funerary offerings, modelled and glazed in the typical Ming manner, 18.5cm wide

A Chinese hardstone carving, of an ox, recumbent with tail curled, 7.5cm long Condition Report: Good condition, please see additional photographs ...

A Chinese hardwood and mother of pearl marquetry rectangular box, hinged cover inlaid with pagodas in a monumental landscape, the sides with chrys...

A Chinese hardwood oval panel, inlaid in mother of pearl with a figure on horseback, and pagodas in a landscape, 56cm wide

A Chinese hardwood rectangular box, the cover applied with an elder holding a peach, and inscribed with verse, enclosing a small collection of mot...

A Chinese hardwood wall hanging bibelot display cabinet, shaped cresting above a glazed door enclosing an asymmetric arrangement of shelves, on a ...

A Chinese Jun ware earthenware bottle vase, glazed in merging mottled tones of blue and purple, with some sallow inclusions, on a russet ground, w...

A Chinese mulberry rootwood scholars rock, 28cm wide

A Chinese novelty needlework and hardwood table screen, 18cm diam convex revolving panel with two inset silkwork cats, the frame pierced and carve...

A Chinese Peking glass bottle vase, the overlaid green surface cameo carved with a frieze of ferocious dragons and flaming pearls, between borders...

A Chinese porcelain rectangular plaque, painted with figures in a monumental landscape, 31cm x 15.5cm, the upper margin inscribed with black scrip...

A Chinese scholars ink stone, as a vase, carved and picked out in polychrome and gilt with lotus, script and prtecious objects, 22.5cm long, boxed

A Chinese spinach jade and champleve enamel magnifying glass, the circular lens with a border of leaves and flowers, 12cm long

A Chinese Republican soapstone figural carving, as a female peasant, she stands wearing a head scarf, holding a scythe and a wheatsheaf, 20.5cm hi...

A Clichy double-pentafoil millefiori paperweight, typically domed and decorated in coloured canes, 7cm diam, c. c.1860

A collection of 19th century and later walking canes, various materials and forms; the stand formed from a large World War I shell, 66.5cm high

A collection of German porcelain pipes, mostly printed in polychrome, various subjects, portraits, hunting, etc (qty)

A collection of late 17th century and later keys, various types, designs and sizes, the largest 15cm long, [approx. 55]

A composition portrait plaque, of a Roman emperor, bust length in profile, 12.5cm x 9.5cm, ebonised frame

A Continental brown patinated bronze novelty incense burner, as a horned Devil mask, 9cm wide

A Continental gilt metal altar devotional, depicting the Arma Christi, ebonised base, 27cm high

A Continental silver coloured metal icon, chased with the Risen Christ and St George Cross, on a brass ground of radiating light, 26.5cm x 20.5cm ...

A Continental silver coloured metal rectangular plaque, embossed after Leonardo Da Vinci with The Last Supper, tooled and gilt leather easel mount...

A Continental silver corpus Christi, mahogany cross, 19.5cm long, 19th century

A Continental terracotta portrait bust, of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), turquoise glazed socle, 27cm high, Austrian/German, c.1870 Conditio...

A Copeland parian ware figure, Dancing Girl in Repose, modelled after William Calder Marshall for tthe Art Union of London 1848, 45cm high (faults)

A Derbyshire alabaster ecclesiastical octagonal font, dish saucer-shaped reservoir, panelled column, spreading base, 41cm high, 32cm wide, c. 1930

A folk art walking cane, the pommel carved as a seated figure, the shaft with entwined band and geometric motifs, 101cm long

A French porcelain ovoid vase, in the Empire taste, painted with a young boy and his governess, on a gilt ground, 22.5cm high, c.1835

A French silver corpus Christi, coromandel cross, 15cm over loop, early 20th century

A French wrought iron and brass wine bottle pouring cradle, by Jean Goardere, signed, scroll lehs, 30cm long

A George II air twist wine glass, drawn trumpet shaped bowl, domed folded foot, 116cm high, c.1745; other opaque and air twist glasses (4) Conditi...

A George III air twist drinking glass, bell shaped bowl, knopped stem, domed circular foot, 15.5cm high, c.1760 Condition Report: Some manufacturi...

A George III design silver plate on copper treasury inkstand, hinged serpentine cover enclosing a pair of wells and a wafer box, loose ring lion m...

A George III mahogany commode fronted knife box, the hinged cover inlaid with a marquetry eight-pointed star within a rope twist to verso, enclosi...

A George III novelty gambling counter box, formed from copper cartwheel two pence coins, screw-fitting cover, 4.1cm diam, the coins c.1797

A George III olive green glass sealed wine bottle, R Mofeley [Moseley] 1792, kick-up base, 28cm high; others, Ja Oakes, Bury 1783; Old Hock 1648 (...

A George III opaque twist wine glass, tall funnel shaped bowl, double-helix stem, domed circular foot, 18.5cm high, c.1765

A George III reverse engraving on glass, Representation of the Funeral Barge Which Conveyed the Body of the Late Lord Nelson, 12cm x 27.5cm Cond...

A George III rosewood crossbanded fiddle-back mahogany rectangular box, hinged cover, 19.5cm wide, c.1810

A George IV bronze mortar, flared rim, angular lug handles, 10cm high, dated 1825

A George IV mahogany picture connoisseur's gallery glass, turned bezel and handle, 35.5cm long, c.1825 Condition Report: Lens frame 17.8cm diam, t...

A George IV rosewood rectangular birdcage letter trug, pierced carrying handle, bowed gallery, 19cm wide, c.1825 Condition Report: 19cm wide; 11.2...

A George V silver fountain pen, the Battle Axe Selfilla, 15cm long, Birmingham 1912 Condition Report: Good condition, please see additional photog...

A George V silver mounted square clear glass desk inkwell, hinged cover with pen rest, hobnail-cut base, 9cm wide, Birmingham 1911

A German earthenware circular 'Grand Tour' charger, in relief with a named view of Rome, Tempio Della Concordia Al Foro Romano, 33cm diam, impress...

A German novelty pipe, modelled with a a horse standing bedside a gate, 9.5cm long, leather case; others, simlar (3) Condition Report: We can offe...

A German perpetual corkscrew, turned rosewood handle, 19cm long, c.1900; a 19th century boxwood combination direct-pull corkscrew and codd bottle ...

A German tinplate penny toy, by Georg Fischer, military horse drawn wagon, 10.5cm long, early 20th century

A Gothic Revival stained glass panel, the Medieval Perpendicular entablature crested by a castle, above a pair of saints, 134cm x 33cm, mid-19th c...

A Grand Tour bronze inkwell, as a rotunda, marble base, 10cm high

A Grand Tour Carrara marble oval plaque, carved in relief with the head of a Roman emperor, 16cm x 12cm, 18th/19th century

A Japanese bronze tripod koro incense burner, broad rim, temple lion monopodia, 19.5cm diam, Edo Period

A Japanese cloisonne circular charger, decorated in polychrome with chrysanthemums and a bird, pale blue counter enamel, 30.5cm diam, Meiji period...

A Japanese cloisonne enamel shaped circular charger, brightly decorated with dragons and phoenix, 31cm diam, Meiji period Condition Report: Displa...

A Japanese dark patinated bronze koro, amusingly cast as a koi carp, loose fitting cover, 30cm long, Edo period

A Japanese Imari porcelain circular flared bowl, boldly decorated in the typical palette, gilt rim, 24.5cm diam, 13.5cm high, underglaze blue six-...

A Japanese porcelain ovoid flattened snuff bottle, painted with phoenixes on chrysanthemum pads amongst flowers and leafy scrolls in tones of iron...

A Japanese porcelain ovoid vase, painted and inscribed in underglaze blue with fast script, picked out overglaze with mottled tones of green and r...