GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

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

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 coco de mer (Lodoicea maldivica), cut and polished as a hand basket, 28cm wide

A museum type gilt metal model, after the Golden Mask of Agamenon, King of Mycenae, 17cm wide, shield mount

A pair of Black Forest carvings, of bears on all fours, glass eyes, 9cm high, early 20th century

A Russian lacquer rectangular box, hinged cover painted with bears in a forest, 13.5cm wide, early 20th century

A Victorian pyrography panel, decorated with a Grecian maiden, to verso with a courting couple, 74cm x 35cm, c. 1890

An Edwardian E.P.N.S mounted taxidermy table vesta, formed from a deer's hoof and fetlock, striker to mount, 14cm long, c.1905

Conchology - a collection of exotic seashells, the 19th century mahogany box 35cm wide

Geology - an arrangement of geological stone and mineral samples, each labelled, including tourmaline, chalcedony, haematite and muscovite, 21cm x...

Late Colonial India - Conchological Presentation - a spiny conch shell, mounted for display, the mahogany base inscribed Presented by Queen Ishlon...

The Wunderkammer - an ostrich egg, mounted on a Regency bronze pedestal, 24cm high, the base c.1820

Toxicology and Botany - a Victorian didactic roll-down wall chart, Bacon' s Chart of Poisonous Plants, printed in polychrome with luustrations of ...

Antiquities - Stone Age, a collection of eight Danish flint blades, of fine proportions, various hues and sizes, the longest 12cm, ink MS collecto...

Antiquities - Stone Age, a collection of twenty-five Algerian points, various sizes, the longest 2.1cm, MS collector's note, Sahara Desert, Algeri...

Antiquities - Stone Age, a collection of twenty-three North African flint scribe points, various hues, shapes and sizes, the longest 4cm, MS colle...

Antiquities - a Lower Paleolithic Derbyshire flint hand axe, 10cm long overall, collection labels and numbering, c. 400,000 - 350,000 BC, Provenan...

Botany - a set of five mahogany museum cases of seed samples, comprehensively labelled, Scizocarps, Dispersal by Wind, Dispersal by Animals, Capsu...

Conchology - an interesting collection of exotic sea shells, the oak box 47.5cm wide

Geology - a collection of Australian mine mineral samples, Gold, Silver and Tin Ore; a Kimberley Imperial Gold Mining Share, dated 25th June 1887,...

Geology - a large transverse agate specimen, cut and polished to show matrix, 25.5cm x 26.5cm

Geology - a pair of rose quartz specimens, cut and polished as book ends, 16.5cm high

Geology - an early 20th century didactic study collection of rocks and minerals, the fifty labelled samples arranged in two lift-out trays with co...

Natural History - a crocodile skull, 37cm long

Natural History - a monkey skull, glass display dome, 13cm high overall

Natural History - a museum mounted articulated rabbit skeleton, prepared by T Gerrard & Co, removable dust cover, the case 51cm wide, mid-20th cen...

Natural History - a scholar's hardwood model of a Coco de Mer (Lodoicea), naturalistically carved, canted base, 16.5cm high

Natural History - an armadillo shell, fashioned as a basket, 19cm wide

Natural History - Anatomy - a museum type diorama, displaying a disarticulated rodent skeleton, oak case, 32cm x 24.5cm, oak case

Natural History - Conchology - a collection of exotic seashells, various types, forms and hues, arranged in three Japanese table cabinets, the lar...

Natural History - Geology - a 20th century collection of geological specimens, in the rough, some examples provided by Gregory, Bottley & Co., Ch...

Natural History - Geology - a large Brazilian amethyst quartz specimen, banded agate matrix, 26cm wide

Natural History - Geology - an amethyst geode, probably Brazilian, outlined with a mottled agate border, 28cm high, 20cm wide

Natural History - Geology and Paleontology - Collection of 20 Specimens of Metallic Minerals and Ores, All With Name and Locality, boxed en suite,...

Natural History - Orthoptera - a museum case of insect specimens, Long-Horned Grasshopper, Praying Mantis, Common Grasshopper and Cockroach, the m...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossil, a fossilized fish (Knightia alta), the ichthyological panel with a further smaller specimen to verso, 20c...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossil, a large black fossilized Otodus megalodon shark tooth (Carcharocles megalodon), 11cm x 8.5cm, Charleston ...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossil, a large fossilized Otodus megalodon shark tooth (Carcharocles megalodon), 14cm x 11cm, Charleston Area, S...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossils, a fossilized African ammonite (Cleoniceras besarei), the specimen sectioned into two and polished, the i...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossils, a fossilized ammonite specimen (Dactylioceras athleticum), exposed and its base polished for the desk, 9...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossils, a large fossilized Pecten shell cluster (Clamys cf. latissima), 58cm high, 31cm wide, Vaucluse, South-Ea...

Phycology - a collection of 19th century pressed and mounted algae specimens, collected in Sicily, comprehensively annotated and dated 1883, each ...

Taxidermy - a crab, preserved and displayed in a glazed rectangular case, crested by a pair of suspension loops, the crustacean 26cm wide, the who...

Taxidermy - a large Victorian snowy owl, naturalistically mounted, glazed ebonised case, 58.5cm x 54cm, c.1880Please note that worked items manufa...

Taxidermy - a late Victorian red fox and an adolescent rabbit, the victor stands above its prey in a stylized landscape of wild grasses and ferns,...

Taxidermy - a pair of kingfishers, each naturalistically mounted on a mossy branch, glazed mahogany case with loop suspension, 24cm high, 23.5cm w...

Taxidermy - a Victorian barn owl, inset glass eyes, naturalistically mounted on a mossy stump and flanked by wild grasses, glazed and varnished pi...

Taxidermy - an African hunting trophy, Gemsbok Oryx (Oryx beisa beisa),comprising horns and partial skull, shield mount, 114cm high

Taxidermy - an otter mask, the oak shield mask with silvered plaque inscribed Mrs Myles F Burnyeat, W.C.O.H, Ouse Bridge, June 1922, 28cm long

Taxidermy - two preserved fish specimens, a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), 64cm long; an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), 59cm long, [2]

Geology - Mineralogy - a collection of collection of mineral samples, issued by The Geological Laboratories, Devon, card case 18.5cm wide; three s...

Microscopy - a collection of prepared microscope slides, various specimens, Supra Renal Rabbit, Lavender, Basalt, Ireland and other geological sam...

Microscopy - an Edwardian mahogany gentleman scientist's specimen slide cabinet, rectangular glazed door enclosing twenty seven drawers of prepare...

A 19th century herbarium, compiled during a tour of the South of France, the specimens comprehensively annotated and inscribed with collection dat...

An early 20th century prize winning herbarium, Wild Flowers & Grasses, compiled by Miss Cissie Butcher, 1914, 22 pages applied with botanical spec...