GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

A brass novelty fortune telling pocket watch, 4.5cm dial centred by an open palm, 6cm over winder

A brass table lamp, fluted compressed ovoid pillar, 66cm high

A Calvert type boxwood and ebony chess set, the Kings 10.5cm high

A ceramic desk bust, of Sir Winston Churchill, printed quotation, square base, 14cm high

A Chinese bamboo circular birdcage, the brass canopy chased with bats and centred by script, the interior with crackle glazed celadon feeder, 30...

A Chinese bamboo figure, carved as Liu Hai, the toad pulling at his ear, 31.5cm high

A Chinese Blanc de Chine Dehua porcelain figure, well-modelled as a winking sage, she stands in flowing robes, ripe peaches symbolic of longevity ...

A Chinese bone and bamboo mahjong set, the tiles 3cm wide, the case a converted Victorian coromandel dressing box, drawer to base, 30.5cm wide

A Chinese brass circular singing bowl, chased with a ferocious dragon and scrolling clouds, the rim with a geometric meander border, 25.5cm diam, ...

A Chinese bronze slender ovoid vase, the tall flared neck applied with a pair of dragons, the side cast with lappets and symbols, 30.5cm high

A Chinese bronze vase, after an Archaic jade, cast with scrolls, masks and lotus leaves and applied with geometric lugs, 25cm high, 19th century

A Chinese celadon jade carving, of a stylized beast amongst blossoming prunus, 5cm wide

A Chinese circular charger, painted in the famille jaune pallete with dragons on a yellow ground, trellis border, 33.5cm diam, red seal mark

A Chinese circular dish, painted in tones of blue and manganese with a fish, 21.5cm diam, 19th century; another, similar; a Chinese crackle gazed ...

A Chinese cloisonne censer, cast as a stylised beast, decorated in polychrome enamel with bands of stylised lotus and scrolls, 23cm long, 19th cen...

A Chinese cloisonne enamel bowl, decorated with flowers and scrolls on a green ground, 31cm diam, four character mark; others, smaller (4)

A Chinese dark patinated bronze water dropper, in the Archaic taste, cast with scrolls and lotus, 12.5cm high

A Chinese dark patinated hexagonal baluster vase, in the Archaic taste, shaped rim, lotus scroll handles, the waisted centre with a band of lappet...

A Chinese hardstone tree, for the scholar's table, the hardwood base as a brush pot, 30.5cm high, 19th century

A Chinese hardwood carving, of a Buddhist monk holding a lotus, 18.5cm high

A Chinese hardwood circular table top vase stand, shaped legs, pierced undertier, 22.5cm high, c.1900

A Chinese hardwood figure, carved as an immortal holding a ruyi, his scrollinscribed with verse, 36cm high, early 20th century

A Chinese hardwood miniature altar table, oversailing rectangular top above a shaped frieze pierced with scrolls, outswept legs, rectangular stret...

A Chinese hardwood miniature altar table, rectangular panelled top terminating in scrolls, above a deep frieze pierced with trellis, 33.5cm wide, ...

A Chinese hardwood table top easel, pierced and carved with leafy bamboo, 45cm high, c.1900; another, similar (2)

A Chinese jade mounted hardwood box, the cover set with an oval tablet carved with lotus flowers, 9.5cm wide; a Chinese brazier, 14cm wide, [2]

A Chinese lacquer rectangular box, incise carved and decorated in polychrome with ferocious dragons, peonies and script, the hinged cover with a v...

A Chinese lacquer sculptural fragment, the head of Lohan, traces of gilding, 23cm high

A Chinese ovoid ginger jar and cover, painted in tones of underglaze blue with a figure riding a temple lion, 24cm high

A Chinese ovoid ginger jar, painted in polychrome enamels with flowers and symbols, 17cm high, 19th/early 20th century, hardwood cover

A Chinese polychrome carving, of Buddha, standing, holding a lotus, 63.5cm high

A Chinese porcelain censer and stand, painted in polychrome with figures in monumental landscapes, the handles as stylised roosters, the stand wit...

A Chinese rootwood figure, of a bearded immortal, he stands, wearing long robes, 32cm high, 19th century

A Chinese rose quartz carving, of a bird, standing, with head turned sharply, a fruiting peach branch in its beak, 17cm long; another quartz carvi...

A Chinese scholar's ink cake, incised with vesre and precious objects, picked out in blue, green and gilt, 8cm long; another, similar; another (3)

A Chinese silk civil rank badge or Mandarin square, worked in polychrome threads with a crane, 26.5cm x 28.5cm; another, military, worked with a t...

A Chinese snuff bottle, as a hand, 5cm high; another (2)

A Chinese two-tone jade amulet, of a Shou-Lao as a merman, the stone in tones of emerald and celadon green, 6cm long

A Chinese two-tone soapstone figural carving, of Shou-Lao, typically posed resting on his staff and holding a ripe peach, he wears long flowing ro...

A Chinese/Siamese gilt metal domestic shrine figure, of Buddha, seated in a lotus, 8cm high; another, similar (2)

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

A collection of 19th century alloy portrait medallions, after Russian Baroque originals, depicting Peter the Great and his military campaigns, som...

A collection of 19th century and later glass marbles, various opaque and clear glass, coloured twists, etc

A collection of 19th century and later glass marbles, various opaque and clear glass, coloured twists, etc

A collection of 19th century Chinese mother of pearl counters, various shapes and patterns of engraving (approx 34); others, bone (qty)

A collection of 19th century coloured opaque twist marbles, arranged on a mahogany solitaire board, 20.5cm diam

A collection of 19th century reverse engravings on glass, 36cm x 25.5cm (5)

A collection of Black Forest figures, carved as musicians and characters from the street, the largest 19cm high, early 20th century; a Black Fores...

A collection of Indian painted terracotta educational figures, modelled to show different occupations, the largest 21cm high, Poona, Western India

A collection of unusual electroform novelties, as an apple, pear and other ripe fruits, the tallest 13cm long (4)

A composition desk weight, in relief with a group of elephants, 15.5cm wide

A Continental giltwood architectural cresting, carved as a winged putto mask, 69cm wide, 18th century

A Continental tin-glazed earthenware baluster jug, probably German, decorated in tones of yellow and green with a stylized fruit and leaves on a p...

A copper and steel novelty advertising key cabinet, possibly a locksmith's shop sign, as an oversize padlock, the door enclosing a row of hooks, 5...

A Delft double-lipped sauceboat, painted in tones of blue and red with leafy sprigs, 20cm wide, 18th century; a tin glazed ewer, 13.5cm high (2)

A Dutch Delft double-gourd vase, slightly fluted, painted in two-tones of underglaze blue with Indianische Blumen, the neck with a frieze of S-scr...

A French dark patinated altar corpus Christi, hardwood cross and stepped base, 38.5cm high, c.1900

A French dark patinated metal desk model, of a sphinx, gilt metal mounted rectangular marble base, 19cm wide

A French Empire alabaster mantel clock, 9cm circular gilt metal dial inscribed Gerard A Paris, the enamel chapter ring inscribed with Roman numera...

A French verde antico and white marble square inkstand, hinged cover carved with a rose, the base with pen rests, brass feet, 15.5cm wide, early 2...