GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour marble shaped rectangular desk weight, carved and applied with a titled portrait of Dante Alighieri, 17.5cm long...

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour panel, of The Marriage of the Virgin by Raphael, repousse chased, arched mount, 18.5cm x 14cm

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour pietra dura and ebonised rectangular box, hinged cover with inset panel inlaid in lapis lazuli, malachite and ot...

A 19th century Italian marquetry oval basket, the field inlaid with rustics, 26.5cm wide, Sorrento, c. 1880

A 19th century Italian pietra dura, gilt-brass and alabaster table-centre comport, the border applied with six specimen stone roundels, Neo-Gothic...

A 19th century Kashmiri papier mache and penwork oval tray, decorated in polychrome with flowers, 23cm wide; another, canted rectangular (2)

A 19th century KPM lithophane or Berlin transparency, picked out in polychrome with a Bavarian hunting party, 18cm x 14.5cm, impressed mark, ththe...

A 19th century lead fire mark, Royal Exchange, London, 23xm x 11cm, oak mount

A 19th century lead novelty desk weight, cast as a seated cat, rectangular base, 8cm high

A 19th century mahogany collector's specimen cabinet, moulded cornice above eight drawers, each with glass dust cover, loose ring handles, skirted...

A 19th century mahogany table top candle stand, turned top, pillar and base, 17cm high

A 19th century mahogany travelling musicians folding table top music stand, brass fittings, 25cm long (folded)

A 19th century mahogany tripod cat, the plate stand with turned supports, cabriole legs, pad feet, 31.5cm high

A 19th century matchwood model, of Brighton Church, glass dome with ebonised base, 12cm wide

A 19th century meerschaum pipe form cheroot holder, carved with a dog, 9cm long, c.1890; others, similar (3)

A 19th century meerschaum pipe, carved as the head of a bearded gentleman wearing a cap, 15cm long; another, momento mori, as a skull held in a ha...

A 19th century meerschaum pipe, carved as the head of a lady of fashion, 13cm long, c.1890, cased; others; a 9ct gold mounted cheroot holder, 7.5c...

A 19th century meerschaum pipe, carved as the head of a military officer wearing a bicorn hat, 13cm long, c.1890, cased; another, as the head of a...

A 19th century Noir Belge architectural mantel clock, 12cm dial inscribed with a chapter of gilt Roman numerals, the classical case with acanthus ...

A 19th century novelty cork mantel clock, as a fanciful mountainous landscape with Romanticised ruins, 8cm circular enamel dial inscribed with Rom...

A 19th century oak and parquetry country house chess board, the field inlaid for games, banded borders outlined with boxwood stringing, 64cm x 64cm

A 19th century Parian ware figure, of William Shakespeare, modelled after Peter Scheemaker's to a design by William Kent, oval base, 32.5cm high, ...

A 19th century Pearlware novelty pipe, the bowl moulded as a faun, 16.5cm long, c.1840

A 19th century Persian brass qualamdam scribe's pen case, inscribed in the Islamic taste with Arabic script, hinged covers, traces of silvering, 2...

A 19th century Persian papier-maché qalamdan pen box, decorated with stylized flowers and scrolling foliage, sliding internal compartment, 29cm wi...

A 19th century Prattware bear's grease pot lid, 'The Bear Pit'; transfer printed in polychrome, 7.5cm diam; another, Hauling In The Trawl, 11cm di...

A 19th century pressed tortoiseshell razor, the sides decorated with sportsmen shooting and fishing, the blade marked silver steel, 16cm long (fol...

A 19th century quill cutter, by G Buck, Tottenham Court Road [London], 10.5cm long; another (2)

A 19th century Renaissance Revival bronze ewer, cast in the manner of Cellini, dragon handle, 35.5cm high, c.1880

A 19th century rosewood flutina, by Busson Brevette, Paris, mother of pearl and silvered keys, 34cm wide, c.1860, boxed

A 19th century silver coloured metal mounted horn, the wavy rim with Masonic inscription Presented by Primo R Ferguson, Oliver Cromwell Lodge, 18c...

A 19th century silvered armorial applique, possibly the crest of Edward Beaumont Venn (1781-1857), 18.5cm wide

A 19th century specimen marble rule, composed of banded sections, 24.5cm long, c.1860

A 19th century stained and leaded glass armorial panel, 29cm x 20.5cm

A 19th century style brass and hardwood model canon, the barrel monogrammed and numbered 21.1 2. 76, ram rods and wheel chock ensuite, 35cm long

A 19th century terracotta library desk bust, of a Baroque man of letters, 14cm high

A 19th century treen novelty barrel shaped travelling inkwell, 5.5cm high; a 19th century lignum vitae Berry's patent inkwell box, 6cm high; other...

A 19th century turned mahogany truncheon, quite plain, 40.5cm long

A 19th century twenty-seven stick paper, bamboo and palmwood fan, each paper fold novelly inscribed and signed in ink manuscript, 29.5cm long, c. ...

A North Canadian Type Eider Duck Decoy on a stand, carved and painted wood, 22cm HIGH

A 19th century Tyrolean box and cover, carved in relief with stiff leaves and acanthus, the finial as a fruit-laden basket, 22cm wide, c.1850

A 19th century violin, the one-piece back 33.5cm long excluding button, outlined throughout with purfling, 56.5cm long

A 19th century wax portrait, of a gentleman, in profile facing to dexter, 7cm x 5cm, inscribed to verso Died april, Thursday 14th 1859 at Mayfield...

An early 20th century Bulle electric wall clock, 29cm circular painted dial inscribed with Roman numerals, turned mahogany vase, 38cm diam

A 19th century wax portrait, of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742 - 1811), 11cm diam, turned mahogany frame

A 20th century architectural novelty gilt brass skeleton clock, as a Gothic cathedral, by Elliott, London, 10cm silvered chapter ring inscribed wi...

A 20th century museum replica, after a Medieval English alabaster hagiographic carving of Saint Fiacre, oak shield-shaped mount, 45cm high, instit...

A Baroque marble sculptural fragment, carved as the head of a young woman with flowing hair, 19cm high, 18.5cm wide, 17th century

A Black Forest carving, of a bear skiing, 13cm high; another (2)

A Black Forest carving, of a bear, he stands upright, holding a staff, 23cm high, early 20th century

A Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a terrier dog, glass eyes, 22cm long, first half 20th century

A Black Forest lever-action novelty nutcracker, carved as a bearded man wearing a cap, 20.5cm long, c.1900

A Black Forest novelty table vesta, carved as a bear with a hod on his back, 9cm high, early 20th century; another (2)

A Black Forest novelty timepiece, carved as a deer grazing beside pine trees, 24.5cm high, early 20th century

A Black Forest novelty tobacco jar, carved and painted as the head of a bearded man, glass eyes, hinged cover, 14cm high, early 20th century

A Black Forest novelty 'wall mounted letter rack' carved as a bear, 25.5cm high early 20th century with later alterations

A Bloor Derby bisque porcelain figural group, of Chronos, Father Time, attended at the sharpening wheel by a putti, oval base with a beaded scroll...

A Bohemian ruby glass and gilt metal goblet, the bucket shaped bowl cut with architectural views, figures and Rococo cartouches, the base cast wit...

A boxwood and ebony Staunton pattern chess set, the Kings 9.5cm high

A boxwood and ebony Staunton pattern weighted chess set, the Kings 9.5cm high, mahogany box, late 19th/early 20th century