GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

Automobilia - a mid-20th century chrome plated car mascot or hood ornament, for an Armstrong Siddeley, cast in the Art Deco taste as a sphinx, 12c...

Automobilia - an American Art Deco chrome and lucite car mascot or hood ornament, for a 1946 Chevrolet, cast as a steamlined figure at speed, desi...

Automobilia - an Art Deco period bronze car mascot or hood ornament, cast as Icarus taking flight, 13.5cm high, mounted for the desk on a cylindri...

Automobilia - an Art Deco period chrome plated car mascot or hood ornament, cast as a swift or bluebird, swooping down, 13cm wide, mounted for dis...

Automobilia - an Art Deco polished aluminium car mascot or hood ornament, probably American, as a stylised streamlined aircraft, 41cm long

Automobilia - an early 20th century car badge, The Royal Automobile Club, decorated in enamel with the Union flag, to verso with a portrait of Geo...

B. B*** (early 20th century), a brown patinated bronze desk bust, of Edward VII, marble plinth base, 15cm high

Breweriana - a slate pub sign, Mitchells & Butlers Traditional Cask Ales, 50cm x 30.5cm ...[more]

Cagophily - a 19th century door key, inscribed Servant Key No.1, Cells, 9.5cm long; an 18th century steel key, the spade shaped bit with complex w...

Cartography - an early 20th century lacquered brass tripod map or chart reading lens, 4.5cm diam

Chinese School (19th century), a brown patinated bronze, the rotund Budai, seated in meditation upon a lotus, a peach held in his hand, 16cm high

Chinese School (19th century), a dark patinated bronze, of Guanyin in the Heart of a Lotus, winged in preparation for ascension, 24cm high, callig...

Chinese School (20th century), a pair of scroll pictures, Waterfalls and Monumental Landscapes, watercolour and black ink on paper, inscribed with...

Chinese School (Canton 19th century)A pair, Botanical and Entomological Studieswatercolour on pith paper, 18.5cm x 28cmProvenance: Label to verso ...

Chinese School (early 20th century)A pair, Fishermenwatercolour on silk, 100cm x 30cm

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

Continental School (early 20th century), a dark patinated bronze, of a soldier throwing a grenade, 15cm high

Country Pursuits - an early 20th century cane fly fishing rod, by J Ogden, Cheltenham, canvas case; a wicker fishing creel, of traditional form, 3...

Crimea War - a 19th century sailor's folk art woolwork 'Valentine', centred by a sepia portrait photograph of a British Royal Navy rating, on a Un...

Culinary Curiosities - an early 19th century Bristol blue decanter, of small proportions, Rum, inscribed and decorated in gilt, 20cm high, c. 1830...

Douglas Gray, after, a cold cast sculpture, head of a whippet, signed in the maquette, 7.5cm high; a bronze miniature animalier study, in the mann...

English School (19th century)A pair, Portraits of a Lady and Gentlemanwatercolour, oval mounts, 15cm x 12cm

English School (19th century)Portrait of a Gentlemanpastel, 46cm x 34cm, maple frame

English School (19th century), a large silhouette, an extensive family group, a lady, gentlemen and children in a boisterous drawing room, waterc...

English School (early 19th century), a cut-paper portrait, of a gentleman in profile, watercolour, 19cm x 15.5cm

Equestrian/Horse Racing- an early 20th century brass novelty easel pocket watch stand, as a horse shoe crested by a jockey cap, 13cm high, c.1910

Fashion and Design - a Jean Paul Gaultier limited edition Piper Heidseck lace up bodice champagne bottle and ice bucket, the latter 19cm high, c.1...

Fishing - a Hardy Bros split-cane fishing rod, in three sections, 318cm long overall; other rods; a landing net; an Avon Crown reel (5)

Fishing - a three-section split-cane hardwood fly-fishing rod, by Hardy Bros Ltd, Alnwick, numbered G 12255, turned domed pommel, 301.5cm long ove...

Fishing - an early 20th century 'shooting stick' fishing stool, by Hardy Bros Ltd, Alnwick, the folding leather seat and tripod base folding for t...

Flags - Americana: United States of America, Stars and Stripes, by Valley Forge Flag Company, Spring City, PA, with 50 stars, 122cm x 183cm; Confe...

Flags - Union ensign, centred by the letter H, on a white ground, 58cm x 96cm; an heraldic standard, centred by the family crest of Phillips of Lo...

Folk Art - a painted softwood arched rectangular hanging tavern sign, Falcon Inn, Woore, painted with a bird of prey, hooded and perched upon a fa...

Folk Art - a scratch-built softwood model Noah's Ark, the bipartite roof enclosing figures of animals, painted in tones of red and yellow, 41cm lo...

Folk Art - an 'Archaic' limestone head, naively carved as man's face, 30cm x 24cm, 18th/19th century

Folk Art - an early 20th century scratch-built equilibrium balance toy, as a figure balanced on a tall three-legged stool, 37cm high

French School (19th century), a pair of large brown patinated spelter equestrian library sculptures, of the Marly Horses, after Guillaume Coustou ...

French School (19th century), a verdigris patinated equestrian bronze, Napoleon Bonaparte, verde antico marble plinth, gilt bronze lotus border, 3...

French School, a pair of dark-patinated bronzes, of Bacchic putti fawning over sacrificial goats, rounded rectangular bases cast in relief with fr...

French School, an Art Deco verdigis patinated sculpture, The Spear Thrower, rectangular marble base, 93cm long

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

Golf - an American vintage gentleman's floor standing novelty smoking companion, by Porceloid Products Inc, the shaped circular plateau with match...

Grand Tour School (19th century), a brown patinated bronze, of the Capitoline Wolf, rectangular base, 13.5cm wide

Grand Tour School (19th century), a brown patinated library bronze, of The Dancing Faun of Pompeii, rectangular base, 14cm high

Grand Tour School (19th century), a dark patinated bronze, of a lion, his paw upon a globe, rectangular rosso antico marble base, 14cm wide

Grand Tour School (19th century), a verdigris patinated bronze, of a winged putto with a dolphin, cast after the Renaissance manner, 10.5cm high

Grand Tour School (19th century), an alabaster, Ariadne on the Panther, after Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, rectangular plinth, 29.5cm high

Grand Tour School (19th century), an alabaster, Spinario, after the Antique, 22cm high

Grand Tour School, a parcel-gilt verdigris patinated bronze, of a cat after the Ancient Egyptian, rectangular base, 17cm high

Heraldry - a lead armorial boss, rectangular oak mount, 22.5cm x 18.5cm

India/British Raj, Baroda State - a late Victorian silver rounded rectangular presentation cigarette case, Tent Pegging Prize Won by C.W. Thomas, ...

Indian SchoolA Lady of the Court and Her Attendant watercolour and gouache on silk, 24.5cm x 29.5cm

Indian School (late 19th/early 20th century), a gilt patinated alter bronze, of a deity, standing on a lotus, circular base, 34.5cm high; others, ...

Italian Grand Tour School (19th century), a dark patinated bronze, Winged Victory, turned serpentine base, 34cm high

Italian Grand Tour School (19th century), a patinated desk bronze, of The Lion of Venice, rectangular base, traces of verdigris, 12cm wide

Japanese School (Meiji Period), a dark patinated bronze, of an artisan, he stands amusingly holding the tool of his trade, hardwood base, 22cm hig...

Japanese School (Meiji/Taisho Period), a dark patinated bronze, of a violinist, he stands, well dressed, his instrument at his chin, rectangular b...

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

Marcel Renard (1893 - 1974), an Art Deco gilt bronze plaque, cast in relief with a dancer, signed in the maquette, 10.5cm x 6cm

Marine Interest - a shipbuilder's half-block boat hull model, Caroline Tumlaren 1937, by Basil R Tubbs of Essex, signed to verso, stamped 3786, 17...