GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

After Auguste Moreau (French, 1834-1917), a large brown patinated bronze, The Pan Piper, the scantily clad boy stands by a tree holding his instru...

After Christopher Fratin (1801 - 1864), a brown patinated animalier equestrian plaquette, Horse Traders in Britanny, 16.5cm x 36.5cm, mounted and ...

After Jean-Antoine Houdon, a bronze bust, of a child, turned marble socle, 35cm high

Alfred Turner RA (1874 - 1940), a brown patinated bronze plaquette, Brotherhood, after the design for the Delville Wood Memorial, South Africa, 27...

American Civil War - an arrangement of seven bullets, including .54 calibre Smith Carbine and a Williams Type 3, annotated collector's display box...

Americana - an American Folk Art knife, converted from a 19th century bayonet blade, inscribed Virginia 1874, leather sheath, 32cm long overall

An 18th century bronze pestle and mortar, flared rim above two reeded bands, skirted base, 11.5cm high, c.1750

An 18th century Dutch brass and copper rounded rectangular tobacco box, hinged cover engraved with figures in church, the base with a religious ep...

An 18th century green glass onion bottle, opaque interior, 15cm high, collection no. M6633

An 18th century leather pot-bellied fishing creel, hinged cover, the brass hinges with copper rivets, 28cm wide

An 18th century oak architectural carving, of a basket of flowers, 37cm high, 50cm wide

An 18th century sword stick, 76cm fullered blade inscribed ** Blany, Birching Lane, Londini [London], the tall brass handle chased with triumphal ...

An 8" terrestrial globe, by Geographia Ltd, 55 Fleet Street, London, lacquered brass meridian ring, turned ebonised base, 40cm high

An Aesthetic Movement Japanesque quatrefoil tray, probably French, in the Japanese taste, painted with cranes upon a lotus, 30cm wide, c.1880

An alabaster desk thermometer, silvered scale, square marble base, 17.5cm high

An alabaster shallow bowl, 21cm diam, 19th century or earlier

A 19th century percussion pistol, 10.5cm screw-off barrel signed Nock, the box lock engraved with scrolling foliage, folding trigger, chequered wa...

An American Art Deco bar top novelty cigarette dispenser, by Kindel & Graham, applied with the head of a jazz age flapper, the design based on Jos...

An American polychrome lithograph pillow sham, by Schwab & Wolf, New York, printed with a young gentleman admiring a portrait of his sweetheart, t...

An Amethyst quartz inkwell, hinged cover, dished pen rest, 7cm deep

An Anglo-Indian/Ceylonese ebony and porcupone quill rectangular basket, inlaid with roundels, 26.5cm wide, late 19th century

An Antiquary's white metal pocket sundial, after the Anglo-Saxon discovered in the cloister of Canterbury Cathedral, 11.5cm long, 20th century

An Archaic brown-patinated bronze domestic pan, quite plain, cauldron-shaped bowl, long handle with angular bracket and dished three-quarter rest,...

An arrangement of eight 19th century Grand Tour plaster intaglio impressions, after the Antique, framed, 20cm x 15.5cm

An arrangement of nine 19th century Wedgwood Jasperware plaques, each applied in white slip with Neoclassical interpretations of scenes from Class...

An arrangement of plaster cameo impressions, various Grand Tour, Medieval and 19th century subjects, 34cm x 21.5cm, maple frame

An arrangement of thirty-six late 19th century Grand Tour medallic plaster impressions, of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqu...

An arrangement of wax seal matrix impressions, various Grand Tour and heraldic subjects, 26.5cm x 26.5cm, framed

An Art Deco desk calendar, with a standing Elephant calf rearing, curled trunk, beside a manual day and month display in French, black veined marb...

An Art Deco shagreen rectangular cigarette box, hinged cover, 11.5cm wide, c.1935

An Art Deco Speedboat car mascot, two tone brass and copper tone body. wreath collar, mounted as a desk weight upon a cream and copper banded tubu...

An Austrian bronze, of a bull dog, 10.5cm long, c.1900

An Austrian cold painted bronze, of a cock pheasant, 22cm long (repainted)

An Austrian cold-painted bronze group, cock and hen pheasants, mounted on a green onyx dish, 13cm wide c. 1930

An Austrian miniature 2mm pinfire pistol, 1.5cm barrel, two-piece grip engraved with scrolling foliage, 4cm long, first half 20th century

An early 19th century 'Campaign' olive glass bottle, 24.5cm long, a corresponding black leather carrying case, 25.5cm long overall

An early 19th century century faux walnut circular snuff box, push-fitting cover centred by a tortoiseshell, mother of pearl and gilt pique rounde...

An early 19th century Pearlware eye bath, transfer printed in underglaze blue, knopped stem, spreading oval base, 5.5cm high Condition Report: Sta...

An early 19th century shagreen rounded tapered rectangular draughtsman's etui, hinged cover enclosing an arrangement of drawing and scientific ins...

An early 19th century Staffordshire earthenware novelty figural pepperpot, of Roger Giles, typically modelled squatting and miracluously laying eg...

An early 20th century beech scratch-built model porter's barrow, 40cm long

An early 20th century boxwood and ebony Calvert type chess set, the Kings 10.5cm high, mahogany box

An early 20th century brass adjustable desk lamp, moulded glass shade, momed circular base, 31.5cm high

An early 20th century brass library desk lamp, the swan neck column with two adjustments, wide rectangular shade, circular base, 50cm high, c. 1920

An early 20th century brass novelty clock case, as a ship's wheel, 7cm silvered dial, associated movement, oval base, 21cm high

An early 20th century bronze desk model cannon, rectangular marble base, 20.5cm wide

An early 20th century carved and painted polychrome armorial, The Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, glazed oak case frame, 43cm x 29cm

An early 20th century Columbia Graphophone phonograph, oak domed rectangular case, 32cm wide, horn and cranking handle en suite

An early 20th century conical clear glass hunting flask, by H Greaves, London, hinged bayonet cover, fitted leather case, 22.5cm long; a silver pl...

An early 20th century ebony connisseur's magnifying glass, circular lens, turned haft, 25.5cm long

An early 20th century Edison Bell Gem phonograph, oak domed rectangular case, Reg. No. 8553, 23cm wide, horn and cranking handle en suite

An early 20th century elm police truncheon, branded DC below a coronet, ribbed grip, 35cm long

An early 20th century gentleman's faux tortoiseshell rounded rectangular cigarette case, 15.5cm long, c.1935

An early 20th century gentleman's floor-standing smoking room companion, the shield shaped plateau with pipe rack, tobacco jars, vesta striker and...

An early 20th century gilt gesso and softwood architectural looking-glass, arched cresting, the rectangular bevelled mirror plate flanked by a pai...

An early 20th century leather and brass novelty pen case, as an oversized fountain pen, 26cm long, c.1910

An early 20th century mahogany servants' bell indicator box, four apertures, 26.5cm wide

An early 20th century mahogany travelling chess set, The Ditty Chess Box, by John Jaques & Son, London, hinged cover enclosing pegged board and pi...

An early 20th century maritime diorama, as a clipper, half-block, 41.5cm x 51.5cm

An early 20th century novelty softwood desk etui, the circular stand with dip pen, letter knife and other accoutrements, each terminal carved as t...