Two Day Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities - online bidding only

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Two Day Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities - online bidding only

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A 16th century style Continental brass mounted triform powder flask, sprung cap to spout, the mounts in the Mannerist taste with figures and strap...

A 19th century alabaster desk thermometer, Fahrenheit scale, mercury cistern, turned cupola finial, gilt metal ropetwist borders, 19.5cm high, c.1...

A 19th century American C-frame sewing machine, by Willcox & Gibbs, New York, wooden base, 33cm wide, pine case with swan neck carrying handle ....

A 19th century Berlin woolwork picture, worked in the Orientalist taste coloured threads and beadwork with an Arab and his horse, 38cm x 42cm, c.1...

A 19th century Bohemian white overlaid blue glass slender facetted mallet shaped decanter, the lower section with pointed arched panels picked out...

A 19th century bone desk seal, domed fluted pommel, the turned stem carved with a spiralling leaf, 9cm long; a 19th century turned snuff bottle, 5...

A 19th century 'boulle' and ebonised shaped serpentine casket, hinged cover inlaid with brass engraved with masks and scrolling foliage, on a gree...

A 19th century boxwood six-section folding customs and excise or vintner's measure, 152.5cm long, brass mounted mahogany box with inkwell, 33cm lo...

A 19th century brass-bound coromandel dressing box, hinged cover enclosing a lift-out tray with an arrangement of boxes, bottles, jars, compartmen...

A 19th century bronze table top lantern, glazed hexagonal lamp head, reeded pillar, tripod support with lion paw feet, incurved triform base, 31cm...

A 19th century Chinese Taoist rectangular silk banner, worked in gilt and coloured threads with a temple lion, an immortal, and surmounted by char...

A 19th century Continental silver easel pocket watch stand, pierced and die-stamped with winged putto herms, flowers and scrolling foliage, 14cm h...

A 19th century French kingwood and rosewood shaped rectangular gaming box, hinged quarter-veneered top enclosing a fitted interior with lift-out c...

A 19th century French playing card box, hinged cover decorated with cut-steel pinwork and inscribed Ecarte, hinged cover enclosing provision for c...

A 19th century gilt brass mounted tan morocco leather despatch box, by Schlender & Edlinger vorm Girardet, hinged cover with coronet and cartouche...

A 19th century gilt brass triform table lamp base, in the Etruscan Revival taste, palmette frieze with loose-ring lion masks, paw feet, lobed base...

A 19th century gilt bronze mounted red marble mantel vase, each figural scroll handle as a female herm, shaped flared rim, centre girdle with foli...

A 19th century gilt metal mounted porcelain ovoid ewer, painted in the manner of Sevres with fanciful birds on a bleu celeste ground, 21cm high, c...

A 19th century Grand Tour Florentine pietra dura rectangular desk weight, inlaid with tessera of specimen marbles and decorative hardstones, typic...

A 19th century Grecian Revival enamel-mounted alabaster mantel clock, 8cm circular dial inscribed with Roman numerals, single winding hole, 14-day...

A 19th century Indian bone sculptural devotional object, carved as a totem with Ganesh and other deities, pivoting beam, 18cm high, glass dome wit...

A 19th century Indian hardwood and ivory marquetry rectangular box, hinged cover centred by a panel engraved with a lion. 32cm wide, c.1880, the i...

A 19th century Indian sandalwood sarcophagus combination work and writing box, profusely carved with temple architecture, animals and dense foliag...

A 19th century Italian dark patinated bronze novelty table snuff, cast as a bear, seated scratching his foot, his head hinged as a cover, 16.5cm h...

A 19th century lacquered brass monocular travelling field microscope, rack and pinion adjustment, the mahogany box providing the platform, 17cm wi...

A 19th century mahogany combination boot jack and pull suite, the brass flush-catch enclosing a fitted interior with steel pulls, 25.5cm long, c. ...

A 19th century marble plaque, carved in the manner of Teniers with revellers beside a tavern, 7.5cm x 11.5cm, ebonised frame with gilt slip, 14.5c...

A 19th century marine bone walking stick, the shaft possibly a whale rib, serpentine L-shaped tortoiseshell handle, gilt metal ferrule, horn tip, ...

A 19th century marquetry box, inlaid in the Grand Tour taste with Europa and the Bull, a Centaur and other figures from Classical antiquity, outli...

A 19th century mother of pearl aide memoir, 4.5cm long, c.1890; a Chinese mother of pearl pen, the terminal carved as figures in a rowing boat, 13...

A 19th century Orientalist mahogany and brass marquetry quadriptych graduating photograph frame, in the Moorish taste, each architectural minaret...

A 19th century postman's alarm clock, 17.5cm pink and white enamel dial inscribed with Roman numerals, centred by a brass setting dial, weight-dri...

A 19th century Renaissance Revival bois durci easel looking glass, rectangular mirror plate, the architectural frame moulded with masks, strapwork...

A 19th century rosewood, boulle and ivory canted rectangular cigar cabinet, profusely inlaid with strapwork and leafy bosses, hinged cover and fol...

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