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

A gentleman's novelty walking cane, enclosing a corkscrew, the comical silver plated pommel as a face, his expression of irritation the result of ...

A gentleman's novelty walking cane, the pommel carved as a portrait bust of David Lloyd George, silver ferrule, hardwood shaft, 96.5cm long overal...

A George III papier mache circular snuff box, the slightly domed cover painted with huntsmen at dinner, in pinks, toasting the day's sport, 10.5cm...

A George III papier mache navette shaped snuff box, japanned in imitation of tortoiseshell, hinged cover with vacant shield shaped cartouche, 11cm...

A George V novelty silver-mounted Derbyshire Blue John bookmark, as a trowel, 10cm long, Henry Pope, Birmingham 1911; a late Victorian EPNS-mounte...

A late 19th century gilt brass connoisseur's hand lens, the magnifying glass with mother of pearl haft, 19cm long overall, fitted morocco case, pr...

A Victorian silver mounted gentleman's walking stick, L-shaped horn handle, the ferule chased with scrolling foliage, 89cm long overall; a novelty...

A Victorian silver whistle, 6.6cm long, London 1867; a Victorian design gilt brass baby's rattle; a 19th century oval horn snuff box, quite plain;...

A Victorian Tunbridge ware and rosewood rectangular box, hinged cover inlaid with roses, outlined throughout with chequered stringing, 15.5cm wide...

An early 20th century combination desk top pen tidy and perpetual calendar, printed card cylinder, turned and shaped cresting and base, 12cm high

An early 20th century morocco leather travelling card box, by Wester's, 64 Dover Street [London], hinged cover enclosing whist markers, cards and ...

An Egyptian Revival gentleman's novelty combination knife, as a Ancient Egyptian mummy sarcophagus, picked out in tones of blue and red with hiero...

An unusual 19th century silver-mounted Meerschaum and bone churchwarden's pipe, amber-coloured mouthpiece, 36cm long, cased en suite, c. 1890; a C...

An unusual and rare George II brass tradesman's nameplate or advertising label/ticket, William Roe/Plumber &c/Thrapstone [(sic), Thrapstone, North...

Antiquities - a table-top wunderkammer, enclosing an arrangement of artefacts, including a Stone Age green axe head found near Thornton [***], Civ...

English Civil War - a table-top wunderkammer or museum of Civil War Relics from 1645-46 discovered at Newark, Nottinghamshire, including bullets, ...

Folk Art - a Sami bone spoon, typically carved and pierced, the pear-shaped bowl picked-out with a reindeer or caribou within a geometric border, ...

Freemasonry - a 9ct rose and yellow gold Masonic orb or globe, of typical form, its four trefoils clasps revealing the six pyramids with their res...

Pogonotomy - a 19th century coromandel rounded rectangular razor box, the fitted interior lined in damson velvet, 18cm wide, c.1870; razors (3)

Royalty - a gilt metal commemorative novelty, the Coronation of Elizabeth II, as a pile of coins, each with a figure from British history, 15cm wi...

Slavery and Abolishionism - a 19th century lead tobacco box, the cover in relief with the abolishionist emblem of a kneeling slave and inscription...

Spoons - a 19th century Scottish silver-mounted and horn child's 'ghillie' spoon, the finial as a whistle, monogrammed shield-shaped cartouche, sl...

Treen - a 19th century lignum vitae presentation mallet, the silver coloured metal plaque inscribed Trustees of the PMC Wallsend [Tyne & Wear] to ...

Treen - a 19th century mahogany table top church warden pipe stand, shaped support with provision for eight pipes, turned base, bun feet, 38cm hig...

A George V silver-mounted gentleman's walking stick, domed pommel engraved with scrolling foliage, ebonised cane, 92cm long overall, London 1924; ...

Antiquities - an antiquary's eclectic collection of Stone Age, Roman, Medieval and harlequin ancient, comprising various knapped flints and furthe...

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