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

We are currently operating an online auction only with online payment and collection strictly by appointment.

Auction closed (2 day sale)

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  • ( Lots: 3000-3764)
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An Indian/Burmese hardwood sarcophagus table box, carved with deities, peacocks and scrolling foliage, hinged cover, lotus bracket feet, 37cm wide...

An Indian/Persian papier mache and lacquer qalamdan pen box, painted in polychrome with a lady on a ground of scattered flowers, 22.5cm long, earl...

An Islamic brass hanging lamp, cylindrical candle sconce, broad rim above an inscription, 12cm diam; a pair of betel nut cutters, 19.5cm long; ano...

An Islamic Kashmiri Koran stand, profusely decorated in polychrome and gilt with fanciful birds, flowers and foliage, 82cm high, early 20th centur...

An Ottoman blue glass bell shaped hookah base, decorated in polychrome with a portrait of Sultan Mehmed VI, in gilt and white with scrolls and tre...

An unusual Chinese black lacquer boat-shaped incense clock, the sides painted in gilt with domestic architecture and leafy shrubbery, paktong inte...

An unusual early 19th century brass-mounted lacquered leather travelling case, oversailing circular top centred by a carrying handle, restrained b...

An unusual French polished brass articulated drawing room periodical rack, the folio stands folding when lifted from the handle, the glazed panels...

Angling - a brass 3" fishing reel, by Cruickshank & Son, Huntly; a brass and alloy 4" fishing reel, by Anderson & Sons, Edinburgh; another, 5", by...

Angling - a Malloch's patent black japanned tin fly box, no.13561, hinged cover, fitted interior, 18cm wide; another, The Loch Leven Eyed Fly Box;...

Angling - an Allcock & Co Commodore 6" big game sea fishing reel; other reels, various forms and makers; the Tatler by C & Y Ltd; Malloch's patent...

Angling - a Diamond China six piece coffee service, comprising six coffee cups and saucers, each printed in polychrome with a tied fishing fly, gr...

Angling - a set of sportsman's fishing scales, by Hardy Bros, Alnwick, the weighing scales delineated from 1lb to 20lb, loop suspension, 26.5cm lo...

Angling - a split-cane fishing two-piece fishing rod, by A.E. Rudge & Son, Redditch, 250cm long overall, canvas carrying case; another, similar; r...

Angling - an early 20th century three-piece split-cane fishing rod, The Gordon, by Shapes of Aberdeen; others, including J. Ogden of Cheltenham; H...

Antiquities and Metal Detector Finds - a bronze spear head, 11cm long; a bronze archer's thumb ring; a crotal bell; clay and glass marbles; weight...

Automobilia, Advertising - a diorama, comprising a collection of items relating to the Octagon Car Club, Wings Run of Historic Houses, comprising ...

Bindings - two 19th century quarter-morocco over cloth collector's portfolios or albums, vacant card leaves, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers, crow...

Cambridge University - a Victorian oak armorial bookslide, the folding ends carved with the arms of the university and of Trinity College, 52cm wi...

Chinese School (early 20th century)A pair, An Elder and a Young Body & Two Men at a Board Gamesigned, red seal marks, watercolour on silk, 36cm x ...

Chinese School (Qing Dynasty, 19th century) A pair, Musicians, riding a crane and a peacock signed and inscribed with calligraphic characters, wa...

Coal Mining - a 19th century Davy type miner's lamp, by Friemann & Wolf, Zwickau, gauze chimney within five steel pillars, above a glass chamber, ...

Continental School (19th century), a gilt bronze, of Cupid sleeping beside a dog, inspired by an Attic marble by Praxiteles, verde antico base, 12...

Continental School, a dark patinated bronze, of Adam, he stands nude but for a Phrygian cap and a fig leaf, the forbidden apple in his hand, squar...

Costume - a 17th century red leather shaped rectangular purse or pouch, applied with brown leather roundels, scrolls and a trellis fretwork frieze...

Costume - a collection of 17th century and later buttons, including livery, crested, and armorial; George III and later 19th century cut steel; va...

Costume - a graduating pair of early 19th century children's black leather shoes or boots, cold-painted foliate buckles, studwork pins, wooden hee...

Costume - a pair of late George III children's black leather court shoes, the silk bows and toes applied with cut steel beadwork, plain heel and s...

East India Company School (19th century)An Elephant, With Western Gentleman and Indian Noble in the Howdah, Smoking a Hookah, inscribed, watercolo...

English School (18th century), a pair of portrait silhouettes, Berkley William Guise, July 1783, Aged 8 Years, and his brother (& eventual heir) J...

English School (19th century), a silhouette, of a young gentleman, half-length, facing to dexter, watercolour picked out in gilt, oval, 10cm x 7.5...

English School (early 19th century), a portrait miniature, of Joseph Wissett, Taken at Canterbury, November 1825, in the 24th Year of his Age, bus...

English School (first-half, 19th century), portrait silhouette, of a gentleman, bust-length and in profile, watercolour on paper picked out in gil...

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