The Collector's Grand Tour: Curated Objects, Interior Design, Curiosities and Works from the Library

Nutcrackers - a late 19th century lever-action nut cracker, decorated in relief with rabbits, 16.5cm long, c.1890; another, cast as the head of a ...

Nutcrackers - a late 19th century nickel plated novelty lever-action nut cracker, possibly American, the jaws cast as the head of an elderly lady ...

Nutcrackers - a mid-20th century oak novelty table top lever-action nut cracker, as an elephant, spreading rectangular base, 21cm high, the unders...

Nutcrackers - a mid-20th century South European musical novelty table top lever-action nut cracker, carved as a bust-length man, dished tazza base...

Nutcrackers - a novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved as a crocodile, 21cm long; others, various forms (12)

Nutcrackers - a novelty lever-action table top nut cracker, cast as a crocodile, 19cm long, Rd. No. 699159, first half 20th century; others, simil...

Nutcrackers - a pair of 18th century steel pincer-form lever-action nut cracker, ropetwist scissor type grips, 16cm long, French or Spanish, c.172...

Nutcrackers - a pair of 19th century silver plated reversible lever-action nut crackers, 14cm long, William Hutton & Sons, c.1880; others, similar...

Nutcrackers - a pair of 19th century silver-plated reversible lever-action nut crackers, 13.5cm long, dated 1875; others, similar (8)

Nutcrackers - a pair of 19th/early 20th century reversible lever-action nut crackers, bright-cut engraved, 13cm long; others (8)

Nutcrackers - a Scandinavian novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved and painted as the head of a bearded man wearing a blue hat, 21cm long, mid ...

Nutcrackers - a Scandinavian novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved as the head of a bearded man and chip-carved in the traditional Norwegian ma...

Nutcrackers - a treen novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved as the head of an owl, glass eyes, 21cm long, mid-20th century; others (5)

Nutcrackers - a treen screw-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a gentleman, his mouth opened wide, the handle carved as a fish, 21c...

Nutcrackers - a Victorian silver mounted boxwood screw-action ring shaped pocket nut cracker, 5cm diam, the fittings Martin, Hall & Co, Sheffield ...

Nutcrackers - Advertising - an early 20th century nickel plated promotional lever-action nut cracker, Ernest Newton & Co, Notwen Motor Oils, 10cm ...

Nutcrackers - an 18th brass lever-action nut cracker, acorn and pipe tamper terminals, 10cm long; others, similar (3)

Nutcrackers - an 18th century brass novelty lever-action nutcracker, as a pair of legs, 9.5cm long; a 19th century plier-form nut cracker; another...

Nutcrackers - an 18th century brass screw-action travelling pocket nut cracker, barrel shaped receptacle, 2.75cm long, c.1760 - 1800

Nutcrackers - an 18th century iron lever-action nut cracker, brass pivot with pricked initials JN, 12cm long; another, 11.5cm long, c.1720; others...

Nutcrackers - an 18th century lever-action nutcracker, of primitive construction, wire hinge, 9.5cm long

Nutcrackers - an 18th century Spanish steel sprung lever-action nut cracker, 11cm long, c.1720

Nutcrackers - an 18th century steel screw-action pocket nut cracker, incurved quatrefoil thumb-piece, the cylindrical receptacle with brass sole, ...

Nutcrackers - an 18th century yew sprung lever-action nutcracker, of primitive one-piece construction, 11cm long

Nutcrackers - an 18th/19th century steel lever-action nut cracker, turned hafts, 12cm long; others, similar (6)

Nutcrackers - an Aesthetic Movement silver plated lever-action nut cracker, faux bamboo hafts, 13.5cm long, c.1880; others (8)

Nutcrackers - an early 18th century brass lever-action nut cracker, decorated with punched flowerheads, 10cm long, c.1720; others, similar (3)

Nutcrackers - an early 18th century brass lever-action nut cracker, decorated with wrigglework, 10.5cm long, c.1720; others (3)

Nutcrackers - an early 18th century brass lever-action nut cracker, decorated with wrigglework, 9.5cm long, c.1720; another, similar; another, sil...

Nutcrackers - an early 18th century French silvered copper nut cracker, flat-chased with meandering leafy stems, the pivot with lion mask boss, 15...

Nutcrackers - an early 18th century Spanish steel sprung lever-action nut cracker, 12cm long, c.1720

Nutcrackers - an early 19th century boxwood ring shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, 6cm diam, c.1820Reference: For similar examples see Levi,...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century American cast alloy table-mounted mechanical patent nut cracker, The Home Nut Cracker, marked Pat. Aug. 25 191...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century brass novelty lever action nut cracker, cast as a man, he stands, his hands in the pockets of his coat, 20cm h...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century brass novelty lever-action nut cracker, cast as a dragon, 21.5cm long; others, various subjects (10)

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century cast iron novelty lever-action nut cracker, as a fish, 22.5cm long, Rd.No. 751619, c.1920; others, similar (3)

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century cast iron novelty percussion table top nut cracker, the Tough Nut, cast as a sailor, 20cm high

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century cast iron novelty percussion table top nut cracker, the Tough Nut, cast as a sailor, 20cm high

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century cast iron novelty percussion table top nut cracker, the Tough Nut, cast as a sailor, 20cm high

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century Continental novelty lever-action novelty table top nut cracker, carved as a caricatured lady wearing tradition...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century ebonised table top novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved as a raven, 22cm high; another, Black Forest type,...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century lever-action nut cracker, of 'clothes peg' form, arched brass spring, 27cm long; others, similar; another, mar...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century nickel plated travelling pocket corkscrew, marked Registered Design, 8.5cm long; others (10)

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century novelty lever-action nut cracker, cast as an Indian elephant and rider, 18.5cm long, Rd. No. 712603, c.1925; o...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century novelty mechanical automaton nut cracker, cast as a dinosaur, 36cm long; another, brass (2)

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century table suite, compring two silver plated lever-action nut crackers and two mother of pearl hafted picks, the fo...

Nutcrackers - an early 20th century table top lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as a laughing monk, 17cm high; another; others (5)

Nutcrackers - an Italian lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved and painted as a gentleman in traditional Tyrolean costume, half-length, 19.5cm ...

Nutcrackers - an Italian novelty lever-action figural nut cracker, carved and polychrome painted as a man wearing a traditional hat and spotted wa...

Nutcrackers - an Italian novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved and painted as the head of a lady wearing a frilled green cap, 21.5cm long; othe...

Nutcrackers - an oak novelty cross-over lever-action nut cracker, carved with a bird, in the manner of a Yorkshire Critter, 25cm long; an oak leve...

Nutcrackers - an oak novelty lever-action nut cracker, possibly by Trevor 'Squirrelman' Hutchinson, adzed overall, 22cm long

Nutcrackers - an unusual 19th century silver plated lever action Apostle nut cracker, spiral hafts, 14cm long, pick en suite, c.1870; others, stag...

Nutcrackers - an unusual early 20th century novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved as the head of amphibious zoomorphic man smoking a cigar, sta...

Nutcrackers - brass novelty lever-action nut crackers, various subjects, Charles Dickens characters, Lincoln Imp; etc (15)

Nutcrackers - Erotica - a 19th century brass lever-action nut cracker, erotic subject, 8.5cm long

Nutcrackers - Machirology - an early 20th century paternt combination lever action nut cracker and knife, for two sizes of nut, the blade marked J...

Nutcrackers - Modern Design - an Art Deco period bakelite, copper and brass table top screw-action nut cracker, 15cm high, c.1940; a cherry plasti...

Nutcrackers - novelty, various, lever action, traditional nutcracker soldier dolls, etc (qty)

Nutcrackers - Political History - a 19th century novelty lever-action portrait nut cracker, carved as British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladsto...