Gentleman's Library Auction, September 2019

19th Century bone carved skeleton group, of a standing skeleton above skulls, 10.5cm high

19th Century grand tour bronze depicting a dying Gaul, on an oval plinth base, 10cm wide

Benito Mussolini interest, a glass engraved Musso's Last Drop, July 25 1943, with an image of a figure hanging, 11.5cm high

South African gold mining interest, a 9 carat gold brooch with a shovel and pickaxe and a swinging bucket to the central nugget, the shovel end wi...

Shop poster, "Queen Victoria's funeral Saturday, February 2nd 1901, this establishment will be closed" surrounded by a black border, 30cm x 26cm

Houses of Parliament interest, a tobacco jar made from a stone from the Houses of Parliament, a plaque to the front and a plaque to the oak lid, ...

19th Century kingwood and ormolu carriage blind, the green watered silk blind with tasselled ends, 59cm wide

Victorian miniature mahogany chest of drawers, the rectangular top above two short and two long drawers, 37.5cm, 33cm, 17.5cm deep

19th Century rosewood collectors cabinet, the green veined marble top above twelve graduated drawers with brass handles, on a plinth base, 79cm wi...

Pair of leather riding boots, in black leather, together with the Bootlegger riding boot trees

French agate desk stand, the agate pen held above the rectangular stand with a powder and inkwell on ball feet, 12cm wide

Novelty automaton table clock modelled as a bird in a cage, 15cm high

Boxing interest, a 19th Century pipe tamper, with a figure in a boxing pose, 50mm high

Pair of early 20th Century leather riding boots, with buckle fittings and studs to the soles, (2)

Carved Black Forest clock, of a standing bear holding a copper staff and a clock to the chest, 31cm high

Victorian tooled maroon leather writing case by F. West, manufacturer to the Royal family No.1 St James St London, the hinged lid with embossed sc...

Tress & Co top hat, Made expressly for Salts opposite Grand Hotel Leicester, cased ...[more]

Early 20th Century novelty carved matchstick of a standing figure contained in a glass, cork sealed, phial. the phial 8.5cm high

Elizabeth II silver cigar box, Birmingham 1951, maker J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd,the engine turned hinged lid with vacant rectangular cartouche, ra...

Indian picture on slate depicting Sawai Ram Singh II Maharajah of Jaipur, housed in a carved foliate frame, 16cm x 21cm

Napoleonic prisoner of war straw work box, the domed lid with depiction of a lady, the body with geometric decoration, 19.5cm wide

Smith Premier Typewriter, with keys and £ buttons from 1d to 10 Million, Provenance by family descent Osbourne House

19th Century clockmakers shop sign, in the form of a dial with gilt numerals and gilt hands, 47cm wide

George III mahogany campaign writing box, Jas Burgess to the inset name plaque above writing slopes and drop fall

Five mother of pearl handled fruit knives with silver blades, various dates and makers (5)

Islamic manuscript page depicting a lady feeding a peacock, with script to top and base, housed in a silver painted glazed frame, the page 8cm x 1...

Plaster life mask, Ludwig Van Beethoven, 23cm x 18cm ...[more]

19th century mahogany apprentice's chest of four long drawers, flanked by half turned pilasters, on a plinth base, 36cm wide

Edwardian ear trumpet, of typical form, 30cm long

Australian interest, 19th Century powder horn engraved with a kangaroo, tortoise and emu, the body engraved with a depiction of a sun and moon abo...

Russian 19th Century Papier Mache table snuff box, finely painted with a family group depicting a wounded grenadier being tended by a woman with a...

William Barns Wollen, R.I. (1857-1936) Guns to the front, R.H.A. Peninsular War, signed in pencil watercolour, 65cm x 44cm

George VI pottery teapot, with brown glazed exterior, stamped to base "G.VI.R Double & Son Ltd. 1942" ...[more]

Victorian silver cross form pencil by Mordan, with registration and Mordan stamps to the body, central sliding section and hanging loop, 4.5cm

19th Century James Dixon & Sons copper and brass powder flask, in the form of a gun stock with ornate scrolling and chequered decoration, stamped...

Political Free Trade interest, a post card with an image of a poor family and the slogan "Free Trade" the rear of the card "Electors! Read This. I...

Plate and leather mounted glass hip flask by James Dixon and Sons, two plated and brown alligator skin mounted glass inkwell by Barraclough & Sons...

George III Duties on Soap Seal, the oak handle with a seal end and the inscription 'EXCISE SOAP No 88 GR III'

An intriguing collection of medals, from the family of medallist William Joseph Taylor, to include Farming medals, Photographic Society, Industry ...

Pair of Lloyds Coffee House brass candlesticks, circa 1760, the sticks heavily cast in brass with pushers and each corner stamped Lloyds, 21cm hig...

Pair of Victorian steel and green glass spectacles, the green glass lenses with hinged side lenses

Barrister's seal and prick

Rare pair of 19th Century gilt metal shoemakers shop signs, in the form of gilt boots with loops for hanging, 24.5cm long, (2)

Novelty mahogany cigarette case and vesta in the form of a car, with two tambour lidded compartments, 20cm wide

Desk ornament, of a cannon and carriage, 32cm long

Five 19th Century wooden dumb bells, in the original paint, (5)

Victorian novelty silver cigar cutter, Birmingham 1891, maker TA & Co, as an owl with wide eyes and feather body, pull down ball feet to reveal th...

19th Century child's picture alphabet, with pictorial round cards and letters to the reverse, housed within the original box, 8.5cm high

Patent wax vesta go-to-bed

19th Century French papier mache mannequin head, near life size raised on a plinth base, 34cm high

Early 20th Century brass standard lamp, with an arched top rail above the column and a splayed base with paw feet, 165cm high

British Government in India, The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, Volume I & II, Cassell and Company, Second edition 1925, blue cloth bound, (2) ...[...

Badminton Library. Shooting Field & Covert 1886, Hunting 1886 and Shooting Moor & Marsh 1886, (3) ...[more]

The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night, Rendered into English by Powys Mathers, privately Printed for Subscribers The Casanova Society London...

Henry Davy, A Series of Etchings Illustrative of the Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk. Southwold: by the author 1827, folio, a subscriber's co...

The Book of Common Prayer, Richard Mant, 1820, together with Vindication of the Government, Doctrine and Worship of the Church of England Establis...

Beatrix Potter, the Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition 1908, Frederick Warne, red cloth bound

Leather bound volume, West Suffolk Illustrated by H.R. Barker 1907, with 566 illustrations

Beatrix Potter, The Pie and the Patty Pan, First edition 1905, Frederick Warne & Co, red cloth binding ...[more]

Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties in England, but principally in Norfolk, etched by John Sell Cotman, Esq., .... with descrip...