The Connoisseur's Library Sale

A Wittell & Davis Patent Mahogany Medicine Chest, English, 19th century,trade label to the lid reading 'WHITTELL & DAVIS, Chemists and Druggists, ...

A Fine Singing Bird Box, Probably German, Early 20th century,the composition case applied with cast gilt-brass mounts in the form of wreaths, ribb...

An Edison 'Opera' Phonograph And A Collection Of Phonograph Cylinders, American, circa 1910,Type SM, Model A, Serial No. 1625, complete with 21-in...

A Bremond 'Bells-In-Sight' Cylinder Musical Box, Swiss, circa 1880,the 33cm cylinder playing 8 airs as listed on tune sheet titled Bells Exposed, ...

A Fine Nicole Freres Key-Wind Two-Per-Turn Cylinder Musical Box,Swiss, Third Quarter 19th Century,No. 33511, the 31cm cylinder playing twelve popu...

A Nicole Freres Lever-Wind Fortepiano Musical Cylinder Box,Swiss, circa 1880,No. 40623, the 44.5cm cylinder playing eight airs as listed on tune s...

A Nicole Freres Key-Wind Fortepiano Musical Cylinder Box,Swiss, Mid-19th Century,No. 28824, the 33cm cylinder playing six airs as listed on replic...

A Nicole Freres Key-Wind Cylinder Musical Box,Swiss, Mid-19th Century,No. 33861, the 33cm cylinder playing eight popular airs as listed on tune sh...

A Second World War RAF 'Scramble Bell',British, circa 1940,the brass bell with stained wooden handle, marked to one side with crown and initials A...

A Second World War MCR-1 'Biscuit Tin' Spy Radio Receiver,British, 1940s,Receiver Serial No. 76534,, the receiver with dials for Reaction, Sensiti...

A Curta Type 1 Calculator, Liechtenstein, Mid-20th century,No. 24907, the stepped gear-type pocket calculator engraved CURTA to the screw lid, the...

A Cold War 'End Of British Sector/Do Not Pass This Point' Border Sign,West Berlin, Second Half 20th Century,Numbered 48 to the upper left, the ena...

Two Whalebone And Marine Ivory Walking Canes,English, 19th Century,comprising one walking cane with tapering whalebone shaft with brass ferrule to...

A Maori waka huia Treasure Box,New Zealand, 19th century,the lidded wood container of ovoid form, the exterior tooled with alternating patterns in...

A Fine Keith Townsend Scale Model Of The Steam Launch 'Bat', English, 20th Century,Built by K.N. Townsend of Cumbria in 1985, to a scale of 1:8, s...

An Ornamental Turning Lathe By Holtzapffel & Co, 64 Charing Cross, No. 2040, 1859,with iron bed on double mahogany stand, with integral six-drawer...

An Important 91hp Corliss & Wheelock Horizontal Steam Engine, built by Crepelle et Garand, Lille, Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle, Paris ...

A French gentleman's dressing case with silver-gilt accessoriessilver marked LA DUPONT, Paris circa 1930, stamped 1st standard, leather case stamp...

An Art Deco silver cased combination thermometer, barometer and time desk compendiumA Wilcox, Birmingham 1936The Rectangular engine-turned case wi...

Three 'bamboo' pensTwo silver examples stamped TIFFANY & CO, 925, the other stamped 14K and T All simulating a bamboo stem, with push button tops,...

An 18 carat gold and enamel combination calendar and twin-bladed pen knifeSampson Mordan & Co, London 1929 Slim oblong form with a sliding bar for...

A large 9 carat gold cigar cutterPadgett and Braham Ltd, London 1986 Of traditional form, to one end a spring-loaded cigar cutter, to the other a ...

A large 9 carat gold cigar cutterPadgett and Braham Ltd, London 1986 Of traditional form, to one end a spring-loaded cigar cutter, to the other a ...

A collection of five silver torchesBattery operated, one, Villiers & Jackson, Birmingham 1940, tube form, bayonet fastening cap with holding clip ...

A comprehensive collection of silver shoe hornsvarious makers and dates Of traditional forms, varying sizes, three terminating in boot hooks; incl...

A silver 'Bodum caffettiera'Asprey & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1994 The cafetiere of conventional form with silver frame and ebonised wood handle, 'Bodum'...

A collection of nine silver condiment and table itemsvarious maker's and datesComprising: a 'TOMATO KETCHUP' sleeve and capped glass bottle, Theo ...

A collection of silver desk accessoriesvarying maker's and datesComprising: a Sellotape dispenser, Asprey & Co Ltd, London 1991, length 10cm, a no...

A novelty silver three-piece 'rabbit and burrow' condiment setWilliam Comyns, London 2006 / 2008 Realistically modelled, the two Rabbits forming s...

A silver WoodcockFrancis Howard, London, with 2022 Platinum Jubilee mark Realistically modelled standing with feather effect chasing, length 12cm,...

A silver Teal DuckFrancis Howard, London, with 2022 Platinum Jubilee mark Realistically modelled standing with feather effect chasing, length 11cm...

A silver-gilt mounted lapis lazuli salverGarrard & Co Ltd, London 1985Shaped-circular, the raised shaped border embellished with shell and leaf sc...

A silver and enamel figure group of a jockey and racehorseElkington & Co, Birmingham 1911 A realistically cast standing figure of a racehorse and ...

An unusual Victorian silver novelty horseshoe clockEdward H Stockwell, London 1866, also engraved Howell, James & Co to The Queen, London, numbere...

A silver jockey letter openerAmerican mid 20th century, stamped MAKERS TIFFANY & CO STERLING Realistically cast jockey in racing silks holding a s...

A Victorian novelty silver riding crop and horn trinket boxmaker's mark rubbed, London 1878 Of oval form, the horn sides silver mounted and surmou...

A silver trumpetKemp Brothers, London 1937 Plain polished form with tapering stem and flared end, length 51cm, weight 9.6oz.For further informatio...

A rare French jockey head box with perfume bottleunmarked, possibly 19th century Ovoid shaped, a fine Limoges style porcelain egg hand painted wit...

A Victorian silver small 'Gladstone bag' trinket boxCornelius Saunders & James Shepherd, Birmingham 1899With simulated crocodile skin surface, the...

An Edwardian silver and crocodile skin beltHenry Charles Richarde, Birmingham 1902, one link for 1899, one set of links with no apparent marksWith...

A rare Victorian silver-gilt fish-shaped travelling sewing caseHenry William Dee, London 1871 plus registration lozenge Realistically cast fish fo...

A silver and silver-gilt 'salmon' beakerBryony Knox, Edinburgh 2019 Slightly tapering cylindrical form, the interior brightly gilded, the exterior...

A silver and silver-gilt 'Kingfisher' beakerBryony Knox, Edinburgh 2019 Slightly tapering cylindrical form, the interior brightly gilded, the exte...

A set of fourteen Italian silver seashell and coral menu holdersGiovanni Raspini, Arezzo post 1968 All fourteen naturalistically cast and embossed...

A novelty silver-gilt fly fishing reel hip flaskMartin R Blackwell, London 2007Of flat circular form, realistically modelled as a fly fishing reel...

A silver flaskFrancis Howard, Sheffield 2016 Compressed circular form with in relief a Kingfisher in flight, with hinged screw cap, height 12.5cm,...

An American silver-mounted glass flaskTiffany & Co, New York 1870-91, incuse stamped 'M' for Moore period, 4712-M-4305 STERLING Compressed oval fo...

A novelty modern silver 'salmon' letter openermaker's mark 'RC', Sheffield 2000, also with millennium mark A long rectangular blade tapering to a ...

An Irish oriental style silver bowlSharman D Neill, Dublin 1905, incuse stamped 'S. D. NEILL' Deep circular bowl, with moulded rim, the exterior ...

A silver and silver-gilt caviar dishRebecca Joselyn, Sheffield 2021, Britannia standard Cylindrical form, the outer bowl forming the ice holder ce...

An unusual Victorian parcel-gilt electroplated serving dishRichard Hodd & Son, maker's mark, with lozenge registration mark for 1875Modelled as a...

A cased set of twelve silver-plated animal form knife restsWürttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Geislingen circa 1930 Knife rests formed as pairs ...

A novelty Victorian silver 'dog head' whistleGeorge Unite, Birmingham 1880 Realistically modelled as a hound, with collar and suspension ring atta...

A rare porcelain and silver-gilt smoking bulldog cupLouis Dee, London 1880, retailed and stamped P & F Schaffer, 27 Piccadilly, 48 Cornhill A rea...

A German silver and enamel cigarette casestamped 900, and 'DIANA' The front enamelled with hunt group, with three hunting dogs around a fallen Dee...

A rare provincial silver spirit flaskJames Barber and William North, York 1843 Of tapering cylindrical form, with screw off cover lined with cork,...

A George III silver and horn drinking beakerThomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, London 1797 With silver collar and liner, height 10.2cm.For further i...

A Victorian silver mounted horn flaskHenry Titterton Brockwell, London 1877 With hinged bayonet fastening cover and collar, tapering horn body, wi...

A silver and enamel cigarette boxGeorge Adam Scheid, Austrian, Vienna, second standard mark, importers mark for William Hornby, and import mark fo...

Four silver Fox head tot cupsFrancis Howard, two Sheffield 2021, one 2022 with Platinum Jubilee mark and one 2018 Realistically cast heads with fu...