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TAXIDERMY: A RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK COUNTRY HOUSE POST BOX WITH ORIGINAL LEOPARD SKULL FORMING THE LETTER SLOT circa 1880, the oak letter box ...

TRIBAL: A DAYAK ANCESTOR HUMAN SKULL DECORATED WITH BOAR TUSKS the stained skull with a boar tusk tied headdress attached, mounted with beads, ...

A COMPOSITION CAST OF A HUMAN SKULL of small size, lacking lower jaw, raised on a stained wood stand with rectangular base, the skull 18cm wide

TRIBAL INTEREST: A BONE NECKLACE WITH MONKEY SKULL the monkey skull adorned with horns and hung from a necklace of bone and wooden beads, 45cm...

A TIBETAN KAPALA SILVER LINED HUMAN SKULL CAP the silver lined (silver unmarked / untested) skull cap begging bowl set with hard stones and cast...

TRIBAL INTEREST: A DAYAK HUMAN SKULL TROPHY ON LATER STAND the skull lacking lower jaw and with one hard stone mounted eye, probably 19th centur...

TRIBAL: A TIBETAN WHITE METAL MOUNTED MONKEY SKULL the silver coloured metal mounts depicting skulls applied to the top of the hinged skull cap ...

A LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY CENTURY MOMENTO MORI STAINED GLASS PANEL, PROBABLY SWISS the male figure with Roman style tunic, plumed helmet an...

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY GLASS OPTICIANS SHOP SIGN the circular bevelled stained glass trade sign hung from a brass chain, decorated with Opt...

A 19TH CENTURY BURMESE MAHAKALA DEVIL PROTECTOR the carved wood head with elongated neck and stylised features surmounted by a grotesque mask with...

A SET OF FOSSILIZED GIANT IRISH DEER ANTLERS ON UPPER SKULL, ( MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS), Pleistocene epoch, from the John Willett Collection right a...

A SET OF PERE DAVID'S DEER ( ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS ) ANTLERS AND SKULL FROM WOBURN ABBEY 78cm wide, the longest antler 87cm Pere David's deer origi...

TWO PAIRS OF SCANDINAVIAN REINDEER ANTLERS one male, one female, prepared by the Sami of Lapland in the traditional manner of capping the skull wi...

A SET OF RECORD CLASS 37 POINT CARIBOU ( RANGIFER TARANDUS ) ANTLERS, North America, on a carved oak trophy shield 83cm wide, the longest antler 1...

A SET OF 13 POINT (MONARCH) SPANISH RED DEER ANTLERS, with stone polished skull in the traditional European manner, mounted on an oak shield

A SET OF 17 POINT ENGLISH RED DEER STAG ANTLERS AND SKULL 89cm wide, the longest antler 74cm

A RARE PAIR OF 28 POINT WILD FALLOW DEER ANTLERS from The New Forest, possibly late 19th century, The longest antler measures 67cm Footnote: It is...

A ROMANESQUE STYLE BRONZE CORPUS CHRISTI, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY Christo Vivo with stylised rib cage and wearing a rope tied perizonium, the rear w...

A MID 20TH CENTURY PAPUA NEW GUINEA ANCESTOR MASK ON LATER STAND the carved wood mask with holes for the eyes and nostrils, a piece of boar bone p...

A SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY PLASTER DEATH MASK OF A WOMAN, Possibly Mary Queen of Scots 14cm high x 11cm wide x 4cm deep

A 15TH / 16TH CENTURY GERMAN CARVED LIMEWOOD HEAD OF CHRIST with long flowing hair and bearded, raised on a later marble plinth with perspex dom...

A MARBLE BUST OF A VEILED LADY IN THE STYLE OF RAFFAELE MONTI the veiled maiden with concealed features, raised on a cylindrical socle, 50cm h...

A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY PAINTED PLASTER BABY DEATH MASK the infant with eyes closed, inscribed to the reverse 'UB 203', raised on an eb...

A PAIR OF PLASTER DEATH MASKS OF BURKE AND HARE, 19th century copies of the original masks 22cm wide and 2.5cm wide (2)

A 19TH CENTURY CASED WAX HEAD OF ARCHIBALD HARE FROM MADAME TUSSAUDS the head realisitically modelled in wax, on a stepped ebonised base with a gl...

A LATE 19TH CENTURY BRONZE HEAD OF A CRYING CHILD IN THE MANNER OF FRANZ XAVER MESSERSCHMIDT (GERMAN, 1736-1783) the baby with eyes closed and mou...

A LATE 18TH CENTURY BRONZE MODEL OF A CHILD'S HEAD IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-BAPTISTE PIGALLE (FRENCH 1717-1785) with finely chased curly hair, dark b...

A PAIR OF GLASS EYES, POSSIBLY ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OR ROMAN the white sclera surround with brown iridescent pupils, 2.5cm wide (2)

A CHINESE WHITE STONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN. Standing barefoot, wearing long robes with long sleeves, holding a string of prayer beads in her right ha...

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SPANISH BRONZE BUST OF A WOMAN her eyes downcast, her hair gathered in a bun with a section protruding upwards, mid brown pa...

AN 18TH CENTURY NEAPOLITAN CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME DECORATED BUST OF A MAN naturalistically modelled with a beard, his lips parted revealing te...

AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE FOUNTAIN HEAD DEPICTING A BEARDED SATYR with thick curly hair and mouth open to reveal the water spout, the ...

A 19TH CENTURY CAST IRON DOOR KNOCKER MODELLED WITH A DEVIL the grotesque beast with horns and wings, the scrolling knocker hanging from his mou...

A 19TH CENTURY BRONZE INKWELL FORMED AS A GROTESQUE BEAST the encrier modelled with a strange creature formed as a bearded head supported on two...

A 16TH CENTURY PADUAN BRONZE MODEL OF A TOAD naturalistically cast with boils on its back, dark brown patination, 7cm wide

AN ELEPHANT BIRD EGG, MADAGASCAR, PRE 17TH CENTURY an egg of Aepyornis maximus, made up from fragments of multiple specimens, filled cracks, sande...

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVERED BRASS MOUNTED OSTRICH EGG surmounted by a floral finial, raised on a base formed of reeds and lily pads over a dome...

A 19TH CENTURY CARVED EMU EGG, c.1870, depicting a hunter on horseback within an oval reserve, raised on a turned rosewood base 25.5cm high overal...

A CHINESE POTTERY FIGURE OF SHOULAO ON A DEER. Formed as the Immortal sage with a tall forehead seated on the back of a large white buck standing ...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A RAM. The recumbent animal with his legs tucked underneath the body, the head with curved horns facing for...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT HORSE. The stylised animal resting, his legs tucked underneath the body, head turning to the ba...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ELEPHANT. The standing pachyderm with a raised trunk and short legs carved using the natural shape of a russet-crusted...

A CHINESE SPINACH GREEN JADE 'RHINOCEROS' CARVING. With a thickset body carved with stylised scrolls, the head with two horns, 19cm long.(19cm lon...

A TAXIDERMY EURASIAN ELK HEAD a bull Eurasian Elk ( Alces Alces Ssp. Alces ) with full head and antlers, mounted to a wooden shield at the neck, s...

TAXIDERMY INTEREST: A LIFE-SIZE FIBREGLASS MODEL OF A RHINOCEROS SHOULDER MOUNT realistically cast from a rhino, 163cm from tip of horn to bot...

A TAXIDERMY 'UNICORN' (EQUUS CABALLUS) formed from the bust of a white horse, fitted with a simulated narwhal tusk 'horn', 138cm from wall, 10...

A TAXIDERMY MERLIN ( FALCO COLUMBARIUS ) on a simulated stone base made of peat and papier mache, inscribed 11918 Mr C Macladess, 27cm high

A VICTORIAN TAXIDERMY GROUP OF RAPTORS By McCleay & Son, Naturalists, Inverness, with the following specimens: a male and female merlin ( Flaco Co...

A MONUMENTAL BRONZED METAL FIGURE OF AN EAGLE IN FLIGHT signed 'A.S.B, 1/1 /90 ©, Mario Nardini’, with wings outstretched, clasping a fish in its ...

A VERY LARGE BRONZED METAL MODEL OF AN EAGLE with wings outstretched and raised on a scrolling rocky base, dark brown patination, 97cm high x 83cm...

AN IMPRESSIVE CARVED LAPIS LAZULI AND PYRITE FALCON FIGURE carved from a solid piece of lapis lazuli, with natural veins of calcite and pyrite, in...

A LARGE SOLID LAPIS LAZULI SPECIMEN EGG with natural veins of calcite pyrite, 22cm long(Image shows a selection of lots).

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE CARVED PINK MANGANO CALCITE BOWL carved with wide bowl on a shallow foot from a solid piece, exhibits fluorescence under ul...

A NATURAL ROCK CRYSTAL GEODE SPECIMEN 38cm wide x 18cm high

A LARGE LAPIS SOLID LAZULI SPECIMEN EGG of elongated form, with natural veins of calcite pyrite, 28cm long

A CARVED MADANI LAPIS LAZULI BOWL carved from a solid piece with natural veins of calcite and pyrite, in a fitted case, 17.5cm in diameter

A LARGE SOLID LAPIS LAZULI SPECIMEN of free form, with natural veins of calcite pyrite, 28cm high

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