From the Curious to the Extraordinary

A LARGE SOLID LAPIS LAZULI SPECIMEN SPHERE with natural veins of calcite pyrite, 15cm in diameter

A LARGE SOLID LAPIS LAZULI SPECIMEN SPHERE with natural veins of calcite pyrite, 15cm in diameter

A SOLID FOSSILISED WOOD SPHERE raised on a small faceted stand, 20cm diameter

A RARE CHINESE CARVED AND TURNED SOLID TURQUOISE BOWL 5cm high x 10cm diameter

A CARVED RUBY GEM the sub-transparent mixed oval-cut ruby, weighing 193.0 carats, the table carved with a foliate motif and a faceted pavilion, in...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL. The rectangular-section rounded body carved with a short spout with a head of a mythical be...

A MONUMENTAL FLOOR STANDING LAPIS LAZULI OBELISK inlaid with lapis lazuli inlay throughout, on a rectangular plinth base, 190cm high

A VERY LARGE PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY FLOOR STANDING OAK OBELISKS the fluted sectional sides carved with tiled shapes, over void arches and raise...

A PAIR OF CHINESE JADE FIGURES OF LIONS. Each seated, carved with a muscular body emphasising the anatomy, the open mouths lined with fangs, ears ...

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'TWIN FISH' CARVING. Formed as two carps emerging from waves, together with a wood stand, 26cm H. (2)(26cm H.) ...[mo...

A CHINESE HARDSTONE 'HORSE' GROUP. Carved from a brown and russet pebble as two playful ponies laying side by side looking towards each other, 15....

A CHINESE AGATE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER. The flattened ovoid body divided into lobes carved to the shoulder with two animal head handles suspendi...

A CHINESE MALACHITE CARVING OF A WARRIOR. Formed as a general in full armour atop his steed together with a wood stand inlaid with metal wire, 17c...

FOSSIL SHRIMPS IN GREEN RIVER BED FORMATION 120 million years old, 1,5cm high x 20.5cm wide x 14cm deep(Image shows a selection of lots).

THREE SCOTTISH AMMONITES Cretaceous Period, sourced from Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, 6.5cm x 4.5cm; 6.5cm x 5.5cm; 7cm x 6cm

A STONE AGE GRANITE AXE HEAD 3.5cm high x 16cm long x 7.5cm deep

A TRILOBITE FOSSIL BOWL, Devonian 8.5cm high x 28cm wide x 26cm deep

A RARE SCOTTISH FOSSILIZED FISH ( GYRAPTYCHIUS AGASSIZI ), MIDDLE DEVONIAN Provenance: Anchanarras Quarry, Old Red Sandstone, Caithness, Scotland ...

WOOLLY MAMMOTH (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS), A MOLAR UPPER JAW

A CANNON BONE FROM A GIANT IRISH ELK (MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS), Pleistocene Period 7cm high x 34cm long x 4cm deep

A WALRUS BACULUM (PENILE BONE) / POSSIBLY AN INUIT OOSIK 56cm long In the absence of wood the Inuit peoples of the Arctic regions used walrus bacu...

AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN HIPPOPOTAMUS CARVING SET second half 19th century, comprising a knife and fork, with steel blade and brass collars Knife: 48....

FOUR WART HOG TROPHY TUSKS on moulded African hardwood mounts, Width of the trophies: 42cm; 42.5cm; 43cm and 28cm

A FOSSILISED AMMONITE, DACTYLIOCERAS TENUICOSTATUM comprising a ribbed and coiled shell with preserved in iron pyrites, with the internal chambers...

AN UNUSUAL FOSSILISED AMMONITE GROUP ON ORIGINAL MATRIX the five fossilised Ammonites on the rock formation, 39cm high

AN AUSTEROPS KERMITI ON A SANDSTONE MATRIX, Paleozoic era, Middle Devonian 393-383 million years old 3cm high x 6cm long x 3.5cm wide

RUBIES IN A ZOISITE HOST ROCK FROM THE LONGIDO MINE, TANZANIA raided on a stand 10cm high x 8cm wide x 5cm deep This specimen is a corundum variet...

TWO NEOLITHIC FLINT ARROW HEADS 6.5cm long x 3cm wide and 5.5cm long x 2.5cm wide

A NEOLITHIC FLINT AXE HEAD 1cm high x 5cm long x 4cm wide

A FRAGMENT OF FOSSILISED TREE BARK 39cm wide

A LARGE SECTION OF FOSSILISED PLANT STEMS the fossil of a terrestrial plant or seaweed, 107cm x 70cm

NATURAL HISTORY INTEREST: A ROCK CRYSTAL GEODE the specimen of dark pink hue, 20cm x 34cm

A MASASAUR JAW , Cretaceous Period, upper and lower jaw with six teeth, in a sandstone matrix 5cm high x 15.5cm wide x 12cm deep

A LATE 19TH CENTURY SEAWEED BASKET DIORAMA of Maritime interest, the various seaweeds displayed in a small straw work Folk Art basket, inscribed b...

NATURAL HISTORY; A DISPLAY OF SEAWEED UNDER A GLASS DOME mounted on a Victorian ebonised plinth beneath a glass dome, the seaweed with a later lay...

NATURAL HISTORY: A DISPLAY OF WHITE CORAL UNDER A GLASS DOME on a late 19th century ebonised plinth below a glass dome, the glass dome 33.5cm high

A DESERT ROSE, c.600 million years old 7cm high x 21cm wide x 18.5cm deep

A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PLASTER TROPHY SALMON BY ROLAND WARD, TAXIDERMIST, c.1880 with ivorine plaque, bearing the following details: MALE SALMON, ...

A LARGE IRON FULL BODIED FISH WEATHERVANE of Folk Art interest, in the naive / primitive style, mounted on an integral pole, 115cm wide x 62cm hig...

FOLK ART: TWO 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH COPPER WEATHERVANES MODELLED AS FISH both in the naive / primitive style, one sheet metal, the other formed fro...

FOLK ART: TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY DECOY BIRDS both in the naive / primitive style, the first in painted wood, the second painted toleware with wing...

A LATE 20TH CENTURY CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD CANADA GOOSE DUCK DECOY the naturalistic life-size model of a Canada goose carved in the full round an...

A PAIR OF LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRONZE MODELS OF STORKS AND TORTOISES the storks raised on the tortoises backs, 28cm high (2)

A MINIATURE LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MOTHER OF PEARL PEN KNIFE the white metal bun handle inscribed with French registration mark 'BREVETE H.P. SG...

MARITIME: A CARVED WOOD CAPTAIN'S WHALING STAMP the tapering handle terminating in the whale tail stamp, of Folk Art interest, 7.5cm high A simila...

AN 18TH CENTURY CARVED WOOD RELIEF PANEL DEPICTING FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS the portrait of the historian with an oval border inscribed to the top 'FLAV...

FOLK ART: A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN METAL AND WOOD ARTICULATED MODEL OF A COW the flat, painted metal model with legs and front leg joints articul...

A RARE 20TH CENTURY PRIMITIVE IRON ARTICULATED LAY FIGURE OF A HORSE the artists moving model with head, neck, tail and legs articulated, probably...

A RARE MID 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PINE LIFE-SIZE LAY FIGURE OR ARTIST'S MANNEQUIN the figure with articulated joints including each finger and thumb...

A LIFE-SIZE CARVED PINE ARTIST'S LAY FIGURE OR MANNEQUIN the figure with articulated joints, hands and toes, raised on a metal stand with ebonised...

A LIFE-SIZE CARVED PINE ARTIST'S LAY FIGURE OR MANNEQUIN OF A CHILD with articulated joints, raised on a metal stand with ebonised base, 126cm...

A WORLD WAR I LEATHER AND CARVED WOOD PROSTHETIC ARM the WW1 period artificial limb with leather straps and buckles, with articulated elbow joint ...

A WW1 LEATHER AND CARVED WOOD PROSTHETIC ARM the World War One period artificial limb with canvas and leather straps and buckles, with articulat...

AN AFRICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD FEMALE TORSO with recessed, carved back, depicting a pregnant woman, 61cm high

A MID 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN CAST IRON FIGURE OF A MAN SMELTING IRON the standing labourer holding a pot of molten iron on a long staff, on a shaped...

A BRONZE TORSO OF AN AFRICAN MAN green patination, depicted looking downcast and with arms crossed, raised on a black marble stepped base, 61c...

A GRECO-ROMAN STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN the nude figure with right arm raised, greenish patination, raised on an ebonised plinth, 58cm high

KIM JAMES (BRITISH, D. 2011): AN ABSTRACT BRONZE OF A COUPLE EMBRACING the erotic bronze signed and dated 'Kim James 60 2/3', on an integral squar...

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY GOTHIC STYLE CARVED OAK FIGURE OF AN ANGEL the standing figure wearing long flowing robes and a rosary, 138cm high ...[more]

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD BRONZE AND SIENNA MARBLE FIGURE OF CHRONOS the bearded and winged god holding an egg timer and a scythe...