Christmas Library & Country House Fine Art Auction at Bishton Hall. WEBCAST ONLY

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Christmas Library & Country House Fine Art Auction at Bishton Hall. WEBCAST ONLY

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A pair of pre-war London Midland, Scotland Railway handled wick trimmers.  16 cm long. (1)Condition: In good overall condition. 

A nineteenth century Black Forest carved novelty nutcracker in the form of a rabbit's head.  20 cm long. (1)Condition: In good overall condition. 

Lighting Interest. Large decorative ships light in polished copper. Provenance, From the estate of Jessye Norman

An Art Nouveau chryselephantine figurine, titled Boehme - a classically draped maiden with arms outstretched, mounted on a marble plinth with engr...

A boxed 1930's Universal Kodatoy projector, with a Felix the Cat/Charlie Chaplin film, Art Deco graphics

A vintage milliner's treen hat stretcher with ivorine plaques, height 34cmCondition: generally good with wear in accordance with age and usage 

A collection of assorted antique treen, to include an Art Nouveau pokerwork Mouchoirs casket, a butter pat, mauchline ware, a parquetry nutmeg gra...

A George III ivory bobbin, turned, carved and with dot inlay, length 15cm and a tribal bone letter opener decorated with a stag beside a tepee, le...

A late 19th Century cast copper wall looking glass, the border with a succession of cherubs in relief, 28 by 23cmCondition: generally good overall 

A late 19th or early 20th Century ivory letter knife, the handle florally carved, length 25cm, and a ivory aide memoire, circa 1900 (2)Condition: ...

A late 18th Century Bilston oval enamel patch box, circa 1790, the cover with motto To the Most Amiable, with 4cmCondition: restorations 

A George III oval tortoiseshell table snuff box, circa 1790, wire pique inlay and oval portrait of a fashionable lady to the hinged cover, width 1...

A collection of tortoiseshell and simulated items, to include a 19th Century calling card case, a lorgnette case, miniature mandolin, a Georgian e...

A collection of assorted 19th Century and later egg shaped scent bottles, to include a silver bright cut example, a Sampson Mordan mounted speckle...

An early Victorian mahogany bookslide, ogee fretwork Gothic ends, width closed 32cm, together with a later book rack (2)Condition: good overall

A 19th Century set of miniature mahogany bowfront wall hanging shelves, fretwork scroll back and sides, height 38cm, width 34cmCondition: good ove...

A mid Victorian black papier mache writing slope, circa 1860, mother of pearl inlaid with gilt decoration, double ink  cube slots, the front openi...

An Edwardian mahogany twin handled drinks tray, circa 1905, of serpentine form with floral marquetry inlay, width 58cmCondition: some damage to th...

A pair of late 19th or early 20th Century embossed leather folding photograph frames, of Baroque design with applied pressed gilt metal mounts, he...

Antique pewter, to include three large circular platters, two with touchmarks, diameter of largest 42cm, a small London made plate, a lidded tanka...

A 19th Century oak Louis Phillipe period Tronc alm box, oak plank back on a slope with a coin insert hole, over a moulded front. 67cm HProvenance:...

An 18th Century Ivory hand carved Corpus Christian, on a gilt wood frame. 27cm H

Garden Statuary, an antique carved stone corinthian capital, height 34cm, width 44cm

Memento Mori, a carved life size treen  model of a human skull, iron ring handle and fittings, height 20cm Condition: generally good overall

A pair of Elizabethan carved oak caryatids, one as a bearded gent, (possibly Sir Walter Raleigh as a tribesman), each beneath a tree and with gorg...

An 18th Century carved wooden doll, inset glass eyes. hinged peg legs, height 43cm

A 16th Century square oak panel, probably an insert for room panelling, carved in relief with a jovial mask peering from an ogee arched window wit...

A 16th Century rectangular oak panel, probably an inset for room panelling, carved in relief with a profile portrait of a gentleman wearing a leaf...

Two Elizabethan carved sandstone mortars, each with integral handles and remnants of heraldic crests, diameter of largest 37cm (2)

A 19th Century mahogany miniature or apprentice chest of drawers, two short over three long drawers with turned pulls, shaped apron and bracket fe...

An Edwardian mahogany book rack, the rear embroidered with a panel with a parrot on a branch, width 34cmCondition: good overall

A George III ivory ratchet rattle/whistle combined, baluster turned handle, height 14cmCondition: light general wear, otherwise good overall

A 19th Century Stobwasser circular lidded table snuff box, the cover decorated with a bearded gent wearing a hat, the inner cover signed S. Ravin,...

A collection of five assorted late 18th Century enamels, to include a Bilston enamel patch box, a circular box with hinged cover decorated with a ...

A 19th Century Meji period Ivory Walking cane, shafts into seven sections, hand carved of a Lion handle. 80cm H

An Armand Marseille bisque head girl doll, sleeping eyes, open mouth, nape stamped 390/8, composition body, later blonde wig, with clothes and str...

Three 19th Century silhouette portrait profile miniatures, comprising boy wearing a ruff and two gentlemen, black lacquer frames, largest 7.5 by 6...

A William IV textile sample, floral border containing further foliage, potted plants, birds and motto, worked in coloured silks on linen by Susann...

Taxidermy: An Edwardian stags head mounted on an oak cartouche form frame, eight point antlers, engraved with P Spicer, Leamington Taxidermists. A...

A 19th Century oval stumpwork picture, bearded gentleman and lady in classical drapery with a ewer, 33 by 26cm, gilt frameCondition: generally goo...

A 19th Century stumpwork picture, bearded gentleman in classical drapery with a pair of birds swooping above, 28 by 23cm, gilt frameCondition: gen...

Natural History, a Nautilus shell, housed in pine framed display case, case size 27 by 25cmCondition: shell generally good, case with no glazing t...

A 19th Century mahogany and brass bound medicinal box, containing two small glass decanters with labels and a funnel jar, width 18cmCondition: goo...

A pair of late 19th Century cast bronzed desk tidies in the Gothic Revival style, of architectural form incorporating blind and open tracery slots...

A Victorian dress sword, wire bound shagreen grip, pierced guard with Royal cypher, damascened blade by Henry Wilkinson, No.22168, metal scabbard ...

A 19th Century 8 minute desk timer, mounted in a turned rosewood stand with baluster spindles, height 17cmCondition: one end disc with splits, oth...

A Scottish Sgian Dubh to the Black Watch, early 20th Century, facet cut semi precious polished stone set to the pommel, the textured ebony grip st...

A pair of gilt gesso decorative plume finials, possibly Italian 18th Century, spindle fittings, height 28cm (2)Condition: some losses, particularl...

A pair 18th Century brass ejector candlesticks, baluster columns, circular bases, height 26cm (2)Condition: one ejector button missing, otherwise ...

After Jean-Bertrand Andrieu (French, 1761-1822), a circular cast bronze double portrait plaque of Napoleon as a Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa, di...

A traditional brass coal hod, repousse decoration, swing handle, hinged cover and shovel, 58cm

A vintage tan leather shire horse saddle, with brass mounts and tack, applied engraved oval brass plaques 'E. Henderson Successor to T. Prentice, ...

An early 20th Century bronzed metal pen stand, surmounted with an elephant with calf, width 27cmCondition: component appears to be missing 

An oval composite cameo portrait miniature of Hitchin, dated 1881, framed 3cmCondition: frame split 

A George III mahogany crossbanded and strung tea caddy, cast metal side handles, fitted interior with a a central mixing bowl and three lidded com...

A late 19th/early 20th Century clear cut glass pedestal bowl, hobnail cut, square plinth, height 19cmCondition: good overall

A mid Victorian textile sampler, worked by Eliza Humphrey, 1846, 30 by 21cm, framed, together with a 19th Century silk embroidered picture of Litt...

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