Out of the Ordinary

An anatomical classroom chart,1885, American, depicting the effects of excessive alcohol consumption on the intestine system, inscribed 'Yaggi's A...

A large collection of medical glass slides,1950s/60s, a large collection of 360 black and white and colour medical glass slides, mostly x-ray, how...

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY: Gresham, G. Austin: A Colour Atlas of Forensic Pathology Wolfe Medical Atlases, vol. 12, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., C...

A medical chainsaw,mid-19th century, made by Coxeter, London, both ebony handles stamped 'Coxeter', in its original box with green paper label,box...

A nursing bottle,c.1800, Japanese, a porcelain feeding bottle, the porcelain ring with two spouts decorated in underglaze blue with prunus and fol...

An aluminium prosthetic leg, 1950s, made by James E Hanger & Co., Nottingham, aluminium painted in a flesh tone, with leather fittings with 'Hange...

An optometrist's practice eye kit,1920s, to be used by trainees to recognise eye disease and to be used in conjunction with an ophthalmoscope, inc...

French School, late 19th centuryafter Louis-Leopold Boilly, depicting a dentist pulling a toothoil on board38 x 27cm, framed ...[more]

Continental School, 19th centuryA battlefield scene of the Franco-Prussian War, 'Sedan: the ascent to the French Mitrailleuse Battery above Gironn...

Thomas Diffley (20th century)Horrors of warsigned 'Diffley' l.r., oil on canvas91.7 x 72.7cm, unframedCondition ReportGood condition overall, unin...

A hand-painted 1940s-style advertising sign,late 20th century, of oval form, inscribed 'Ladies Agricultural Outfits - In Bedford Cord, Overalls St...

Bertram P Tyrer (20th century)'The Platoon Commander', 1944oil on canvas, signed 'BERTRAM P. TYRER' and dated '1944' l.l., inscribed 'Lieut K Haro...

'Take Up the Sword of Justice',1915, lithograph in colours, original artwork by John Bernard Partridge,102 x 62cmThe poster depicts the sinking of...

A rare set of eight Civil Defence posters,1962, titled 'Survival!' prepared for the WVS (Women's Voluntary Service) by the Central Office of Infor...

A collection of thirty-eight Westminster City Council defence planning documents, 1952, to include surveys on buildings within Westminster, two co...

A 'Starkie's' cast metal World War 1 mark 3 tank and field gun money box,early 20th century, the Tank and Cannon Bank was patented in May 1920 by ...

Thirteen various trench art snuff boxes, 1870s and later, each modelled as an officer's cap, comprising American, British, French and Russian exam...

A World War II CWD (Civilian War Deaths) steel helmet,1939, as worn by Civil Defence Mortuary Volunteers, painted in black and inscribed 'CWD', pa...

A pair of Novosibirsk 'ref PNB-2' 15 x 110 military patrol binoculars,1980s, Russian, with yellow-tinted lenses, raised on a green-lacquered woode...

An artillery scope,1914-1918, a British World War I artillery director, No. 5 Mark 1, the steel frame in black with brass mounts, the case impress...

British School, 1990s a seated portrait of Margaret Thatcherunsigned, oil on canvas110 x 95cm, together with an associated brass presentation plaq...

Of Margaret Thatcher interest: photograph,1980, a photograph presented to Margaret Thatcher by the 22nd SAS Regiment after the storming of the Ira...

Middle Eastern School, 1980sa study of a kilim textile suspended in a doorway, bearing presentation inscription ‘Mrs. Thatcher, Remembering you Fo...

A large bronzed plaster bust of Ronald Reagan,1982, indistinctly signed and dated to the verso 'CSo, -82',56cm highPurportedly presented to Margar...

A bronze paperweight,mid-19th century, in the form of a post-mortem death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte from the Antommarchi cast, signed in the bron...

A plaster death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte, c.1830, after the original taken by François Carlo Antommarchi, referred to as the ‘King’ mask in the ...

A patinated bronze death mask of Josef Stalin, after the bronze cast taken on his death in 1953, currently residing in the Stalin Museum, Gori, Ge...

A porcelain figure group, 1970s, modelled as Lenin and Stalin shaking hands, decorated in polychrome, 36cm highCondition ReportThe base chipped. W...

Net of Communism,1940s, an Italian political poster 'La rete del comunismo e tesa', depicting a red fishing net with fishes that signify 'Hungary'...

A 'Black Panther' poster, 'Power to the People', late 1960s, lithograph in colours, printed by Gemini Rising Inc., San Francisco, 106 x 48, framed...

A Special Operations Executive dagger,1940s, a World War II, MI9/SOE-issued, assassination dagger, concealed in a fountain pen casing, unscrewing ...

Special Operations Executive,1940s, a World War II, MI9/SOE-issued, assassination pen, comprising a blade concealed in a Stephens Leverfil 106 fou...

A Special Operations Executive dagger,1940s, a British World War II, MI9/SOE-issued, assassination punch dagger, concealed in a gentleman's Gillet...

A Special Operations Executive escape coin,1940s, a British World War II, RAF SOE, two-shilling coin, with a concealed blade, the coin dated 1942,...

A Special Operations Executive escape coin,1940s, a World War II, SOE, German Third Reich 50 Reichspfennig coin, with a concealed blade to the rev...

A Special Operations Executive compass, 1940s, a British, MI9/SOE-issued, escape pipe, the Bakelite pipe unscrewing to reveal a small compass conc...

A Special Operations Executive concealment key,1940s, a World War II, MI9/SOE-issued, special message or concealment key, with a removable screw t...

A Special Operations Executive compass,1940s, a World War II, M19/SOE-issued, concealed escape compass, comprising a small compass enclosed within...

A rare 'Ticka' pocket watch camera,1905, in near mint original condition, including original illustrated box, camera with a pouch, two sets of dif...

A spy watch,1950s, German, a Hanhart Cold War spy wristwatch, with a recording cable running from the crown, on a leather strap,40mm diameter Con...

A palm pistol,c.1910, a .32 calibre ‘Protector’ palm pistol, manufactured by the Chicago Firearms Company, originally designed in France c.1880, t...

A lantaka,18th century, likely Malaysia or Indonesia, a cast bronze swivel cannon or lantaka, cast with a geometric relief throughout the barrel, ...

A decommissioned mortar shell, modern, decorated in polychrome in the 'nose art' style, raised on an ebonised plinth, 46cm long ...[more]

A large late Victorian live-steam model of a Royal Navy torpedo-destroyer, c.1900, of scratch-built soldered tinplate construction, detailed with...

B-17 bomber,1940s, an American sheet copper, zinc, and wooden scratch-built model of a B-17 bomber, raised on a tubular metal stand,200cm wide152c...

LOT WITHDRAWN

Dan society: a carved and patinated Dan mask, 20th century, Liberia/Ivory Coast, carved with horns over two round eyeholes, with a protruding nose...

Dan society: a carved and patinated mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, of slightly concave form, carved with a shallow crest, the crest, eyes, and n...

Dan society: a carved and patinated Dan mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, of concave form, carved with a protruding nose and mouth, with narrow eye...

Dan society: a carved and patinated Dan mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, with round eye sockets, with a protruding nose and mouth, the forehead wi...

Dan society: a carved and patinated Kagle mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, carved with protruding features, with circles of patination around the ...

Dan society: a cast bronze mask, 1930s, Ivory Coast, of elliptical form, cast with a raised brow and scars, 14cm wide25cm highCondition ReportWith...

Dan society: a carved and patinated anthropomorphic mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, carved in the manner of an antelope surmounted by a humanoid ...

Lega society: a carved and patinated mask, 20th century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, of round form carved with a flat nose and a protrud...

Songye society: a carved wooden Kifwebe mask, 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, carved with a high crest over a pair of narrow eye s...

Songye society: a carved Songye power figure, 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, carved with protruding features, with a swollen abdo...

Baule society: a carved Mbra figurine, 20th century, Ivory Coast, the carved and patinated wooden body surmounted by a monkey skull set within a c...

A monkey skull,20th century, likely the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the carved upper section of a monkey's cranium, carved throughout with g...

Mumuye people: a carved and patinated Mumuye buffalo mask, 20th century, Nigeria, carved with a flaring mouthpiece and shallow ringlet eyes, throu...

Mapula embroidery project,'Aids Is Not a Sin', c.2000, South Africa, embroidered in polychrome threads, depicting a semi-abstract landscape scene,...