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Click here to subscribeA leather passenger toilet bag,retailed by Asprey of 166 Bond Street, fitted with the following jars and bottles:a toothbrush jar,2 toilet water bottles,2 other jars/pots, unmarked and un-initialled,an oval jar, London 1845,an electroplated hip flask,a cylindrical jar with silver-on-copper top,a manicure set with mother-of-pearl handles,an ivory hairbrush, ivory paper knife and various other implements
A silver twelve-place setting of Sandringham pattern flatware,E Viner, Sheffield 1938/39,in a fitted canteen, comprising:12 table forks,12 soup spoons,12 dessert forks,12 dessert spoons,12 teaspoons,12 coffee spoons,6 serving spoons,sauce ladles, soup ladles andivory-handled penknives, some damaged, and a three-piece carving set,100oz approximately
A Vizagapatam ivory and horn sewing casket, 19th century, the central loop handle over twin lifting lids, opening to reveal a sandalwood-lined interior, decorated all-over with detailed penwork panels of deities amongst scrolling foliate borders, and raised on paw feet, 30cm wide 22cm deep 23cm high
A small tortoiseshell clock,with an enamel dial, French movement and silver gilt hinges, London 1922,11cm,a Victorian oval tortoiseshell box,with an hinged cover and piqué work decoration,11cm high, anda Victorian miniature tortoiseshell and ivory stationery box,5cm high (3)Provenance: The Estate of the late Mrs Annabelle Comery.
A cylindrical ebony money box,late 19th century, with ivory mounts, two miniature brass barrels and covers,two small brass bound copper buckets,one small ivory string box,19th century, of barrel shape,one small bone string box, 19th century, of barrel shape, anda seed case,with a plated rim,money box 10cm high (8)Provenance: The Estate of a Gentleman Dealer.
Eight string boxes,19th century, three brass bound walnut, of barrel form,one brass bound ebony, of barrel form,one brass bound beech wood, of barrel form,one ebony, of beehive shape, with ivory mounts,one ebony, of bell shape, with an ivory handle and mount,one walnut, of chess piece shape,tallest 10cm high (8)Provenance: The Estate of a Gentleman Dealer.
A pair of Victorian silver bezique markers,Henry Stuart Brown, London 1899, with hardwood counters, engraved 'F.N.S. March 25th 1902',9.5cm andtwo further silver bezique markers, London 1898, with stained ivory counters,9.5cm, London 1891,9cm (4)Provenance: The Estate of the late Mrs Annabelle Comery
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period, (1868-1912), of a hunter stabbing an eagle with a staff, possibly based on a ukiyo-e print 'Kintaro Fighting with an Eagle' by Kitagawa Tsukimaro, 26.5cmProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.In Japanese folklore, Kintaro has superhuman strength, and he is renowned both for his strength and martial prowess. He was raised by a yamauba (mountain hag) on Mount Ashigara, and later caught Shuten-doji, who terrorised the region around Mount Ooe.
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), of a bijin, wearing a kimono finely engraved with foliage and maple leaves, her obi with a ho-o, holding an umbrella against the storm, a pot and flower by her feet, carved mark Shugyoku to base,41.5cm highProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
Two Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), one with a man seated on a stool cutting his bonsai, his tobacco pouch by the side, seal mark Dai Nihon Maruki sei, signed Hironobu, 9.5cm high, and another, of a father carrying a basket of fruit in his right hand, and a tea pot in his left, his son carrying a tray of tea bowls, signed to base,14.5cm high (2)Provenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
A group of Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising:a man with a bottle of sake, 13cm,a toy merchant, 7cm, associated wood stand, a man with toads, 7.5cm,a farmer with wheat, 15cm, and a samurai and attendant seated below a tree, 18.5cm (5)Provenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of Jurojin riding on the back of a deer, a staff in his right hand with a hanging double gourd, signed Shuzan,16.5cm high, andanother ivory okimono,of Hotei carrying his cloth sack over his head with a child on top, an ishigame by his feet, signed to base,18cm high (2)Provenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), of a komuso monk wearing a tengai (straw bascinet) over his head, with a shakuhachi (a type of Japanese bamboo flute) in his left hand, signed Masayuki to base,21cm highProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.The komuso were a group of Japanese mendicant monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism who flourished during the Edo period of 1600-1868.
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), of two rakan, one seated on a mokugyo against a dragon, with a staff and a incense burner in his hands, the other standing with a censor and a rosary in his hands, two oni by their feet, signed Seishi,14.5cm highProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), of a geisha wearing elaborate hair jewellery, her kimono engraved with fans and foliage, her obi with pines and cranes, a pen in her right hand and a notebook in her left, signed to base,28.5cm highProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), of a merchant selling tsujiura, his left hand raised by his mouth, carrying a lantern and holding a note book in his right hand, both with the writing of 'Tsujiura', 'G.S. Motter Shead Collection 109',19cm highProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.Tsujiura are notes used in Japan in conjunction with rice crackers called senbei in a similar way to fortune cookies in the United States of America. Several publications make the claim that fortune cookies are derived from tsujiura senbei.
A Japanese ivory okimono,Meiji period (1868-1912), of kannon seated on a lotus throne on the back of an elephant, wearing elaborate jewellery and hair ornaments, a lotus in his left hand, a mandorla to his back, pierced and carved with lotus, the elephant with a beaded saddle on an oval base with a key fret border, signed Toshiyuki on a red reserve,25.5cm highProvenance: From a private collection in Scotland.
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