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Click here to subscribeA Victorian travelling barometer of pocket watch form, with copper case, the silvered dial inscribed Aitchison London 5cm diameter, a 19th century ivory aide memoire, the six titled leaves with fan action 9cm high with later glass stand, a small Roman terracotta jug 13cm high, a fossilized ammonite, a decorative polished marble pyramid sculpture 11cm high and a silver blade folding fruit knife with chased mother-of-pearl guards, Birmingham 1929 (6)
An early 20th century rosewood side cabinet, with satinwood, ivory and mother-of-pearl classical style marquetry panels, broken arched pediment over a high mirror-back of ten shaped bevelled glass panels with tiered display shelves, turned supports and fretworked brackets, on a bow-fronted base with split level top, single frieze drawer and central mirror-back display niche behind turned columns, flanked by marquetry panelled and glazed cupboard doors on square tapering feet, bears label verso Johnson and Appleyards Manufacturers and Merchants Sheffield 153cm wide, 261cm high, 52cm deep
A Victorian malacca cane walking stick, the ivory handle carved as a dog's head with open mouth and inset glass eyes, monogrammed silver ferrule Birmingham 1892 86cm long, another walking stick with carved ivory dog's head handle, adapted from a parasol 85cm long and an ebonised walking cane with horn handle and brass ferrule inscribed Wm Duerden Colne 86cm long (3)
A late 19th century set of drawing instruments, by Stanley Great Turnstile Holborn London (one marked Halden) made from nickel and steel with ivory handles, in fitted mahogany case with lift-out tray, cased slide rule, pencils etc, 27cm wide and another mahogany cased part set of drawing instruments (2)
Giroux of Paris, 19th century screen or theatre panorama of landscape scenes, the hand coloured engravings held on metal and bone or ivory mounted turning rollers, displayed in a coloured card 'theatre' mount with gilded detail, impressed mark to the reverse, 20cm x 23cmAMENDMENT, Appears to be no longer freely working, Stuck. CONDITION REPORT: The scene does not roll, although there are no repairs and it appears to be complete.
Giroux of Paris, 'Le Vampire Prologue Lord Bryon', screen or theatre panorama c1820's/1830's with hand coloured engravings depicted as a stage play, held on metal and bone or ivory mounted rollers with a card theatre surround of printed paper, 23.5cm x 21cm label & impressed mark to reverse of mount, par Brevet d'Invention. CONDITION REPORT: Damaged, one side container for the panorama roll is detached. The scene does not wind.
Early 20th century carved ivory walking stick, the stick ribbed as bamboo sections, the pommel carved as an elephant and a lion, 93.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: Stick in good condition, one small and another tiny one. Indentation on one section of stick. Age crack to bottom of side of curved handle, c1cm.
Late 19th century games box in a faux book cover, backgammon board, dice and shakers, 15 pale wood counters, 15 dark spinners, whist markers, complete ivory chess set, half stained red, King 7.5cm and a box containing various ivory chess pieces (incomplete). CONDITION REPORT: 1 black backgammon piece has a chip. Some altered pieces in chess set/ 1 piece chipped off red castle, small losses & small cracks.
A Republic Period white marble table screen in wood stand, painted with mountains and pine trees above low cloud, 19.5cm (7.75 in) wide, an ivory dagger sheath pierced and carved with pomegranates, 4.5cm (1.75 in) wide together with a 19th century blue and white jar and a Japanese pickle dish painted with cranes (5)
An early 20th century marine and elephant ivory group carved as a man weilding a knife against an attacking snake, the latter with its open mouth at chest level, he stands on an oval section of elephant ivory, 20cm (8 in) high the knife is a later carved replacement. At least one finger from his outstretched left hand have been replaced
An early 20th century ivory group of a seated couple, they look to a dish of food before them, he with a bowl of sake in his hand, the bottle and dishes on a tray before him, red lacquer seal mark, 12cm (4.75 in) wide The fingers from her right hand have been chipped off. Something is missing from the tray before him and it is secured to him by a screw rater than the original dowel
Two early 20th century ivory figures of Kwannon, both standing with a child seated to the right side, in one she pours water from her vase into a lotus flower held by the child, signed Issan, 13cm (5 in) high and she transfers liquid from the bowl in her left hand from a frond in her right to a vase held by the child, signed Shimei(?), 13.5cm (5.25 in)) high (2) Good
A 19th century ivory brise fan and four other fans, the scissor handled guards opening up the veins into a circle, each pierced and carved with village figures about an oval bearing initials, a bone brise fan, a painted feather fan with bone sticks, a bamboo fan with floral painted leaf and a Spanish wooden fan with flower painted brown silk leaf (5) The silk tape to hold the sticks of the ivory fan in circular shape has broken. One stick is cracked at the top. The tip of the guard stick to the bone brise fan is cracked. The painting on the feathers has largely flaked off. The brown silk leaf of the last has begun to fail at the folds particularly on one side
A wooden rat netsuke signed Ikkan (1817-83), an ivory ojime and a lacquer three case inro signed Yoyusai (1772-1845), the two rats coiled in a circle their eyes inlaid, 3cm (1.25 in) diameter, the ojime carved as a wolf eating a human skull, the inro lacquered with two cranes on one side and with three sprays of pine on the other against an even gold ground The narrow side of the upper case of the inro has the gold ground rubbed back to the underlying black lacquerPlease note the signature on the netsuke may read Ichiyu and not that of the great master Ikkan
A late 19th/early 20th century carved and lacquered ivory brush pot, one side with a relief carving of an armoured daimyo seated on a garden seat, the reverse gilt with a plantain growing by a fence, the black tripod stand gilt with vine tendrils, 20cm (8 in) high There is a crack to the lacquer upright of the fence but this does not seem to go into the ivory
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