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Click here to subscribeA late 18th century Indo-Portuguese marquetry and ivory inlaid cabinet, the two doors, with hand forged hinges and lock, opening to reveal ten small and three larger drawers, with ivory strung borders, ebony bun handles, and pine lining, surrounding a central recess enclosed by two small doors, all raised on four turned and beaded feet, 59 by 41 by 67cm high.
A Negretti and Zambra ebony octant, mid 19th century, with an ivory scale, the brass index arm with vernier, 24.5 by 31 by 8cm high, in a contemporary oak box, bears label for 'William Gerrard Chronometer, Patent Lever Watch and Nautical Instrument Maker, Newton's Head, Liverpool, 30 by 34 by 10cm high, together with a parallel rule with label Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd. London, York and Capetown, 23cm.
A Sangsters silk parasol, with a carved ivory handle, a Wedgwood vase, 23.5 cm high, and other similar items (a.f.) (8) Condition report Report by NG Ivory handle section approx. 29.5 cm. Length of tip to break - approx. 36 cm. Ivory grubby and dirty. A couple of small chips in carving. A couple of small cracks in carved decoration. Also crack visible in ivory near the break in the handle. Silk very damaged, worn and with holes.
FINE CHINESE CARVED IVORY EROTIC SNUFF BOTTLE & THREE FURTHER IVORY SNUFF BOTTLES, The first, circa 1930, of baluster form with an elegantly shaped bell-form lid, the front carved in relief with a recumbent female nude, beneath a signed verse, the reverse with long verse; the second, of flattened circular form, carved with a seated priest, the third of vase-form etched with a landscape of mountains beyond a river bank, the reverse with verse, the last stained, in the form of a mound and carved all around with figures and trees, each with stopper. (4 pieces) Heights 7.75 cm, 6.25 cm, 5.5 cm, 7.75 cm, respectively
THREE CARVED IVORY SNUFF BOTTLES The first of baluster form carved allover with courtly figures in interior pavilions, the second carved with a scholar and his student, signed, the third, late 19th/early 20th century, etched with a fisherman, the reverse with a playful dog, each with a stopper. Height 7 cm, 7.5 cm, 5.25 cm, respectively.
FINE CHINESE CARVED IVORY EROTIC SNUFF BOTTLE & A STAINED RESIN SNUFF BOTTLE The first, circa 1930, of baluster form with an elegantly shaped bell-form lid, the front painted with an erotic scene, signed within a red cartouche, the second blue stained resin, both with stoppers. Height of tallest 7.5 cm
THREE CHINESE CARVED IVORY SNUFF BOTTLES The first a pepper with a leafy stem, the second of vase form etched with verse and a mountainous landscape, the reverse carved with a scholar, the third, signed and in the form of a frog beneath a flowering lotus. Height 7.3 cm, 5.5 cm, and 7 cm, respectively.
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