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Lot 600
Japanese hardwood shibayama kazari-dana cabinet , Meiji period, of sliding and hinged doors, open shelves and drawers, decorated with carved leaf scroll friezes and panels applied with modelled gilt lacquer, ivory and shell of birds, butterflies, flowers, foliage, and an ikebana study, on its stand with convex legs and a carved floral apron, width 98cm, height 159cm.
Lot 240
Selection of pocket watch movements including an ultra-thin engraved movement, possibly Cartier, no. 1308, 38mm, lever movement with pivoted detent, part ivory movement (a.f), Quaiffe pinwheel lever movement, A. Nicole chronograph movement, Gontard a Paris fifteen day cylinder movement, Birch free sprung lever, French lever and various others (10)
Lot 748
Interesting and rare two day marine chronometer of Australian interest, with Earnshaw type balance, the 3" silvered dial signed James Murray, Royal Exchange, London, no. 640 with subsidiary seconds dial, within the original mahogany brass bound hinged case inset with an ivory tablet inscribed Murray, 640, with brass side carrying handles (winding key). This chronometer is sold with copies of official papers detailing its H.M.S. service history. Notably, it was used on board H.M.S Fly (1842-1846) when this ship was deployed surveying the coast of Australia. The lot is also accompanied by a table exhibiting the rates of the chronometers on board H.M.S. Fly during this period. This instrument saw a long active service having been used on board twenty different ships over a period of one hundred and two years. It was finally returned to its owner, after loan to the Admiralty, in 1944. The maker James Murray received several awards for the accuracy of his chronometers and is mentioned in Tony Mercer - Chronometer Makers of the World, `This distinguished Artist who has had the honour of producing the best instrument ever known is a native of Moffat in Dumfries`
Lot 772
Rare early ebonised and ivory inlaid Italian night timepiece, the fusee verge movement signed Geo. Pietro Callin, Genoa, with circular plate and turned pillars, the 14" x 11" painted copper dial depicting Chronos and Death despatching the hours, also pierced with an arched aperture displaying the hours moving past the quarters, over a single drawer, within an architectural breakfront case with carved corbels, surmounted by a broken arched cornice with central foliate inlaid ivory panel, 30.75" high, with winder
Lot 647
A Victorian silver and enamelled rectangular brooch painted with a swallow perched on a foliate branch and detailed `Many Happy Returns`, length approx 4cm, a Victorian oval shell cameo brooch carved as a classical female portrait, a turquoise and seed pearl set brooch in a cruciform design, a colourless paste set double clip brooch, a garnet set brooch in a floral design, a seed pearl set circular brooch, a carved ivory oval pendant with floral and foliate pierced decoration, and a pair of green paste set pendant earrings, with screw fittings.
Lot 887
A Victorian double ended faceted glass smelling salts/scent bottle, hinged at the centre, an agate set gilt metal mounted twin compartment stamp box, a faceted glass inkwell, a novelty tape measure designed as a rabbit, an ivory toothpick box, a small spoon detailed `Douglas`, a brass model of a dog, a folding travelling cup with folding handle, within a case, and two combs.
Lot 1074
A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji period, modelled as a seated mask maker accompanied by a boy, the noh mask with phallic nose, height approx 3.4cm, together with a Canton carved walnut decorated in relief with Shou Lao and four attendants carrying a giant peach, amongst flowers and foliage.
Lot 1215
A pair of Japanese inlaid black lacquer oval panels, Meiji/Taisho period, each inlaid in ivory, bone and mother-of-pearl, one with a goose beneath a prunus branch, the other with two doves in a blossoming branch, within floral decorated red lacquer frames, approx 70cm x 52.5cm (missing elements), together with a similar circular panel inlaid with five figures in a boat, diameter approx 45.5cm.
Lot 1222
A set of South East Asian ivory handled and plated knives and forks, late 19th/early 20th Century, each handle carved and pierced with deity concealed within a bower of tendrils, comprising ten knives and nine forks, all with silver ferrules, Sheffield 1903 by Harrison Brother & Howson (handles split).
Lot 1239
A Japanese ivory carving of Hear, See and Speak No Evil, early 20th Century, carved as three monkeys standing back to back on an ebonized plinth, height approx 14cm, together with another ivory group of three monkeys, a soapstone monkey group, an amber effect scent bottle and cover and a carved wood fish.
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