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Click here to subscribeA 19th Century bone folding fan, the guards and sixteen sticks carved with gilt scroll decoration supporting a net panel painted with floral festoons and gilt scrolls above a smaller panel similarly decorated, length approx 30cm, together with a 19th Century bone, lace and satin sixteen stick folding fan, painted with laburnum stems, and another ivory and satin folding fan, painted with pink roses, with two boxes.
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY LEATHER CASED GENTLEMAN’S TRAVELLING SET, the leather case stamped with ownership initials WJC opens to reveal a variety of ivory brushes, ivory handled tools, shaving brush, razor, and silver mounted ivory topped toilet jars, marked for London 1928, maker George Carsberg & Son, the jars and clothes brushes having engraved ownership initials WC, and marked Asprey London, all held in place with leather straps and pockets. 8.5cm(h) x 35cm(w) x 25.5cm(d)
A VICTORIAN SILVER TEA CADDY of lobed oval form, the domed, hinged cover with ivory finial and embossed foliate panels, the body with conforming decoration, two panels with vacant oval cartouchés, raised on four ball feet, marks for London 1889, maker Horace Woodward & Co. 9cm(h) x 9.5cm(w) x 6cm(w) 145grams (total)
A 19TH CENTURY MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND ABALONE SHELL LADIES CARD CASE of hinged rectangular form decorated with lozenge shaped mother-of-pearl veneers and a central conforming band of abalone shell, the case opening by button release to reveal the watered silk interior and ivory note pad. 10.5cm(h) x 8cm(w)
A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TURNED WOOD AND IVORY CANDLESTICK and spire garniture, the candlestick having a cylindrical sconce and tapering tray over disc and spherical knops, raised on a domed turned base, all ebonised and profusely incised with stylised foliate and geometric designs interspersed with carved and inset ivory roundels. 43cm(h); the garniture having a turned finial top, spreading cylindrical body, spherical knop and domed circular base, all with near matching decoration. 56cm(h)
A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD DISPLAY CABINET of pagoda form, having a boxwood pagoda finial with figures, tapering roof decorated throughout with carved and inlaid boxwood, ivory figures, birds, blossoms and fretwork friezes, three shelves each with conforming inlay and fretwork canopy, on a projected base with two uprights ornamented with carved boxwood coiled dragons, raised on bracket feet. 144cm(h) x 70cm(w) x 38cm(d)
A JAPANESE LACQUERED AND INLAID THREE-FOLD FIRE SCREEN, 20th century, having a central arched panel painted with blossoms and decorated with a central shaped panel inset with carved bone, mother-of-pearl and ivory to depict a hanging floral arrangement and bird, flanked by hinged oblong panels of conforming design. 91cm(h) x 52cm(w) closed
A 19TH CENTURY ANGLO-INDIAN TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY BOX, Vizagupatam, of hinged rectangular form, the tortoiseshell veneer decorated throughout with pierced ivory fret work and strap work to the edges, raised on carved ivory animal paw feet, the interior material lined but vacant. 7cm(h) x 22cm(w) x 16.5cm(d)
India Islamic – Sikh Hari Singh Nalwa Khan 19th Century painting. A large miniature painting on ivory of the son of Dost Mohammad Akbar Khan the son of Dost Mohammad – who murdered the great Sikh genereal Hari Singh Nalwa c1830-1850. Old English inscription verso – reads “Akbar Khan the son of Dost Mohammad. Amir Akbar famously known as Wazir Akbar Khan was an Afghan Prince a general a tribal leader and Emir. In 1837 in the battle of Jamrud he killed Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa in a planned tyrantical way by conspiring whilst trying to get back the city of Peshawar for the Afghans from the Sikh army but Akbar Khan failed to do so. A historical portrait of Sikh and Islamic interest. Watercolour 9.5cm x 7.5cm framed. Provenance – private English collection.
India – Ivory Miniature of Prince Naunihal Singh c1840 A finely painted watercolour on Ivory of the grandson of Maharajah Ranjit Singh who ruled the Punjab in place of his father Kharak Singh in 1840. Inscribed ‘Naunial Singh’ on the reverse in contemporary hand also on an attached old paper to which the ivory was pasted on with original glass – 60mm x 45mm
MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUE FIDDLE PATTERN FLATWARE: eight table spoons, ten table forks, nine dessert spoons, ten dessert forks & nine tea spoons, all crested, together with six George III Old English pattern table forks, crested, and eleven table knives & ten side knives with stainless steel blades & ivory handles, crested; 93 oz weighable silver (73)
A MIXED LOT: A mother of pearl & polished steel sewing set in a fitted case, an ivory & polished steel sewing set in a leather roll, a pair of plated buckles, a 19th century Dutch peppermint box with chain (and later interior with thimble) and six pairs of steel sewing scissors; the Dutch box 1.4" (3.5 cms) high (lot)
A RARE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PARCELGILT METAL CASKET Neo-Gothic in style, with openwork feet & corners, each set with a carved ivory figure, the domed cover & body decorated with vertical panels of foliate scroll engraving separated by applied pierced straps, with a swing handle, hasp lock (with key) & applied shield cartouche, initialled "AS", lined interior, signed "Alpe-Giroux et Compie a Paris", c.1840; 9.25" (23.5 cms) long *Giroux & Co (1799-1885), was founded by Francois Simon Alphonse Giroux and in 1838 his two sons Alphonse-Gustave and Andre took over the running of the company. Under their leadership the firm specialised in making objects of luxury & fantasy of such quality that Maison Alphonse-Giroux became official supplier to both King Louis XVIII & King Charles X of France. They also made small exquisite furniture and a bonheur-du-jour which they exhibited at the Paris World Exposition of 1855 was purchased by the Empress Eugenie for the Chateau de Compiegne - the Imperial Court`s residence.
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