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Click here to subscribeA pair of Victorian beadwork hand screens, with leaves on a blue ground, 26cm h, 19cm w; a Victorian Berlin woolwork and beadwork wall pocket; a pair of floral painted ivory silk circular hand screens, on turned bone handles; one other, of shield shape (6) . In generally good condition although some beadwork fraying slightly
A set of three Indian miniatures, painted in polychrome on ivory with erotic scenes, 7 x 10. 5cm; one other similar; two others, similar, 19th or early 20th c (6) . All in fine condition, the ivory miniatures unframed and unmounted hence with some natural or slight of warping of the ivory but no cracks or repair, the two other miniatures executed on paper or card and mounted but unframed
A Burmese ivory chess set, intricately caved, stained red and natural, kings 10cm h, mid 19th c (lacking two red pawns); with a Chinese export ivory box, pierced and carved with scenes, dragons to the lid, 24 x 9. 5cm (31) . Several pieces with minor repairs such as attempts to glue the base where the screw loose, but in general, the pieces are in excellent condition albeit very dusty with the accretion of dust over time. The most serious faults are as follows: one white rook missing the circular base, one white knight missing the carved horses head, only the pedestal remaining, one white pawn broken but complete. Box - very dusty and with small loses. Please ask for detailed images to ascertain the condition of the lot.
A Victorian turned ivory "Old English' chess set, stained red and natural, Kings 9cm h (32) . White site - minute chip to the finial of the king and the queen, on one rook the finial has been broken off and neatly glued back into position without loss. Red side - king, finial slightly chipped and broken in two pieces and amateurishly glued this could be much improved upon. Queen, broken at the stem and amateurishly glued. All the other pieces in generally excellent condition with no damage or repairs, somewhat dusty with the accretion of dust and grime in the ring turnings and carved detail etc which could be cleaned with care.
Medical. A set of Victorian ivory handled eye surgeon's instruments, in fitted morocco case lined in purple velvet, 17cm l . Complete all but for one; most instruments with some discoloration and localised rusting the handles yellowing with age, the case rather shabby the lid detached. Please request digital images in order to make certain as to the condition of this lot
A very rare silver mounted ivory bellows for perfumed powder, turned circular with a small central hole and fine leather collapsible bellows, 7cm diam, early-mid18th c. In an unusually fine state of preservation with no splits or cracks to the ivory, the paper collapsible sides in fine condition. Some rust to the iron needle in the centre in the interior.
A Victorian rosewood stick barometer, with ivory scales signed CHADBURN BROS SHEFFIELD, REGISTERED NO3980 Oct 14th 1841 No154 and inscribed TEN AM YESTERDAY 10AM TO DAY, with twin verniers and mercury thermometer, in figured case with arched top and bulbshaped cistern, 92cm h. Rather dusty behind the glass and the lid of the cistern an old turned and stained wood replacement. The thermometer original but broken. Apart from these faults in excellent and entirely original condition, charged with mercury.
A Royal Doulton porcelain Spanish ware vase and cover of shield shape, decorated in "prismatic' enamels and raised gilding with naturalistic flowers and foliage in tinted ivory and pale pink borders, the domed cover with a large gilt finial and on square foot, 41cm h, printed mark, painted C2192/G. W. 334, c1890 . Finial cleanly broken off and amateurishly glued back into position, no other damage or restoration
A Royal Worcester spirally fluted jug, of ogee shape, brightly decorated with loose sprays of clematis and other flowers enriched with gilding on an ivory and apricot shaded ground, 15cm h, printed mark, rd no, 1652, date code for 1893. In fine condition; no damage or restoration (See lot 452 for illustration).
A Royal Worcester fern pot, modelled in the manner of Kate Greenaway by James Hadley with the figure of a little boy standing beside a rustic fence and decorated in a restrained ivory and apricot palette detailed in pale green and gilt, 14cm h, impressed and printed marks, rd no, 1242, date code for 1891 . In fine condition; no damage, rubbing, wear or restoration
An early 19th century mahogany domestic medicine chest, the hinged lid marked 'Stock London' to an ivory plate revealing glass spouted mortar and pestle, tumbler, brass tweezers and blood letting blades in cases, the front of the chest with door enclosing six clear glass bottles and six labelled drawers below, the reverse enclosing twelve further bottles, with side brass handles on bracket feet, 27cm wide, 23cm deep, 28cm high; and an apothecary's balance scale in Japanned tin case, 13cm wide (2)
A French Carved Ivory Triptych Figure, as a lady with elaborate coiffure and feather trimmed hat standing holding a feather fan in her right hand, her right hand holding a posy to her breast, her voluminous skirt hinged to reveal three panels carved in high relief with court figures, perhaps Dieppe, circa 1900, {22.2cm high}
A Novelty Walking Stick, the carved ivory greyhound head handle with applied glass eyes, scroll engraved silver ferrule with vacant cartouche, London 1926, ebonised stem and brass tip; Another, with carved antler grotesque face, birch-wood stem, brass tip; and Another Ivory Example, as a hand grasping the nose of a gentleman, with silver plated ferrule, the malacca stem with iron tip (3)
A Carved and Green Stained Ivory Small Figure of a Kneeling Man, wearing a cloak and kneeling with right hand on his chest and holding a staff in his left hand, his beard and bushy hair picked out in black pigment, perhaps Continental, 17th/18th century, {6cm high} (hole drilled in reverse, vestiges of steel pins on the base, left foot missing)
An Early Victorian Mahogany Tea Caddy as a Miniature Bow Front Chest of Drawers, containing two flat lidded compartments, with a fascia of three upper dummy drawers over two long active drawers on turned inverted vase feet, {23cm wide, 23cm high} (small sections of veneer missing, five turned ivory mushroom knobs missing)
A George III Satinwood and Inlaid Tea Caddy, rectangular, with pairs of yewtree veneered oval panels to the lid and front within tulipwood crossbanding and barber's pole stringing, internally with two divisions (lacking original linings and lids), circa 1780, {15. 3cm wide}; and A Regency Yewtree Veneered Box, of rectangular form with domed lid, edged with boxwood, ivory lozenge key escutcheon, pink papered interior, circa 1820, {23cm wide} (2)
A Tortoiseshell Veneered Table Cabinet, circa 1840, with pewter wire stringing throughout, the upswept "caddy" top centred by a silvered metal rectangular plaque engraved with an earl's coronet over the initials "AF 1936", the lid hinged to reveal triple open compartments, the two frontal rectangular hinged doors enclosing three similarly fitted long drawers with turned mother of pearl mushroom handles, the door panels embossed with classical temple facades, edged in ivory, with petal whorled mushroom side handles, conforming bun feet, {34cm by 30cm by 22.2cm} (one door off its hinges, small veneer losses) . *The initials are, by repute, those of Lord Halifax.
A Pair of George III Gold Mounted Miniature Scent Bottles in a Tortoiseshell Case, of square section, glass stopper, in a small fitted case and divided by a gold funnel, the octagonal small case with gilt metal pique decoration, {3.6cm wide, 2.8cm high}; A Victorian Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Inlaid Calling Card Case, {10.5cm high}; An Early 19th Century Tortoiseshell Veneered and Facet Cut Steel Nailhead Inlaid Small Trinket Box, rectangular. {6.3cm wide} (feet lacking); An Early 19th Century Turned Rosewood and Bone Mounted Bodkin Case, as a folded umbrella, {11.5cm}; An Early 19th Century Tortoiseshell and Pique Inlaid Spatula Fish, inlaid with initials "JF", with three graduated pointed "fleams" and a spatula, {5.8cm}; An 18th Century Turned Ivory and Brass Mounted Perpetual Calendar, of conical shape with ring for suspension, {3.5cm; and A White Metal Photograph Locket as a Turtle, circa 1900, {3cm} (7)
A George III Mahogany Cabinet of Seals, the tulipwood banded doors enclosing sixteen slim satinwood veneered drawers with turned ivory mushroom handles, containing its original full collection of glass, wax and plaster seals, arranged into allegorical and subject matter described on the "table de l'arrangement", the first one for example titled "Venus, les Graces, Mars - 491-525", the cabinet with basal drawer, gilt bronze side carrying handles, {37.5cm by 40cm by 25.5cm}
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