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A collection of various brass and other metal wares to include Louis XV style acanthus sabots, a pair of lion mask door handles and another singular lion mask door handle, lion mask wall mount, brass door pull, theodolite, a pair of piano sconces, a martingale of four various horse brasses and a wrought iron door knocker
A collection of metalware, an Indian silvered metal and brass scroll holder, various other metalware, to include a hand shaped paper clip, lion mask door knocker, Eastern carved bell, a set of four novelty napkin rings, each applied with lions and personalised to Johnny, Edith, Roland and Freddie.
An Austrian cold painted door knocker modelled as a running hare, with oak mount, overall length 30cm, width 14cm, length of hare 25cm Condition: Original paintwork is now rather dirty with some small chips and losses, the pivoting pin that connects the hare to the base is missing so the hare is loose, original oak base a little scuffed and grubby with small chipping to the corners, there is a hanging mount at one end to the underside that does suggest that this was made to be hung than set.
1st-3rd century AD. A substantial bronze door or furniture handle comprising a disc appliqué with detailed central raised lion-mask and two holes flanking the mouth, radiating mane and fur texture to the face, ribbed hoop passing through the holes; presented on a custom-made wooden block with bronze stud and mounting holes. Cf. specimens in the collection of the at the Museum of the Order of St John at the University of Birmingham inv. n.5616-5617.774 grams total, 20.5 x 16cm including stand (8 x 6 1/4"). Property of a Durham lady; formerly in the collection of her mother, Mrs Allan; acquired from Sotheby & Co, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK, 16 July 1968, lot 195; thence by descent to the current owner; accompanied by collector’s tag, and a copy 1968 catalogue and results sheets showing Mrs Allan as the buyer. There are various examples of appliques used for furniture, carts, ships, which took the form of a lion’s face, finely cast in high relief, holding a ribbed ring its gaping jaws, often incised whiskers and fur, and radiating mane. The most likely possibility is that this specimen is a door knocker, in a shape the Romans copied from the Greeks and spread to the farthest reaches of their empire. Fine condition.
A pair of Victorian brass 'Cutty Sark' book ends, each modelled as the ship, with the poem of Ella Wheeler-Wilcox below, height 18cm, together with a further collection of metalware, to include Elizabeth II Coronation plaques, a pen tidy, an Art Deco cast lead lion's head knocker and other items (7)

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