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A pair of Victorian sailor shellwork pictures, of stylised floral designs in coloured shells, in hinged octagonal mahogany frames, 23 cm wide See inside front cover colour illustration

Geological Massive Orthoceras Fossil SculptureMiddle Ordovician Era, circa 400 million years BP. A very large sculpture in the round formed from the hard limestone with fossil orthoceras, an extinct palaeozoic nautiloid, fully exposed and polished to show the internal structures of the fossil shells, one tip absent; mounted on a rectangular base of polished orthoceras rich limestone. 75 kg, 107 cm high including base (42"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. Very fine condition, base with fine crack. Imposing and massive size.Starting Price: £180

Geological Orthoceras Fossil Column SculptureMiddle Ordovician Era, circa 400 million years BP. A column in the round of the hard limestone with fully exposed fossil specimens of orthoceras, an extinct palaeozoic nautiloid; polished to show the internal structures of the fossil shells. 6.4 kg, 38 cm (15"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Geological Orthoceras Fossil PairMiddle Ordovician Era, circa 400 million years BP. Group of two small irregular panels, each showing to one side fully exposed fossil specimens of orthoceras, an extinct palaeozoic nautiloid; polished to show the internal structures of the fossil shells. 3.2 kg total, 24-27 cm (9 1/2 - 11"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Geological Massive Orthoceras Fossil PyramidMiddle Ordovician era, circa 400 million years BP. A large hollow pyramid formed from thin panels of the hard limestone with fossil inclusions of orthoceras, an extinct palaeozoic nautiloid; polished to show the internal structures of the fossil shells. 16 kg, 64 cm across base corners (25"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. [No Reserve] Fine condition, with small piece missing to one lower edge.Starting Price: £5

Geological Orthoceras Fossil Platter PairMiddle Ordovician era, 400 million years BP. A pair of circular platters formed from discs of the hard limestone with fossil inclusions of orthoceras, an extinct palaeozoic nautiloid; polished to one side to show the internal structures of the fossil shells. 6.2 kg total, 30 cm diameter (12"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. [2, No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Geological Nautiloid Shell GroupA group of six Nautilus shells, a celaphod of the nautilaceae family, probably N. pompilius, two displaying the characteristic nacreous surface to one side and brown `tiger` strips to the other; four striped to both sides, from the Indo-Pacific region. 1.2 kg total, approximately 16 cm each (6 1/2"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. The nautilus is often considered to be a `living fossil`, a descendent of the Jurassic Era ammonites and belemnites.[6, No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Geological Nautiloid Shell GroupA group of six Nautilus shells, a celaphod of the nautilaceae family, probably N. pompilius, two displaying the characteristic nacreous surface to one side and brown `tiger` strips to the other; four striped to both sides, from the Indo-Pacific region. 1.2 kg total, approximately 16 cm each (6 1/2"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. The nautilus is often considered to be a `living fossil`, a descendent of the Jurassic Era ammonites and belemnites.[6, No Reserve] Starting Price: £5

Geological Assorted Shell CollectionA group of fourteen recent marine seashells comprising: six nacreous `top` type gastropod shells; a white spined `cockle` type mollusc bivalve shell; a spined `top` type gastropod shell; an elongated gastropod shell; a group of five scallop shell halves and two massive gastropod shells. 2 kg total, approximately 5-28 cm each (2 - 11"). Formerly exhibited in `At The Beginning`, October 2000; 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. [16, No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

A modern Italian shellfish/seafood dish, applied with twin scallop handles, crayfish and mussel shells, together with four confirming plates and a set of four Noritake teacups and saucers, each decorated with a seascape.

A composite set of four late Victorian hallmarked silver open salts modelled as scallop shells, one pair hallmarked London 1900, one for William Aitken, Chester 1900 and another James Deakin, Chester 1895, approx 2.8oz.

A pair of Edwardian hallmarked silver open salts in the form of scallop shells, John Gloster Ltd, Birmingham 1909 and a late Victorian hallmarked silver open salt of rectangular form, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield 1896, approx 1.25oz.

Two late 19th century carved abalone shells decorated in the Japanese taste, one with a pair of cranes in landscape, the other with a hawk amongst branches, with an uncarved abalone shell (3).

Pair of 19th century Islamic painted shells,

A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD FOLDING TEA TABLE, the moulded edged swivel top on conforming frieze carved with scrolls and shells, raised on collared turned tapering stem and leaf carved quadrupartite base with scrolled feet and brass castors, 36 1/2" x 17 3/4" x 30"

A ROYAL DUX CENTREPIECE, modelled as two maidens between oyster shells, model 10560, pink triangle mark, 32cm

Gold ring, dress ring, costume jewellery, Abalone shells.

An early 19th century mahogany wheel barometer, inlaid with conch shells and rosettes, architectural pediment, dial signed Lewis, Egham, 3ft. 2in.

A William IV silver tea service of compressed melon form with flower finial and ivory insulators, richly embossed and chased with foliage and shells, John Wellby, London 1835/36, 49.5 oz total

A Crown Ducal lustre bowl decorated with a fish, sea weed and shells, 25 cm diam, to/w an Arthur Wood square two handle footed lustre bowl, both circa 1930s (2)

A mother of pearl Card Case a/f., Cowrie shells, bone fish etc.

A box of shells and coins and a box of linen

A cased collection of British sea shells

A World War I Christmas tin and shells

Venetian glass decanter and glasses (af), large glass bottle, decorated with shells and other shellwork items (1 box)

Baluchi flatweave cover, woven in two halves, Khorasan, north east Persia, mid 20th century, 8ft. 11in. x 5ft. 4in. 2.74m. x 1.63m. Areas of wear and small holes, together with a Baluch balisht, north east Persia, 20th century 2ft. 11in. x1ft. 8in. 0.89m. x 0.50m. three Baluchi flatwoven bags, all with woollen tassels and cowrie shells, mid 20th century. (5)

Three stoneware majolica style jugs, 20th Century, each cobalt blue glazed body relief moulded with shells, the spouts moulded with putti and green glazed drapes.

Two mother-of-pearl shells, each approx 20cm x 24cm.

A set of three Christofle plated butter shells, a silver mounted nail buffer, Birmingham 1919, a plated pepper mill, and a collection of plated items.

A mixed lot, comprising; a tape measure in red stained ivory or bone in the form of a castle chess pieces, replacement tape, 4.2cm, a needlebook , the cover decorated with natural sea shells, marbled interior, 8cm x 5.5cm, a clam shell pincushion ornamented with further shells, 4cm, and a printed cardboard needlebook, the interior decorated with scraps, 6.2cm x 4.6cm. (4)

A rare 18th century steel and ivory seam knife, the steel blade of shovel form and engraved with leaves and shells below a turned ivory handle with domed terminal, 6.7cm.

Pair Victorian silver salts, the bowls modelled as shells with gilded interiors and glass liners, standing on three dolphin feet and a pair of matching salt spoons with twisted stems and apostle terminals (Birmingham 1862 / 1863), maker - H. A., together with a cased set of Edwardian silver-handled fish servers (Birmingham 1906), salts 6.5cm across (qty)

A pair of plates: Bouquet (439C) a malachite plate, another: The Swallow (297) both with rim chips and a pewter lidded jug: Shells (52G) crack to handle (5)

pair of Birmingham silver salts formed as shells together with a Birmingham silver teaspoon engraved for RMS Amazon, with amethyst thistle terminal (3)

A pair of tin glazed faience candlesticks modelled as mystical beasts, the mouths formed as shells, 18cm high (2)

A MAHOGANY DUET STOOL the padded and hinged seat reupholstered in pale green scale pattern fabric, the apron carved with shells, on six cabriole legs, 50cm h; 92 x 38cm, early 20th c Restored and repolished. Minor scuff marks around the feet and legs

A STOCKINETTE FASHION DOLL with embroidered features in contemporary lace gown with plastic shells and diamante, contemporary fine leather sandals, 40cm, labelled MARTY`S DOLL, mid/late 20th c In satisfactory condition

A good 19th century Continental silver salver possibly Portuguese, with floral and foliate engraved borders, the raised, stepped shaped rim heavily repoussé decorated with shells, floral and foliate scroll decoration, raised on four cast ball and claw feet with floral decorated mounts, with impressed marks inside rim, 19in. (48.25cm.) diameter, weight 62oz. .

An Edwardian pierced silver bon-bon dish James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1905, of four lobed form raised on four cast pierced scroll supports headed by shells and united by arched stretchers, inscribed name `Rosita Escarborough`, 7½in. (19cm.) wide, weight 6.5oz. .

`Carp` a rare James Macintyre & Co vase by William Moorcroft, ovoid with knopped neck, tubeline decorated with three Carp fish swimming amongst waterweed, the knop with scallop shells, in green on a blue ground painted green signature, small bruise to top rim, 30.5cm. high Provenance Ken Manley collection

A pair of silver twin branch three light candelabra by Roberts & Belk Ltd, Sheffield 1975, shaped square with shell angles, with detachable sconces to the reel capitals with drip pans, scroll branches, multiknop stems, the moulded bases with shells at the angles, 39cm (15 1/4in) high, the branches 1713g (55.05 oz), the bases loaded

An early George III silver shaped circular salver by Thomas Hannam and John Crouch I, London 1766, the raised border with a moulded rim with shells, engraved with a scroll and flowering foliate band and an armorial, on three pad feet, 30.5cm (12in) diameter, 868g (27.9 oz) The arms of PINNEY, originally of Bettiscombe, Dorset. The Rev`d John Pynney (d. 1705) of Bettiscombe was succeeded by his barrister son Nathaniel, the estates then passed to John Frederick Pinney, MP for Bridport, who inherited them on the 1760 death of his cousin, Azariah Pinney, sometime Sheriff of Dorset. In 1762 to be succeeded by 22 year old John Pretor, a slightly distant relative, who assumed by royal licence the Pinney name and the arms engraved on this salver. After ten years John married Alice Weekes, daughter of a soldier garrisoned on the island of Nevis. They gave rise to the locally-prominent Pinney family of Somerton Erleigh, Somerset.

A pair of late George II cast silver hexafoil candlesticks by James Morison, London 1759, the sconces with shells at the points, reel capitals, multiknop stems and on hexafoil bases with shells, engraved with a crest, 23cm (9in) high, 1057g (34 oz) The crest recorded for YATES, WINTRINGHAM, VAMPAGE, TOT, STUART, ROWLATT, PACKINGTON, ORPEN, MONTAGUTA, NICOL, LLEWELLYN, KEDMARSTON, JOHN, INGLIS, HYATT, GRAMMER, FORD, ENGLISH, DE LA FAYE, COOK, BATT, AYLOFFE and nearly 200 further names.

A George II silver shaped circular salver by Phillips Garden, London 1743, flat chased with a band of rocaille and scale work, fruiting vine, flowers and scrolls, the raised border with a moulded rim, shells at intervals, on four leaf and scroll feet, engraved with an armorial, 44cm (17 1/4in) diameter, 2113g (67.95 oz) The arms of BRYDGES impaling WOLTON.

A silver and agate oval tobacco box, unmarked, early 18th century, finely engraved with a vacant cartouche, shells and scroll foliage, on a hatched ground, the cover and base inset with oval agate panels, 10cm (4in) wide

A large and interesting collection of various sea shells

Three boxes of assorted ceramics, shells metalware etc. including Art Nouveau brass chamber stick holders, Burslem tea cup and saucer

NINETEENTH CENTURY INLAID MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, the 8" silvered dial, housed in an banjo shaped case with broken architectural pediment and central turned brass finial, over an inset alcohol thermometer to the trunk, decorated with inlaid shells and floral rondels and outlined in boxwood stringing, 39" (99cm) EST 150-200

Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) INTERIOR STUDY OF HEAD, 1972 oil on canvas signed, inscribed ["Lars from Louis"] and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated again on reverse; numbered [306] on reverse; also with Oriel Gallery label on reverse 16 by 19in., 40.64 by 48.26cm. Christie`s, 17 May 2002, lot 103; Private collection; with the Oriel Gallery, Dublin; Private collection `Louis le Brocquy`, St-Paul, Foundation Maeght, 1973, no. 37 (Ed.) Lowry, Bernadette, Faces in Times, Oriel Gallery, Dublin / Nicholson & Bass Ltd., Belfast, 2004, p. 6 (illustrated) A copy of the Oriel Gallery publication accompanies this lot. The head image is recognised as one of the major themes in the work of Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012). The series emerged following a visit, in the winter of 1964, to the anthropological museum in Paris, the Musée de l`Homme, where he came across the collection of Polynesian skulls, partly reconstructed with plaster, decorated with painted marks and with cowrie shells for eyes. Le Brocquy had been experiencing a particularly difficult period as an artist and, dissatisfied with the direction of his work which he felt was facile and aimless, he destroyed much of the year`s output. The heads resonated with him, however, as he responded to their ritualistic symbolism, triggering his own series of profound images addressing a number of related themes within the overall concept. These were initiated with the ancestral heads series that reflected his perspective of Celtic ethnography. He explained: `Like the Celts I tend to regard the head as this magic box containing the spirit. Enter that box, enter behind the billowing curtain of the face, and you have the whole landscape of the spirit`. This comment reveals the artist`s fundamental interpretation of humanity and the role of the heads in his work. He developed his series to include images of famous writers and artists, such as James Joyce, WB Yeats, Samuel Beckett and Francis Bacon. While many of the subjects, whether of posthumous or living individuals, are identifiable from photographs or other artworks, the theme is less about their surface features than the workings of imagination and creativity. Others in the series are not specific individuals and therefore, stripped of their direct references to known personalities, give full focus to the conditions and processes of the mind, as in Interior Study of Head. This was painted in the early 1970s, when this theme was well established in the artist`s oeuvre. It conforms to the general colouration of the series - of muted tones against shades of white - and in terms of composition, with a single head against a plain background, it evinces le Brocquy`s empathy with the poignant isolation of the individual. However, Interior Study of Head represents an unusual approach in that it is more explicitly about the inner person. With facial features reduced to a minimum or obliterated entirely, the viewer is drawn into a sense of human psychology, and its intellectual, emotional, and creative dimensions. While the organic forms and colours across the surface of the bones of the head suggest something of the tissue and nerve structures that support mental activity, the fragmentary nature of the execution is less about materiality than elusive traces. Le Brocquy explained this well in an interview with George Morgan that is particularly apt for this work: Clearly it is not possible to paint the spirit. You cannot paint consciousness. You start with the knowledge we all have that the most significant human reality lies beneath material appearance. So, in order to recognise this, to touch this as a painter, I try to paint the head image from the inside out, as it were, working in layers or planes, implying a certain flickering transparency […] [Pierre le Brocquy (ed) and George Morgan (1986), Louis le Brocquy: The Head Image, Gandon Editions, Cork, p.12. ] Dr Yvonne Scott November 2012 "

11 pieces WWI crested china, Arcadian tank arms of “Herne Bay”, Carlton peaked cap “Buxton”, unmarked pillar box “Belgium”, tank “Southsea”, and war memorial “Ramsgate”, shells (6): “Poole”, “Guildford”, “Blackpool”, “Margate”, “Folkestone” and “Kirkham”” GC

2 x 25pr brass shell cases, a 3.45” brass shell case, 2 other large brass shell cases, 5 excavated 3.45” anti aircraft shells, an excavated 3” mortar bomb, a finned projectile from a 90mm recoil less gun, and a steel box for a .303” Vickers ammunition belt. Poor to GC

"A gas mask, cased; two brass shells dated 1917/18, Tigris, Mesopotamia; and two books (5)"

A Wedgwood "Woodbury" pattern 10 piece part dinner service comprising oval platters, dinner plates, side plates, soup bowls, a Spode "Meadowsweet" pattern 15 piece part dinner service, a set of four Wedgwood "Sample" dinner plates decorated with flowers on a blue ground, a Wedgwood pottery "Persephone" pattern tureen and cover, a Langley pottery dish and a similar shaped dish decorated with shells and crustaceans on a cream ground

An Edwardian ivory dressing table tray, ivory back brushes etc; a collection of coral and shells etc

A silver belt cast with masks, shells and scrolls, London 1899 and a similar buckle, 8ozs overall

A large quantity of OO gauge goods wagons, two train shells etc. (2 trays)

A pair of Victorian gilt gesso girandoles, each with a moulded frame decorated with leaves and shells, one with candle arms, the other lacking, 100cm x 61cm

AN IRISH GEORGE IV SILVER SUGAR NIPS, Dublin 1823, mark of I.E possibly that of John Egan, retailed by LAW, the scissors in the form of an entertainer holding coiled snakes in either hand forming the handles, wearing a ruffled collar and his legs terminating in shells

A GEORGE III SHAPED CIRCULAR SILVER SALVER, London 1769, mark probably of Ebenezer Coker, the pie-crust rim interposed with scallop shells and pie crust sides enclosing contemporary Chinoiserie repoussé decoration with scrolls, foliage, fruit and pagodas, raised on four leaf wrapped scroll feet (56.5ozs). 40.5cm diameter

A FINE IRISH GEORGE II SHAPED CIRCULAR ROCOCO SILVER SALVER, Dublin c.1740 (no date letter), mark of John Laughlin or John Letablere, with gadroon and pie crust rims interposed with scrolling scallop shells, enclosing elaborately crested central reserve with Perceval family of Sligo motto "Sub Cruce Candor", raised on four scrolling scallop shell feet (43.8ozs, scratch weight 44.2ozs). 37cm diameter, 4.5cm high