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A Portuguese silver shaped circular salver, maker’s mark a symbol (not traced),Porto mid 18th century, chased with a band of flowers and rocaille scrolls, the raised border similarly chased and with shells at the quarters, 37cm (14.5in) diameter, 1009g (32.4 oz) (once with a central foot, now on four pierced panels) See de Almeida, Fernando Moitinho “Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasilieras” 1995, p. 188-189, P-8, 10 and 11 for similar town marks.

A pair of silver coloured candlesticks, each bearing four Dutch pseudo marks, early 20th century in mid 18th century style, with canted-square sockets and stems, the shaped bases with shells at the quarters and flanking each of the four leafy scroll feet, 18.5cm (7.25in) high, 976g (31.4 oz) Condition Report: ** Marks to base not all perfectly struck, in combination are readable (Some marks more clear than others). Neither sit level on table top, both rock, the bases mis-aligned, the stems also slightly out of true. No repairs, cracks or splits apparent. In good original condition although would benefit from cleaning

A Royal Worcester blush ivory bowl modelled as a large shell, the interior painted with flowers, the shell on three feet, modelled as periwinkle shells, dated coded for 1913 (one periwinkle shell AF).

KENYA, UGANDA A TANGANYIKA: BOX WITH VAST ACCUMULATION OF 1950`S-70`S USED IN PACKET, ON CARDS, LOOSE ETC, MANY COVERS, MUCH OF POSTMARK INTEREST, ALSO STOCKBOOK WITH MINT AND USED, SOME HIGH VALUES, COMMEMS INCLUDING KENYA 1971 SHELLS 70C PLATE BLOCK OF SIX U.M. ETC. A SUBSTANTIAL AND POTENTIALLY REWARDING ACCUMULATION (MANY 1000`S)

Donovan Natural History British Shells 1800 5 vol. in 2 180 hand-coloured engraved plates tissue guards occasional light browning or spotting mostly to text ff. contemporary diced russia gilt sympathetically rebacked preserving original compartmentalised and richly gilt backstrips a very little loss to foot of that of vol.1 but with gilt restored a very good set 8vo 1804-00-01-02-03.

Saulcy. Voyage Autour de la Mer Morte 2 vol. [comprising Atlas vol. & 3 supplements; without the 1854 supplementary offprints] 14 lithographed maps 61 engraved plates including 4 plates of shells foxing to Atlas vol. original printed wrappers worn and marked 4to Paris 1853. ***The supplements present are Catalogue des Plantes observées en Syrie et en Palestine and Catalogue des espéces d`Insectes Coléoptères (bound with Atlas vol.) and Catalogue Raisonné des Mollusques separate. .

Two oyster shells with mother of pearl decoration and a collection of unmounted gemstones including sapphire, quartz, turquoise, zircon, amethyst, garnet

A Pair of Yoruba Wood Ibeiji Figures, of a man and woman, each standing naked, with high combed hair, hands on hips, on a circular plinth base, 28cm high; a Yoruba Wood Figure of a Man, kneeling naked, with combed coiffure and pony tail, holding a two pestles, on a circular plinth, 37cm high; four strands of cowrie shells, pierced and strung with blue ribbon; two modern African Hardwood masks and a bust head and shoulders of a girl. (10)

An Edwardian hot water jug by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd., the bellied body embossed and engraved with scrolls, leaves and shells, the hinged lid within a gadrooned border, the wooden handle with leaf-carved thumb piece. London 1904. 13ozs.

A native mask with beading, cowrie shells, and brass triangles; together with an African whip.

A fine and rare early 18th Century (George I period) fruitwood/walnut Chest on Stand, flaring cornice above a moulded flush frieze full width drawer and further over two half width and four full width graduated drawers having ovolo mouldings, shaped apron having central conch shell motif, unusually raised on four cabriole legs headed with carved conch shells to the knees and terminating in carved pad feet, the piece having panelled sides and in two parts, 45" wide x 24.5" deep x 74" high, illustrated inside back cover

A George III silver teapot, Rebecca Eames & Edward Barnard, London 1809, with relief cast shells to the corners, lid and handle, on ball feet

A large quantity of specimens from a Victorian collectors cabinet, including fossils, mineral samples, shells etc. (a quantity)

A GOLD BRACELET of intersparsed shells each set with a single pearl and a mesh bracelet (2).

Cameo ring, comprising oval carved shell in four double claw crib, ornate scrolled split shoulders, stamped 9ct, size N or 6.1/2 US & a pair of oval cameo earrings, carved shells claw set in twisted rope gold surround, hook wire fittings, 9ct h/m (4.6g) (2)

Pair of cameo drop earrings, comprising oval shells with carved portrait of a lady, set in centre of ornate pierced patterned surround, post & butterfly fittings, 9ct gold h/m (2.8g)

Pair of antique of cameo earrings, comprising oval carved stones with bust portraits of ladies, both different, set in ornate gold frame with double chain drop from hook wire fittings, slight damage to back of one frame & a pair of cameo stud earrings, comprising oval carved shells with bust portraits of young ladies, both different, set in ornate oval frames with post & butterfly fittings, stamped or tested 9ct (gross 7.7g) (2)

Pair of amber bomber drop earrings, approx. 30mm, with gold hook wire fittings & a pair of cameo drop earrings, comprising oval carved shells, approx. 11mm x 8mm, each depicting bust portrait of a young lady, both different, gold drop with post & butterfly fittings, stamped or tested 9ct (6.2g) (2)

OO gauge, Wrenn: W2236 Dorchester tender loco, chassis loose, missing box lid; W2212 Sir Nigel Gresley tender loco, very good, boxed (with Hornby tender); 2 Bristol Model unassembled kits based on Wrenn loco shells. (4)

A set of four French silver shell salts, the gilt lined shells supported by dolphins on oval stands with shell feet, mark of Q.I., flower between, Paris 950 standard, 1811 - 1836, 9 cm high, weight 14 ounces.

A collection of jewellery, including; a pair of silver oval cufflinks, London 1921, a silver curb link collar neckchain, a silver identity bracelet, a mosaic brooch, a colourless paste set circular pendant locket, a silver babies bib hook, formed as shells, various earrings and sundry.

Derby blue and white ewer circa 1770 moulded with dolphins and shells painted in underglaze blue, also a Worcester barrel shape cream jug painted with cannon ball pattern (some restorations to handle join area of the first, hairline to the second) 8.5cm high

Eighteenth century Bow white glazed salt with three scalloped shells on naturalistically moulded base with applied shells, restorations, 13 cm high x 18 cm length

Eighteenth century Derby porcelain figure representing an allegory of the sea with scantily clad female upon a dolphin, the base naturistically moulded with shells and seaweed, decorated in polychrome (restorations) 21.5 cm

A Lalique Bowl, The Rim With 16 Shells, Signed On The Base

A Colonial hardwood commode, probably Anglo-Chinese, of serpentine outline, with four drawers above an ornately carved frieze of shells and acanthus, on stylised scroll feet, with gilt metal ribbon and swag escutcheons, 85cm high, 106cm wide, 53.5cm deep

A Walking Cane, applied with hallmarked Silver collar and inset with button handle, printed with motif of shells in the Pratt manner, and applied below with a band inscribed “Donald Smith”, 37 ½” long

A late 19th Century electroplated Salt Cellar, modelled in the form of a walking billy goat carrying panniers fashioned from half-polished shells, and raised on a plain circular alabaster base, diameter 2 ¼”

Astra, fort gun with reels of caps, wooden shells and instructions (VG,BVG), plus an unboxed Astra searchlight (G) (x2)

Corgi, military 903 Chieftain tank with shells on sprue and 2 card inserts plus 902 M60A medium tank with card and shells on sprue (x2) (NM,BG) (Illus.)

Three conch shells; a pair of shoe lasts; 2 inlaid alabaster plaques and carved elephants

Forbes, Professor Edward and Hanley, Sylvanus "A History of British Mollusca and their Shells", London, John Vann Voorst, 1953, 4 volumes, blue cloth, gilt titles, library plates Lakes, Edmund "His Recollections and Experiences", 2 volumes, Richard Bentley, 1894, rebound, library plates Lakes, Edmund "Catalogue of the most valuation, interesting and highly important Libraries of the late George Daniel, Esq of Turnbury...including beautiful watercolour drawings, etc", which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby`s, Wilkinson and Hodge, 20th July, 1864, half morocco, gilt titles, raised bands to spine, library plates, Cotgreave, Alfred. "Views on Memoranda of Public Libraries", London, Truslove, 1901, green cloth, gilt titles, library plates and various assorted volumes (2 boxes)

Quantity of King Penguins including:_ "British Shells", "Semi-Precious Stones", "Some British Moths", The Cresset Press, London, "The Souldier`s Catechisme", re-printed in facsimile from the edition of 1644, Bullett, Gerald "Dreaming", Jarrolds, 1928, no 74 of a limited edition of 75, signed by Bullett, "The Velocipede - How to Ride a Velocipede, Straddle a Saddle and Skiddale", blue cloth, illustrated and two other volumes (15)

A collection of sea shells, Collected in the late 19th century, (qty)

A pair of 1930`s/40`s Spanish Silver Caviar Dishes in the form of scallop shells on stands surmounted with musical cherubs wings as name holders with matching spoons.

A quantity of unusual shaped Shells, one being in shape of a fish

Four Pieces of Trench Art, including two WWI shells adapted into bottle holders.

A late 19th/early 20th Century Louis XV style giltwood and gesso fauteuil armchair upholstered in cut flower and leaf velour, the frame carved with acanthus leaf scrolls, flowers and shells, on cabriole legs.

* Bilbao. Vue D’Optique, pub. Edward Nairne, Optician at ye Golden Spectacles... 1756, engraving with early hand colouring, very occ. spotting, 285 x 405mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with,Edwards (George),The Small Kingfisher of a Green and Orange colour.... pub. Jan. 1st 1753,engraving with early hand colouring, toned overall, 270 x 190mm, mounted framed and glazed, with, Nodder (Frederick),A mixed collection of approx. forty engravings, c.1798,engravings with original hand colouring, including shells, insects, arachnids, fish and lichens, each approx. 185 x 120mm, with a further collection of approx sixty engravings of `Alpines and Heathers’, and another sixteen various framed engravings and etchings (approx. 130)

Sandby (Paul). A view of a cathedral city, possibly Hereford, c.1790, aquatint etching printed in sepia, after Paul Sandby, trimmed to image and laid on later paper, 321 x 507mm (12.75 x 20ins), mounted, framed and glazed, together with Lorrain (Claude), A river landscape with figures, animals, and classical ruins, no. 82 from Liber Veritatis, pub. John Boydell, 1775, sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude Lorrain, scratched letter title to lower margin, 223 x 271mm (9 x 10.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed, plus three hand-col. engravings of shells, eng. by Andreas Hoffer, pub. Nuremburg, 1766-67, approx. 208 x 165mm (8.25 x 6.5ins), mounted, framed and glazed (5)

A Victorian mahogany oval Stand with domed glass cover, containing coral, shells and other items.

A Staffordshire model of a Hound and Hare, 11" (28cms) high, together with an early 19th Century tea cup and saucer decorated with shells and gilt floral sprigs and one other.

A pair of gilt brass cast Table Candlesticks with cherubs, scrolls and shells. 10" (26cms) high. (one a/f).

A 20TH CENTURY MUSEUM COPY OF AN EARLY GRECIAN POTTERY BALUSTER THREE HANDLED JAR AND COVER, overall decorated with painted octopi, starfish and shells. 15.5" High. With "Lead Museum" copy seal.

Two Minton majolica oyster stands, modelled with four tapering tiers of oyster shells with white glazed interiors, brown exteriors and green seaweed, the finial formed of three fish and an eel, mounted to revolve on a circular foot with waved rim, 26cm & 27cm high, impressed marks, the smaller with date code for 1865, the taller for 1875 (some rim chips)

A pair of good quality silverplated warming dishes of square form, having twin cast handles of open shells, raised on four cast paw feet, diameter 24cm (illustrated)

A box of shells.

A World War I set of forty-five stereoscopic photographs with views of Passachendaele, the Menin road Ypres, German prisoners, trench mortar attacks, exploding shells, and views of British soldiers preparing to go over the top, all enclosed in its original walnut veneered twin division box (af)

Pair of Victorian silver plated Fish Servers, engraved decoration of shells, each with an ivory handle, (cased).

19th Century Baxter Print, "The Love Letter" and one similar, gilt frames decorated with shells and scrolls, (2).

Various makes: twenty-four coaching stock in different liveries by Dapol, Airfix, Mainline and Lima, some with original boxes, loose freight stock and locomotive shells, varied condition

Various makes: selection of body shells, parts of coaches and wagons and a Triang DMU Motor Coach and Trailer Car, P-G

Mary Fedden (b.1915) pot of shells lithograph printed in colours" signed in pencil numbered from the edition of 70 on wove paper with full margins scuffing throughout 550 x 740mm. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights " details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

A late 19th century Sheraton revival mahogany and boxwood line inlaid tea table, the rectangular fold over top over a shallow frieze inlaid with conch shells on square tapering legs, brass caps and casters

A pair of sauceboats, each decorated with fluted sides and with gadrooned borders, on shaped oval pedestal feet, decorated with scrolls and shells, each leaf capped scroll handle terminating in a shell, the marks rubbed, (with alterations), possibly by `Dorothy Mills`, one London 1765, the other hallmark rubbed. Illustrated.

A Royal Copenhagen small porcelain figure of a mouse, detailed 510, two Isle of Wight glass shells and a similar scent bottle and stopper.

A Victorian blue and white meat platter, transfer printed with a distant oriental landscape, with shells and birds to the foreground within a shell moulded rim, 47.3 cm wide.

A small quantity of sherry and liqueur glasses, a pair of Wade porcelain tortoises, their shells as lids and three smaller models.

A pair of small Wade porcelain tortoises, their shells as lids and another smaller, two ribbon plates inscribed "Present From Mablethorpe" and various other decorative plates (a lot, as viewed).

An early 19th Century Oak cased 8-day Long Cased Clock, J Bethel of Soham, the reproduction case with a hood, overhanging cornice, to a plain frieze and arched door with freestanding columns, to an ogee throat and long trunk door, to a plinth base, 12” arched second period painted dial, decorated to the arch with shells and seaweed, over rose and floral spandrels enclosing a Roman chapter ring with Arabic quarters, and subsidiary seconds with date sector and pierced Steel hands, to a movement with plates united by four knoped pillars and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 80”