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Bucket of sea shells

A hand painted tub of costume jewellery including beads, shells, bangles, necklaces etc.

A quantity of shells and polished stones including large conch, mussels and onyx eggs, etc.

A RARE ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL SHELL. 1st - 2nd century A.D.30 x 27 x 11 mmDecorative element in the shape of a shell characterized by radial ribs (of the type Acanthocardia tuberculata, bivalve). Through hole with deposits. Slightly concave inside. Wear marks. These shells in rock crystal are usually considered playing pieces (game counter), even if it is not fully proven, otherwise funerary ex voto later used as a pendant (through hole). Otherwise as toiletry elements to contain the make-up for the funerary equipment. Rare.British Museum Database: Rock crystal cockle-shell, probably a game-counter. inv. 1923,0401.1181; inv. 1923,0401.1182 (samew size) ; Rock Crystal Pendant in the Shape of a Shell From a woman’s grave c.1st Century AD, Benaki Museum. Provenance: From the collection of an European gentleman, acquired on the art market

A silver circular entree dish - Sheffield 1932, W & C Sissons (Walter & Charles Sissons), with double skin hot water jacket, the cover with gadrooned band incorporating shells and foliage, the interior with three division liner, together with another lacking liner and cover, weight 3,043g.

WWI Angle Medal to Cpt D.T Prosser Y & L.R 202674, badges, ammonite, sea shells, etc:- One Tray

Sonya Sprinthall (Sheffield Artist), Surrealistic Artwork featuring Shells, Stones and Arches, ink and watercolour, details verso, 62.5 x 49.5cm.

E Mossey (?) - Still Life of Nautilus Shells and a Crab Claw - indistinctly signed lower left, oil on canvas laid on board, framed and glazed, 33cm by 27cm.

A Quantity of Jewellery, including jet jewellery, a pair of cufflinks stamped 'STERLING SILVER', a silver maltese cross pendant, various gilt metal jewellery, shells, a beadwork purse etc

A very rare Meissen octagonal dish with the arms of Fitzgerald and Lennox, circa 1750The coat-of-arms at the top of the rim, the crest at the bottom, flanked by elaborate floral and vine festoons hung from shells alternating with a bearded mask, the well of the plate moulded with a floral wreath enclosing a painted spray of deutsche Blumen, 22.7cm diam., crossed swords in underglaze blue, impressed 22Footnotes:Provenance:Anon. sale, Sotheby's London 21 October 1975, lot 88;Acquired in Zürich at Koller in 1976;The Hoffmeister Collection, Hamburg;Sold from the above in these Rooms, part I, 25 Nov 2009, lot 95Literature:D. Hoffmeister, Meissen Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts Sammlung Hoffmeister (1999) , II, no. 366Exhibited:Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009No other example of this type is recorded and the plate may have been a sample for a service that was never completed. The arms are those of James FitzGerald (1722-1773), who succeeded as 20th Earl of Kildare in 1744, and Viscount Leinster of Taplow in 1747, and Lady Emilia Lennox (1731-1814), second daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1701-50), of Goodwood, Chichester, West Sussex, whom he married on 7 February 1747.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Contents of a 'OO' Gauge Model Railway Enthusiasts Workshop, items include lineside buildings, locomotive body shells, track, rolling stock, lineside accessories, electrical components chassis:- One Box.

Contents of a 'OO" Gauge Model Railway Enthusiasts Workshop Items, include locomotive body shells, rolling stock, chassis, track electrical components, scenic's, presented within a four drawer plastic storage unit.

A Quantity of "OO" Gauge Lineside Accessories and Railway Modelers Workshop Items, to include Hornby #R593 town station, 'R504 engine shed, #R503 signal box, (unchecked) chassis, loco body shells, platform accessories, track etc.

Trench Art Interest - Two 4.5 Mark 8 Naval Gun Shells, from HMS Norfolk, together with a firing pin. HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy; along with her sister ship Dorsetshire she was part of a planned four-ship subclass. She served throughout the Second World War, where she was involved in the sinking of the German Navy's battleships Bismarck and Scharnhorst.

A pair of white metal and lapis lazuli mounted shells the polished shells 4¼in. (10.8cm.) long; together with an Abalone shell, 8½in. (21.5cm.) long; a pair of polished shells on silver plated bases; and a polished malachite stone dish, 4¾in. (12cm.) long. (6) *Good condition. Small chip to white metal mount to top of one of the shells.

A set of eight silver plated novelty sea shell egg cups modern, each modelled as three scallop shells raised on a clam shell base, with red enamelled 'coral', unmarked, 3in. (7.7cm.) high; together with a silver plated shell form hors d'oeuvres dish, 12½in. (32cm.) diameter. (9)

A quantity of shells.

A large bevelled edge oval mirror in ornate gilt wood frame carved with shells and laurel leaves, 180 x 80cm.

T WILKINSON & SONS; a late Victorian hallmarked silver three piece tea service of oval form with panelled bodies, Birmingham 1900, 20.73ozt/644g, with a hallmarked silver salver by Stevenson & Law with scalloped edge, decorated with open shells, on four scrolling feet, Sheffield 1930, 29.18ozt/908g (4)

A quantity of carriage shells and OO gauge components.

Two silver dishes, 925/000, in the shape of shells. One dish is placed on 3 ball feet. 12x13cm and 12x11cm. total approx. 140 grams. In good condition.

C. Cornelisz. 21st century. Still life with various types of shells. Oil paint on panel. Dimensions: H 20 x W 25 cm. In good condition.

Dillwyn (Lewis Weston) A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean Method..., 2 vol., first edition, vol.2 lacking half-title (seemingly not called for in vol.1) and final advertisement leaf, bookplate of Henry Sherbrooke (foxed), contemporary half calf, rebacked, 1817 § Wood (W.) Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, first edition, no plates, ink signature to head of title and front pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked, 1818 § Sowerby (G.B.) Illustrated Index of British Shells, second edition, 26 hand-coloured engraved plates, original red cloth, t.e.g., a fine copy, 1887 § Jeffreys (John Gwyn) British Conchology..., 5 vol., first edition, 147 engraved or lithographed plates (only the 5 frontispieces hand-coloured), original cloth, spines faded, 1862-69, most a little rubbed; and 7 others on shells and a small bundle of pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (c.25)

Dyson (David) The Land and Fresh Water Shells of the Districts around Manchester, A.S.Kennard's copy inscribed to him by J.Wilfrid Jackson on front free endpaper, with faded photographic portrait tipped in as frontispiece, lithographed plate, Manchester, 1850 § Macgillivray (William) A History of the Molluscous Animals of Scotland..., second edition, 1844 § Lowe (E.J.) The Conchology of Nottingham, presentation copy from the author to Dublin Natural History Society, 1853 § Forbes (Edward) Malacologia Monensis. A Catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man..., 3 lithographed plates, light foxing, Edinburgh, 1838 § Mansel-Pleydell (J.C.) The Mollusca of Dorsetshire, presentation copy from the author, folding map, Dorchester, 1898, some ilustrations, original cloth, some pictorial gilt, a little rubbed, the first four with faded spines; and 4 others, similar, v.s. (9)⁂ John Wilfrid Jackson (1880-1978), conchologist, archaeologist and geologist.

NO RESERVE Lister (Martin) Historiae animalium Angliae tres tractatus. Unus de araneis. Alter de cochleis tum terrestribus tum fluviatilibus, first edition, initial imprimatur leaf and final errata leaf, 7 folding engraved plates only (of 9, lacking plates 3 & 6), heavily damp-stained causing fraying to edges and large holes to first plate, one or two others with tears or small holes, first few leaves loose, contemporary mottled calf, worn, upper cover detached, [Nissen ZBI 2527; Wing L2523], 4to, John Martyn, 1678; sold not subject to return⁂ Lister's first book. The four parts cover spiders, land snails, freshwater & saltwater molluscs, and fossil shells.

Maton (William George) & Rev. Thomas Rackett. A Descriptive Catalogue of the British Testacea, extract from 'Linnaean Transactions' vol.VIII pp.17-250, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, text lightly browned with stain to lower edge of some leaves, some offsetting to plates, [1804] bound after Jeffreys (J.G.) A Synopsis of the Testaceous Pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain... [&] Supplement, together 2 extracts from 'Linnaean Transactions' vol.XVI pp.323-392 & 505-523, [1830-33], bound with 3 other papers on malacology by Jenyns, Lea and Porro together in 1 vol., with manuscript note "Ex libris S.Hanley given to me by W.J.Winkle. A.S.Kennard" to front free endpaper, some other plates, 19th century half calf, a little rubbed; and with another paper by Revett Sheppard on the shells of Suffolk, 4to (2)⁂ Collection of malacological papers with an important provenance: Alfred Santer Kennard (1870-1948), malacologist, palaeontologist and malaco-historian; William James Wintle (1861-1934), journalist and malacologist. Both were particularly interested in British freshwater molluscs.

Montagu (George) Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, 3 vol. including Supplement, first edition, engraved additional titles, vol.1 & 2 with hand-coloured vignette, 30 hand-coloured engraved plates by Elizabeth Dorville, some foxing, plates with light offsetting, one or two oxidized, contemporary half green calf, black roan labels, rubbed, spines a little faded, [Nissen ZBI 2875], 4to, vol.1 & 2 printed Romsey, J.S.Hollis, vol.3 Exeter, S.Woolmer, 1803-08.⁂ The first comprehensive monograph of the molluscs of the British Isles.

Morton (John) The Natural History of Northampton-Shire; with some Account of the Antiquities, first edition, large folding engraved map by John Harris, 14 engraved plates, mostly of shells and fossils, small stain to title, map browned, otherwise a clean and crisp copy, with photocopy of article by Michael Kerney 'John Morton's List of Northamptonshire Mollusca (1712)' from 'Journal of Conchhology' 1987 loosely inserted, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, upper cover detached, folio, for R.Knaplock...and R.Wilkin, 1712.⁂ Substantially devoted to rocks, minerals and fossils and including a list of mollusca, of which several were new species. Kerney notes in his article, "Morton was probably the first person to describe scientifically a Quaternary deposit containing land and freshwater molluscs".

Taylor (John W.) Monograph of the Land & Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles, 4 vol. bound from the original 24 parts, portrait and 77 colour plates & maps, those in vol.1. chromolithographed, with prospectuses, A.Ls.s. from the author (one to A.S.Kennard), T.L.s. from A.E.Ellis to Michael Kerney and other items loosely inserted, with Kerney's signature in vol.2, bound in green morocco-backed cloth with stained vellum tips, some original wrappers bound in at end, Leeds, 1894-1921 § Brown (Capt. Thomas) Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, 27 hand-coloured plates, tissue guards, advertisement leaf at end, some foxing, with biographical pamphlet on Brown by J.Wilfrid Jackson inscribed by the author loosely inserted, 1845 § Turton (W.) A Manual of the Land and Fresh-water Shells of the British Islands, half-title, 10 hand-coloured plates, 1831 § Adams (Lionel Ernest) The Collector's Manual of British Land and Freshwater Shells, 8 plates, all but one hand-coloured, 1884 § Kerney (Michael) Atlas of the Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Britain and Ireland, the author's copy with his signature and various inserts, illustrations, original pictorial boards, Great Horkesley, 1999, first editions, all but the first and last original cloth, the second and third with faded spines, a little rubbed; and a small quantity of others on British land and freshwater molluscs and a small folder of loose lists of British shells and molluscs, some pamphlets, some with loosely-inserted notes or letters, several to Kerney, 8vo & 4to (c.65)

Geology.- Taylor (Silas) and Samuel Dale. The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, first edition, 14 engraved plates, 4 folding, title very lightly browned but a clean and crisp copy, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red roan label, corners repaired, new endpapers, 4to, C.Davis & T.Green, 1730.⁂ Including a bibliography, and plates of the cliff showing the geological strata, fossils, shells, and a 'Bottle-Head or Flounders-Head Whale' stranded above the bridge at Maldon in 1717.

Geology & Palaeontology.- Woodward (Samuel) An Outline of the Geology of Norfolk, folding hand-coloured lithographed map and cross-section, 6 lithographed plates, with offprint by Woodward 'Shells of the Newer Pliocene or Norwich Crag' of 1864 loosely inserted, John Stacy, 1823 § Green (Charles) The History, Antiquities, & Geology of Bacton, in Norfolk, half-title, etched frontispiece, list of subscribers, 3 lithographed plates, 2 double-page, 8pp. catalogue at end, plates foxed, 1842 § Woodward (H.B.) & E.T.Newton, editors. Memorials of John Gunn...being some account of the Cromer Forest Bed and its Fossil Mammalia, portrait, 12 lithographed plates, one folding, bookplates of Rev. William Gunn and Rev.John Gunn, 1891, first editions, original cloth, the first two rubbed and faded, the first rebacked, Norwich; and another on Norfolk geology, 8vo (4)⁂ The last contains a loosely-inserted A.L.s. from A.C.Savin to J.Gunn "...I have had a good find from Sidestrand Forest Bed consisting of four molar teeth...I think they are the first reliable specimens from our coast. Mr E.T.Newton has got them to figure in his new work...". Savin is mentioned several times in the work with illustrations of specimens from his collection.

A late 17th/early 18th century Continental oak chest, hinged top above a three panel front, carved with shells and leaves, the foreangles with Ionic three-quarter columns, skirted base, 93.5cm high, 146cm wide, 68cm deep

A pair of large 19th century Grand Tour cameo conch shells, carved after the antique with a Classical soldier in a chariot and a winged figure, 19.5cm long, c.1870

MARITIME INTEREST; an 18th century large corner chair with floral and leaf carved back rail and arms, carved date 1740 to the back rail, carved floral side panels and three ring turned side supports, on shaped seat with bow-front leg, carved frieze of shells and acanthus leaf to the front paw foot, height 84cm, length of arms 85cm, depth of seat 53cm.Provenance: - This chair belonged to Captain Drummond of the ill-fated SV Viscata, which ran aground on 7th March 1868 and the chair had been in his family before that.Condition Report: Splits to the apron, splits to back rail but only under the date, various knocks and scratches, repairs to the feet, repair to onevasesplatat base,replaced seat.

ROYAL WORCESTER; a pair of blanc de Chine salts in the form of dolphins balancing shells on their backs, each on oval bases, with green stamps, numbered 6/92, height 12cm (2).

FIVE SILVER MOUNTED SHELLS IN THE MANNER OF FEDERICO BUCELLATI, 20TH CENTURYone marked with various numbers and 'AG' (5)25.8cm (max) To be sold without reserve. ProvenanceThe Collection of Robin and Rupert Hambro.

AN INDIAN SILVER MOUNTED SHELLEARLY 20TH CENTURYtogether with a pair of nautilus shells (3)21cm (max) To be sold without reserve. ProvenanceThe Collection of Robin and Rupert Hambro.

A WALNUT AND AND GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE IN GEORGE II STYLE BY W. CHARLES TOZER, EARLY 20TH CENTURYthe crossbanded top above an ogee moulded frieze, the giltwood base decorated with shells and scrolling leaves, with ivorine trade label inscribed 'W. Charles Tozer 25, Brook Street, London, W.1.'79.3cm high, 107.3cm wide, 53.2cm deep ProvenanceThe Old Rectory, Bradenham, Buckinghamshire.

A box of Poole pottery shells.

A group of First World War brass cannon shells, including a pair of 1916 45" Howitzer casings

A WOODEN BOX OF ASSORTED DECORATIVE SHELLS

A MIXED LOT OF ITEMS TO INCLUDE DECORATIVE SHELLS, CERAMICS ETC

A collection of shells

Four Aquascutum silk scarves, decorated with ducks and other birds in a reeded river bed, another with heraldic crest to centre surrounded by berries, vines, etc., and two silk chiffon scarves in red and green, decorated with various flags, shells, etc.

An early 20thC Dewhurst's Sylko Three Shells oak cased shop display cabinet, of two section form, each with an up and over glazed door enclosing six above seven shelves for cotton reels, 85cm high, 39cm wide, 43cm deep.

2 TRENCH ART SHELLS

A Boxed Moorcroft vase titled  " Octopus "  it is decorated with a deep seabed scene with Octopus and sea horse, crabs and shells With a cream back ground..It stands 18.5 cm high,Condition : Good, no chips, cracks or restorationPlease view all pictures.

2 boxes with a collection of owl sculptures made of porcelain, earthenware, plastic and shells

Box with copper grenade shells WWII, largest 60 cm high, various copperware, clockwork, Dinky Toys etc.

Lot of minerals, shells and dried out sea creatures

Mixed Lot: Study of a Kings head bearing Scottish gallery label to reverse together with a small study of sea creatures and sea shells and a study of a parrot and further abstract

Mixed Lot: Various Art Glass wares, sea shells, vases etc

A Victorian style circular painted cast iron garden table, diameter 20cm, height 66cm and six chairs, cast with scallop shells and dolphins

A collection of used Bullets, small Shells and Trench Art, in card box and Ammo box

Hexagonal marble plinth, together with a Chinese cloisonne enamel hexagonal box, with foliate and scroll decoration upon a blue ground, circular enamel box decorated with an iris to cover, plaster figure of Peter Pan, three cast iron locomotive models, shells etc

Two Lucas brass headlamp shells

Two trays of minerals, fossils and shells

A West African (Cameroon) terracotta fertility doll, applied with yellow beads and cowrie shells, 20th Century, 20cm high Further details: good condition, flake and chips to the base 

A George III silver salver, the raised border with shells and scrolls, the centre engraved with a crest above initial, on three hoof feet, hallmarked by I.C., London, 1773, approx 25.72 ozt (800 grams) approx 30cm high 

Property of a Gentleman.Venetian18th CenturyA gilt-wood and painted Venetian suite of three matching chairs with cartouche-shaped padded drop-in back above down-scrolled arms and serpentine drop-in padded seats on cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet, the frame carved with floral motifs, stylised scallop shells and rocaille, upholstered in duck-egg blue damask silk.DimensionsChairs: 41 in (H) x 24 in (W) x 24 in (D)Comparative Literature:G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del '700, Gorlich, Milan, 1958, Tav. LVI b & c; for armchairs of similar design with reference to cartouche-shaped drop-in backs, down-scrolled arms, and carving on the seat-rails and frames, in the Museo Vetrario, Murano, and the other formerly in the Pietro Accorsi collection, Turin, respectively. See also: Sotheby's Sale 'The Splendour of Venice, Important Furniture and Old Master Paintings from a Private Collection' Lot 101. Sold for 50.000 GBP in 2010.