An 18th century diamond-set, carved quartz and gold mounted horse's head snuff box, unmarked, possibly by the widow of the jeweller Louis Buyrette, Berlin circa 1760, the shaped-oval quartz cover with gold hinge mount decorated with a guilloche band on a base carved as the head of a horse with diamond-set eyes and gold bridle with diamond tips to the bit, height 7.5cm, length 6.8cm. Provenance: The Arnold and Barbara Burton Collection, Bonhams, New Bond Street, 18 June 2014, lot 7. With Wartski 1975. Bonhams' footnote reads as follows: The possible attribution to the widow of Louis Buyrette is due the similarity of selection in stone, carving and eye mounts to a series of dudlesack (German bag pipe) boxes, examples of which could be seen these rooms (Bonhams) 19 June 2013, ex-lot 68, and the Collection of Baron de Redι and Baron Guy de Rothschild, Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 May 1975, one of which is illustrated by Snowman, plate 624. In plate 655, Snowman illustrates another carved hard stone animal head box that has very similar cover mounts.
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An early 19th century German lacquer snuff box, by Stobwasser, numbered 151, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a bedroom scene of a lady tying her lace garter around the head of her lover, the interior painted ' Est il gentil comme Ca', the base painted to simulate hard stone, length 9cm.
A Chinese silver and gem stone mount hand mirror with 17th/18th century jade plaque, the mount early 20th century, the oval grey white jade plaque pierced and carved in relief with the endless knot, a parasol and a conch shell within scrolling tendrils, length 8cm, the silver filigree and enamel frame set with jadeite and quartz pebble stones, set on an ivory handle, total length 27cm
A Japanese bronze and silver inlaid travelling calligraphy set, 19th century, in the form of a three case inro, decorated with blossoming branches, with a removable small brush or pen and hinged compartments that open to reveal old sealing wax and ink, with embroidered case, height 5.5cm, together with a peach stone netsuke carved in relief with a crab, 3.5cm
Medals; QEII Campaign Service Medal with Northern Ireland bar to 2423989 Tpr T Eastaff, 9/12L, National Service Medal to Cpl J Stone 1951-1957, four Imperial Service Medals, named, two George VI Faithful Service Special Constabulary medals, named and two QEII Faithful Service Special Constabulary medals, named, (10).
A quantity of unframed pictures and prints including a watercolour of a stylised landscape at sunset, signed Clive Rushbrook, 13 x 15 cm approx, a pair of 18th century black and white engravings of hunting scenes after J Seymour, a watercolour of an archway beneath a stone bridge, signed with initials bottom left GH and dated 1926, various topographical engravings, etc
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