GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, GRAND TOUR AND AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

Natural History - Conchology and Geology - a Victorian oak box, now enclosing an arrangement of coral, sea shells and minerals, the box 44cm wide

Natural History - Geography - an Earth Science reference sample set, Collection of Rare Element and Radio-Active Minerals, including Monazite, Rut...

Taxidermy - a late Victorian common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), naturalistically mounted on faux mossy rocks, surrounded by wild grasses and fo...

Geology - an amethyst geode, 28cm wide

Taxidermy - a chub, 4lb 4ozs, caught by C. Boden, Whitney-on-Wye, Nov. 1932,naturalistically mounted, glazed bowfronted ebonised case, 66.5cm wide

Taxidermy - a rudd, preserved by J Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, labelled, naturalistically mounted, glazed bow fronted case...

Taxidermy - a curlew, nuturalistically mounted at the water's edge, a bee on the rock beside, glazed ebonised case with gilt slip, 58cm high, 43cm...

Taxidermy - an arrangement of exotic birds, glass dome, ebonised base, 51cm high

Natural History - a fossil specimen, clupeid clupeiformfish, Knigtia, Eocene period, Wyoming USA, 25.5cm x 20cm overall

Natural History - a fossil specimen, a group of clupeid clupeiformfish, Knigtia, Eocene period, Wyoming USA, 29cm x 40cm overall

Natural History - a fossil specimen, Goniatite, 27cm x 17cm

Geology - a quartz geode, 19cm wide

Geology - a polished agate geode specimen, 13.5cm high

Natural History - a multiple fossil specimen, Goniatite, 19.5cm x 14cm

Natural History - a polished fossil specimen, orthocone nautiloid orthoceras, 29.5cm x 25cm

Geology - an agate geode, 15cm x 7.5cm

Natural History - a root wood specimen, turned oak display plinth, 45cm high overall, 57cm wide

Natural History - a large polished fossil specimen, orthoceras and goniatite, 44.5cm x 42cm

Natural History - a fossil specimen, ammonites, dactylioceras athleticum, lower - upper Jurassic, Schlaifhausen, Germany, mounted for display, 27....

Natural History - a large polished fossil specimen, goniatite and orthoceras, 64cm x 45cm

Geology - a polished geode specimen, 16.5cm high

A Maasai lion spear, 88.5cm pointed double-edged blade with central ridge, two-tone hardwood grip, long spiked pommel, 180.5cm long overall, Kenya...

Tribal Art - a Polynesian status staff, the geometric cresting checkered overall, 114.5cm long overall, probably Papua New Guinea

A Maasai seme dagger or short sword, 39cm blade, hide bound grip, red hide scabbard, 53cm long, Kenya, early 20th century

A Native American hide and cloth doll, decorated with beadwork, 23.5cm long; a bone necklace, 34cm long (2)

A Peruvian spouted vessel, modelled in the Typical pre-Columbian manner as a grotesque face, the broad open mouth showing two rows of teeth, 12.5c...

A South American clay votive figure, modelled with stylized Pre-Columbian figures, 11cm long

A stone hand axe, probably Neolithic, 13.5cm wide

A terracotta fragment, depicting a section of a Roman face, 7cm x 6.5cm, perspex display stand

A terracotta model, of a bird, possibly Roman, 15.5cm long

A terracotta oil lamp, modelled with a face, his mouth agape, scroll handle, 15cm long

An Egyptian ushabti, 8.5cm long; various fragments and models, mostly probably Peruvian (8)

An Inuit grey stone carving, by Dietrich Muckelstein, signed Dimu, of a figure, with arm raised, 12cm high

Antiquities - a crystalline marble fragment, of a head, carved in the Hellenic manner, 7.5cm high

Antiquities - a pre-Columbian South American double-section vessel, one compressed ovoid chamber crested by a stylised figure, Peru, probably c.12...

Antiquities - a terracotta vessel, 16cm long; others; a glass vessel (5)

Antiquities - an Egyptian turquoise faience ushabti, 6cm long; a set of mummy beads, similar, later incorporated into a necklace, 43cm long (2)

Antiquities - an Ancient Egyptian parchment fragment, painted and inscribed in earth pigments with hieroglyphs and a prostrate woman at prayer, 6....

Antiquities - various metal detector finds and excavated artefacts, buckles, loom weights, musket balls, etc

Textiles - an Ethiopian hanging, printed with sun and tribal motifs, 203cm x 108cm; others; various fragments (7)

Tribal Art - a 19th century Polynesian hardwood pole club, the head inlaid with six bone fish, 84cm long

Tribal Art - a Chokwe club, the bulbous head carved with geometric motifs, 54.5cm long, Angola, 19th/early 20th century

Tribal Art - a Fang spoon or scoop, the handle carved as a female figure, hide bowl, 35cm long, Central Africa

Tribal Art - a Karamojong head rest, arched cresting, the divided support terminating in broad feet, 23cm high, Uganda

Tribal Art - a Luba comb, carved figural haft, 26cm long, Congo

Tribal Art - a Maasai beadwork neck collar, 15cm wide, Kenya; other beadwork (4)

Tribal Art - a Malaysia wooden window frame, carved with a mystical beast and scrolls, warning off evil spirits, 65cm x 58cm

Tribal Art - a Native American birch bark and quill work circular box, the cover centred by a flower, 10cm diam

Tribal Art - a Nkutsu or Jonga iron ceremonial currency gong, 54.5cm long, Congo region

Tribal Art - a Polynesian hardwood lime spatula, elliptical finial carved with a band of stylised knot motifs, 41.5cm long ; an Australian Aborigi...

Tribal Art - an African axe, probably Yoruba, the bone shaft carved as a stylised figure, fan-shaped blade, 33cm long overall

Tribal Art - an African beadwork garment/adornment, cowrie shell fringe, 49cm wide

Tribal Art - an African carving, of a horned demonic figure, 35.5cm high

Tribal Art - an African carving, probably a heddle pulley, as a stylised female figure, 16cm high

Tribal Art - an African doll, carved as a stylized figure, 24cm long

Tribal Art - an African figure, the slender female stands, her hands at her side, an adornment worn at her neck, 59.5cm high

Tribal Art - an African hardwood headrest, carved as a crocodile, naive teeth, scales, traverse rows of oblong horny scales, tail and feet, 47cm l...

Tribal Art - an African power figure, seated on a stool, decorated in coloured pigments and wearing a textile cloth, 31cm high, possibly Congo

Tribal Art - an African rattan quiver and arrows, 57cm long, Congo region

Tribal Art - an African snuff spoon, probably Zulu, three-pointed spatula terminal, 30cm long