GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, GRAND TOUR AND AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

A Victorian style Admiral Fitzroy's Barometer, mercury cistern, printed register and ground, 103cm high, late 20th century

A 19th century brass Hutchinson brass cylindrical syringe, 23cm long; a Magdeburg sphere; another (3)

An early 20th century brass Type B.E. inspection lamp. by CEAG Limited, Barnsley, turned ebonised handle, cross-shaped lens guard, 22.5cm high

An early 20th century leather bound brass four draw telescope, by Broadhurst Clarkson & Co Ltd, London, extending to 87.5cm long; a 19th century s...

An early pair of Carl Zeiss Jena DRP binoculars, with heart shaped barrels, engraved Fussartillerie D.F. 6 x, No.566, leather case; a Regula K...

Gemology - an early 20th century gemologist's set of weighing scales, fitted rounded rectangular mahogany case, tweezers and weights en suite, 16....

Mining Interest - a 19th century brass and steel miner's lamp, by A. Ellis & Sons, Wakefield, pierced turret canopy, glazed chamber within five pi...

Mining Interest - a 19th century brass and steel miner's lamp, by Hockley Lamp & Limelight Company, pierced canopy, glazed chamber within five pil...

Mining Interest - a 19th century brass and steel miner's lamp, by T. & W., Aberdare, domed canopy, glazed cylinder within four pillars, 23.5cm hig...

Mining Interest - an Oldham brass inspection lamp, glazed chamber within four pillars, numbered 900 - 4090, 27cm high; others, similar, [6]

A 20th century copper two handled globular Alambic; another cylindrical (2)

Scientific Instruments - a collection of lacquered brass lenses and microscope fittings, various (8)

Twenty-three 19th and 20th century clear glass cylindrical pharmaceutical glass jars, some with contents, various sizes

An Indian Khanda sword, 85.5cm wootz blade with shaped strengthening plate, tulwar-type basket hilt with finger guard, shaped lanyard ring, curved...

An Indian tulwar or tegha, 72.5cm curved single-edged fullered wootz steel blade with koftgari inlay of figures and inscription, steel hilt with c...

A 19th century Indian tulwar, 81cm curved blade, typical hilt with disc-shaped pommel and serpentine guard, 94cm long overall

An English 16 bore side by side shotgun, by Smith & Sons, Newark, 71cm barrel, the lockplate engraved with scrolling foliage, walnut stock with ch...

A set of 18th century Austro-Hungarian muzzle-loading damascus shotgun barrels, by M Wlaschek en Prag [Prague], gilt damascened and chased with a ...

A 19th century Indian matchlock toradar hunting gun, 130cm barrel, plain softwood stock, 180cm long overall

A 19th century Afghan flintlock jezail, 116cm barrel, the stock inlaid with silvered wire, 155cm long overall

An early 20th century scratch built hot air steam engine model, 36cm wide,

A Baird Tatlock magnetometer, of cylindrical form, with copper coil, ebonised base, 33cm high

Militaria - WW1 - a death plaque after Edward Carter Preston (1885 - 1965), named to Charles Ernest Hinchcliffe, 12cm diam, card envelope en suite...

Coins, GB, a small collection of Royal mint proof gold presentation issues: abolition of the slave trade 2007 proof £2 in box of issue with certif...

Coins, GB, Victoria, boxed set of three gold sovereigns illustrating each portrait of the queen: young head 1884 GVF, Jubilee Head 1889 EF & veile...

Coin, GB, Queen Victoria, silver Gothic crown, mdcccxlvii/1847, edge: anno undecimo, 28.28g; in Hartington and Byre presentation box with certif...

Coin, UK Victoria, 1873, silver Gothic Florin, 29mm, 12.2g VF Condition Report: Somewhat oxidised , mainlu on obverse ...[more]

Coins, GB, Medieval, Richard II 1377 - 99, York mint; a Elizabeth I silver hammered half groat; a groat; Charles I rose farthing; a Mary Groat...

An early 20th century Perpetual Fountain, now converted to a table lamp, 65cm high, c.1900

Coins, Gold sovereigns: Royal Mint 2000 Sovereign Century collection in timber box of issue with brochure and certificate, consisting of seven sov...

Coins, GB, Royal Mint 1997 Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip Golden Wedding gold proof 38mm crown in capsule in presentation box of issue with ce...

Coins, Royal Mint boxed set of six miniature gold proof 1.24gr. 'icons of the ancient world' coins: Somali Republic 50/- 2002 Pharao, 2003 Solomon...

Coins, Royal Mint gold boxed presentation sets: 1908 Sovereign VF and half sovereign EF in plastic capsules in timber presentation box with certif...

Coins, GB, gold coins: set of four sovereigns illustrating the four different head designs of Elizabeth II's coin issues 1953-2004, in capsules an...

Medals, Papal/Vatican, Pope Leo XIII (1810 - 1903), court miniature, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (Decoration of Honour), awarded by the Holy Father,...

Sport - Local Interest - an autograph scrapbook, Derby County Football Club FA Cup Winning Side 1946, clipped signatures and cut-out newspaper scr...

A Victorian ambrotype portrait, of a seated gentleman, tooled and gilt leather case, 8cm x 6.5cm; another, of a young girl (2)

Photography - a Victorian Ambrotype, family group, 9.5cm x 7cm; a glass negative, of a gentleman out on the moors; other photographs, including Ge...

Photography - a Victorian walnut and marquetry stereoscopic card box, domed cover inlaid Stereoscope, 21cm wide, c. 1870; a viewer; cards; various...

Photography - an interesting collection of mid-20th century b/w photographs of International topography and ocean liners, comprising America: San ...

Photography - Dance - The Margaret Morris Movement - an album, many pages annotated, the 1930 Summer School at Wissant, showing the delegates in A...

Photography - Grand Tour and Sculpture - a set of four 19th century connoisseur’s photographs, of bas reliefs, Classical subjects, each 16cm diam,...

Photography - Portraiture - a 19th century daguerrotype, mother and son, coloured, arched mount, 7cm x 5.5cm, tooled leather case; an ambrotype, h...

Photography - Stereoscope Cards - British Topography and Architecture - Herefordshire, Malvern, Warwick, Wales, etc

Photography - Stereoscope Cards - Great Exhibition, London street scenes, The Crystal Palace, etc

Photography - Stereoscope Cards - Realistic Travels Series, various European and Grand Tour views, Italy, Egypt, etc (98)

Photography - Stereoscope Cards - various subjects, Views in China, Japan, Paris, still lives, etc

Photography - Travel and the Grand Tour - a Victorian album, mostly Rome, well annotated, The Pantheon, Arch of Titus Colosseum, Roman Forum, Piaz...

Photography and Ephemera - an album, documenting a tour of Switzerland, Holland and Belgium, various buildings and scenery, paddle steamer Unterwa...

A 19th century Neapolitan softwood and gesso articulated crèche figure, of a street vendor at a brazier, she stands, wearing a headscarf, her arms...

English School (19th century)Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington oval, watercolour, 20.5cm x 15.5cm, giltwood frame and inset

English School (early 19th century)Ornithological Studywatercolour, 15cm x 9.5cm

George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878)Regency London, A Hive of Vicepen and ink on paper, 8.5cm x 15.5cmProvenance: label to verso inscribed, Kensington ...

Indian SchoolA pair, a Courting Couple and a Lady of the Court Playing Sitarmanuscript pages, watercolour, gouache and caligraphy, 20.5cm x 11.5cm...

Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1727 - 1815), after Benjamin West PRA (1738 - 1820), [The Death of the Stag], Alexander III, King of Scotland Rescued fro...

John June (by) Augustin Heckel (after), a set of four, Chinese rice farmers Laying the Ground, Harrowing the Ground, Ploughing the Ground, Soaking...

René Vincent (1879 - 1936), after, a set of five motoring prints for Automobiles Berliet of Lyon, comprising Sevilla, Bombay, Paris, Chicago and N...

Samuel Buck (1696-1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl. 1724-1759), by and after, The East Prospect of Derby, 18th century strike, copperplate engraving w...

Sidney Tushingham (1884 - 1968), by and after, a pair, Going to the Oxen Fair, Sienna and St. Francis, Assisi, monogrammed within the plate, the m...

Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827), by and after, a harlequin set of six Dr Syntax caricatures: The Visit [...] to the Widow Hopefull (sic) at York, ...