GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, GRAND TOUR AND AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

A 19th century terracotta circular wall boss, modelled with a lion, 33cm diam, c.1880

A 19th century tortoiseshell rounded rectangular pocket watch box, hinged cover enclosing a velvet lined plateau, 9cm deep, c.1870

A 19th century trumpet shaped mantel specimen vase, lotus cast socle, circular belge noir base, lion paw feet, 30.5cm high, c.1880

A 19th century verdigris patinated bronze ship's bell, 31cm high, later oak cradle

A 19th century vernis Martin domed rectangular box, scumbled overall in faux walnut, gilt-lined borders, 23cm wide, c. 1860

A 19th century wall bracket, formed from an earlier limewood section carved with flowers and leaves, D-shaped plateau, 24cm long, elements c.1700

A 19th century watercolour armorial, the arms and motto of Germon, 29cm x 21cm, framed

A 19th Russian lacquer and papier mache circular plaque, decorated with an interior scene, a gentleman viewing charts, 22cm diam, printed mark, c....

A Black Forest bookslide, each folding end carved as an eagle, 40.5cm wide, c.1910

A Black Forest boudoir clock, 5cm circular enamel dial inscribed with Arabic numerals, keyless movement, the carved case crested by a gnome, 19cm ...

A Black Forest desk tidy, carved with a bear on all fours, the dish with brass liner, 9cm wide, early 20th century

A Black Forest model, carved as a St Bernard dog, standing, a barrel at his collar, 15.5cm long

A 19th century Black Forest type figural table vesta, carved as a caricatured gentleman in a top hat, 14cm high, the base inscribed Chamonix, c.18...

A Black Forest novelty lever-action nutcracker, carved as a grinning gnome, 27cm long, c. 1900

A Black Forest novelty lever-action nutcracker, carved as gentleman wearing spectacles, 23cm long, c.1900

A Black Forest type carving, of a monkey, seated, with arms out before him, 33cm high, c.1900

A Black Forest type novelty inkwell, as an owl, hinged cover, glass eyes, triform base with pen recesses, 14cm wide

A boxwood and ebony St George pattern chess set, the Kings 8.5cm high

A boxwood and ebony Staunton pattern chess set, the King's 8cm high

A bronze model desk canon, scratch-built iron carriage, 13cm long overall

A bronze three-blade maritime propeller, 36cm wide; another, smaller, (2)

A bronze three-blade maritime propeller, 43cm wide; another, larger, (2)

A carved hardwood bowl, set at an angle on square base, 30cm diameter

A Ceylonese ebony desk and pocket watch stand, carved and applied with Indian elephants, 26.5cm wide, early 20th century

A chatelaine of Napoleonic prisoner of war bone religious pendants, carved as an eagle, a cross, urns and a key, some inscribed, the largest, 3cm ...

A collection of 18th century brass travelling goblets or Communion chalices, each bell shaped bowl unscrewing and inverting for the pocket, the ta...

A collection of 19th century and later glass marbles, mainly coloured, including swirls and helixes, others, various designs and sizes, (qty)

A collection of Medieval seal red wax impressions and matrix casts, including Charles le Téméraire, Duc de Bourgogne; Jeanne de France; others, in...

A collection of Medieval seal red wax impressions and matrix casts, including Comte de Flandre; great seal of Charles V, King of France; others, v...

A collection of Victorian photographic Magic Lantern slides, Ye Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire, each slide titled and/or annotated in ink MS with Name...

A composition library bust, of Perseus, after a Baroque model, 54cm high

A Continental boxwood Corpus Christi, 18cm long,18th/19th century, later cross, 40.5cm long overall

A large maritime model, of a 16th century galleon, 153cm long, early 20th century

A Dunhill 70 gold-plated cigarette lighter, bark textured overall, 6cm long, boxed; another, similar, (2)

A French Belle Epoque malachite mounted onyx perpetual desk calendar, applied with gilt brass Gothic cut-card work, rectangular base, 13.5cm high,...

A French champleve enamel pocket watch stand, decorated in polychrome with flowers, scrolls and strapwork, dished base with handles to sides, 13.5...

A George III lead cylindrical tobacco jar, domed cover with head finial, enclosing a doubter, the sides cast with the arms of the City of Leeds, 1...

A George III reverse glass engraving, of David Playing the Harp before Saul, after Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715 - 1790), 24cm x 35.5cm, gilt beade...

A George III rosewood rectangular work box, hinged cover with transfer printed roundel depicting gentlemen in a tavern, outlined throughout with b...

A George III silver shape brass pedestal urnular mustard, hinged cover, domed circular foot, 12cm high, c.1800; a 19th century turned oak treen fo...

A George IV Rococo Revival gilt-metal mounted japanned desk stand, leafy branch candle sconces, the base decorated in the chinoiserie taste, acant...

A George IV rosewood rectangular correspondence box, hinged cover with two letter apertures, inset mother of pearl cartouches inscribed Answered a...

A George VI bronze ship's bell, crowned GR VI cypher, 28cm high, 1936 - 1952; another, similar, crowned ER cypher, 29cm high, wrought iron bracket...

A George/William IV mahogany rounded rectangular tea caddy, hinged cover enclosing bowl aperture and a pair of canisters, mother of pearl escutche...

A George III twenty-stick paper fan, Tricks on Cards, printed in monochrome with reserves of script, the guards 25cm long, dated 1794 Condition...

A German dark patinated metal novelty inkstand, cast as a vintner, he stands beside a cask inscribed Rheinwein Probe, hinged covers enclosing a we...

A gilt-bronze and rosewood pocket watch stand, as an eagle perched upon a column, octagonal base, 17.5cm high

A Grand Tour plaster cast, of a frieze, after the Antique, 11cm x 22.5cm, framed

A grey-veined marble scholar's contemplation sphere, 14cm diam, turned stand

A Kashmiri rectangular penwork box, densley decorated overall with flowers, 34cm wide, c.1900

A large 19th century Continental pottery chinoiserie toby jug, as a rotund Mandarin, seated, wearing a brightly decorated robe, his twisted hair a...

A large 19th century scratchbuilt pond yacht, as a three-masted clipper, 116cm long

A large carving, of an eagle in the Meiji taste, polychrome decorated, perched on a rocky outcrop, 53cm high

A large connoisseur's lens or gallery glass, turned ebonised handle, 37.5cm long

A large early to mid-20th century cold painted spelter novelty table lighter, as a black Scottish Terrier, his head hinged as the cover, 23cm long

A large hobnail-cut inkwell, hinged fluted domed cover, 12cm high

A large Indian brass charger, of heavy gauge, profusely chased with deities and figures. 57cm diam, c.1900; others, smaller, conforming (3)

A large Indian gilt brass lotus shaped incense burner, chased overall in the Islamic taste with stylised flowers on meandering stems, 42cm diam, 1...

A large Victorian mahogany bagatelle, hinged cover enclosing a playing surface, 137cm x 71cm (folded), c. 1860; cues and accessories en suite

A late 17th century stump work canopy pelment, embroidered in coloured silks with tulips, scrolls and strapwork swags, 184cm wide, 49cm deep, c. 1...