GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, STAMPS AND GRAND TOUR OF AUCTION CURIOSITIES

Grand Tour School (19th century), a dark patinated cabinet bronze, Spinario, 10.5cm high

Neapolitan Grand Tour School, a verdigris patinated bronze, Winged Putto with Dolphin, circular base, 26.5cm high

Continental School (19th century), a dark patinated spelter bust, of a young beauty, square marble base, 26.5cm high

Continental School (19th century), a parcel-gilt and dark patinated bronze, of an Imperial Soldier, he stands, on guard, sample marble plinth, 28....

Continental School (19th century), a stone composition animalier model, of a dog, oval base, 15.5cm wide

A 19th century Renaissance Revival patinated bronze tripod inkwell, the finial cast with a scantily clad putto riding a dolphin, the well boldly c...

A Grand Tour parcel-gilt and dark patinated bronze vase, of cast after a Roman marble similar to the Warwick vase, entwined branch handles, 22cm w...

Grand Tour School (19th century), a dark patinated cabinet bronze, The Dying Gaul, after the Antique, oval base, 7cm wide; another, Dancing Faun, ...

Grand Tour School (late 19th century), a brown patinated bronze, The Rape of Proserpina, substantial rectangular base, 63.5cm high

Italian Grand Tour School (19th century), a serpentine carving, Il Porcellino, after Pietro Tacca and a Hellenistic original, canted base, 25cm wi...

Asian School, a verdigris patinated bronze, of a monkey, 12cm high

Professor Gregory Maloba (Ugandan Contemporary Sculptor, 1922 - 2004), a sculpted terracotta bust, of an emaciated African elder, sunken cheeks an...

A 19th century French brown patinated bronze mantel urn and cover, boldly cast in high relief with a Bacchic frieze of revelling putti, twin-handl...

A 16th century terracotta tripod ovoid pipkin, possibly Dutch, the grooved lip with a small spout, 21.5cm high; a 17th century two-handled green-g...

A 12" terrestrial globe, for Columbus Erdglobus by Paul Oestergaard, Berlin, turned ebonised base, 61cm high, early 20th century Condition Report:...

A Tudor oak figural pilaster, carved as a half-herm, a grotesque mask beneath him, 50cm long, mounted for museum display, the carving 16th century

A 17th century Baroque oak pew end, scroll cresting above a niche crested by a shell, 148cm high, c. 1680

A 17th century fragmentary salt-glazed stoneware Bellarmine armorial jug, neck and shoulder with typical bearded mask, the waist moulded in shallo...

A 19th century Adams & Bromley Jasperware oval portrait plaque, probably John Wesley, impressed mark, 8cm x 6.5cm, framed Condition Report: Genera...

A 19th century agate and gilt metal vesta or toothpick case, hinged cover, engine turned sides, 6.5cm wide, c.1870; a 19th century tiger's eye aga...

A 19th century alabaster novelty, carved and painted as an apple, 7cm diam

A 19th century alabaster souvenir stanhope peep egg, Thames Tunnel, London 1843, 9cm high

An Eider Duck Decoy on a stand, carved and painted wood, 22cm tall, 20th century.

A 19th century American cast iron novelty patent mechanical money box, The Tammany Bank, cast as William Magear Tweed (1823 - 1878), seated, 15cm ...

A 19th century Belge noir portico, centred by a figure enclosed by five reeded pillars, 23cm high, c.1880

A 19th century boxwood clarinet, Bilton, London, 59.5cm long, c.1850; another, similar, stamped Gisborne; another, rosewood, by Scotcher & Son, Bi...

A 19th century brass blood-letting fleam, three steel blades, 9cm long (folded); another, horn grip (2)

A French Empire brass bouillotte chamberstick, of typical form, adjusting pylon surmounted by a urnular finial, saucer-shaped drip pan, anthemion-...

A 19th century brass doorstop, as a lion paw, posted loop handle, lead weighted base, 36cm high

A 19th century brass novelty taper holder, as a bearded gnome carrying an oversized barrel, dished circular base, 22cm high, c.1880

A 19th century bronze censer, as a toad, set with cabochons, 12cm high Condition Report: Generally good for age, stones partly reattached, see ima...

A 19th century bronze mounted drinking horn stand, the cattle horn vessel resting within a ring supported by a wyvern and crested by a putto, rect...

A 19th century bronze novelty desk weight, cast as a recumbent dog, rectangular base, 6.5cm wide; a 19th century cabinet bronze, cast as a gentlem...

A 19th century bronze novelty inkwell, as a tortoise, hinged cover, rectangular base, 14cm wide, c.1870 Condition Report: Pitted and worn, general...

A 19th century Chinese coin sword, of typical form, 50cm long; a Chinese silk hanging, worked in gold thread with a ferocious dragon, c.1900 Condi...

An Early Chinese Ash Glazed Vase. Condition Report: 34cm high, 21cm wide at shoulder ...[more]

A 19th century Chinese hardwood table-top stand, of small proportions, dished circular top, pierced and carved frieze, incurved pentagonal base, c...

A 19th century cold painted cast iron inkwell, as a portly gentleman carving a roast chicken, hinged cover, 17cm wide

A 19th century Colonial hardwood gentleman's walking cane, chip carved with geometric motifs, the pommel set with a Guilelmus II Imperator silver ...

A 19th century commemorative roundel, pressed with a portrait and inscribed Opened by the Right Honourable W E Gladstone MP 27th November 1881, mo...

A 19th century Continental painted terracotta canine model, of a recumbent greyhound, rectangular base, impressed mark S&G, 17cm wide ...[more]

A 19th century Continental porcelain model of a pug, modelled seated, decorated in tones of underglaze blue, 9cm high

A 19th century dark patinated bronze portrait roundel, Napoleon Bonaparte, bust lrength in relief, facing to dexter, 17.5cm diam

A 19th century desk weight, formed from a salvaged section of telegraph cable, inscribed Commercial Cable Company, Siemens Bros & Co, London, 12.5...

A 19th century Dutch mahogany panel, depicting a rural scene, 12.5cm x 15.5cm

A 19th century Eastern Orthodox icon, depicting the Archangel Michael as Arkhistrategos, riding a winged red horse, 45cm x 36cm

A 19th century electro-type bas relief panel, probably by Elkington & Co, Satyr, Goat and Infant Bacchanals, cast after a 17th century model, 13cm...

A 19th century elm candle bow, pierced axehead cresting, sliding cover, 44cm high

A 19th century enamel monocular, decorated in polychrome with colourful summer flowers on a bleu royale ground, 8.5cm long Condition Report: margi...

A 19th century engine turned coromandel circular box and cover, the sides with portrait roundels of Johann Gasparus Lavater, Dante Alighieri and J...

A 19th century French bronzed gun metal mantel model, of an Egyptian sphinx, traces of verdigris patination, 14cm high, 22cm long

A 19th century French coromandel pocket watch box, hinged cover with inlaid cartouche and outlined with brass stringing, enclosing a plum velvet a...

A 19th century French gilt-metal mounted specimen marble inkstand, the well cast in high relief with portrait profiles and garlands of flowers, th...

A 19th century French metre stick, stamped Borde, 100cm long

A 19th century French Revivalist gilt-patinated bronze circular dish, cast in high and low relief, centred by a portrait bust of a Phrygian states...

A 19th century gentleman's malacca horse measuring walking cane, L-shaped horn handle enclosing a scale, gilt metal ferrule, 95cm long, c.1860

A 19th century gentleman's novelty walking cane, the pommel carved as the head of a dog, 84cm long

A 19th century German porcelain novelty whistle, as a swaddled baby, 7.5cm long, c.1870

A 19th century gilt brass novelty thermometer, as a fan, 26cm over loop, c.1870

A 19th century gilt bronze desk model, of a Classical soldier, he stands, with sword raised, a portrait shield at his side, rectangular belge noir...