Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities, including a large private collection of Tribal Art and Ethnographica - ONLINE ONLY

India - a rare early 19th century porcelain circular warming plate, the white centre bat-printed in tones of black with the coat of arms of the Ea...

A 19th century Indo-Persian lacquer and penwork rounded rectangular snuff box, decorated in the typical Kashmiri manner with figures on horseback,...

A 19th century black pressed glass model, by John Derbyshire, of the Theban Sphinx, after the Grand Tour model, ovolo border, acanthus border, 25c...

Chinese/Tibetan School (19th century), a gilt bronze Buddha, seated in meditation, lotus base, 25cm high

A 19th century brass-mounted coromandel vesta box/so-to-bed, hinged cover with lit-match aperture, enclosing a striker and a lidded compartment, a...

A 19th century Burmese copper bowl, chased and engraved with animals amongst foliage, 8.5cm diam; a Middle Eastern silver damascened brass circula...

A 19th century cast iron door porter, as a lion paw, posted acanthus loop handle, 36cm high

A 19th century cattle horn mounted blood-letting fleam, by Parkin & Marshall, Sheffield, 17cm long (open), c.1880 ...[more]

A 19th century Chinese bronze gu beaker vase, cast in the Archaic manner, 14cm high, hardwood stand

A 19th century Chinese hardwood rectangular tray, carved throughout with leafy bamboo, the gazed field enclosing an 18th century silk panel worked...

A 17th/18th century lead boss, cast as a bearded mask, mounted for the connoisseur on an oak shield, 15cm x 11.5cm overall

A 19th century desk or table bell, turned ebonised handle with bone finial, 14cm long

A 19th century French bronze animalier novelty inkwell, cast as an ostrich, hinged cover, oval base, 18.5cm wide, c. 1870

A 19th century French domed rectangular box, transfer printed with a named view of Chateau De Pierre, the sides decorated with flowers on a green ...

A 19th century French novelty table vesta, cast as a gentleman engaged in pugilism with a thief, the empty grape hod serving as vesta provision, s...

A 19th century French pressed horn rectangular snuff box, hinged cover decorated after the antique with titled scene Triomphe D'Ariadne, 11cm wide...

A 19th century gilt metal corpus christi, the rosewood cross outlined with brass stringing, 28cm long; another, verdigris patinated, 24cm long (2)

A 19th century gilt metal pocket watch stand, cast with fruiting vine, flowers, acanthus and a shell, bowed base with beaded border, 20.5cm high, ...

A 19th century gilt metal roundel, embossed with Reynolds Angels, 6cm diam, ebonised frame

A 19th century Grand Tour alabaster carving, of Spinario, after the Antique, 13cm high

A 19th century Grand Tour type table oil lamp, after the Antique Roman, twin-serpent handles, tripod base with lion monopodia, 13.5cm wide

A 19th century Historicist electrotype plaque, in relief with a Renaissance hunting scene, 7cm x 10.5cm, framed

A 19th century Indian sandalwood shaped rectangular easel photograph or picture frame, pierced and profusely carved with dense scrolling foliage, ...

A 19th century Indo-Persian damascened iron rectangular buckle, 8.5cm wide; etc

A 19th century agate mounted gilt metal and enamel oval snuff box, hinged cover, the side decorated with a meandering band of flowers, 6.5cm wide

A 19th century Italian Sorrento ware marquetry novelty photograph frame, as an artist's easel, inlaid with a musical trophy, 39cm high, c. 1890

A 19th century bone 'Prisoner of War' cribbage board, wooden base, 20.5cm long; others, (3)

A 19th century japanned steel deed box, hinged cover, the front inscrbed Commander & Mrs. A. B. Coventry's Marriage Settlement, carrying handles t...

Please note the glass is chipped. A 19th century mahogany and rosewood portable gallery glass, the magnifying lens with turned screw-threaded hand...

A 19th century mahogany miniature chest of drawers, oversailing top above three long graduated drawers, turned handles, shaped apron outlined with...

A 19th century mahogany violin case, hinged cover, plated fittings, 79cm long, retailed by W E Hill & Sons, New Bond Street, London, c.1880 ...[m...

A 19th century Meerschaum-type composition alto relievo biblical roundel, in relief with the Finding of Moses, Exodus 2:6, within a deep giltwood ...

A 19th century oak carving, of Diana, after the Antique and in the Grand Tour taste, rectangular base, 41.5cm high

A 19th century oak cresting, boldly carved as an eagle, 55.5cm wide, c. 1880

A 19th century papier-mâché circular table-top snuff box, the cover humorously painted with a gentleman reading by candlelight, the flame igniting...

A 19th century parcel-gilt and brown patinated bronze saucer-shaped mantel urn, entwined vine handles, canted square noir Belge base, 25cm high, c...

A 19th century pocket pedometer, 4cm enamel dial with Roman numerals, engine turned to verso, 6.5cm over loop, c.1885

A 19th century portrait appliqué, cast as Sir Robert Peel (1788 - 1850), within a reserve of flowering cornucopia crested by a sailing ship, rosew...

A 19th century rosewood miniature chest of collectors drawers, oversailing top above two short and three long graduated cockbeaded drawers, kite s...

A 19th century rounded rectangular tortoiseshell box, hinged cover, 13cm wide

A 19th century Scottish ram's horn table snuff mull, hinged cover, 26cm wide, c. 1860

A 19th century shagreen rounded rectangular instrument case, now enclosing a thermometer, 19.5cm long; another 19th century thermometer (2)

A 19th century silver coloured metal circular box and cover, possibly Turkish, chased overall with stylised urns, flowers and cornucopia, 7.5cm di...

A 19th century style composition bust, of a classical maiden, her hair with a fruiting chaplet, 32.5cm high

A 19th century style composition bust, of a Classical maiden, socle base, 31cm high

A 19th century Swiss rosewood and marquetry rounded rectangular music box, 32.5cm cylinder playing on a three-piece comb, cranking handle, Stop/St...

A 19th century tooled morroco leather box, probably for stereoscopic viewer cards, hinged cover and fall front, swing handle, 20cm high, 20cm wide...

A 19th century tortoiseshell casket, hinged cover decorated with cut steel pinwork, 8.5cm wide, c. 1840

A 19th century wax picture, in relief with a genre scene, oval, 7cm x 9.5cm

A 9ct yellow and white gold Masonic orb pendant, of typical folding-cross form, marked to the loop, 2cm diam (closed), 12.8g

A Black Forest hand-held musical parlour amusement, as a bear dancing upon a barrel, the mechanism playing as the haft is agitated, 21cm long; a B...

A Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a lady in a headscarf, 20cm long, c.1900

A 19th century Black Forest softwood carving, of a Tyrolean hunter, octagonal base, 20cm high

A Black Forest novelty table-top lever-action nut cracker, carved as a comical gentleman wearing a spotted bow tie, canted square base, 32cm high,...

A Black Forest table top lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as a bearded man, 15cm high

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, the Kings 7.5cm high

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern weighted chess set, the Kings 9.5cm high

A brass adjustable reading lamp, lithophane shade, lotus-grasped posted loop handle, circular base, 47cm high, the shade early 20th century

A brass connossieur's hand lens, the circular magnifying glass with banded haft, 23cm long

A brass jeweller's bench anvil, integral spreading rectangular base, 8cm wide