The Collector's Grand Tour: Curated Objects, Interior Design, Curiosities & Works from the Library

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour Sienna marble rectangular desk weight, applied with three composition profile busts within oval reserves, 16cm w...

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour specimen marble hexagonal rule, composed of bands of fossil stone, Sienna marble, and other sample stones, 20cm ...

A 19th century Italian lava stone desk weight, carved with Diana the Huntress resting with a whippet by her side, oval waisted base, 11cm wide ove...

A 19th century lignum vitae presentation mallet or maul, engine-turned, Queen Victoria profile bust intaglio to base, 18cm high, 11cm diameter, c....

A 19th century mahogany and marquetry folk art box and cover, possibly a sailor's valentine, inlaid with an eight-pointed star, geometric motifs, ...

A 19th century mahogany corner candle box, 23.5cm high, c.1840

A 19th century mahogany Tunbridge Ware book slide, the hinged sides decorated with roses and other cultivars, 34cm wide without extension

A 19th century Maiolica flower display, as a putto holding a cornucopia, the base moulded with shells and c-scrolls, painted in polychrome, 30cm h...

A 19th century mussel shell calendar, transfer printed and hand-painted with a fisherwoman, slots for days, weeks, and months on ribbons, 15cm lon...

A 19th century North Indian or Persian bas-relief stone glaze tile, cast with a family sharing soma in a domestic setting, painted in polychrome, ...

A 19th century North Indian softwood spice box, each panel hand-painted with an aristocratic figure within gilt borders, fall-front enclosing one ...

A 19th century oak antiquarian facsimile, in the Grand Tour taste after an Ancient Egyptian box, the sides carved in relief with steles, 27.5cm wi...

A 19th century oak collector's chest, of small proportions, one long drawer above two short drawers above one long drawer, of graduated sizes, tur...

A 19th century oak novelty interior-architectural finial or newel post carving, as a comical man balancing a ball on his head, 28cm high

A 19th century Ottoman style bronze deed box or casket, the domed architectural cover topped with three Alhambra cap finials, bracket feet, 13cm h...

A 19th century Palais Royal type gilt brass novelty letter rack, as triumphal regalia, a fan of Medieval weapons, oval base, 16.5cm wide, c.1870

A 19th century papier mache rounded rectangular snuff box, the hinged cover decorated in polychrome with rural figures, 8cm wide

A 19th century papier mache waisted rectangular snuff box, hinged cover inlaid with abalone shell strapwork, 11cm wide, c.1880

A 19th century parcel gilt and brown patinated bronze desk weight, cast as clasped hands, oval verde antico marble base, 10.5cm wide, c.1870

A 19th century parian ware library bust, Hermes, after the Antique, waisted socle, 30cm high

A 19th century Persian lacquer scribe's pen or quill box, hand-painted throughout with traditional hunting scenes, slide interior, 31cm long overa...

A 19th century pony skin travelling trunk, by William Jones, maker, hinged domed top with brass studded initials G.J.P., iron carrying handles, 84...

A 19th century sailor’s bugbear coconut flask, carved with a Naval anchor, flora, fauna and initials RP, 12cm long

A 19th century shell and composition picture, depicting a basket of flowers, turned ebonised frame, 18cm diam

A 19th century silver mould, cast as a lion mask affronté, 12.5cm high; others similar (3)

A 19th century silver plated maritime sea captain's hailing or speaking trumpet, inscribed Capt. B Verrilli? from AGW, 27cm long, c.1880These horn...

A 19th century silvered bronze figural taperstick, as a child seated on a cushion, rectangular black marble base, 11cm high, c.1880

A 19th century South Asian Piha Kaetta dagger, damascened steel blade terminating with a brass and horn handle, 28cm long, Sri Lanka

A 19th century Stobwasser type tin table snuff box, the hinged cover painted with a Spanish battle scene, 2.2cm high, 11.5cm wide, 7cm deep, c. 18...

A 19th century terracotta group, modelled as a pair of gentlemen, probably political caricatures, 55cm high, c.1880

A 19th century toleware cigar or tobacco box, painted with a man smoking a cheroot in a tavern, in the Pennsylvania Dutch manner, 16cm x 11.5cm, m...

A 19th century toleware collar box, hinged cover inscribed Collars, within a gilt ribbon cartouche on a green ground, indistinct maker's mark Henr...

A 19th century tooled leather travelling despatch case or writing box, Bramah lock, hinged cover enclosing a fitted interior and inkwell, 26.5cm w...

A 19th century tortoiseshell rectangular music box, 6cm barrel playing on a one-piece comb, the hinged cover inlaid with an oval mother of pearl c...

A 19th century Tunbridge ware sealing wax box, typically veneered in parquetry, 6.5cm high

A 19th century two pillar corkscrew, turned bone handle, 19.5cm long at full extension

A 20th century French carved treen sculpture of a ballerina en pointe in tutu, bobbed hair, demure pose, arms crossed, stepped circular base, 36cm...

A Batak bone calendar, scrimshaw decorated, 29.5cm long, Sumatra, Indonesia, early 20th century

A Black Forest carving, of a bear, on all fours, painted features, 26cm long, early 20th century

A Black Forest carved dog, "Found Him !", as a St Bernard with brandy barrel around his neck, a lonely hand protruding from the ground, textured r...

A Black Forest combination cigar box and desk clock, the 5cm dial set within a branch carried by a bear, hinged cover decorated to verso in beadwo...

A Black Forest novelty lever-action nut cracker, carved as the head of a monkey, 18cm long, c.1900; a Black Forest pafge turner, carved in the Ori...

A Black Forest type oak shaped rectangular panel, boldly carved with a brace of pheasants, 68.5cm high

A boxed set of five Chinese terracotta warrior figurines, the largest 16.5cm high

A boxwood and ebonised chess set, the Kings 7cm high, mahogany box

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, possibly Jaques, London, marked for King's side, the Kings 7.5cm high, mahogany box

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, the Kings 10cm high, the box printed in gilt Chess, Sutton Coldfield, 23cm wide overall

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, the Kings 8.5cm high, leatherette box

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

A bronze bust of Nefertiti, pedestal base, in the Grand Tour manner, 22cm high overall; other cabinet bronzes and museum casts, including sphinxes...

A bronzed metal figure, King Thutmosis III as a sphinx, after the Egyptian, rectangular base, 26cm long; a Regency style silver plated pitcher, by...

A Cartier gold plated cigarette lighter,serial no. 105048, 7cm long, boxed

A cast iron skull, wearing a storm trooper's helmet, 15cm high

A Chinese bamboo cylindrical box and cover, carved in relief in the Cantonese taste with panels of figures and phoenix, 16.5cm high , c.1900

A Chinese boxwood carving, of Guanyin, she stands, serene, 17cm high

A Chinese boxwood figure, carved as Shou Lao, he stands, holding a scroll, 20cm high, 19th/early 20th century

A Chinese hardstone carving, of a pig in the Archaic taste, 10cm long

A Chinese hardstone carving, of a pig in the Archaic taste, 13.5cm long

A Chinese hardstone figure, carved as an immortal, 30cm high

A Chinese hardwood and mother-of-pearl marquetry rectangular box and cover, profusely inlaid with battle scenes, insects, and fruiting vine, 33cm ...