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

A Chinese hardwood box, the cover mounted with an oval jade panel carved with chrysanthemums, 13cm wide

A Chinese jade tablet, carved in relief with Guanyin standing on a dragon, 8cm long

A Chinese lacquer rounded rectangular scholar's box, hinged cover, brass strap hinges, 19.5cm wide, 19th century

A Chinese sandalwood rectangular box, hinged domed cover, carved overall in the Cantonese taste, 22cm wide, late 19th century

A collection of 18th century and later clay pipes, including RAOB pipe, Leich & Co; greyhound head by Duméril Leurs, St Omer; Ally Sloper; Bansar ...

A collection of 19th century and later marbles, the mahogany box with sliding cover, 42.5cm wide

A collection of 19th century marbles, within a bjouterie box with glazed cover, 14cm wide

A collection of alabaster table decorations, naturalistically carved and painted as ripe fruit, the pear 9cm high

A collection of German bisque Schafer & Vater type novelty table vestas and ashtrays, each humorously modelled, including male singers, 'Big Feet'...

A collection of twenty Flemish style tapestries, worked with a bulldog among tavern miscellanies, 34cm x 30.5cm (20)

A Colonial brass canted rectangular betel or tobacco box, probably Dutch East Indies, hinged cover, engraved lock plate, 12.5cm wide, 18th century

A connoisseur's lens or magnifying glass, 20cm long

A Continental gilt metal figural pocket watch stand, cast as a scantily clad putto, onyx base, 20cm high

A Continental marquetry icon, inlaid with a saint in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, 57cm x 34cm

A Continental porcelain oval plaque, painted with the Madonna, 6cm x 5cm, gilt frame, 18.5cm x 16.5cm overall

A Cornish serpentine aneroid barometer, 23cm diam, mid-20th century

A Cornish serpentine baluster desk top sundial, 11.5cm high, c.1900

A Cornish serpentine ring stand, dished base, 9.5cm high, c.1900; a match striker or table vesta, 6cm high, c.1900 (2)

A Derbyshire fossil stone turned circular compass desk weight, 9cm diam, 19th century

A Dunhill Rollagas cigarette lighter, gold plated bark-textured case, 6.5cm long

A farmhouse style pine wall-hanging cabinet, hinged door with mirror plate enclosing two shelves, above single long drawer, painted in polychrome,...

A French Empire period surveyor's compass, brass dial, the orienting arrow engraved, Arabic chapter ring, mahogany case, 3cm high, 16.5cm wide, c....

A French Empire style desk weight, mounted with a patinated bronze eagle with wings addorsed, Siena marble socle base, 12.5cm high overall, 19th c...

A French Empire style giltwood torchère, barley-twist column, marble effect pedestal base, 94cm to top of capital, 20th century

A French Empire style scumbled plaster cast, of a gryphon, mounted for display, gilt frame, 33cm x 54cm overall, c. 1880

A French gilt metal ceiling light gallery, modelled with three dragonflies over a domed cage, foliate rim, 7.5cm high, c.1900

A French gilt metal mounted alabaster cartouche shaped inkstand, architectural hinged cover, the mounts pierced and moulded with foliate scrolls, ...

A French oak panel, carved in relief with an ordinary among scrolling and fruiting vine, 30cm high overall, mid-century

A French silver plated and gilt metal corpus Christi, mounted for display on a pedestal base coiled with the serpent, 44.5cm high overall, 20th ce...

A French spelter desk weight, cast as a horse's head, rectangular marble base, 15.5cm wide, c.1890

A French terracotta novelty pipe, by Bonnaud, Marseille, the bowl modelled as the head of a Moor, 22cm long

A George III mahogany serpentine knife box, the hinged cover inlaid with a shell patera, brass combination escutcheon and blank shield cartouche, ...

A George III silver and tortoiseshell folding pocket fruit knife, 8cm long (closed), c.1810; another, similar (2)

A George III silver coloured metal mounted tortoiseshell curved rectangular snuff box, 4.5cm wide, c.1805

A George IV rosewood and satinwood cross-banded painter's box, the hinged cover brass mounted and inscribed PRESENTED AS A LITTLE REMEMBRANCE TO R...

A German bisque porcelain novelty tobacco jar, as the head of a young Moorish girl, 14.5cm high, c.1900

A German Jagdschloss or hunting lodge style stag antler scent bottle, carved with the letter G, antler stopper, screw close cap, monogrammed GW, 1...

A German Metlach stoneware stein, decorated in polychrome with a portrait of Paul von Hindenburg (1847 - 1934), silver plated hinged cover, 22.5cm...

A German porcelain novelty tobacco jar and cover, as an English gentleman reading the Times newspaper, decorated in polychrome, 24cm high, c.1900;...

A gilt and silvered metal figural chess set, cast in the Renaissance taste, the glass board 38cm wide

A gilt bronze and serpentine novelty desk weight, cast as an exotic bird, 10cm high, the elements early 20th century

A gilt metal applique, depicting the royal coat of arms, 9cm wide, ebonised frame, 15.5cm x 17.5cm overall

A gilt metal novelty jewellery box, as a Moroccan stool, hinged cover enclosing cushion lined interior, 10.5cm high, monogrammed M.R. to base, mid...

A glass paperweight, possibly Paul Ysart, the inclusion a South African infantry cap badge, 7.5cm diameter

A graduated set of four Southeast Asian hardwood figurines, carved as elephants, the largest 20cm x 27cm, Thailand (4)

A granite obeslisk, in the Grand Tour manner, 32cm high overall; another, burr yew (2)

A J.S. Sharpe Scottie Impregnated bamboo fly fishing rod, cotton case; others Millward Hexacane De Luxe; E. Kerry of Lockton, Pickering, York; W J...

A Japanese cold painted spelter model, of a prowling tiger, 23cm wide, early 20th century

A Japanese ovoid vase, cast in relief with dogs, 23cm high, Meiji period

A Japanese print, hand embellished, signed, Ship on waves, 63cm x 25cm

A Javanese kris, silvered scabbard, 46cm

A Korean celadon water dropper or brush pot, as a bamboo section, 15cm high, painted character mark

A large 17th/18th century German salt-glazed brown stoneware bottle or jug, Rhineland, slight lustrous tone in places, inverted baluster, loop han...

A large 19th century horn carving, as a silver basting spoon, the terminal monogrammed RT, 51cm long

A large 20th century German silver plate mounted drinking horn, flared rim, central cartouche engraved VEREINS TOURENFAHREN DES S.R.B. 1927 [S.R.B...

A large amethyst healing crystal, of pyramid form, square granite base, 27cm high, 26.5cm wide

A large copper industrial thermometer, the silvered register inscribed Reeves, Made in England, 45.5cm over loop handle, early to mid-20th century

A large granite and pietra dura obelisk, inlaid with onyx, lapis lazuli, marble, and other specimen stones, stepped square base, 125cm high overall

A late 18th century brass pocket compass/sundial, screw cover, brass hour circle, paper compass roses with moving indicator, gnomon lacking, 4cm d...

A late 19th century brass Aesthetic Movement stamp box, Chinoiserie in taste, hinged rounded rectangular cover, dished interior, the sides cast wi...