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

A late 19th century continental gilt brass holy water stoup, mounted beneath a pierced gilt brass crucifix, inset with oval porcelain plaque, pain...

A late 19th century French postcard album, containing topographical and street scenes, famous landmarks, etc., including Italy, London, Paris, etc...

A late 19th century French postcard album, containing topographical and street scenes, famous landmarks, etc., including Switzerland, Germany, Ita...

A late 19th century rosewood folding travelling chess board, 23cm wide, c.1900

A late Victorian oak table top dinner gong, the silver plated bell within an architectural portico, rectangilar base, 31.5cm high, c.1900

A late Victorian/Edwardian mahogany artist's paint box, by Reeves & Sons, London, hinged cover, 18.5cm wide, c.1900

A Louis XV Revival gilt metal and kingwood shaped oval drinks tray, quarter-veneered field, acanthus scroll cast handles, 37.5cm wide, c.1890

A Louis XVI style serpentine and ormolu mounted writing desk garniture, comprising seven pieces, the combination inkwell and pen tray 34cm wide (7)

A malachite effect desk obelisk, square pedestal base, 53cm high overall

A Meerschaum smoking pipe, carved as the head of a sultan, tortoiseshell mouth piece, 9cm high, 14.5cm long

A mid-20th century needlework picture, of a Native American chief, framed, 41.5cm x 31cm

A mid-century brass model, of a steam road roller, offside rear wheel commanded by cogs and piston, the front wheels turning on a coil and chain a...

A mid-century French ceramic lamp, the tapering column encrusted with flowerheads, pedestal base, 30.5cm high overall

A mid-century French votive, depicting Saint Anne, 24cm x 20cm, cased; another, a bronze corpus Christi (2)

A mid-century Italian emerald glass and silver plated cocktail shaker, 23cm high overall

A mid-century multi-part construction American flag, 49 stars, USA inscription to seam, 143cm high, 218cm wide

A mid-century silver plated cigarette dispenser, by NV Metawa, 16cm high overall

A mid-century softwood decoy duck, carved as a mallard, hollow body, glass eyes, 39cm long

A mid-century softwood decoy duck, carved as a tufted duck (aythya fuligula), E carved to base, tack eyes, lead weighted, 35cm long

A mid-century softwood decoy duck, carved as a tufted duck (aythya fuligula), E carved to base, tack eyes, lead weighted, 36cm long

A mid-century softwood milliner's hat making block, domed-tip crown, 12cm high, the base 21cm diameter

A Middle Eastern brass kashkul [kashkoul] alms or begging bowl, chased in the Persian taste with Arabic calligraphy, Islamic motifs and figurative...

A Middle Eastern silver and copper damascened brass flagon, decorated in the Islamic taste, 8cm high; a Kahmiri silvered copper vase, 9cm high; an...

A Middle Eastern silver coloured metal jambiya knife, applied with rosettes and filigree, cased, 29cm x 21cm, Oman

A millefiori paperweight, typically worked with coloured canes, 7cm diameter; another similar (2)

A Minoan style stucco fresco model, decorated with the Akrotiri Boxers, in the Grand Tour manner, after the ancient, 30cm x 21cm

A museum type antiquarian's facsimile, of a Medieval church floor brass, 52.5cm x 32cm overall

A museum type plaster cast, Eros, after the Ancient Greek, plinth base, 30cm high overall, stamp to base

A museum type plaster cast, of a foot wearing a sandal, after the Ancient Greek example collected by the 6th Duke of Devonshire and in the collect...

A museum type plaster cast, of a foot wearing a sandal, after the Ancient Greek example collected by the 6th Duke of Devonshire and in the collect...

A near pair of Thai ceramic opium pipes, cast as recumbent elephants, hand painted in tones of blue and white, 8.5cm high, 14cm long, 20th century...

A New Zealand paua shell and specimen timber rectangular box, by Ataahua, hinged cover, 13cm wide; another the hinged cover applied with a bird; a...

A novelty bronze desk weight as a phallus, loop grip, 16cm long, 341g

A painted softwood avian decoy, ebonised display stand, 36.5cm high

A pair of 19th century Austrian cold-painted metal figurines, cast as Moorish men holding staffs, painted in polychrome, 24cm high, c. 1880 (2)

A pair of 19th century brass silhouette mantel models, of stags, arched bases, 21cm high, possibly Welsh, c.1880

A pair of 19th century cast iron Egyptian Revival book ends, each cast as the head of a sphinx, in the Grand Tour taste, 17cm high, c.1880

A pair of 19th century French gilt bronze candlesticks, by Henri Picard (1840-1890), chased throughout with acanthus and fleur-de-lis, scalloped b...

A pair of 19th century pressed opaque glass obelisks, after the Ancient Egyptian, 22cm high, c. 1880 (2)

A pair of 19th century pyrography panels, depicting lions, signed H Masser, 35cm x 51cm

A pair of 19th century Roman style bronze mounted desk weights, depicting Ceres (Autumn) and a Maenad (Summer), in the Grand Tour manner, veined m...

A pair of Art Deco white metal and marble figural bookends, as elephants, 11.5cm high, 16cm wide

A pair of bronze and white onyx bookends, cast as sphinxes, after the Ancient Egyptian, signatures to bases, 12.5cm high, 16cm long (2)

A pair of Chinese jadeite figures, carved as immortals, hardwood bases, 12cm and 11.5cm high

A pair of Continental cast iron fluted campana urns, in the Grand Tour manner, fluted, pedestal bases, 18cm high overall

A pair of early 20th century brass library model canons, 37cm long

A pair of early 20th century oak and brass wall mounted periodical racks, each with three brass rings, 50cm high, c.1910

A pair of early 20th century plaster cast figurines, as miners, hand-painted in polychrome, 30cm high (2)

A pair of Edwardian white metal mounted boar tusks, the mounts engraved June 1903, 12cm long (2)

A pair of French Empire gilt brass candlesticks, campana sconces, tapered fluted pillars, circular bases, acanthus borders, 25.5cm high

A pair of George I style gilt bronze candlesticks, 23.5cm high, 19th century (2)

A pair of Goldscheider polychrome terracotta cabinet busts, of a young man and girl, he wearing a bicorn hat, she a ruff, possibly in allusion to ...

A pair of Grand Tour plaster library desk busts, Apollo Belvedere and Diana the Huntress, turned ebonised bases, 22cm high

A pair of Japanese brown patinated bronze vases, cast in relief with birds and mythical beasts, 36cm high, Meiji period

A pair of Japanese wood veneer pictures, 20cm x 35cm framed

A pair of Louis XIV Revival brass lamps, in the form of candlesticks, fluted columns, the bases cast with masks depicting Jesus Christ and the Vir...

A pair of Louis XIV style patinated candlesticks, fluted and waisted columns, 23.5cm high; others, 19th century (6)

A pair of mid-century French ceramic decorative cats, in the style of Emaux de Longwy, 34cm high

A pair of Renaissance Revival cold-painted figural candlesticks, cast as ice-skaters, 38cm high overall, c. 1900 (2)

A pair of Rococo Revival gilt bronze billiard or snooker table pockets, the fall fronts cast as Maenad masks, foliate scroll borders, 18cm high, c...