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

A pair of Roman style verdigris bronze candlesticks, in the Grand Tour manner, everted rims above campana sconces, spreading circular bases, 13.5c...

A pair of Victorian brass lustre candlesticks, everted removable drip pans, cluster columns separating and terminating with rose heads, faceted gl...

A Persian papier mache qalamdan pen case, painted in polychrome with hunting scene, on a ground of birds and flowers, 23cm long

A pietra dura rectangular chess board, 38.5cm wide

A pietra dura rectangular desk weight, inlaid in malachite, lapis lazuli, Sienna marble and other specimen stones, 12.5cm wide

A plaster-cast model of a Roman emperor, Lucius Verus (A.D. 130-169), in the Grand Tour manner, after the antique, 34cm long

A portoro marble obelisk, in the Grand Tour manner, 20.5cm high overall; another, onyx, smaller (2)

A prisoner of war parquetry rectangular sarcophagus work box, veneered throughout with specimen timbers, hinged cover enclosing a fitted interior,...

A red onyx obelisk, in the Grand Tour taste, 31cm high

A Regency brass desk weight, cast as a recumbent stag, 9.5cm wide, c.1820

A Regency brass desk weight, cast as a seahorse, the shaped base with acanthus border, 10.5cm wide, c.1820

A Regency Egyptian Revival copper samovar, domed rounded rectangular cover, lion mask handles to sides, herm pilasters, 43cm high, c. 1815

A Regency feather picture, depicting a game bird and chicks, 17cm x 22.5cm, c.1820, rosewood frame

A Regency style brass bullseye looking glass, convex mirror plate; others similar (3)

A Roman style mosaic medallion, in the Grand Tour manner, depicting the bust of a young man, ebonised frame, 52cm high overall

A Roman style terracotta carafe on stand, in the Grand Tour manner, decorated in enamels with Roman matronas, after the antique, 24.5cm high overa...

A Russian lacquer rounded rectangular snuff box, the hinged cover decorated with hunters, 10cm wide; another (2)

A scratch-built model, of a 19th century mail coach, hinged doors, inscribed Chester, London, Holyhead, and Coventry, 35.5cm long

A set of early 19th century French Napoleonic War prisoner-of-war carved bone dominoes, in a carved bone box with sliding cover, decorated throug...

A set of four German porcelain Schafer & Vater type novelty ashtrays, humorously modelled as male singers, decorated in polychrome, 13.5cm high; o...

A set of George III steel and brass gold balance scales, the beam 10.5cm long, shagreen case, c.1780

A set of nine steel weights, 2g-100g, with tweezers en suite, cased; others similar, mostly complete (9)

A set of six Japanese clay stick puppets, the tallest 16.5cm long

A silver plated novelty Christmas cocktail shaker, as a snowman, 27cm high overall

A South East Asian carved sandstone/granite deity, Vishnu, traces of paint, 15cm, early 19th century, Thai or Burmese; another, later, unusually c...

A Southeast Asian softwood saùng-gauk or arched harp on stand, boat shaped resonator, painted in vinacious and gilt, 90cm high overall, Burma

A Stanley, London gilt metal figural desk compass, as Atlas, he stands with compass supported on his shoulders, on a circular plinth, ebonised bas...

A Swiss Black Forest carving, of the Lion of Lucerne, carved after Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 - 1844), 24cm wide, early 19th century

A terracotta cabinet bust, head of a man, mounted for display, 8cm high overall

A Tibetan mechag flint pouch, steel mounted and set with a turquoise cabochon, 12.5cm wide

A Victorian Alum Bay sand bell, glass case, the interior reading FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT, 9cm high, label to base; another similar (2)

A Victorian Ashford marble rectangular plaque, inlaid in specimen stones with White Jasmine, 14.5cm x 9.5cm, framed, c.1860

A Victorian brass jeweller's magnifying glass on telescopic stand, stone-glaze base, 56cm high overall at full extension

A Victorian brass looking glass, elaborately cast with Venus mask and dragon pierced cresting, floral and beaded borders, bevelled mirror plate, 4...

A Victorian glass display dome and stand, 16cm high overall; other glass display domes, the largest 25.5cm diameter; a large mahogany oval display...

A Victorian Isle of Wight sand bell, glass case, the interior depicting Alum Bay, 9cm high, label to base; another similar (2)

A Victorian mahogany artist's paint box, by Charles Roberson & Co, London, hinged cover enclosing a fitted interior, 21.5cm wide, c.1890

A Victorian novelty biscuit tin, by Huntley & Palmers, as a row of eight leather-bound hardback books including Robert Burns, Robinson Crusoe, Wil...

A Victorian rosewood rectangular brass inlaid writing box, the hinged cover enclosing fitted interior, tooled red leather writing slope, brass swi...

A Victorian silver plated oval squeeze-action snuff box, hinged cover with vacant garter cartouche, 12cm long, c.1880

A Victorian vernacular fruitwood table top desk box, hinged sloping cover inlaid with interlaced C monogram, enclosing a pair of small drawers, 39...

A Victorian walnut and ebonised ink stand, applied in the Gothic Revival taste with brass cut-card work, bun feet, 30cm wide, c.1870

A Victorian walnut rectangular dressing box, hinged cover and folding top enclosing a mirror, an arrangement of bottles, and a jewellery compartme...

A white metal tampion plaque, of Elizabeth I, commissioned for the H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth WWI dreadnought battleship, 29cm high

A Wild Feathers Bird Art finely carved wooden model or decoy group, of a pair of Willow Ptarmigan, by Geoff & Joanie Skeete, signed, dated 1999, p...

A Wild Feathers Bird Art finely carved wooden model or decoy, of a Grey Kingbird, by Geoff & Joanie Skeete, painted in polychrome, naturalisticall...

A Wild Feathers Bird Art finely carved wooden model or decoy, of a Snipe, by Geoff & Joanie Skeete, painted in polychrome, naturalistically mounte...

A Wild Feathers Bird Art finely carved wooden model or decoy, of a Spotted Sandpiper, by Geoff & Joanie Skeete, signed, painted in polychrome, nat...

A Wild Feathers Bird Art finely carved wooden model or decoy, of a Wood Dove, by Geoff & Joanie Skeete, painted in polychrome, naturalistically mo...

A WWI clasp or jack knife, Thomas Turner & Co. Sheffield, engraved M&D CANADA 1914, 14cm long to top of hook; an early 20th century bowie knife, b...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a 20th century composite plastic anatomical model, of a human knee joint with ligaments and cartilage, Denoyer-G...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of a breast, Educational & Scientific Plastics Ltd., mounted f...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of a set of lungs, removable parts, Somso Modelle, mounted for...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of a vertebrae, suspending from a hook, 81cm long overall

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of alveoli, Educational & Scientific Plastics Ltd., mounted fo...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of hair follicles, West Germany, mounted for display, 26cm x 3...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of the sagittal male pelvis, Educational & Scientific Plastics...

Adam Rouilly (Medical Interest) - a mid-century composite plastic anatomical model, of the Sagittal Male Pelvis, Educational & Scientific Plastics...