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

An early 20th century oak panelled milk churn and cover, two-handled, 48cm high overall

An early 20th century oak plaque, carved with a sword and crown within laurel borders, motto EXEMPLO, 29cm high, 21cm wide, c. 1920

An early 20th century parquetry and ebonised games box, hinged cover inlaid with a chess board, the interior laid out for backgammon, 31cm wide; a...

An early 20th century parquetry chess board, 46cm wide

An early 20th century pressed metal novelty horseshoe shaped easel photograph frame, crested by the head of an owl, 9.5cm high

An early 20th century Scottish walnut finial, carved as a lion sejant erect leaning on the Royal Banner of Scotland, re-entrant square base, 39cm ...

An early 20th century serpentine novelty desk compass, as a whiskey barrel, 4.5cm high

An early 20th century softwood folk art carving, of a native figure in traditional tribal dress, 36cm high

An early 20th century Tibetan brass and copper incense burner, pagoda cover with dove and dog finials, the sides applied with Buddhist masks and m...

An early 20th century tin sports or armorial plaque, bearing a coat of arms and inscribed with the motto ‘ducia et vi’, 12cm; others similar, incl...

An early 20th century tortoiseshell parasol handle, 32cm long

An early Victorian handwriting exercise, by T Kempling, Scarborough 1843, The Human Heart, with verse, hemispheres of the globe and passage from P...

An Edwardian brass and leather cased three draw telescope, ROSS LONDON, dated 1908, extending to 83cm long

An Edwardian mahogany and marquetry correspondence rack, the ends inlaid with batwing paterae and outlined with boxwood stringing, bracket feet, 3...

An Edwardian mahogany and marquetry inlaid table top revolving bookcase, the square top with monogram inlay, 31cm high, 30cm wide overall, c. 1905

An Ethiopian brass Coptic cross, typically pierced, 33.5cm long, early 20th century

An Indian alabaster and pietra dura octagonal table top, inlaid in malachite, mother-of-pearl, and specimen stones, 33cm diameter

An Indian hardwood rectangular box, profusely carved with scrolling foliage, hinged cover, 30.5cm wide, c. 1900

An Indian marble table top, inlaid with precious stones in the form of a seated Buddha, 35cm x 35cm

An Indian silver coloured metal mounted buffalo horn posy vase, 37cm long, c.1900

An Indian softwood folding Qur'an stand, the mashrabiya sides decorated in the Islamic manner, 61cm high, 71cm wide open, early 20th century

An Indonesian Lombok wickerwork oval box and cover, surmounted with a turtle, 16cm wide; another with a crocodile, 20cm, mid-20th century (2)

An Indonesian Toraja carved wooden and bone betel nut box; a tribal hand carved oval bowl with wickerwork border; a wall hanging; a loom shed stic...

An Irish bog oak model, of a Celtic harp, 13.5cm high, 19thg/early 20th century

An Irish oak rectangular box, carved with a harp and a view of Muckross Abbey, County Kerry, hinged cover, 15cm wide, early 20th century

An Italian Brutalist style brass vase, by Caggiati, tapering neck above ovoid bowl cast with geological patterns, 28cm high overall

An Italian marquetry box or tea caddy, inlaid with scenes of traditional daily life, 13.5cm wide, Sorrento, 19th century

An Italian silver plated micro-mosaic corpus Christi, the cross inlaid with Ancient Roman buildings within quatrefoil borders, 18cm high, 10cm wide

An Italian silver plated micro-mosaic cross, inlaid with millefiori style flowerheads within quatrefoil borders, 17cm high, 10cm wide

An Italian softwood trinket box, carved throughout with stiff leaves and geometric shapes, hand-painted and velvet mounted in polychrome, 15cm hig...

An unusual 19th century bronze and coconut country house smoking room companion or table vesta, in the Wunderkammer manner, the stand cast as tree...

An unusual cold painted bronze novelty desk weight, as a glove, 19cm wide

Angling Interest - an Allcock's Gladiator three-piece cane fly fishing rod, 10' 6" long, cased; other cane and bamboo rods including Ogden Smith's...

Asprey - an Art Deco period crocodile leather desk tidy, 33cm wide

Barn Elms and the Kit-Cat Club - a 19th century silver coloured metal and copper pedestal bowl, applied with the badge of the Kit Cat Club, inscri...

Books - John Leech, Pictures of Life & Character, from the Collection of Mr Punch, Bradbury & Evans, 1865; Imperial Map of England & Wales (2)

Bowling - a pair of early 20th century Scottish lignum vitae bowls, no.1 and 2, by Thomas Taylor, Glasgow, set with silver coloured metal cartouch...

Byronmania, The Romantic Movement and the Cult of Lord Byron - a 19th century gilt metal portrait plaque, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (17...

Canine Interest - a large 19th century brass dog collar, inscribed Knowles King, Maidstone, 15.5cm diamReference: Census records show that a Knowl...

Cartography - a large mid-century slate surface teaching globe, by George Philip & Son, mounted for display, 62cm high overall

Cartography - an early 20th century 12" terrestrial globe, the Globe Terrestre, by J Forest, adjustable brass meridian ring, turned ebonised base,...

Cigars - a case of Panter cigars, imported by H & J van Schuppen, Veenendaal; seven Ignacio Haya Gold Label cigars; fifteen Bering Imperial cigars...

Classical Music - Blackheath Conservatoire of Music, London - an early 20th century silver coloured metal medal, The Carrodus Medal, Presented to ...

Colonial Folk Art - a floor standing hardwood figure, carved as a cricketer, the batsman stands before the stumps, his cricket bat raised to his s...

Continental School (19th century), a brown patinated bronze oval plaquette, Apollo with the Muses on Mount Parnassus, 18.5cm wide

Continental School, a comical brown patinated cabinet bronze, of a mouse, reclining upon a leaf, with an apple, 11cm wide; another (2)

Continental School, a dark patinated bronze, of a recumbent lion, rectangular marble base, 16cm wide

Continental School, a gilt metal equestrian sculpture, of a battlefield horse with triumphal regalia, rose marble base, 18.5cm wide

Copoclephily - a collection of Victorian keys, the largest 12cm long

Country Pursuits - a pair of early 20th century boot pulls, ivorine handles; another pair similar; a pair of willow boot supports; a pair of Ross,...

Cricket - Leslie 'Spy' Ward (1851-1922) after, Kent, published in Vanity Fair July 16 1881, 37cm x 25cm; others similar (6)

Curiosities - a 19th century Scottish desk weight or wunderkammer novelty, a transverse section of timber, applied with a plaque stamped 'Blown Do...

Curiosities - a large desk top prism, 14cm diam

Engineering History - an alabaster mechanical model, of a pumping engine, glass case, ebonised plinth base, 32cm high, 29cm wide

English Literature and Drama - a 19th century oak roundel, carved with a portrait of playwright and poet Ben Johnson (1572 - 1637), 19cm diam

English Literature and Drama - an early 20th century bronze desk weight, cast as a portrait bust of William Shakespeare, rectangular base, 9.5cm h...

English Naïve School (19th century)Herding Cattle, in a Landscape of Billowing Chimneys and Architectural Featuresprimitive folk art oil on panel,...

English School, an early 20th century reverse glass painting, of an eye, 33.5cm wide overall, ebonised frame

Fashion - a late 19th century French engraving, Bulletin Officiel de la Mode, Supplement No.175 Atout, 53cm x 88.5cm