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

The Macabre - an Indonesian mother of pearl (pyganodon grandis) shell, pierced and carved with a skeleton and skulls, 26.5cm long, Bali

The Napoleonic Wars and the Cult of Napoleon Bonaparte - a 19th century alabaster portrait roundel, the Emperor depicted bust length, facing to de...

The Napoleonic Wars and the Cult of Napoleon Bonaparte - a 19th century cast arboretum plaque, Willow From St Helena, Tomb of Napoleon, 12.5cm wid...

Three glass miniature vessels, of Roman type, the largest 6cm high, cased

Travel and Colonial Folk Art - a 19th century coconut, carved and polychrome painted with portraits of a lady and gentleman, 10.5cm long

Travel and Curiosities - a Glenorchy possum skin map, printed after an early map of New Zealand, 57cm x 38cm, framed, 68cm x 51cm overall

Travel and the South Seas - a scrimshaw pearl nautilus shell, probably a sailor's valentine, carved with stylised flowers and leaves, 19.5cm high

Treen - a 19th century Dutch oval carriage foot warmer, 26cm wide

Treen - a 19th century oak cutlery tray, serpentine division with pierced handle, 31.5cm wide, c.1840

Treen - a 19th century turned boxwood and ebony novelty beehive string box, 7.5cm high; another (2)

Treen - a collection of 19th century and later snuff boxes and covers, carved as shoes, the largest 12cm long (11)

Treen - a George III mahogany razor case and strop, pivoting cover, half-fluted disc handle, 27cm long, early 19th century

Treen - a Victorian mahogany pocket watch stand, arched superstructure, draught-turned base, 17cm high, c.1880

Treen & Folk Art - an Indian softwood carving, of an elephant, lotus leaf saddle, 22cm high, c. 1900

Treen and English Folklore - an Arts and Crafts period oak breadboard, carved as King Arthur's Round Table, after the example in the Great Hall at...

Treen, Geology and Interior Decoration - a large turned solitaire board, with an arrangement of polished geological specimens, various sample marb...

Tribal Art - a Canadian Boma totem pole model, decorated with grotesque masks in the indigenous manner, 17cm high overall

Tribal Art - a Southeast Asian composite devotional object, cast as a woman worshipping a phallus, 30.5cm high overall, probably Thai

Tribal Art - an Ashanti mask, 19.5cm diam, Ghana; another, Baule, Ivory Coast; others; etc (5)

World War I - Curiosities - a memento desk weight, the silver coloured metal mount inscribed 'Time Fuse of 18lb German Shrapnel Shell Found in Ypr...

World War II and the Third Reich - Contemporary School, a brown patinated bronze bust, Adolf Hitler, marble base, 20cm high

17th century Dutch latten spoon, spear head finial, rat tail bowl, 16cm long overall

A 16th century style bronze commemorative pestle and mortar, cast with LEEFTE VERWINT A DINCE ANNO 1590 [LIFE CONQUERS DEATH], possibly alluding t...

A 17th century Dutch latten spoon, reverse dog-nose terminal, 15cm long

A 17th century Dutch latten spoon, slip top terminal, 15.5cm long overall

A 17th century Dutch latten spoon, spear head terminal, 14.5cm long

A 17th century Dutch latten Trefid pattern spoon, rat tail bowl, 15.5cm long overall

A 17th century Dutch pewter spoon, diamond cut stem terminating in a spear point finial, rat tail bowl, 16.5cm long overall

A 17th century Dutch pewter Trefid pattern spoon, rat tail bowl, 18cm long overall

A 19th century American C-frame sewing machine, by Willcox & Gibbs, New York, serial no. 194510, the platform 33cm wide, fitted mahogany deluxe ca...

A 19th century architectural composition portrait bust, of a gentleman, turned marble socle, 41cm high

A 19th century beech moulding plane, by J. Gleave & Sons Oldham St. Manchester, 23.5cm long; others similar (6)

A 19th century beech moulding plane, by J. Minion, 23.5cm long; others similar (7)

A 19th century Belgian brass trinket box, the hinged cover cast in relief with cupid at play with a putto within a laurel border, scrolling acanth...

A 19th century Bohemian silver coloured metal over-layed easel picture frame, elaborately decorated with fleur-de-lis among vine, oval aperture, e...

A 19th century brass barrel shaped combination padlock, 4.5cm long

A 19th century brass bound simulated mulberry rectangular writing box, hinged cover enclosing a fitted interior, flush campaign type handles to si...

A 19th century brass country house door stop or porter, posted loop handle, the bell shaped base lead-weighted, 37.5cm high

A 19th century bronze business or insurance plaque, of maritime interest, cast with a ship beneath a rusticated arch, 27cm x 21cm

A 19th century bronze country house door stop, cast with birds and fruiting vine, lead-weighted base, 30cm high , c.1880

A 19th century bronze novelty inkwell, cast as a pixie seated on a tree stump, within a band of mushrooms, 12cm high, c.1890

A 19th century carved meerschaum pipe, the bowl as an elephant mask with trunk extending in to the stem, bone tusks, amber mouth piece, velvet lin...

A 19th century carving, of the Lion of Lucerne, 14cm wide

A 19th century cast iron book press, heightened in gilt, 40cm long

A 19th century cast iron novelty money box, as a Gothic tower, the rectangular base cast Bank, 18cm high, c.1890

A 19th century continental carved cherrywood pipe, the bowl supported by a pair of carved horses in high relief, with female attendant, decorated ...

A 19th century Continental gilt bronze bell, cast with a frieze of cherubs at play, 18.5cm high

A 19th century Continental pewter mounted corpus Christi, ebonised cross, the mounts cast with primitive motifs, stepped rectangular base, 26cm hi...

A 19th century damascened brass Persian scribe's qalamdan or travelling case, comprising inkwell and quill box, profusely decorated throughout in ...

A 19th century dark patinated bronze Grand Tour library model, of the Vendome Column, Paris, black marble base, 36cm high, c.1860

A 19th century Derbyshire Ashford marble rectangular desk weight, inlaid in specimen stones with lilies, 14cm wide, c.1860

A 19th century electrotype panel, cast in high relief with Christ attended by Mary Magdalene and the Twelve Disciples at the Last Supper, 22cm x 1...

A 19th century French electrotype oval cigar box or humidor, each of the five panels cast in high relief with scenes of "Enrolement", courtly musi...

A 19th century French Palais Royal type gilt metal mounted mother of pearl watch chain monocilar, 1.5cm long, c.1870; a 19th century silver colour...

A 19th century French plaster cast bust, of a young boy facing to sinister, indistinctly signed, dated 1846, socle base, 49cm high overall

A 19th century French rat de cave candlestick, wrought iron column, hardwood base, 18cm high overall

A 19th century German Jagdschloss or hunting lodge type stag antler powder flask, brass mounted neck, the sides engraved with a wild boar and scro...

A 19th century German mahogany easel picture frame, of small proportions, shouldered corners, moulded edges, the aperture 9cm x 5.5cm

A 19th century German meerschaum pipe, the bowl carved as the head of a Moorish lady, 14.5cm long,c.1890, cased

A 19th century German silver mounted meerschaum pipe, the fluted bowl carved with stiff leaves and scrolls, hinged cover, 33cm long, c.1850