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Click here to subscribeA group of three matched 18th Century Delft blue and white tiles depicting various land and seascape scenes, Three English blue and white delftware tiles depicting a fishing scene, flowers and two archers, Dutch 18th Century Delft blue and white tile depicting a biblical scene and a Dutch 17th Century Delft tile decorated in blue and white with a cavalier.
A jewelled and enamelled gold compact, maker's mark SAM, an artist's palette between, in a horizontal lozenge, France, London import marks for 1927 rectangular, the exterior enamelled in black, the clasp formed as the Shou longevity symbol, opening to reveal an inner lid enamelled with a stylised Oriental seascape in green and black, length 4.5cm, 1 3/4 in; and four hardstone or glass cigarette cases, two with jewelled mounts and two with silver mounts, London import marks for 1929 (4)
A SCRIMSHAW DECORATED TOOTH having oval framed seascape 'The Astrolabe Ice Bound 1838', also with a figure 'The Right Whale' and head and shoulders portrait 'Captain Dumont d'Urville', 14.5cm long.* Dumont D'Urville was the expeditionary leader aboard the Atrolabe, re-named in honour of the original Astrolabe, which disappeared on an expedition in 1788. In 1826, d'Urville set out to find traces of the original voyage in the South Seas. His accounts of this voyage are well documented in his 23 volumes.
An early 20th century Chinese cloisonne kettle, in the archaic style, with two brass handles of square form, above brass finial, the neck of the body and base and tip of spout with moulded foliate brass decoration, the cover and body with allover seascape decoration on an dark turquoise ground, 31.5cm high