Catalogue - Curiosities

CURIOSITIES

	Pair of Italian bronze door knockers $3,750.00 Pair of 19th century bronze door knockers, Italy, c1840, 36cm deep more info

	Large bronze and ivory figure $85,000.00 The Egyptian Dancer', a bronze and ivory figure by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (Belgian... more info

	Miniature croquet set $4,500.00 Complete miniature croquet set, for use by lady's on the billiards table during inclement... more info

	Work Box $4,500.00 Tunbridge ware fitted ladies' workbox with Tunbridge ware interior. Prized by collectors t... more info

	Tunbridge ware glove box $3,000.00 Tunbridge ware glove box, inlaid with an image of Eridge Castle, Tunbridge, England, c1880 more info

	New Zealand Greenstone love tokens $5,000.00 Six examples of New Zealand greenstone love tokens, in heart and other shapes, goldfields... more info

	New Zealand Greenstone pendants $1,000.00 Examples of New Zealand greenstone pendants, made in the Dunedin area by Scottish gold min... more info

	New Zealand Greenstone bar brooches $300.00 A selection of New Zealand greenstone bar brooches, goldfields jewellery from the Dunedin... more info

	New Zealand Greenstone engraved brooches $600.00 Selection of New Zealand greenstone, engraved brooches, some engraved by Anton Teutenberg... more info

	Tea caddy $20,000.00 Pair of gold mounted Anglo Indian ivory and tortoiseshell tea caddies with original locks,... more info

	Chess Set - Sold $0.00 Staunton chess set, in original box. Howard Staunton (1810-74 was a leading world player w... more info

	Cigar cutters $1,000.00 A selection of gold and platinum gentleman's dress cigar cutters, usually carried in the p... more info

	Taxidermied anteater $3,500.00 Lifelike taxidermied banded anteater on a British Museum boxwood stand, in unfaded conditi... more info

	Tobacco boxes $2,500.00 Two oval gentleman's tobacco boxes, engine turned on a Holtzappel lathe. Ovals are more di... more info

	Plumbago miniature in case $7,500.00 A plumbago drawn miniature on vellum of a gentleman, in an oval engine turned lignum vitae... more info

	A plaster made head $4,250.00 A cast plaster head, used as a medical teaching aid, Germany, c1870 more info

	A magnificent scale model of a child's bed $7,500.00 A magnificent scale model of a child's bed, England, c1840 more info

	A mahogany reading stand $2,750.00 A mahogany reading stand for a library desk, of fine colour and state, England, c1790 more info

	A French silk spinning wheel $4,500.00 A most unusual silk spinning wheel, France, c1770 more info

	A Scottish beadwork kettle stand $1,600.00 Beadwork kettle stand, Scotland, c1840 more info

	A fine resin Kauri gum Maori bust $9,500.00 A fine resin Kauri gum Maori bust of a chief, as yet unidentified, New Zealand, c1880 more info

	Pair of shell figures $6,500.00 Pair of shell figures, made from shell for the European market in the manner of Archimbold... more info

	Greenstone and silver Kiwi paperweight $3,000.00 Greenstone and silver Kiwi paperweight, New Zealand, c1900 more info

	Greenstone and silver Kiwi paperweight $4,000.00 Greenstone and silver kiwi paperweight, by Kohn, New Zealand, c1890 more info

	Greenstone paperweight with a silver seal $3,000.00 Greenstone paperweight, with a silver detachable seal, New Zealand, c1910 more info

	Early Victorian ratchet bottle opener $800.00 Early Victorian ratchet bottle opener, England, circa 1880. more info

	Signed mulberry wood nutcracker $5,000.00 Signed mulberry wood nutcracker, France, c1790 more info

	Whalebone stay busk of above average size $3,750.00 Whalebone stay busk of above average size, England, c1840 more info

	Italian grand tour souvenir figure $30,000.00 Italian 'Grand Tour' souvenir figure, in Antico Rosso marble, Italy, c1820 more info

	Boxed set of glass eyes of various tints $2,000.00 Boxed set of glass eyes of various tints, to match the patient's existing colour, Germany,... more info

	Portrait ivory bust of Dr. James Duncan $20,000.00 Portrait ivory bust of Dr. James Duncan (1826-1890), the celebrated Edinburgh doctor, who... more info

	Reduced ivory bust of Lady Sophia Rutherford $75,000.00 Reduced ivory bust of Lady Sophia Rutherford, by Cheverton, paired with the original marbl... more info

	Marshal Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne $80,000.00 Marshal Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicommte de Turenne (1611-1675), magnificently carved... more info

	Magnificent signed bronze bust of a leg $8,500.00 Signed bronze bust of a legal practitioner, with a Kalgan Jasper base, by Andrief Lurches... more info

	Bronze bust of an unknown man, by Elkington $2,250.00 Bronze bust of an unknown man, by Elkington Bronze Founders, London, England, c1860 more info

	Superb marble bust of William Pitt $35,000.00 Marble bust of William Pitt (1759-1806) by Joseph Nollekens, with a 'Blue John' base. Will... more info

	Bronze group: 'The Stirrup Charge of the Scots Grey etc. $22,500.00 The Stirrup Charge of the Scots Grey and the Black Watch at St Quentin 1914', by Countess... more info

	Bronze Pointer figure by P J Mene $8,000.00 Bronze Pointer figure by P. J. Mene, France, circa 1890. more info

	Large ivory portrait sculpture $60,000.00 Large ivory portrait sculpture of a Japanese scholar in a Kimono, with an identifying mon,... more info

	Pair of gold mounted snuff boxes $13,500.00 Pair of gold mounted, oval engine turned ivory snuff boxes, with shaped sides and domed li... more info

	Fine ivory classical 'Grand Tour' whippet $6,000.00 Fine ivory classical 'Grand Tour' whippet figure, England, c1840 more info

	Tortoiseshell engine turned snuff boxes $4,500.00 Pair of tortoiseshell engine turned snuff boxes, France, c1810. Priced per item. more info

	Extremely large and fine dipper cup $6,000.00 Extremely large and fine Lignum Vitae, engine turned dipper cup from a Wassail set. Wassai... more info

	Plumbago in a fine oval engine turned case $6,000.00 Fine oval engine turned, Lignum Vitae miniature case containing its original Plumbago mini... more info

	Plumbago miniature of a man $3,000.00 Miniature Plumbago of a man, by an unknown artist, England, c1660 more info

	Plumbago, by David Loggan $8,800.00 Plumbago by David Loggan, of a young man plainly dressed, noted as 'Col. James Grahame', s... more info

	Plumbago, signed and dated 1695 $7,500.00 Fine Plumbago of a man, signed and dated 1695, by Thomas Forster, in a contemporary silver... more info

	Plumbago, signed and dated $7,500.00 Superb Plumbago signed and dated, by Thomas Forster, of the Rev. Timothy Crusoe, 1693, Eng... more info

	Circular box cased shell work love token $4,000.00 Circular box cased shellwork love token, West Indies, c1840 more info

	Fine Regency shell work picture $20,000.00 Fine Regency shell work picture, England, c1810 more info

	Jersey souvenior in seaweeds and shells $2,500.00 Jersey souvenir in seaweed and shells, France, c1880 more info

	Pair of white Carrara marble busts $40,000.00 Pair of white carrara marble busts of 'Lord Overton' (1843-1918) and 'Mrs J. E. Somerville... more info

	Lady Rutherfurd', by J. Steell $50,000.00 Lady Rutherfurd', by J. Steell, the Edinburgh sculptor, and the companion ivory by Benjami... more info

	White Carrara marble bust, by Zelezny $55,000.00 White carrara marble bust, by Zelezny in 1908, Austria more info

	Fine Mauchline ware crested box $2,350.00 Fine Mauchline ware snuff box, crested with a Coat of Arms, and motto of the original owne... more info

	Seventeen piece group of fungi $4,500.00 Seventeen piece group of plaster teaching specimens of fungi, toadstools and mushrooms, Fr... more info

	Wax teaching aid $2,750.00 Wax teaching aid showing the germination of a seed, England, c1860 more info

	Trench Art shell casing dinner gong $1,250.00 Trench art shell casing dinner gong with oak mounts, England, c1920 more info

	Door lock of great size and importance $3,750.00 Door lock of great size and importance, with two working keys, Germany, c1810 more info

	Set of ten goblets - Sold $0.00 Set of ten goblets marked 'Officers Mess, Punjab Lighthorse', with various dates, Hallmark... more info

	Eight day oak cased longcase clock $25,000.00 Eight-day oak cased longcase clock with an automata of beam engine, by Robert Webster Made... more info

	Pair of silver coffee pots $3,750.00 Pair of silver coffee pots, made by Crichton Bros, London, copied from an item in their st... more info

	Life size white Carrara marble bust $5,000.00 Life size white carrara marble bust of Joseph Henry Hawley Bart, made by E. Davis, London... more info

	General Inglis' on a contemporary base $15,000.00 General Inglis' on a contemporary marble plinth, by C. C. Adams, London in 1862. General I... more info

	Lady's gardening companion $2,750.00 Lady's gardening companion comprising a hammer, nail extractor, chopper, saw and pruning k... more info

	Coromandel correspondence box $2,750.00 Coromandel correspondence box, from the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Scotland, c1860 more info