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A Superb Mid Victorian Mahogany Sarcophagus Shape Hinged Sweethearts Box With Moulded Edge, Ebonised Heart Shape Escutcheon And Internal Drawer.
Possibly Welsh, Circa 1850.
334mm Wide x 218mm Deep x 140mm High.
Very Lovely Well Figured Mahogany.

A Good Looking 19thC Australian Marquetry Inlaid Box, The Top With Radiating Design And The Sides With Lozenges, Featuring Many Different Timbers, The Back With Well Figured Cedar.
300mm Wide x 227mm Deep x 144mm High.
Original Brass Hinges, Lock And Key, Pretty Good Condition With Minor Losses To the Back And Some White Filler To The Interior

A Mid 20thC Rewa Rewa Cased Ebonised Conductors Baton With Engraved Metal Mounts; Presentation Inscription "To Martin Wesley 1958."
The Baton 535mm Long.
Excellent Condition.
The Mounts Probably Unmarked Silver.

Michelangelo Meucci,
Florence, 1840-1890,
A Pair Of Oval Oils On Board Of Still Life Game Birds Tacked To Trompe L'oeil Pine Panels.
One Signed "M Meucci Firenze."
Both Approx. 200mm x 158mm.
Both With Original Carved Giltwood Oak Leaf Frames.
Small Crack To Top Of One Frame, The Paintings In Immaculate Original Condition, The Paint As Bright And Fresh As The Day It Was Applied.

A Very Rare 19thC Pollard Oak Apprentice Piece Tea Caddy In The Form Of A Break-Front Sideboard, Having A Stipple Carved And Scrolled Raised Back, The Hinged Top Lifting To Reveal Two Lidded Compartments, The Break-Front Facia With Applied Half Columns, On A Plinth Base.
25.5cm High x 30cm Wide x 20cm Deep

A Late Victorian Brass Wall Sconce With Milkglass Shade With Frilled Rim.
313mm Wide.

A Plain Early English Bronze Mortar.
106mm high x 130mm diameter
Circa 1800

A 19thC Tibetan Cylindrical Copper Vessel And Cover With Various Applied Buddha Figures And Buddhistic Emblems, The Border With Key Pattern.
234mm High.

A Weighty Pair Of Late 19thC Chinese Brass Bookends Modelled As Seated Scholars.
141mm High.

An Early 20thC Indian Brass Candlestick Figure On Chamfered Rectangular Base, Modelled As A Naked Winged Figure With Snakes Before A Separate Candlestick.
83mm Wide x 52mm Deep x 103mm High.
Good Condition

An Early 20thC Treen Salt Pig With Back Shaped Back Board, Hinged Lid And Stave Front.
251mm high

An Unusual Early 20thC Sculpted Bronze Paperweight Modelled As A Scale Model The Matterhorn; Inscribed On The Edges "Matterhorn 1: 40,000 4505 Meter Vertag Scholl Zurich H Imfeld fecit Gesttzilch Gesch" Which I Think Loosely Translates As Made By Scholl Of Zurich, Sculpted By H Imfeld With Some Sort Of Legal Copyright.
80mm Square x 55mm High.
Circa 1900.
Excellent Condition With Felted Base.

A Small 19thC Circular Metal Seal Box, The Cover Cast With Musical Instruments, Sheet Music? And A Mask, Probably Emblematic Of The Performing Arts.
30mm Diameter.

An Attractive Early 19rhC Oval Snuff Box With Tooled Gilt Metal Mounts And Agate Cover And Base.
67mm Diameter

A Very Smart Pair Of Late Victorian Georgian Style Turned Mahogany Candlesticks With Detatchable Brass Sconces, Slender Baluster Stems, Carved Lower Knops, Circular Feet With Sunken Wells And Baized Bases.
345mm High.
Circa 1880.
Excellent Condition With Great Colour.

A 19thC Fijian Sperm Whale Tooth, Tabua, Pierced For Suspension.
140mm Wide.
Especially Good Colour And Patination.

A 19thC Fijian Sperm Whale Tooth, Tabua, Pierced For Suspension.
125mm Wide.
Original Suspension Hole Broken, A Later Old Replacement Hole Drilled To The Other Side, Especially Good Colour And Patination.

A Most Decorative Early/Mid 20thC Mock Malachite Table Box With Slightly Domed Hinged Cover And Partitioned Interior, Probably For Playing Cards But Good For Jewellery Or Small Items.
149mm Wide x 106mm Deep x 46mm High.
Excellent Condition

A Late 19thC Chinese Bronze And Champleve Enamel Vase Of Archaic Inspiration With Animal Head Handles, Taotie Masks And Bands Of Polychrome Champleve Enamel.
240mm High.
Good Colour, Good Condition;
Associated Pierced Wood Stand.

A Set Of 3 Victorian Cardboard Cut-Outs Of Young Victorian Girls Painted In Pastels, Two Seated And The Other Standing With A Wheat Sheaf; All On Gilded And Ebonised Stepped Stands.
All Signed To The Reverse Geo Smith.
188mm Wide x 45mm Deep x 222mm High (The Tallest)

A Victorian Milchglass Cornucopia Vase With Brass Hand Shape Terminal And Cream Alabaster Base.
142mm Wide x 76mm Deep x 170mm High.
Couple Of Miniscule Nibbles to the Rim, The Base One Corner Slightly Chipped.

An Unusual George III Pierced Spherical Brass String Box With Overhead Cutting Blade And Domed Foot.
122mm High.
Circa 1800.
Good Condition
 

An Early 20thC Cased Mahjong Set, With 4 Internal Trays, The Counters Made From Plastic And Bamboo.
Complete.
The Case 240mm Wide x 152mm Deep x 110mm High.

A Fabulous Small Early 19thC Crocodile Skin Attache Case With Functioning English Patent Nickel Lock, The Interior Bearing A Card For Captain RD Cooper, BJM Service Club, India.
328mm Wide x 209mm Deep x 81mm Deep.
Circa 1880.
Pretty Good Condition

A Good 19thC Grand Tour Bronze Figure Of The Boy With A Thorn, After The Classical Figure By Spinario.
112mm High.
Circa 1850.
Excellent Condition And Colour.

A 19thC Thai Bronze Opium Weight Of Typical Stylised Bird Form On Mound Base.
66mm High.
Excellent Condition.
Quite Heavy, An Excellent Paper Weight.

A 19thC Indian Bronze Horse On Oval Mound Base With Detatchable Lotus Leaf Sconce.
90mm Wide x 122mm High.
Circa 1850.
Excellent Condition

Treen : A Good Victorian Mahogany Double Ogee Bowl On Squat Pedestal And Circular Foot.
135mm Diameter x 103mm High.
Circa 1880.
Excellent Condition.

Treen : A Good Pair Of Victorian Mahogany Circlular Bowls With Slightly Everted Rims And Slightly Raised Bases.
177mm Diameter x 61mm High.
Circa 1880.
Excellent Condition.

Treen : An Unusual Set Of 6 Victorian Mahogany Cups And Covers With Tall Domed Covers, Squat Stems And Circular Feet.
192mm High.
Circa 1880.
Excellent Condition.

Treen : An Unusual Pair Of Victorian Oak Cups And Covers With Tall Domed Covers, Squat Stems, Circular Feet And Stands.
203mm High.
Circa 1880.
Excellent Condition

Treen : An Unusual Victorian Oak Cup And Cover With Tall Domed Cover, Squat Stem And Circular Foot.
193mm High.
Circa 1880.
A Small Ding To The Cover

Treen : A Strange Set Of 3 Victorian Cylindrical Vessels With Internal Nozzzles, Squat Stems, Circualr Feet And Stands.
116mm High.
Possibly Candlesticks Although They Would Be Impossible To Clean Of Wax - They Certainly Have Been Turned By Someone Very Competent But What He Intended I'm Not Sure.
Excellent Condition

A Georgian Gold Seal With Carnelian Bird Intaglio, Suspension Ring And Pendant Oak Leaf.
Intaglio Stable But Cracked, Sheet Gold Wrapped About A Metal Core.
30mm High x 21mm Across.
A Nice Looking Seal For A Chain, Not A Lot Of Money; Original Uncleaned Condition.

A Georgian Rolled Gold Seal With Blank Carnelian, Pierced Vase Shape Mount And Split Suspension Ring.
32mm High Excluding Suspension Ring x 201mm Wide.
Lovely Worn Original Appearance Showing Age With No Condition Issues.

A Mid 20thC Glazed Rectangular Box Shape 9 Carat Gold Charm With Enclosed 10 Shilling Note, Inscribed "In Emergecy Break Glass."
9 Carat And 375 Marks Together With Makers Mark.
23mm Wide x 14mm Deep x 5mm High.
Weight : 2 Grams All In.
Excellent Condition

A Mid 20thC Rectangular Box Shape 9 Carat Gold Charm Modelled As A Match Box With Slide Out Drawer Containing Wax Matches, The Yellow Enamelled Cover With "British Made Matches."
18mm Wide x 13mm Deep x 6mm High.
Weight : 5 Grams All In.
Good Condition.

A Good 19thC Japanese Ivory Netsuke Of A Karashishi, The Shaggy Maned Beast Leaning Forward Over A Ball, His Paws Jealously Guarding The Sphere.
32mm High.
Not Signed, Good Condition And Good Colour.

An Interesting 18thC Islamic Domed Metal Candlestick With Engraved Boteh And Drapery Ornament.
136mm High.

This Original 19th Century Quality Coffee Grinder Was Manufactured By Kenrick & Son Of West Bromwich Staffordshire. This Model Is The Rare Square Grinder No. 2, Made Of Cast Iron With A Brass Decorated Hopper And A Turned Exotic Wood Knob On The Grinding Handle. The Ground Coffee Is Collected In A Slide Out Drawer With A Brass Knob. An Oval Pressed Brass Nameplate Plaque Is Affixed To The Front Of The Mill And Reads: ‘A. Kenrick & Sons’, Above The English Coat of Arms And ‘Patent Coffee Mill’ Beneath. The Grind Size Can Be Adjusted By Turning The Regulator Screw (after removing the drawer and using a screw driver from the underside). The Archibald Kenrick & Sons Company Was Established In 1791 In Spons Lane, West Bromwich As a Quality Iron Foundry. It Is A Family Firm In Which Six Kenrick Generations Were Named As Directors. The founder Was Archibald Kenrick (1760 - 1835) And The Younger DIrector Is Martin John Kenrick (Born 1940).
104mm Square.
 

An Early 20thC French Walnut And Iron Coffee Grinder With Drawer And Brass Plaque Featruring The Famous French Clock Maker Japy Freres.
Circa 1920.
145mm Square.
A Moulded Edge Restuck, Small Losses To 2 Back Corners.

A Pair Of Early 20thC Brass Cased Port Bow Lights With Red Glass; Stamped "Port Bow Light Patt 2200 Birmingham Eng. Co. Ltd."
Circa 1900.
120mm Wide x 95mm Deep x 115mm High.
One With Cracked Glass.

An Early Victorian Weighted Brass Desk Weight Cast As A Squirrel On Haunches With Upturned Bushy Tail On Rectangular Base.
Circa 1840
85mm Wide x 54mm Deep x 70mm High.
Excellent Condition.
 

A Small Georgian Bronze Mortar And Pestle Of Typical Form With Good Original Colour.
The Mortar 91mm High x 113mm Diameter.
Circa 1800.

A Small Georgian Bronze Mortar And Pestle Of Typical Form With Good Original Colour.
The Mortar 97mm High x 116mm Diameter.
Circa 1800.
 

A Most Decorative 19thC Rectangular Box And Lift Off Cover, The Whole Mounted With Collection Of Various 18th And 19thC Red Wax Seals Featuring Armorial Crests, Classical Portraits, Animals, Insects Etc, The Interior With A Further Collection Of Loose Wax Seals, Some Labelled And Of Classical Inspiration One With A Bust Of Lord Byron.
154mm Wide x 102mm Deep x 49mm High.
Very Decorative, Good Condition.

A Gorgeous, Well Patinated And Totally Original Victorian Iron Hand Bell With Clanger And Turned Mahogany Handle; Not Touched.
268mm High.
Circa 1860.
Excellent Condition.

An Enchanting Pair Of Regency Period Carved Limewood Demure Sphinxes, The Well Endowed Figures Seated On
Hindquarters; Originally Furniture Mounts.
Approximately 265mm Wide x 285mm High.
A Few Old Knocks And Splits, Nothing Serious, Unique And Very Decorative.

A Victorian Cast Silvered Metal Figural Tobacco Jar And Cover Modelled As A Severe Man With A Large Nose, His Hat Forming The Cover.
116mm High.

An Early 19thC Red Painted Lead Tobacco Jar With Domed Cover And Ball Finial.
203mm High.

A Dated George III Octagonal Lead Tobacco Jar, The Domed Cover With Acorn Finial, Monogramed WF And Dated 1805; Traces Of Old Paint.
143mm Wide x 93mm Deep x 163mm High

A Statuesque Early 19thC Iron Pedestal Urn Tobacco Jar And Domed Cover With Acorn Finial.
205mm High.

A 19thC Small Iron Circular Tobacco Box And Cover With Brass Finial.
100mm Diameter x 115mm High.

A 19thC Circular Lead Tobacco Box With Stepped Cover And Acorn Finial, The Side With Cast Cornucopia.
107mm Diameter x 149mm High
Extremely Heavy In The Hand.

A George III Octagonal Lead Tobacco Jar And Stepped Cover With Internal Cover.
135mm Wide x 82mm Deep x 176mm High.
Very Heavy In The Hand.

A 19thC Square Lead Tobacco Box Cast In Relief With Horses And Hounds, The Cover With Pineapple Finial.
903mm Square x 130mm High

A Small Georgian Sarcophagus Shape Iron Tobacco Box On Raised Feet, The Cover With Stepped Finial.
115mm Wide x 66mm Deep x 90mm High

A Small Georgian Sarcophagus Shape Iron Tobacco Box, The Cover With Acorn Finial.
129mm Wide x 76mm Deep x 104mm High.

An Elaborate Victorian Shaped Lead Tobacco Box Cast With Bust And Scroll Supports, The Cover With Swan Finial.
149mm Wide x 73mm Deep x 165mm High.

A Georgian Rectangular Iron Tobacco Box With Canted Sides, Base With Shaped Apron And Domed Cover With Circular Finial.
105mm Wide x 82mm Deep x 142mm High.

A Georgian Sarcophagus Shape Lead Tobacco Bow With Shaped Apron, The Cover With Complimentary Finial.
106mm Wide x 85mm Deep x 135mm High.

An Early 19thC Cast Lead Circular Tobacco Jar And Domed Cover With Negroid Finial And Traces Of Green Paint.
119mm Diameter x 115mm High.

A 19thC Painted Sheet Iron Cylindrical Tobacco Jar And Cover With Pierced Domed Cover, Ball Finial With Swing Handle, Rivets And Scroll Feet.
127mm Diameter x 231mm High.

An Architectural Early 19thC Faceted Hexagonal Tobacco Box And Cover With Complimentary Finial, Stem And Base.
109mm Wide x 184mm High.
A Terrific, If Somewhat Lopsided, Shape.

A Small 19thC Octagonal Cast Iron Tobacco Jar With Slightly Domed Cover, Cherubic Mask And Everted Raised Feet.
86mm Wide x 75mm Deep x 100mm High.

A George III Painted Lead Octagonal Tobacco Jar With Slightly Domed Cover, Negroid Finial And Internal Cover.
160mm Wide x 90mm Deep x 133mm High.

A George III Painted Lead Oval Tobacco Jar With Domed Cover, Finial And Foliate Ornament, The Sides With Cast Ribbon Tied Garlands Featuring Neptune And A Sailing Ship Flanking A Shield With A Hung Horse.
147mm Wide x 97mm Deep x 145mm High.
Old Repairs And Damage, The Cover Ill Fitting.

A Victorian Hinged Folding Games Box With Chess And Draughts To The Exterior And Backgammon To The Interior Together With Full Sets Of Backgammon And Draughts Counters And Dice.

A Victorian Spherical Ivory Sewing Weight With Thread Action Cover And Pierced Suspension Device.
Sphere 34mm Diameter.
Gorgeous Well Patinated Ivory.

A 19thC 2 Section Thread Action Cylindrical Bone Needle Case Carved In Relief With Dragons.
Circa 1900.
157mm Long.
A Couple Of Small Losses And Some Small But Stable Cracks.

A 19thC 2 Section Cylindrical Composition Ivory Lookalike Needle Case With Silver Mounts.
The Silver Not Marked.
109mm Long.
Good Condition With To Be Expected Wear And Tear.

A Victorian Carved Bone Macrame Shuttle With A Crochet Hook And 2 Further Pierced Devices.
57mm Long.

An Early 20thC Cased Dorcas Size 6 Thimble Stamped With Charles Horner And Dorcas Marks.
Excellent Condition.

An Early 20thC Turned Wood Acorn Shape Needle Case With Beginnings Of Good Patination.
45mm Long.
Excellent Condition.

An Early 20thC Treen Souvenir Spool Case With Thread Action Revealing 3 Spools, The Exterior Painted With" Ville Franche", The Finial Inserted With A Tiny Viewer Depicting Yachts.
86mm Long.
Good Condition.

An Art Nouveau Brass And Polychrome Enamel Double Buckle Formed As Pierced Sinuous Foliage And Flowers.
Stamped Marks Not Identified.
Circa 1900.
85mm Wide
Excellent Condition.

A Victorian Carved Ivory Miniature Cricket Bat With Black Ribbed Handle.
98mm Long.
For The Man Who Has Everything!

A Tiny Victorian Nickel Mounted Magnifying Glass With Finely Turned Ivory Handle Pierced For Suspension.
52mm Long.

A Teeny Victorian Steel Scent Bottle Cork Screw With Turned Ivory Handle.
55mm Long

A Tiny Vicorian Gilt Metal Glove Hook With Faceted Agate Handle.
61mm Long.

A 19thC White Metal Mounted Nut Vesta With Hinged Cover, Monogramed Shield And Striker.
53mm Wide.

A Victorian Ivory Cigar Knife With Blank Cartouche, Cutting Aperture, Steel Blade And Pricker; The Steel Pricker Stamped "Cigar Knife."

A Strange Victorian Ivory Ruler With Finely Engraved Numbers And Scales; Function Unknown.
152mm Long.

A Strange Early 20thC Plastic Ruler, Function Unknown.
190mm Long..

A Victorian Mother-Of-Pearl Fruit Knife With Shield Shape Escutcheon Monogramed "EF," The Blade Marked "Sheffield Stainless."
75mm Long.
One Side Cracked.

A Late Victorian Mother-Of-Pearl Twin Blade Fruit Knife, The Blades Stamped "George Wostenholm Sheffield England."
Small Piece Of Mother-Of-Pearl Missing.
60mm Long

A Good Early 20thC Tortoise Twin Blade Fruit Knife, The Blade Stamped "Victorinox Switzerland Stainless Rostfrei."
73mm Long.
Nice Crisp Action.

A Small 19thC Circular Ivory Vinaigrette With Screw On Cover And Pierced Grill.
19mm Diameter

A Good Looking Edwardian Mahogany Brass Bound Coopered Bucket With Swing Handle And Applied Wood Handle.
367mm Wide x 280mm Deep x 282mm High.

A Late Victorian Pewter Caddy Spoon Decorated With A Bird And Foliage In The Aesthetic Manner.
Circa 1880.
75mm Long.
Good Condition.

A Georgian Base Metal Seal, The Octagonal Base Mounted With An Intaglio Carved Wheat Sheaf.
34mm High.

A Gorgeous Tiny 19thC Yellow Metal Seal Set With Cabochon Turquoise And Small Faceted Rubys?, The Faceted Amethyst Face Intaglio Carved With Script (Not Deciphered).
19mm High.
Excellent Condition, If A Little Dust Encrusted.

A Magnificent And Rare Georgian Amboyna Brass Mounted Artists Box With All Over Broad Brass Mounts, Recessed Military Style Brass Handles, Lower Drawer With Key And Lock, Fitted Interior With Various Contents Including Small Ivory And Ceramic Palettes, Mixing Trays Etc.
335mm Wide x 247mm Deep x 132mm High.
The Smartest Box I've Seen In Over 30 Years In The Trade

An Extremely Rare Georgian Mahogany Brass Mounted Artist's Box With Flush Recessed Military Style Handles And Fitted Interior With Various Artist's Supplies.
407mm Wide x 322mm Deep x 125mm High.
A Superb Box For The Connoisseur.

A Late 19thC German Ebonised Boudoir Grand Piano By Rud Ibach Sohn.
In Good Functional Order.

A Good 19thC German, Probably Brunswick, Papier Mache Spectacle Case With Leather Sides, The Top Painted With A Charming Scene Of Lovers Asleep In A Corn Field, Trees And Horizon Beyond.
139mm Wide x 69mm Deep.
Circa 1850.
Excellent Original Condition.
 

A Victorian Pewter Inkwell With Original Glazed Earthenware Pot, Pierced Inner Rim For Quills And Wide Flat Circular Base Presumably For Stability - Difficult To See This Inkwell Overturning.
198mm Diameter.
Circa 1870.
The Pot With Not Visible Under Rim Chip, Otherwise Nice Original Patinated Condition.
 

A 19thC Spanish Miniature Mandolin Veneered With Ivory And Tortoiseshell, Abalone Inlaid Edge And Ivory Tuning Keys.
Circa 1900.
Pretty Good Condition, Complete With 5 Strings, A Few Pieces Of Abalone Missing.
Typically Purchased By Victorian Grand Tour Travellers

A Very Rare Late Victorian 9 Carat Gold Mounted Watch Case With Rococo Trellis Work To The Spandrels, Leather Case With Pull Out Easel With Gilt Tooled Label For "Wilson & Sharp Goldsmiths 139 Princes Street Edinburgh."
Full 9 Carat Gold Hallmarks For Birmingham 1900.
Together With A Similar Period Thumb Wind Nickel Pocket Watch Which Appears To Be Going Although The Winder Needs Attention.
The Gold Case In Excellent Condition, Well Hinged With A Nice Crisp Action, A Little Minor Distress To The Velvet And Plush Lined Interior, An Ideal Case For An Heirloom Gold Watch.
 

A Nicely Patinated 18thC Dutch Copper Oval Tobacco Box With Hinged Cover, Each Side Engraved And Entitled With Moses Old Testament Stories - Moses With Snake And Moses About To Be Placed In The Papyrus Basket, Flanked By Scantily Draped Figures And Scrolling Foliage.
130mm Wide x 78mm Deep x 37mm High.
Circa 1750.
Excellent Untouched Condition, A Tiny Hole
 

A Victorian Baluster Copper Jug With Double Scroll Handle And Mask Spout.
151mm High.
Circa 1860.
Original Condition
 

A Good Victorian Walnut Jewellery Box With Engraved And Pierced Brass Mounts With Ivory Inserts And Fitted Lift Out Tray.
276mm Wide x 202mm Deep x 108mm High.
Circa 1880.
The Interior A Little Worn. For Every 100 Writing Slopes We See We Might See 1 Jewellery Box - They Are Scarce.

Antiquities : A Graeco-Roman Pottery Head Of A Lady With Headdress.
110mm High.

A Good Cased Pair Of Victorian Glass Scent Bottles And Stoppers, The Green Leather Case With Engraved Brass Top Plate And Escutcheon, The Interior Purple Plush And Purple Velvet Lined; Key, But Lock Not Functioning.
115mm Wide x 71mm Deep x 111mm High.
Excellent Condition.

A George III Mortgage Written In Ink On Vellum Fro 600 Sterling With Original Wax Seals, Signed John Mornington And Dated 1814.
Excellent Condition.

Price: $140.00

A William IV Indenture Written In Ink On Vellum With Original Wax Seal, Signed Henry King And Dated 1834
Excellent Condition.

Price: $140.00

An Early Victorian Mortgage Written In Ink On Vellum For 1250 Sterling With Original Wax Seal, Signed Charles Dendney And Dated 1857.
Excellent Condition.

Price: $140.00

A Victorian Mortgage Written In Ink On Vellum For 200 Sterling With Original Wax Seal, Signed Henry Fuller And Dated 1814.
Excellent Condition.

Price: $120.00

A Victorian Mortgage Written In Ink On Vellum For 600 Sterling With Original Wax Seals, Signed William Witcomb And Dated 1814.
Excellent Condition.

Price: $80.00

A Pair Of 18thC French Equestrian, Dressage, Copper Plate Engravings In Modern Burr Wood Frames.

This pair of 18thC French equestrian engravings originates from: 'The Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une Societe de Gens de lettres.' which was published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. It contained 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. This encyclopedia was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a means to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment. The impact of this encyclopedia was enormous.

Artists and Engravers: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are engraved by J.A.Defehrt and Bonaventure/Benoit-Louis Prevost after J.R Lucotte or Goussier.

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Price: $450.00

A Victorian Beaded Glass Light Shade With Copper Gallery
143mm Diameter x  223mm High.
A Few Beads Missing, Not Major, Presents Well.

Price: $120.00

Price: $850.00

A 19thC Gold Nugget Stick Pin.
Apparently Cobb River.
Weight : 5 grams

Price: $385.00

A Piece Of Gold Bearing Quartz.

Price: $80.00

An Early 20thC Chinese Ivory Cigarette Holder
Engraved And Stained With A Peacock, Pine And Minute Character Marks.
129mm Long.

Price: $120.00

Price: $1,250.00

A Victorian Brass Mirrored Wall Sconce With Mask, Circular Mirror And Twisted Brass Candle Branches With Griffin Terminals.
350mm x 262mm.
Circa 1870.
Excellent Condition.

Price: $550.00

A 19thC Treen Food Dish With 2 Bays And Loop Handle.
282mm Long.

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A Decorative Pair Of 19thC English Mahogany Bobbin Turned Candlesticks On Circular Bases.
229mm High.
Circa 1850.

Price: $380.00

A 19thC Scottish Turned Antler Snuff Box With Monogrammed Silver Mount;
75mm Wide.
Circa 1850.

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A Fantastic Early English Iron Mortar With Two Handles And Ribbed Body.
147mm high x 193mm diameter.
Probably 16th Century.
Great door stop for a body builder.

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A Good Victorian Carved And Turned Bone Staunton Chess Set With Natural And Red Stained Colours.
The King 86mm High.
Good Condition

Price: $650.00

A Good Victorian Small Carved And Turned Bone Barleycorn Chess Set With Natural And Red Stained Colours.
The King 76mm High.
Good Condition

Price: $350.00

A Late Victorian Staunton Boxwood Chess Set; Felted
The King 75mm High.
The White Knight Chipped, Otherwise Good Condition.

Price: $380.00

A Small Edwardian Staunton Type Boxwood Chess Set; Felted.
The King 70mm High.
Good Condition

Price: $180.00

A Victorian Boxwood Staunton Chess Set.
The King 87mm High.
The Black Bishops And Queen Replaced; The Black King Chipped. Three Black Pawns Chipped.

Price: $220.00

A Good Victorian Carved And Turned Bone Barleycorn Chess Set With Natural And Red Stained Colours.
The King 101mm High.
4 Pawns Slightly Smaller And Replaced; One Castle Chipped. The Red King With BADA Sticker.

Price: $850.00

Moko Or Maori Tattooing, By Major-General Robley. First Edition, 1896. Ex Library Copy, Rebound. Pretty Good Conditon, Tissue Foxed.
 

Price: $2,000.00

The History Of Tattooing By WD Hambly. First Edition 1925.
Ex Library Copy, Pretty Good Condition Small Tear To Spine.
 

Price: $200.00

Old New Zealand, A Tale Of The Good Old Times. By The Earl Of Pembroke. First Edition 1876.
Good Condition, Slightly Loose In The Spine.
 

Price: $280.00

A Late Victorian Staunton Type Chess Set In Ebony And Boxwood, The Knights With Glass Eyes.
The Kings 78mm High.
One Glass Eye Missing.
 

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An Early Victorian Mock Tortoiseshell Hinged Rectangular Snuff Box.
95mmW x 50mmD x 28mmH.
Circa 1840.
Not Bad Condition, Worn A Little At The Rims.

Price: $580.00
Stock Number: J583

A Victorian 9 Carat Gold Mounted Gold Bearing Quartz Flat Side Pendant.
41mm Long.

Price: $280.00

A Good Looking Georgian 18thC Parcel Gilt Bronze Seal With Suspension Ring And Lion Supports, Intaglio Agate Featuring An English Setter And An Indecipherable Latin Motto.
Some Discolouration To The Agate.

Price: $145.00

A Set Of 5 Carved Marine Ivory Buttons, Apparently Carved From Walrus Teeth.
Approx. 28mm Long.
Circa 1900.
Gorgeous Patination!

A Victorian Stuart Tartan Ware Cylindrical Box And Domed Cover.
66mm diameter x 64mm high.
Circa 1890.

An Early Victorian Banded Oak Barrel With Brass Cover And Traces Of Gilded Label.
212mm wide.
Circa 1860.
Very nicely patinated
                                                                                      
 

Price: $260.00

A Victorian Pewter Food Mould In 3 Sections With Domed Cover, Fluted Interior And Circular Base: The Base With Registration Diamond, No 20 And 1 Quart.
177mm high x 105mm diameter.
A quality weighty mould.

Price: $350.00

An Exceptionally Large Victorian Pewter Meat Warming Dish With Hot Water Cavity And Screw In Plug, Juice Channels And Wells, Reeded Handles And Rococo Scroll Feet; Bears Registration Diamond And Makers Details: "Shaw & Fisher Registered Article Of Utility Oct 1st 1849.
628mmW x 435mmD x 103mH

Price: $750.00

A Most Interesting Victorian Cut And Polished Tusk Ivory Scrimshaw Of A Bearded Gentleman
170mm wide.
Circa 1870.

Price: $620.00

An early 19th century English silver mounted cowrie shell snuff box with flush hinge and engraved monogramme.
The silver mount not marked.
Circa 1820.

Price: $480.00

A charming collectable Victorian novelty hoof shape brass vesta case.
Circa 1880

Price:  $265.00

A Regency Brass Bound Rosewood Gents Campaign Case With Fitted Interior For Boot Pulls And Razors, The Cover With Inset Brass Tablet Bearing An Armorial.
243mmW x 115D x 79mmH
Circa 1820.
A gorgeous box!

Price:  $750.00

An early 19th century burr yew rectangular snuff box with slightly domed cover, tortoiseshell lined interior and flush hinge.
101mmW x 59mmD
Bears label for Broadheads, Wanganui.

Price:  $220.00

A Good Early 19th Century Dutch Treen Carved Wood Shoe Snuff Box With Hinged Cover. Excellent Patination.

Price:  $450.00

A Charming Early 19th Century Dutch Treen Carved Wood Shoe Snuff Box With Lift Off Bone Mounted Cover, The Soles Similarly Bone Mounted.

Price:  $550.00

A Small 19th Century Indian Copper Vase Repousse With Panels Of Characters In Yogi And Other Poses.

Price:  $65.00

A Pair Of George III Sheffield Plate Plain Wine Coasters With Gadrooned Edges And Turned Wood Bases.
152mm Diameter.
Circa 1800.

Price:  $350.00

A pair of Victorian brass squat candlesticks with single knop stems and oval bases.
161mm high.
Circa 1850.

Price:  $150.00

A pair of Victorian brass candlesticks with single knop faceted stems and square chamfered bases.
170mm high.
Circa 1850

Price:  $220.00

A Good Pair Of George III Mid 18thC Multi Knop Brass Candlesticks On Shaped Circular Bases.
192mm high.
Circa 1760.

Price:  $480.00

A Good Set Of Victorian Brass Fire Irons Comprising Of Tongs, Shovel And Poker, each piece with ball handle, together with a pair of Victorian Brass Fire Dogs cast with exotic Egyptian style masks.
A good quality set.

Price:  $500.00

A Pair Of George III 18th Century Double Knop Brass Candlesticks On Raised Octagonal Bases.
173mm high.
Circa 1760.

A charming early 19th century rectangular papier mache snuff box with simulated tortoiseshell cover.
Circa 1820,
80mm x 45mm.

An extraordinary and highly decorative Victorian brown leather dome top hinged circular box and cover with wonderful caned interior.
Function? No idea, but we love it! Purchased in auction in Nelson.
570mm diameter.
Circa 1860.

An Attractive Early 20thC Lignum Vitae Circular Ashtray With Attached Cylindrical Cigarette Box With Domed Cover And Turned Finial.
155mm Diameter x 170mmH
Circa 1900.

A Good Early Victorian Small Brass Bound Rosewood Travelling Toilet Box With Fitted Interior Featuring Ivory Handled Corkscrew And Other Ivory Implements Together With 5 Various Sterling Silver Mounted Glass Jars, Each With Engraved Armorial Device, The Rosewood Lid With Brass Escutcheon Similarly Engraved.
269mm Wide x 197mm Deep x 65mm High.
London 1837,
Frances Douglas.
Excellent Condition.

An Early 19th Century Gentleman's Sycamore Table Snuff Box Of Maritime Interest, The Triangular Form Top Decorated With Pen And Ink Drawings Of A Sailor With His Son, Inscribed "Chip Off The Old Block"

A 19thC Cast Iron Humpty Dumpty Mechanical Money Box, Modelled After The Pantomine Clown Of The Fox's 1868 Theatrical Production; Marked To The Reverse And Also To The Base With Various Patent Information.
190mm High.
Good Condition With Original Distressed Paint.

A 19thC Lignum Vitae Desk Seal With Monogrammed Brass Matrix.
92mm High.
Circa 1850.
Excellent Condition.

A Most Attractive George III Early 19thC Pressed Horn Snuff Box With Basket Weave Top And Ribbed Base.
95mm Diameter.
Circa 1800.
Excellent Condition.

An English 1797 "Cartwheel" 2 Pence Copper Coin In Pretty Good Condition But With The Usual Rim Knocks Associated With Heaviest British Coin Ever Minted; The Soho Mark Of Mathew Boultons Factory Perfectly Legible Under The Shield.

A 19thC Ostrich Egg Painted With A Profile Of A Young Lady Wearing Pearls.
125mm Wide.
Circa 1880.
Good Condition.

A Large 19thC Lignum Vitae Whalers Fid, Or Sail Makers Tool, Of Typical Tapering Cylindrical Form.
55mm Long.
Nice And Weighty In The Hand.

Price: SOLD

A Mid 20thC Pitcairn Island Walking Stick, The Handle Formed As A Carved And Inlaid Albatross Head.
932mm Long.
Excellent Condition.

An Irish Mid 20thC 9 Carat Gold Leprechaun And Shoe Horn Charm.
16mm Wide x 20mm High.
Weight : 2 Grams