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

A late 19th century taxidermist's glass dome with red velvet lined and ebonised base, bun feet, 38cm,

Royalty - a 19th century brass applique or boss, cast as a crown, 12.5cm wide

The English Civil War and The Commonwealth - a plaster death mask cast, after that of Oliver Cromwell (1599 - 1658), 23cm x 14cm

A Victorian brass fly fishing reel, inscribed USTONSON MAKER TO THE QUEEN TEMPLE BAR LONDON, ivory handle, 7cm high overall, c. 1837-1845 Ivory Su...

A 19th century American cast iron novelty money box, the Creedmoor Bank, 26cm long

A 19th century South American silver coloured metal mounted gaucho knife, canted rectangular haft, the steel blade with maker's mark EP, the leath...

A 19th century Austrian cold painted and patinated spelter caricature model, probably a political allusion, cast as the head of a man with the bod...

A 19th century Black Forest novelty inkstand, the inkwell carved as a pug dog, glass eyes, 8cm high, the pen tray 16.5cm wide

A 19th century Black Forest stamp box, the hinged cover carved with an edelweiss, scalloped edges, 3cm high, 8cm wide, 6.5cm deep; a horn snuff bo...

A 19th century black marble and scagliola chess board, the alternating squares decorated in faux specimen samples, 36cm wide, c.1860

A 19th century brass and fruitwood gallery glass, ribbed handle, 28cm long overall

A 19th century brass and hardwood Corpus Christi, possibly Colonial, 21cm high

A 19th century brass and malacca five draw telescope, inscribed ALEXANDER OPTICIAN EXETER, 73cm long at full extension; another, white metal and l...

After François Duquesnoy (1597 – 1643), a dark patinated bronze bust of a full faced putto, square veined black marble base, 24cm, signed in the m...

Alfred Stevens (1817/18 - 1875) after, a 19th century dark patinated cabinet bronze, of a lion sejant, after the models previously installed by th...

Interior Decoration - a Grand Tour style silver plated bust, of a Roman emperor, 32cm high overall

United States History - a dark patinated bronze library bust, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), reeded brass pedestal base, 28cm high overall, c. 1900

United States History - a dark patinated bronze library bust, George Washington (1732-1799), marble pedestal base, 26cm high overall, c. 1900

A 19th century French wrought iron and oak rat de cave candlestick, typically cast with wine barrel hook, 17.5cm high overall

A 19th century fruitwood screw-action novelty nutcracker, carved as a squirrel, faceted baluster handle, 17.5cm long closed

A 19th century fruitwood seal, the shield-shaped matrix intaglio engraved with Gothic initials, turned handle, 5.5cm long overall; another similar...

A 19th century gilt bronze and mother of pearl novelty dish or tidy, cast as a bear holding a mother of pearl shell, black marble base, 12cm high,...

A 19th century gilt metal mounted agate casket, hinged cover, engine turned borders, ball feet, 8cm wide, c.1870

A 19th century Continental brass inkstand, triangular inkwell cast with Green Man masks and floral swags in the Baroque manner, supported by three...

A 19th century Continental bronze applique, depicting a man in chinoiserie dress, gilt frame, 14cm high overall

A 19th century Continental cold-cast novelty liqueur stand, as a hare, three wells for decanter and liqueur glasses, 20cm high, 20.5cm long overal...

A 19th century Continental gilt metal rectangular easel frame, inset with semi-precious stones, cast with scrolling acanthus within geometric bord...

A boxwood and ebonised French Regence pattern chess set, the Kings 10cm high

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, the Kings 8.5cm high

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, the Kings 8cm high, pine box

A boxwood and ebonised Staunton pattern chess set, weighted bases, the Kings 8.5cm high, mahogany box

A boxwood and ebony St George pattern chess set, the Kings 7.5cm high, 19th century, mahogany box

A boxwood and ebony St George pattern chess set, the Kings 9cm high

A boxwood and ebony Staunton pattern chess set, weighted bases, the Kings 8cm high, oak box

A Chinese green hardstone carving, of a pig, in the Archaic taste, 10cm long

A Chinese hardstone rectangular box and cover, 12.5cm wide

A Chinese hardwood altar shrine or ancestor tablet, pierced and carved with a bat, and dragons chasing a flaming pearl, 33.5cm high, early 20th ce...

A Chinese hardwood and 'shibayama' rectangular panel, decorated in coloured soapstone samples with an elder and a peach, 35.5cm x 22.5cm

Memento Mori - a 19th century brass novelty vesta case, cast as a human skull, 4cm high overall

A late 19th/early 20th century 3ft boxwood customs and excise measure, in Imperial units, Dring and Fage, 56 Stafford Street, London, 91.5cm; a si...

A late Victorian ceramic tile, by Sherwin and Cotton, decorated with a portrait of William Gladstone, after Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn (1847-1908), ...

A late Victorian mahogany and marquetry inlaid solitaire board, turned sides, single short drawer with lined interior, 22cm diameter, c. 1900

A 20th century Masonic presentation glass cup, the bowl etched with the letter G within compass and set square border, amber glass base, 14cm high...

A composed set of three Victorian and later glass whiskey decanters, hobnail cut, each with a faceted globular stopper, the largest 28cm high; ano...

A George III cut glass three-piece dessert set, comprising strawberry bowl and sweetmeat cups and covers, each with a flared monteith rim, knopped...

A glass desktop terrestrial globe, chrome meridian ring, cut glass circular base, 30.5cm high

A large German glass beer jug, etched with rearing goat, goat masks and jugs of hops and wheat, inscribed 'Morgens, mittags, abends, nachts trink ...

English School (18th century) The Ale Drinker unsigned, oil on copper panel, 15cm x 11cm; others similar, The Tavern Fight and The Recorder Play...

English School (19th century) An Impressionist Sketch, Figure in Woodland oil on card, 11cm x 8.5cm

A 19th century American Gyrograph or drawing spinning top, designed by Carl Barus, maked Pat'd June 25 1895, turned handle and pencil holder, 9cm ...

A 19th century brass circular desk top magnifying lens, 11cm diam

A 19th century brass theodolite, by Dollond, London, the tube 31cm long, mahogany case

A 19th century brass bound oak campaign style book carrier, pierced handles, later inset with English porcelain wall tiles, 60cm wide

A 19th century brass mantel model, Royal Coat of Arms, 27cm wide, c.1880

A 19th century brass novelty inkwell, as a squirrel, hinged cover, glass eyes, 9cm high, c.1880

A 19th century brass novelty vesta case, as a duck's head, 6.5cm long overall; another, William Gladstone; others similar including white metal an...

A 19th century brass rectangular jewellery box, by Adolph Frankau & Co., cast in the Gothic Revival manner with alternating panels depicting Saint...

A 19th century brass seal fob, the matrix intaglio engraved with fishermen, 3cm high; others similar, suspended from a yellow metal Albertina chain

A 19th century brass three-draw telescope, 77cm long fully extended

A 19th century brass tobacco box and cover, the sarcophagus cover mounted with a greyhound finial and engraved CHARLES ASPDEN AUCTIONEER &C. BLACK...