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A 1960s Edler Pelz lady's dark mink short jacket with brown satin lining, 40ins chest, 27ins long £150-200
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A 1970s stranded lady's Raccoon short jacket with black satin lining, 38ins chest, 33ins long £80-120
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A 1920s American Hartmann "Gibraltarized" Tour Road wardrobe case with leather carrying handle and fitted interior, 32ins x 20.5ins x 8.75ins high £150-250
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A Victorian oak and brass mounted cribbage board by D. & A., fitted drawer with stirrup pattern handle, 5.5ins x 6.25ins x 2.25ins high £80-120
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A Victorian Jacques & Sons "In Statu Quo" travelling chess set, the folding mahogany box retailed by Lund of Fleet Street, London, with turned white and red stained ivory pieces, 9.25ins x 11.5ins x 1.125ins (open), in leather covered sleeve for same £250-350
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A late Victorian Jaques red stained and plain ivory Staunton pattern chess set, Kings 2.875ins high, Pawns 1.5ins high (minor damage) £250-350
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A late Victorian red stained and plain ivory Staunton pattern chess set, Kings 3ins high, Pawns 1.25ins high, mahogany box for same £250-350
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A late Victorian red stained and plain ivory Staunton pattern chess set, Kings 2.375ins high, Pawns 1.375ins high, in rosewood box, the lid inlaid with brass stringings (some missing) £100-150
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A 19th Century Indian (Surat) sandalwood, ivory and sedeli work folding chessboard within conforming borders of sedeli work, ebony and ivory, the interior similarly inlaid for backgammon, 17ins square (open) x 2.875ins high (closed) (some very minor loss) £200-300
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"The Thames Tunnel" - a Victorian perspective view in six sections, the cover showing the main tunnel staircase with vignettes including the Crystal Palace and Parliament buildings, 32ins (open), the first and last sections closing together to form the lid and base of a box (slight damage to box) £200-300
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"A Present from The Thames Tunnel" - a Victorian perspective view in four sections, the front cover opening to reveal "A Brief Account of the Thames Tunnel", with marbled front and back boards, 9ins long (open), published by H. Azulay, London £120-160
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Armand Marseille No. 390 bisque headed doll with closing blue eyes and open mouth showing four teeth, jointed composition body, 24ins high (with later wig and green gingham dress) and one other German bisque headed doll with brown glass open eyes and jointed wooden body, 11ins high £70-100
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A Hornby "O" gauge train set - "E220 Special Pullman Set G.W.R." (TS2416), with
4-4-0 G.W.R. "County of Bedford" locomotive (No. 6600) and tender (damaged and not working), two Pullman coaches - "Loraine" and "Verona", and locomotive 6600 and other rolling stock and accessories, various, in blue box (box damaged) £200-300
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A Hornby Dublo train set (Model EDP 13) with 2-6-4 B.R. Tank Locomotive (No. 80054 - boxed) and three tinplate passenger coaches and track, and another boxed set with L.M.S. locomotive (No. 6917), three trucks, transformer and track, and a quantity of spare track and accessories (boxed and unboxed - playworn) £200-300
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Four golf clubs by John Sinclair Fernie - No. 1 iron, No. 2 irons (two), and No. 3 iron, and a ditto wood £80-120
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| From the Collection of Kenneth McConnell, Mathews Farm, Shottenden, Canterbury, Kent |
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19th Century scrimshaw whale's tooth, the top face engraved with a battle scene between two ships of the line, the reverse showing a ship of the line off coast with fort, within stylised bandings, 7.25ins overall £450-600
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A pair of scrimshaw whale's teeth of small size, the front face engraved with fishing boats, 3.75ins high (with splits to front and rear faces and socket edge) £150-200
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A 19th Century scrimshaw vesta box, the small whale's tooth carved with a shield supporting an American flag (with 25 stars) and the Union flag, with silvery metal cover, 4ins overall (hallmark incomplete and crease and damage to inner rim) £200-300
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Two 19th Century scrimshaw whale's teeth engraved with octagonal panel depicting the "Gate of Ariquipa", the reverse with musical trophies and worded "Scots wa 'hae with Wallace bled" and the other engraved with a view showing "Roslyn Castle", both 4.5ins overall (latter chipped around socket edge) £300-400
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A 19th Century scrimshaw whale's tooth, the front face engraved with the portrait of a young woman wearing a full length dress and single flower to back, 5.5ins high £200-300
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A pair of 19th Century scrimshaw whale's teeth, the faces engraved with a view of the "Eddystone Lighthouse", one in a calm sea and one with huge wave engulfing the lighthouse and both a small ship in a becalmed sea to reverse, each 5.5ins high £400-600
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A small carved tusk with drilled circular designs to one front and hole to end, 3.5ins overall, and a nut carved in the form of a winged cherub's head within a shell, 1.625ins high £70-100
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| A Collection of Ethnographia from a Local Collector |
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A pair of Yoruba (Southern Nigeria) carved wood twin figures (Ere Ibeji), the male and female figures with scarification marks to each cheek and traces of camwood powder and blue pigment, 10.75ins high (first half of 20th Century) £400-600
Note: Collected by the vendor in 1967
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A Yoruba (Southern Nigeria) carved wood male figure (Ibeji) with elaborately dressed hair and wearing beads, with traces of camwood powder (first half of 20th Century) £200-300
Note: Collected by the vendor in circa 1967
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A Yoruba (Southern Nigeria) carved wood female figure (Ibeji) with traces of camwood powder and blue pigment, 11ins high (first half of 20th Century), and another female figure with neck beads and metal arm and ankle bracelets, 10ins high (possibly late 19th Century - damaged) £200-300
Note: Collected by the vendor in circa 1967
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A Yoruba (Southern Nigeria) carved wood Gelede society mask of a long nosed European, 9.5ins high (first half of 20th Century) £200-400
Note: Collected by the vendor in the 1960s/early 1970s
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A small collection of artefacts, comprising - 19th Century Nupe (Northern Nigeria) carved wood mirror case and cover, 7ins x 5.25ins x 1.375ins, two early 20th Century Zambian thumb pianos, two marijuana clay pipe bowls, one for a village abandoned on Kariba Dam Site, Zimbabwe and collected in 1959, a North West Nigerian pipe (1950s), an early 20th Century Yoruba bronze baby's dummy, two pieces of beadwork and a Hausa calabash food container, 11.5ins diameter £200-300
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A fine and unique embroidered woman's wrap by Alhaji Sanni Suleimanu of Kano, the stylised geometric design with human and animal figures to two edges, worked in coloured threads, 46.5ins x 67.5ins (early 1970s) £400-600
Note: This important piece of Hausa embroidery is thought to be the only example where a male master embroiderer has included human figures in his work. It was commissioned and collected by the vendor in the 1970s. The British Museum has a fine example of a gown and blouse by Sanni
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Six Turkoman Tekke silvery metal and gilt bracelets (Qasli Bilezik), each set with polished oval red glass or stone beads, in raised bezels, 3.5ins to 4.25ins £200-300
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A collection of silvery metal jewellery from the Southern "Arabian Peninsula", comprising - two cuff bracelets, 3.5ins and 4.5ins diameter, rectangular amulet case, 2.75ins x 2ins, necklace, 9.5ins wide, and five other pieces, various £100-150
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A South African hardwood knobkerrie, 28.75ins, and another, the upper shaft with zig-zag shallow carving to four faces, the club head off centre and with a shallow carved oval "eye" to the front, 30ins £200-300
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An interesting collection of West African carved wooden objects, including - Mask with distinctive three locks of hair, 9.5ins high, standing figure of a demon with gaping mouth and bared teeth, 15.5ins high, carved hardwood figure of a standing bearded male, signed by the artist "Bodesso Daniel", 26.5ins, and thirteen other items, various £200-300
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An interesting collection of West African carved wooden objects, including - Handled mortar carved with humanoid features, the upper part chip carved, 11ins, carved standing figure of a male holding a club (?), 9.75ins high, carved seated female figure, 10ins high, and twelve other items, various £200-300
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A late 19th century Javanese carved wood and painted mask to represent Klana Bapang (the Giant Tiran King) with protruding eyes and long nose, 7.75ins high (with indistinct ink inscription to back and date 1897), and another of a serene woman, 7ins high £150-200
Note: Thought to be from Yogyakarta area, Java, Indonesia
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An Eastern table cabinet, the small casket standing on four bracket feet with a hinged lid and single drawer, clad in repoussed bronze with silvered details, 16ins x 10.5ins x 14ins high £80-120
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A 20th Century Nigerian (Niger Delta) hardwood ceremonial paddle (from Igo or Jekri people) 58.75ins overall £70-100
| MEDALS, MILITARIA, WEAPONS AND SPORTING GUNS |
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A Victoria Crimea (1854) Medal with two bars for "Alma" and "Inkermann", to "John Taylor, 44th Regiment" (officially impressed - with edge knocks and surface polished) £120-160
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A group of three George V First World War medals to "5291 Pte. J.W. Taylor, 20th Hussars", comprising - 1914 Star with Bar, 5th Aug. - 22nd Nov. 1914, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal £120-160
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A group of six George VI and Elizabeth II Second World War medals to "Major Alfred William Sansom, Intelligence Corps", comprising - O.B.E. (Civil Division), 1940-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal (with Oak Leaves), and General Service Medal with single bar for "Malaya" and Oak leaves, complete with citation for the O.B.E. and citation regarding being mentioned in dispatches dated 6th April 1944, with copies of certificates relating to his work in the Middle East 1946 and 1947, a selection of black and white photographs (mostly groups), a gold coloured metal identity bracelet (No. 150072 "Major A.W. Sansom C of E", a copy of a book written by Major Sansom entitled "I Spied Spies", published by George G. Harrap & Co, London 1965, a copy of the book "The Cat and the Mice" by Leonard Mosley, published by Arthur Barker Ltd 1958, and a small selection of other related ephemera, miniature groups, etc. £600-800
Note: The book "The Cat and the Mice" was partly about Major Sansom and was made into a film where his role was played by James Robertson Justice
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An Egyptian ivory cloth full length cloak with silver wirework embroidered neck and edge panels, bearing six military style buttons, and a selection of Eastern undergarments, headdress, two fly whisks and horsehair whisks £100-150
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Two Japanese iron Tsubas, one finely carved and inlaid in gold with Hotei (God of Good Fortune), the other of Mokko form and carved and inlaid in gold, silver and copper with two cranes within a landscape, both unsigned (Edo period) £150-200
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Two Japanese iron Tsubas, one pierced with the "Magic Sack of Hotei" (one of the Gods of Good Fortune), signed "Tadatsugu", the other finely carved and inlaid in gold and silver with a Sage studying by moonlit, unsigned (both Edo period) £150-200
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Three Japanese iron Tsubas, one pierced with bracken shoots and plovers, (Owari School - Momoyama period - 16th Century), one of plum blossom design, and one of pierced star design (both late Edo period), unsigned £120-150
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A Japanese Tanto in Shirasaya , visible hamon and grain to blade, 16ins overall, unsigned, (early Edo period - Horikawa School - 17th Century) £400-500
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A Japanese Koto Tanto in Shirasaya, with visible hamon and grain to blade, 18ins overall, unsigned, (Soshu School - 16th Century or earlier) £400-500
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