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A 19th Century iron cloth measuring wheel with turned handle, numbered 1-24, 8" wheel, 40cm long overall £25 - 40
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An octagonal walnut mortar with circular dished centre, 31cm wide; together with a pestle, 32cm long (2), possibly 17th Century £100 - 200
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A coopered barrel, 24cm high; two iron traps; a Mauchline ware Shakespeare's House tumbler cup and cover, 7.5cm high, etc. (5) £20 - 30
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A table top mounted slicer, 43cm high; a terracotta salt pot; a white metal mounted cut glass jug and a wooden lemon squeezer (4) £20 - 30
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A 19th Century turned truncheon with "flail" terminal, iron fittings, turned handle and end, stamped "Lang, Haymarket, London", 55cm long overall £80 - 120
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An 18th Century solid yew wood carving of a peasant woman with child on her back, a satchel over her left arm holding a drop spindle, an animal at her feet, 25cm high £200 - 300
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An oak hanging tinder box of rectangular outline with shaped back, 27cm high, late 18th Century (lacking steel and faults) £30 - 50
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An 18th Century ebonised fruitwood rise and fall candlestick with threaded column, black Japanned candle holder, turned circular base, 25cm high £80 - 120
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A mahogany box containing six boxwood and six ebony pegs, chamfered at the base and with a printing terminal, with circular felt lined ink pad recess, 10cm wide, 3.75cm deep, 5.5cm high £20 - 30
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An alabaster campana shaped urn with egg and dart carved rim on waisted column and circular pedestal, 43cm high, late 19th / early 20th Century (faults) £120 - 180
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A saddle tree, the wooden base with shaped and joined iron panels for strength, unusually scalloped arch shaped cantle and curving arrow head horn, iron and brass beaded rivets, two iron rings to the back jockey, remains of leather covering attached in various areas, possibly Spanish 17th Century, 26cm high, 33cm wide, 46cm long £100 - 140
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A Sheraton period canted rectangular satinwood tea caddy the hinged top and front boldly inlaid with shaded shell oval patera within inlaid canted fore angles, foiled interior with pair of lids, 18cm wide, 13cm high, 10.5cm deep, Circa 1790 (faults) £80 - 120
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A Sheraton period satinwood tea caddy the hinged lid with shaded shell patera on a hare wood ground, the front with shaded floral filled urn on a conforming ground inlaid to the canted fore angles, foiled interior with lid, 12.5cm wide, 11.5cm high, 9.5cm deep, Circa 1790 (faults) £30 - 40
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A Phillip's British Empire globe, papered card with lacquered brass register, ebonised bobbin turned column and circular base, 32cm high, early 20th Century (faults) £80 - 120
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A late 19th Century Continental Melodion with inlaid case and decorative lacquered bellows, mother of pearl key plates and pads, brass fittings, boxed, 32.5cm wide £40 - 60
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An interesting pair of late 19th / early 20th Century clowns' shoes with leather uppers and wooden soles, the toes with rudimentary fittings to attach to drums and cymbals, 44cm long
Reputedly belonging to a Clown & Gentleman's outfitter from Mablethorpe £200 - 300
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A good pair of Edwardian leather boots, calf length, including a pair of shoe trees, 28cm high overall, early 20th Century £100 - 150
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An interesting rock crystal model of Hitler's Summer House...., realistically modelled with signpost, gate and rocky outcrop beyond, contained beneath a glass dome on ebonised circular plinth and compressed bun feet, 24cm high
This is 'Haus Wachenfeld' which later became known as the 'Berghof' - it was built in 1916 for a banker named Winter, as a vacation cottage (his wife's maiden name was Wachenfeld), and was located in the Bavarian Alps. Through his half-sister Angela Raubal, Hitler rented this house in 1927 for 100 Reichsmarks per month, and he secured the rights to purchase it in 1932. He bought the house in June 1933 for 40,000 Goldmarks. After his election as Reichskanzler he commissioned architect Alois Degano to remodel and enlarge the property. The Eagle's Nest was later built on top of the mountain above the Berhof. £700 - 1000
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An Ekco Model U122 green bakelite radio, 24cm high, 29cm wide; together with the original guarantee, installation pamphlet and invoice for £14.14s, dated October 25th 1950 £40 - 60
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Ten Festival Of Britain match books, 1951 £10 - 20
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A set of six Guinness waistcoat buttons, boxed; a "Guinness is Good For You" ashtray, a Guinness bottle cigarette lighter, a Guinness bottle opener, a Guinness pen knife and a Guinness thimble beaker transfer printed with toucan and glasses of Guinness (6) £100 - 150
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An interesting 19th Century rope and chain measure, brass and boxwood, inscribed "JR Woods, Yegeria", 11.5cm x 4.5cm; a brass novelty miniature strongbox, the hinged lid with three locking dials with Roman numerals I - XII and reeded circular catch, oval box, 8cm wide (2) (faults)
<@$>box is a combination lock - the arrows spin and only when all three are in their correct positions can you open the lid. £25 - 40
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A late 19th Century bronze figural press, modelled as an elderly gentleman being squashed within two walls, a child turning the screw, 17cm wide, 14cm high, the base indistinctly inscribed £150 - 200
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A pair of medieval stone pillar fragments carved with a male bearded mask and female mask, each 46cm high, 23cm diameter approx. (degraded) £550 - 700
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An 18th Century Italian plaque finely inlaid with coloured woods and ivory, depicting the birth of Jesus in the stable, the ivory penwork detailed, 32cm x 49cm overall, contained within an ebonised frame £150 - 250
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A wooden trug of conventional design with bent wood handle, 64cm wide £30 - 40
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A 17th Century Spanish polychrome decorated figure of the Madonna and child, rectangular base on bun feet, 51cm high £500 - 800
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A 19th Century plaster death mask of the 'Unknown Lady of the Seine', bronzed painted finish, stamped 2848, 34cm high, late 19th / early 20th Century
In 19th Century Paris, the corpses of people drowned in the Seine were displayed to the public in order to be identified. In the 1880's there was one particular body. She was dragged from the Seine with not a scratch or spot. Suicide they said. The body was presented behind a window and the people peered at the restful smile which sat across the features. She was never identified. An unknown pathologist had been so taken by the beauty that they decided to immortalise her. A plaster cast mould of the face was taken and a death mask made, an object to preserve the image of one deceased. Through odd contrivances and circumstances now lost to time the mask got out and garnered a following. The face became famous.
L'Inconnue de la Seine they called her, meaning 'the unknown woman of the Seine.' Somehow copies were made of the mask and then more were desired. Photographs of the original were taken and masks made based upon the film negatives By the 1900's factories in Germany and France were producing volumes of the corpse's countenance. In 1960 her death mask was used as the model for the first resuscitation doll 'Resusci Anne', also known as 'CPR Annie' in<@$> the US. £40 - 60
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An Islamic white metal bowl, engraved, 13.5cm diameter; a decorated ostrich egg, 15cm high; three bone apple corers, 15cm and smaller and two engraved ivory cheroot holders, 19cm long and smaller (7) £40 - 60
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A gourd flask of circular form engraved with Napoleon to one side, the reverse with flower head, pair of twine handles, bearing ribbon banner inscribed "Souvenir Ajaccio", 14cm wide max. £150 - 200
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A Victorian oak carved panel of arched shape releif carved with Gaius Mucius Scaevola, 60cm x 100cm wide, late 19th Century
This depicts Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a Roman youth mentioned in Livy, who was famous for his bravery.
In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Rome. Mucius, with the approval of the Roman Senate snuck into the Etruscan camp and attempted to murder Porsena. There were two similarly dressed people on a raised platform talking to the troops. He misidentified Porsena and killed Porsena's scribe instead. Mucius was captured, and famously declared to Porsena: "I am Gaius Mucius, a citizen of Rome. I came here as an enemy to kill my enemy, and I am as ready to die as I am to kill. We Romans act bravely and, when adversity strikes, we suffer bravely."
"Watch," he declared, "so that you know how cheap the body is to men who have their eye on great glory." Mucius thrust his right hand into a fire which was lit for sacrifice and held it there without giving any indication of pain, thereby earning for himself and his descendants the cognomen Scaevola, meaning 'left-handed'. Porsena, shocked at the youth's bravery, dismissed him from the Etruscan camp, free to return to Rome saying "Go back, since you do more harm to yourself than me". At the same time, the king also sent ambassadors to Rome to offer peace £175 - 225
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An early 17th Century trunk carving of the Virgin Mary and Child, 100cm high, Circa 1620 £1800 - 2500
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Two Victorian black Japanned tôleware oval trays, two small trays, one circular dish and three boxes, all decorated with stylised flower heads within gilt borders, largest tray 52cm wide,late 19th Century (faults) £120 - 180
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An oak domed topped box applied coppered white metal strap work mounts, the borders with studded circles, pair of ring handles, 30cm wide, late 19th / early 20th Century £50 - 80
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An early version of a phonofiddle based on a Stroh violin / horn violin, naively carved scroll, neck and body, single string, an unusual moveable rest/ leg braces, attached amplifying horn, 86cm high, Circa 1900s £100 - 150
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A 17th Century carved oak figure of the Virgin Mary and Child, applied silver crown, 24cm high, contained beneath a glass dome (3) (old restorations) £400 - 600
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A 17th Century polychrome decorated figure of a young female with crown, carved hair, wearing a blue dress with red coat holding a wreath in her left hand, carved base with central cartouche, 70cm high (faults) £600 - 900
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A religious triptych, cast iron detailing of the prophet Isaiah anointing David, with head and shoulders of figures facing inwards to either side, each within cathedral style frame, mounted on carved and painted wood back in the form of three ogee gothic arches, 64cm high, 64.5cm wide £100 - 150
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Three fragments of Gothic carving, 72cm high and smaller (possibly parts of pews) £75 - 100
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A stained wooden tobacco jar and cover with knopped finial the cylindrical ogee and waisted body on an ebonised waisted pedestal, circular foot and three compressed bun feet, 26cm high £25 - 40
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A 17th Century polychrome decorated carved wooden figure of a bearded gentleman with hat, holding a staff, 24cm high; on a later wooden base (faults) £180 - 250
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A carved and stained alabaster model of a kingfisher, realistically modelled, standing on a rocky base, inset with white metal tablet inscribed "...Kochendorfer, 1891", 18cm high (beak repaired) £100 - 150
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A carved and stained alabaster group with a bird perched on top of a peach beside an apricot, rectangular white alabaster plinth, 12cm high, 13.5cm wide, 20th Century £50 - 80
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A late 19th Century pipe the terminal naively carved with a stag's head, with scaled and textured stem and bowl, brass fittings, 36cm long £75 - 100
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A horn and antler segmental long pipe with porcelain bowl transfer printed with baying stag in mountainous landscape, 86cm long approx., 20th Century £60 - 100
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A segmental horn long pipe with porcelain bowl transfer printed with stag in landscape, 92cm long, 20th Century £60 - 100
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A 19th Century cherry wood mould carved with flower heads and leafage; together with a roller with turned wood handle, mould 25cm wide (2) £40 - 60
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A Swiss carved and stained softwood sliding book stand, the arched ends each carved with the Lion of Lucerne, 40cm wide, late 19th / early 20th Century £50 - 80
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An unusual late 18th / early 19th Century pocket lantern, tortoiseshell, of shallow circular reeded form, the hinged cover with silver strap work and clasp revealing a white metal candle holder with pricket, the top lifting to reveal the paper lantern, the base plain, 8cm diameter £300 - 500
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A good Regency blonde tortoiseshell caddy of canted rectangular form the triple stepped hinged lid with vacant silver coloured metal rectangular cartouche, wire inlaid overall and with boxwood strung borders, the front butterfly veneered, the interior with pair of tortoiseshell veneered lidded wells, four white coloured metal spherical feet, 18cm wide, 16cm high (faults) £500 - 800
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