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Edwardian carved oak bible rest with pierced Gothic tracery ornament to the slope and bracket supports, inscribed presentation plaque dated 1907, 33cm wide £70 - 100
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17th century North Italian walnut ebony and ivory table cabinet, the fall front enclosing four short drawers, each with engraved figural panel within ripple moulding, raised on squat bun feet, the front panel engraved with scene of St. George and the Dragon, 25.5cm wide £800 - 1200
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Rococo-style carved pine figural lamp base modelled as a standing putto with drapery and rising C-scroll column on square plinth base, 60cm high £150 - 200
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After the Antique, 19th century Grand Tour carved marble sculpture of the Uffizi boar, finely carved on shaped rectangular plinth, indistinctly inscribed and dated 1853 to the underside, 16cm long £150 - 200
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Extremely rare George III Patent mechanical egg timer by John De Lafons, Royal Exchange, London, the oval top centred by enamel dial, numbered 1 to 5 with single hand counting down, within embossed brass surround, with Royal Patent, numbered 64, with pierced grille sides enclosing the mechanism, 10cm long £200 - 300
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Antique weathered plaster bust of the poet John Milton, 31cm high £100 - 150
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Large specimen of iron pyrites (fool's gold), approximately 20cm wide, on presentation stand, together with two malachite specimens carved as ashtrays (3) £60 - 80
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Victorian carved ivory desk thermometer in the form of an architectural column, with engraved scale on stepped carved base, 24cm high, together with three smaller examples, one signed 'Adams, London' (4) £200 - 300
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Victorian carved ivory desk thermometer, with inset compass to the plateau, on plinth base, signed 'Fisher, Strand', 6.5cm high, together with three others (4) £150 - 200
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19th century horn snuff box of oblong form, the lid inset with horn geometric tessellation, 10cm long, together with papier mache snuff box painted with a racehorse and owner, tortoiseshell and horn snuff and two tartanware snuffs (5) £100 - 150
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19th century blond tortoiseshell and abalone canister of slightly bowed upright oblong form, with push-button release hinged cover, 13cm high, together with a tortoiseshell abalone and pique inlaid etui case of canted oblong form (2) £60 - 80
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Banded agate snuff box with bevelled hinged cover, 8cm long, together with three other agate boxes and three further boxes (7) £60 - 80
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Carved marble figure of the Medici lion on rectangular plinth base, 24cm long, together with a smaller carving of the same subject £70 - 100
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Variegated grey red marble pedestal urn of classical form, with shallow dish top, on stepped circular foot and square plinth base, 35cm diameter £200 - 300
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Unusual 18th century Continental tooled leather knife box of slightly bowed outline, with gilt floral tooled ornament and surmounting carrying handle, interior now vacant and fabric-lined, 27cm high £70 - 100
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Antique carved carrera marble relief, with twin-winged cherub heads, approximately 30cm wide £80 - 120
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17th century carved oak frieze fragment, relief carved with central mask boss and flanking frieze of dogs and vines, 61cm wide £80 - 120
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19th century Vizagapatam cribbage box, typically pen work decorated, with sliding cover enclosing lidded compartment housing pegs, 23cm long, together with a small domed Vizagapatam counter box (2) £120 - 180
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Tooled brass candle wall reflector, the backplate of canted rectangular form, with floral decoration, issuing scrolled candle branch, 42cm high £60 - 80
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Cartier easel desk clock with oval signed dial, numbered 750901316, together with a guilloche enamel desk clock and two other desk clocks (4) £80 - 120
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Impressive 17th century-style carved terracotta corbel with central portrait mask of a bearded man wearing a ruff - possibly Charles I, with radiating scrolls, 70cm high £200 - 300
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Large 19th century turned sycamore dairy bowl, 42cm diameter, together with a 19th century turned beech dish and a three-legged elm and fruitwood milking stool (3) £100 - 150
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Early 18th century-style carved pine wall bracket, 27cm high, together with a Black Forest wall applique carved with game birds and fruiting branches and an Eastern pierced screen panel (3) £100 - 150
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Collection of antique ivory and bone objects, including a large gavel, African carved ivory model of a crocodile and snake, group of compasses, 19th century ivory cased apple corer and a Chinese puzzle ball on stand £150 - 200
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19th century tortoiseshell pin box in the form of a miniature knife box, with push-release cover enclosing ivory compartmented interior, together with a 19th century ivory cased cotton reel holder and a carved bone model of a loom - possibly Prisoner of War £70 - 100
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Victorian toleware spice box of domed cylindrical form, hinged cover enclosing nutmeg grater and radiating compartments, 20cm diameter, together with a toleware candle box and toleware twin-branch lamp £70 - 100
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Fossil fish specimen, labelled - Notelop. Brama, Cretaceous - Brazil, 14cm long, together with a carved Egyptian ushabti, 18cm long (2) £60 - 90
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Antique iron and plaster ball and chain, together with an antique animal trap converted to a candlestick (2) £50 - 70
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18th century domed tooled leather casket with surmounting swing handle and original hinged clasp and backplate, 30cm wide £80 - 120
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Unusual cast bronze dish in the form of a gunnera leaf, 36cm wide £100 - 150
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Antique banded alabaster pot and cover of cylindrical form, with shaped knop to the domed cover, on bun feet, 21cm high, together with a pair of alabaster candlesticks and four other alabaster vessels £100 - 150
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Pair of 19th century carved oak panels in the Gothic taste, of narrow proportions, with pierced tracery and carved boss and leaf ornament, 158cm x 28cm £80 - 120
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Decorative Antique Continental bronze and malachite studded novelty box in the form of a crocodile, with hinged lid, 42cm long £150 - 250
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Antique carved white carrera marble vessel of boat form, with all-over lappet carved ornament, 35cm, together with a similar green marble example (2) £150 - 200
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Collection of carved malachite objects, to include malachite miniature chess set, malachite and bone model of a boat, models of rhinoceros, a turtle and other items £100 - 150
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Large 19th century variegated marble obelisk on stepped square base, 60cm high £150 - 200
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Chinese carved soapstone seal surmounted by a figure of a scholar, 13cm high, together with another smaller £50 - 70
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19th century ormolu mounted Derbyshire Blue John specimen, the richly veined Blue John of ovoid form, raised on chased leaf capped base and circular plinth, total height 15cm, together with a carved Derbyshire Blue John egg (2) £150 - 200
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After Jef Lambeaux (Belgian 1852 - 1908), 20th century erotic bronze sculpture modelled as an assemblage of figures in various poses, signed 'J. M. Lambeaux', raised on stepped rectangular marble plinth, total width 33cm £400 - 600
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Pair of 17th / 18th century Italian carved giltwood pricket altar candlesticks, each with iron pricket on acanthus carved baluster knopped stem and triangular platform on paw feet, 57cm high £200 - 300
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18th / 19th century Italian rococo giltwood carving now as a lamp base, heavily carved and pierced column ornamented with putti and formal C-scrolls raised on shaped plinth base £100 - 150
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Early 20th century pyrographed and polychrome painted sycamore box, decorated in the Glasgow School tradition, 29.5cm wide, together with a Continental pierced metal mounted glass box and cover £50 - 70
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Pair of decorative hunting lodge antler and boar's tusk candlesticks with applied leaf ornament, 27cm high, together with a giant clamshell, levelled to form a dish (3) £70 - 100
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Carved walnut pedestal bowl, 26cm diameter, together with three simulated carved oak figural brackets and a small carved oak peg rack (6) £50 - 70
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Decorative gilt metal urn of squat form with gadrooned rim and body, on splayed leaf capped column and cylindrical plinth base, 22cm high £80 - 120
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Two Continental antique lime wood carvings of putti, 41cm high £150 - 200
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17th / 18th century carved lime wood and gilt ecclesiastical architectural bracket carved as a winged cherubim with trailing foliage, 72cm high £200 - 300
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A group of wood carvings - to include antique Eastern carved horse form bracket, a pair of cherub figures, relief carved angel and a pair of globular burr wood newel posts (6) £80 - 120
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17th / 18th century Continental tapestry border fragment, with central landscape cartouche and scrolling floral ground, 186cm x 45cm, together with three altar cloths of various dates £80 - 120
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Three cushions incorporating 17th century tapestry fragments, together with other decorative cushions £40 - 60
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