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Old Chinese carved soapstone figure of a rotund monk with child, 18.5cm and old Chinese green glazed porcelain seated Shishi dog on hardwood stand, 18cm wide (2)
£80 - 120
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Six 20th century School Chinese painted scrolls - mostly floral subjects, signed
£100 - 150
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Early 20th century Japanese bronze jardinière decorated with Shishi dog decoration and elephant's head handles, 23cm high and two Japanese bronze vases decorated with landscapes, 12cm - 21cm high (3)
£80 - 120
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Fine antique Imperial Chinese silk panel from an official's robe, worked in gold bullion and silk threads depicting a dragon with a banner in its mouth, with a background of clouds on red silk ground, in glazed frame, 59cm high x 96cm wide
£500 - 700
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Pair antique Imperial Chinese silk panels from an official's robe, worked in gold bullion and silk threads with birds and flora on red silk ground, in glazed frames, 50cm high x 29cm wide
£200 - 300
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Early 19th century blonde tortoiseshell tea caddy of sarcophagus form, with domed top, interior with two lidded compartments, pewter line inlay, on gilt ball feet, 18cm wide x 15cm high
£300 - 500
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Old wooden artist's life size model dog with 'wagging' tail and adjustable head and limbs, 84cm long
£100 - 150
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19th century toleware oval gallery tray with painted landscape and building reserves on red and gilt scroll and floral spray painted ground and twin brass handles, 70cm x 47cm
£150 - 200
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Good quality late Victorian mahogany table-top collectors' cabinet with gilt brass swing carrying handle, glazed door enclosing twenty graduated drawers with turned bone handles, 28cm wide x 30cm deep x 31cm high
£150 - 200
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Rare pair of George III silver and tortoiseshell sunglasses with blue tinted lenses and folding tortoiseshell side protectors, folding silver arms
£100 - 150
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Late 18th / early 19th century gilt metal and agate casket of rectangular form, with engraved mounts, hinged lid, on ball feet, 8.5cm wide
£100 - 150
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Victorian gilt brass casket commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897, cast in high relief with portrait bust of The Queen and allegorical scenes from her reign, representing the arts, industry, justice, the Empire, etc, 15cm
£50 - 70
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Collection of 19th century glass and ceramic scent flasks including three Bohemian coloured glass and silver mounted scent flasks, egg-shaped ceramic flask and unusual ceramic etui cased glass scent bottle (5)
£80 - 120
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Unusual 17th / 18th century religious reliquary reverse painted on glass portrait of a female saint, in original black painted tin octagonal frame with bevelled glass and hanging loop to top
£60 - 100
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Georgian ivory-handled seal with steel armorial matrix, 19th century Devizes Grammar School seal matrix dated 1859, rock crystal cat and other items
£60 - 100
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Two early 20th century Japanese bronze carp ornaments, naturalistically modelled, with green and brown patination, 29cm
£100 - 150
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Two late 19th century Japanese carved ivory netsuke of seated man and girl, wooden netsuke, ivory okimono of a scholar and other items
£50 - 70
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Rare Georgian Aldeburgh constables' wooden truncheon of cylindrical form, painted with G R and crowned pre-1801 Royal Arms and 'Aldeburgh', 49cm
£150 - 200
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Fine 19th century Maori 'taiaha' carved wooden war spear / chiefs' staff with flattened narrow blade one end and spear-shaped blade the other, carved as a distorted double faced head with extended tongue with tattoo design - dry, untouched original patina overall, 208cm long
£600 - 800
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Unusual Victorian mahogany table-top Wellington jewel chest with six graduated velvet-lined drawers with side hinged locking flap, on platform base, 37cm high x 26cm wide x 20cm deep
£150 - 200
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Pair Victorian brass heralds' trumpets with engraved dragon's head crests and white metal mouthpiece, marked - Boosey & Co, London, 73.5cm overall
£100 - 150
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Old haematite botyoidal kidney ore specimen, 20cm high
£60 - 100
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Fine 18th century fan with carved and polychrome painted ivory sticks with mother of pearl inlay and painted paper romantic scene, in Victorian giltwood and glass bead decorated frame, 41cm x 59cm
£200 - 300
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Carved ivory egg, the base unscrewing on a thread, together with a Victorian mother of pearl card case, 19th century tortoiseshell box, a Mauchline ware cylindrical box and cover and four further boxes (7)
£80 - 120
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Carved oak ecclesiastical ceiling boss with central green man lozenge issuing oak leaves and gargoyle grotesque spandrels, 19th century or earlier, 25cm high
£100 - 150
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19th century Kashmiri polychrome and gilt painted papier mache turban box and cover of domed octagonal outline, 18cm wide (Removed from Aldham Mill, Hadleigh)
£100 - 150
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Collection of 17th century and later oak panels and other carvings including furniture and architectural elements, linenfold panels, three 17th century floral relief carved panels, 19th century armorial wall bracket and other items
£100 - 150
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Pair of late 19th century French gilt metal and marble candelabra, each with four scrolled branches with acanthus leaf and sconces, the central sconce with removable finial, on floral knopped column centred by ovoid marble knop flanked by putto, on circular spread base and scrolled tripod supports, 51cm high
£100 - 150
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Chinese finely carved spinach-green jade bowl with slightly flared rim and short cylindrical flared foot, 11cm diameter
£100 - 150
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Eliza Palmer, aged 11, 1827, late Regency needlework sampler, with script verse and alphabet, surrounded by animal and foliate motifs in meander border and glazed faux tortoiseshell frame, 32cm x 32cm
£80 - 120
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After Giambologna (Italian, 1529 - 1608), 19th century Continental patinated bronze and sienna marble figure of Aurora, raised on circular marble and bronze relief column, 89cm high
£300 - 500
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Brian Willsher (b. 1930), carved wood abstract sculpture, signed and dated 1980 to the underside, 26.5cm high
£150 - 250
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1937 Royal commemorative woolwork sampler with Royal coach and attendants within thistle and rose borders, dated May 12th 1937, 46cm x 33cm, together with an embroidery panel of figures and sheep and a modern sampler dated 1931 (3)
£50 - 70
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18th century pewter twin-handled chamber pot with everted rim, touch marks for London, four marks R. & B., Britannia, leopard's head, rose, later initialled and dated 1878, 33cm wide, together with 18th / 19th century French pewter porringer and a pewter dish (3)
£60 - 80
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Large West African iron currency of spade form, on fitted stand, total height 50cm
£100 - 150
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Fine 18th century floral embroidered panel depicting cornucopia and vase of flowers worked in wools, silks and cottons, in glazed frame, 145cm high x 54cm wide
£200 - 300
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Large fine 19th century Chinese embroidered silk panel with raised coiling dragon to centre and trailing foliate border, in glazed frame, 125cm x 124cm
£200 - 300
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1960s bronze ovoid plaque cast in relief with three figures - unsigned, 31cm high x 31cm wide
£60 - 100
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Of Victorian theatrical interest - a rare Victorian silver heart-shaped box depicting a portrait of W. S. Penley in the title role of Charley's Aunt - engraved 'To Maud Freer, from Charley's Aunt December 21st 1895', hallmarked - London 1895, maker - Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 5.5cm. These boxes were given to ladies in the audience of the third anniversary performance at the Globe Theatre in London. However, this particular box was given to Maud Freer, who was the second wife of Lord William Cecil The 3rd Marquess of Exeter. She was either the niece or family friend of William Penley (1852 - 1912), the actor who created the role of Lord Fancourt Babberley and Charley's Aunt. The lot is sold with an inscribed photograph of Penley playing Charley's Aunt, signed in ink on reverse 'with Uncle Willies Love to Maud Oct 12th 1895', 16.5cm x 11cm and French's Acting Edition of The Importance of being Earnest Copyright 1893 (3)
£100 - 150
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Large 19th century Indian gilt bronze temple bell of bowl form, finely engraved with figures, animals and floral scrolls - retaining nearly all original gilding to exterior, 46cm diameter, 21cm high
£300 - 400
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Antique Chinese bronze censer of plain archaic form, with twin handles, raised on three feet - seal mark to base, 14cm diameter, 9cm high
£500 - 700
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Chinese jade bolder carving decorated internally with figures in landscape, 19cm wide
£700 - 900
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Antique Chinese cinnabar lacquer dish intricately carved with flowers - seal marks and verse on reverse, 36cm diameter
£900 - 1100
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Collection of antique billiard balls (40)
£100 - 150
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19th century scrimshaw whale's tooth, finely engraved with a British Man o' War with fortification in background, 18cm
£300 - 500
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Congolese Ngbaka twin-bladed throwing knife with snakeskin handle and textured finish to the metal, 39cm long
£100 - 150
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West African iron pod necklace raised on presentation stand, 34cm high
£60 - 100
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Group of African tribal artifacts, to include Masai beadwork bamboo arrow holder, Masai wooden drinking vessel, painted leather pouch, wooden snuff container and cover, animal bell, jewellery and other items
£60 - 100
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Group of African tribal sculptures, including metal and shell mounted Dan mask, three large spoons with figural terminals and three maternity figures (7)
£150 - 200
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Ladies' 19th century vintage shawl, fine cream silk with small embroidered all over stylised flowers, silk fringing approximately 140cm x 150cm
£60 - 90
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