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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL OBLONG BOX decorated in relief with carousing peasants, gilt interior & pseudo marks, c.1900, together with a small spoon set with turquoise bosses; the box 5" (12.8 cms) long; 8.2 oz (2) £70-90
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MOTHER OF PEARL "SOUVENIR NECESSAIRE" with a hinged cover, engraved & gilded decoration and an inset miniature portrait of a putto on one side (behind glass); 3.4" (8.5 cms) long £300-350
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A SMALL CIRCULAR CARVED IVORY FRAME late 19th century, an ivory cross pendant and four carved bone implements, each with a Stanhope or Stanhope type viewer (one depicting the "Cristal Palace"); the frame 4" (10 cms) diameter (6) £120-150
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A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MOUNTED & INLAID TORTOISESHELL PURSE with a timepiece inset in the cover, white enamelled dial & Roman numerals, silk lining, monogrammed on the reverse c.1870; 3.5" ( 9 cms) long £600-650
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A CHINESE IVORY CARD CASE carved with panels of figures; 9.5 x 5.5 cms £60-100
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AN INDIAN IRON CIGAR BOX inlaid in gold & silver with formal designs, c.1900; 22 cms £80-120
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A CHINESE IVORY CARD CASE deeply carved with figures in pavilions, dragon edges; 11 x 6.5 cms £300-500
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TREEN: A snuff box, possibly boxwood carved as a double barrelled flintlock pistol, early 19th century; 15.5 cms £100-200
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TREEN: A box wood snuff box of book form carved with figures and grotesques and named Bernar M..noni Montefiore, 18th century, possibly Masonic; 9 cms £200-300
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A GOLD AND ENAMEL POSY HOLDER pierced and set with turquoises, 19th century; 6.5 cms £80-120
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A CARVED IVORY GROUP OF AN ARTIST PUTTO standing with palette beside a portrait on an easel, late 19th century; 12.5 cms high £100-200 B556. TWO WHITE ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS of silver shape, one painted with flowers, the other with puce vignettes, 18th century; approx. 28 cms £70-100
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A CONTINENTAL GILT METAL "SINGING BIRD" BOX with musical movement; 10.5 cms £200-300
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A POCKET BAROMETER in gilt brass case, 5 cms, with travelling case, a Japanese ivory & shibayama box and a carved coconut cup, the mount inscribed "Jebba 1907" £80-120
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A PAPIER MÂCHÉ SNUFF BOX the cover painted after a Gillray caricature with a ‘Portsmouth "Sall" with a Johny Crapeau in her arms'; 9.5 cms £50-80 H560. A CRYSTAL BOWL the oval body cut with baskets of flowers, snakes and grotesques in silver gilt and enamel mounts with serpent handles, Austro Hungarian, late 19th century; 17.5 cms wide £200-300
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL TOOLED LEATHER JEWEL CASKET resembling a small specimen table of serpentine outline with a bevelled glass cover & a lift-out tray of plaster & wax seal impressions; 8.75" (22.2 cms) wide £500-600
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A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY IVORY GAMING SET consisting of four stained oblong boxes (one red, one yellow, one green & one natural colour), with brass stand-away hinges & gilt-decorated covers, each containing ivory gaming pieces (some initialled "B" and some with values; "10", "20", "30 Guinee", etc.), c.1730, all contained in a later, lacquered box; the latter 7.5" (19 cms) long £2000-2500
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A VICTORIAN BRASS BOUND ROSEWOOD TOILET BOX with a lift-up cover & concealed jewellery drawer, fitted with ten various silvergilt mounted cut-glass jars, bottles & boxes, a pin box with a hinged cover, a powder box with a screw-down hinged cover, a small tray, all with the initials "ME" & scroll engraving, and a plain beaker, the box cover with a concealed area revealing a wooden mirror frame (no glass), and a gilt brass hand mirror, the box with a patent lock & key by Sampson Mordan & Co., all the mounts by John Harris, London 1858; the box measuring 12.75" (32.5 cms) wide; 19.8 oz weighable silver £500-600
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMELLED, PLATED BRASS CRICKET CAGE with one large section, surmounted by a smaller section with a suspension hook, each with slide-up access doors, struck once on the base with a character mark, c.1900; 8.75" (22.4 cms) high £200-250
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AN 18TH CENTURY IVORY SNUFF BOX rectangular with moulded borders, a brass, stand-away hinge & the engraved initials "AB", unmarked 1730-40; 3.25" (8.2 cms) long £200-250
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY VERNIS-MARTIN OVAL SNUFF BOX with a bright green ground, the cover painted with young lovers, heightened with gilt borders & gilt-metal mounts, unmarked; 3.75" (9.5 cms) long £300-350
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A LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED DOVE-GREY LACQUERED "SOUVENIR D'AMITIE" containing a folding bone tablet & a mounted pencil, fully marked but marks indistinct on bezel; 3.4" (8.5 cms) long £1000-1200
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A CHINESE SILVER GILT FILIGREE FAN with enamel decoration including flowers and boats; 19 cms £200-300
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MABEL HANKEY A miniature portrait of a baby with fair curly hair wearing blue sash, half length, on ivory; 6.5 x 5.25 cms, and another by the same; 6.5 x 5.5 cms (2) £150-250
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AN IVORY FAN the guards and sticks well painted with a mythological scene, possibly David and Abigail with figures and trophies and vignettes, 18th century; the reverse with an Italianate landscape; 21 cms £200-300
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AN IVORY FAN with carved guards and brise sticks; 21 cms £150-200
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A BRISE HORN FAN painted with flowers, figures and a horse drawn chariot, 15.5 cms, with case and a straw work case for a fan; 23 cms (3) £80-120
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A FAN ivory sticks & guards, paper leaves with primitive humorous painting & inscribed "Here Lies the bones of honest Patt Who in her Lifetime Loved to chatt", 18th century; 27 cms £60-100
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AFTER THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH A miniature portrait of Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (nee Linley), half length, on ivory; 8.25 x 6.5 cms £70-100
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ENGLISH SCHOOL LATE 19TH CENTURY A miniature portrait of the 4th Earl of Carnarvon seated reading, half length, on ivory; 9 x 6.5 cms in silver colour metal frame, another of the same as a baby, a portrait of Lady Victoria and The Hon. Mervyn Herbert 1895 by M.G.B. Hall, Edinburgh, and three others, various £200-300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL C.1830 A pair of naive miniature portraits of two sisters, one in a library with a dog, the other beside a work table, on ivory; 14.5 x 10.5 cms £100-200
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ENGLISH SCHOOL LATE 18TH CENTURY A miniature portrait of a lady with elaborately dressed hair, half length on ivory; 6 x 5 cms £60-100
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