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A 20th Century Russian black papier-mache and painted box - Cathedral with onion domes and people to foreground, 7ins x 2.75ins x 1.375ins high, signed and dated, and three others, various £120-160
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A 20th Century Russian black papier-mache and painted box, the lid with a horse-drawn sleigh scene, 9.75ins wide x 5.75ins deep x 1.75ins high, and a 20th Century Russian black papier-mache and painted box - Winter landscape with church spire indistinctly signed, 5.5ins wide x 3.5ins deep x 2ins high £150-200
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A Victorian rosewood and Tunbridge ware rectangular workbox, the lid with Abbey ruins within a border of selenium and brambles, the side band of fuchsias, 9.25ins wide x 7.5ins deep x 4ins high, a ditto, the lid with parquetry pattern, 6.5ins wide x 4ins deep x 2ins high, and a ditto square box, the lid decorated with floral spray within floral border, 6ins square x 2.25ins high £200-300
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A Victorian rosewood and parquetry Tunbridge ware rectangular work box of sarcophagus shape, the parquetry panels to top and sides with folding bale handle, on bun feet, 13ins wide x 9ins deep x 4.5ins high £120-160
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A Huntley & Palmers book pattern biscuit tin, 6.25ins x 4.5ins x 6.5ins high, a leather stacking box in the form of four revolving books, 7ins x 4.25ins x 5.25ins high, and a selection of tin, leather and wooden book pattern boxes and money boxes, various £80-120
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A late Victorian rosewood rectangular enclosed stationery box retailed by Drew & Sons, Piccadilly Circus, London, inlaid in boxwood and ivorine with urn and scroll work, the lid and fall-front opening to reveal fold-out divided interior, stationery drawer and leather lined writing slope, 12.5ins wide x 7.5ins deep x 10ins high £150-200
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"A Catalogue of Scientific and Other Educational Cabinets" - A 19th Century mahogany rectangular cabinet sold by Thomas Varty, 31 Strand, the interior with four trays containing various specimens, 12ins wide x 7ins deep x 5ins high £120-160
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A 19th Century Apothecary's mahogany rectangular cabinet with brass recessed handle to top, opening to reveal divided interior with numerous bottles, fitted drawer to base, with similar divided interior, 8.75ins wide x 6.5ins deep x 8ins high £150-200
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A late Georgian mahogany miniature chest, the square top edge crossbanded, fitted two short and two long drawers, on shaped apron and splayed bracket feet, 11.25ins wide x 6ins deep x 11.5ins high £120-160
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A late Victorian oak table cabinet, fitted nine small drawers enclosed by a pair of bevelled glass panelled doors, on moulded base, 16ins wide x 11ins deep x 18ins high (lacking key), and a small walnut nest of seven small drawers with recessed brass handles, 8ins wide x 10ins deep x 12ins high £150-200
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An 18th/19th Century English black stained and plain turned ivory "Birds Nest" pattern chess set, Kings 3.25ins high, Pawns 1.375ins high £400-600
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A late Victorian turned bone and stained red travelling chess set, all pieces .625ins high, in folding mahogany case with board, 7ins square open, a "Staunton" pattern boxwood and ebony chess set, Kings 3ins high, Pawns 1.375ins high, in box, and a bone and stained red travelling chess set, Kings 1.875ins high, Pawns 1ins high, in later box (board missing) £120-160
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A Victorian Jacques boxwood and ebonised "Staunton" pattern chess set, Kings 3ins high, Pawns 1.5ins high in original mahogany box with trade label to lid, a triangular Tunbridge ware cribbage board, 13.75ins wide, one other triangular cribbage board, and a selection of other cribbage boards draughts boards and boxes, various £120-160
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An early 19th Century game, paper mounted on linen - "The Royal Game of British Sovereigns Exhibiting the Most Remarkable Events in Each Reign from Egbert to George III", published by J & E Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J.Wallis Jnr, Marine Library, Sidmouth, with original slipcase, and booklet explaining the game, 20ins x 25.5ins £300-400
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Continental automaton figure of a standing butcher with butcher's block and joint of meat, on circular ebonised base, 14.5ins high a under a glass cylindrical dome, 17ins high overall £400-600
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An extensive collection of Dinky diecast toy saloon cars, including - "Mercedes Benz" (No. 237), "Ford Zephyr" (No. 162), "Austin-Healey" (No. 109) (all boxed), and commercial vehicles, agricultural vehicles and a small selection of aircraft (some with original boxes - mostly somewhat playworn) £450-600
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A collection of Corgi, Dinky, Lansdowne, and Western diecast cars, including - Corgi Bentley "Continental" sports saloon (No 224), Dinky Bentley S2 (No194), Corgi "classics" Le Mans Bentley 1927 (No 9001), together with five other models (all boxed) £200-250
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A collection of early Dinky diecast toy models, including "Speed of the Wind", "Old Mobile" and "Vanguard" (21) (all unboxed and play worn) £80-120
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A small collection of Hornby "00" gauge locomotives, including - "Flying Scotsman" (4472), and tender in LNER livery, "Lady Patricia" (46210), and tender in British Railways blue livery, "Saint Catherine" (2918), and tender in Great Western green livery, together with other locomotives, carriages and rolling stock (thirty pieces) £100-150
| The Carole Smyth Collection (from Huntingdon, New York U.S.A.) |
This collection of "Sand" toys is featured in "Sand Pails and other Sand Toys – A Study and Price Guide" by Carole and Richard Smyth, published by Carole Smyth Antiques, Huntingdon, New York, 1996
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A collection of Julius Chein American tinplate lithograph sand pails, various sizes from 4.5ins diameter x 4.25ins high to 7ins diameter x 7.5ins high (nine) £100-150
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A collection of Julius Chein tinplate lithograph sand pails, various sizes from 4.5ins diameter x 4.25ins high to 8ins diameter x 8ins high (nine) £100-150
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A collection of U.S. Metal Toy Company of New Jersey tinplate lithograph sand pails, including - "The Hay Ride", "Pirate", 6.75ins diameter x 6.75ins high, and ten others, various £120-160
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A collection of Ohio Art Company tinplate lithograph sand pails (sixteen) £120-160
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A collection of American tinplate lithograph sand pails dating from the 1940s to 1970s (nine) £100-120
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A small collection of T. Cohn Inc. tinplate lithograph sand pails (six), and seven Disney pails, various £120-160
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A collection of pre 1900 Continental tinplate lithograph sand pails with simple designs, various sizes from 2ins diameter x 1.75ins high to 6ins diameter x 5.75ins high (nine) £80-120
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A collection of early 20th Century English and American tinplate lithograph sand pails, circa 1900-1920s, various sizes from 2.25ins diameter x 2ins high to 8ins diameter x 8ins high (eleven) £100-120
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A rare tinplate lithograph sand pail set printed with nursery rhymes, various sizes from 3ins diameter x 3ins high to 4ins diameter x 4ins high, two rubber pails and a spade, and seven tinplate spades, various £80-120
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A collection of tinplate lithograph sand pails dating to the 1940s to 1970s, various sizes from 3ins diameter x 3.25ins high to 5ins diameter x 5.25ins high (twelve), and six Spanish or Mexican tinplate lithograph sand pails, various £100-120
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A collection of early tinplate lithograph sand toys, including - "Sandy-Andy No. 75", 13.5ins high x 12ins wide, "Captain Sandy-Andy" manufactured by the Wolverine Supply & Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 13.5ins high x 19ins wide, "Busy Mike" seesaw by J. Chein & Co, U.S.A., and three others, various £120-160
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An American tinplate lithograph sand play set manufactured by the Ohio Art Company, Bryon, Ohio, comprising - fish and frog mould, sieve and spade, on original carved backing, another similar, and four tinplate lithograph pots, 3.75ins diameter to 4.5ins diameter £80-120
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A collection of tinplate lithograph toys and games, including - Early pull combination toy, sand pail cum shovel and bat, 10.5ins long x 5ins high, an early 20th Century German model water pump stencilled with dogs and trees, 7ins high, five wash pails, and other items, various £100-120
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A modern Halcyon Days limited edition enamel rectangular musical box playing "The Four Seasons", the lid and sides decorated with famous Venetian views, 4.75ins x 3ins x 1.75ins high (No. 88 of edition of 500)with original box £200-300
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An English full size violin with two piece back (back excluding button 14ins) - 23.25ins overall - stamped in "Duke, London", with bow and case £700-900
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A late 19th Century German full size violin with figured two piece back (back measuring excluding button 14ins - 23.25ins overall - label to interior reads "Copie de Joanne Baptista Guadagnini Placentinus Facit Mediolani") and another full size violin £200-300
Note: Giovanni Baptista Guadaginini born 1711, died 1786
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A Fender "Starcaster" electric six string lead guitar, 31.5ins overall, with soft carrying case £80-100
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A late Victorian silver plated three valve trumpet, by W. Barratt, 197 Princess Street, Manchester, No. 1047, with original mute, 14.5ins, the bell engraved with flowers and leaves £100-150
Provenance: Originally belonged to Sergeant P. Pepper of 1st Lancashire Fusiliers
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A late 19th Century rosewood bassoon by C. Mahillon and Co of London, 50ins, with original leather carrying bag £200-300
Provenance: Originally belonged to Sergeant P. Pepper of 1st Lancashire Fusiliers
Note: The receipt for this instrument from the manufacturer dated June 6th 1901, for 12 guinea's is included with this lot, together with a small quantity of ephemera relating to sergeant pepper
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"The Musical Cabinetto" - An American walnut cased musical box, retailed by George Wright and Co, 143 Holborn Bars, London, No 129, complete with two paper rolls, contained in gilt decorated walnut case with shaped top, 17.75ins x 13.5ins x 12ins high £200-300
Provenance: The Collection of the late Dr L.L. Boyle of Patrixbourne purchased at The Canterbury Auction Galleries - Auction - 17th Auction 2004 - Lot 309
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A late 19th Century "The Imperial" Polyphon to take 9.125ins metal disks, with 3.5ins steel single comb, contained in grained wood case with faux crossbanded, 17ins wide x 11.25ins deep x 7.75ins high, and with selection of twelve 9.125ins diameter metal disks for same £275-350
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A late 19th Century German "Symphonion" No. 284519, to take 11.875ins diameter metal disks, the twin harmony with two 4.5ins steel cones, contained in moulded oak rectangular case of rococo design, the lid decorated with a dancing couple and cupids, 19ins wide x 15.5ins deep x 12ins high, and a small selection of 11.875ins diameter metal disks for same £1200-1600 Provenance: The Collection of the late Dr L.L. Boyle of Patrixbourne purchased at The Canterbury Auction Galleries - Auction - 24th March 2009 - Lot 335
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A 19th Century Fijian hardwood Teivakatoga war club of "Paddle" shape, 41.25ins overall £800-1200
Provenance: Collected by William Richard Rose (1877-1952) of Worth Court, Worth, Deal, Kent, sometime in the early 20th Century and thence by family descent
Note: Similar items from this collection sold at The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 16th/17th June 2015, Lots 798 to 802
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"The Cust's Star-Finder" - An early 20th Century 6ins diameter celestial globe with composition body and printed gauzes showing positions of stars in various constellations, mounted on brass azimuth ring and on turned walnut stand, the flanged rim with paper gauzes and on three turned supports with conforming stretchers, 10.5ins high (glass cracked and damage to top and base around centre pin and rubbed at joints - stand open at joints and loose and generally scuffed and damaged), and with black and white photograph of Admiral Herbert Edward Purey-Cust (1855-1938), Hydrographer to the Navy and produced the "Star-Finder" globe, the three quarters length photograph showing him in full Naval uniform, 7.5ins x 5.5ins, signed and dated 1919, in gilt metal easel pattern frame, and his gilt brass cased pocket barometer by Dixey, New Bond Street, London with silvered dial, 2ins diameter inscribed Herbert Edward Purey-Cust R.N. from M.A. 1870, in maroon leather travelling case £500-700
Note: This globe is thought to have been made by F. Barker & Sons, 12 Clerkenwell Road, London circa 1900
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A 19th Century brass Spectrometer by John Browning, London, complete with telescope and collimator mounted above a circle of degrees with magnifier, on brass column and tripod base, 12ins high, in fitted case £150-200
Provenance: The Collection of the late Dr L.L. Boyle of Patrixbourne purchased at The Canterbury Auction Galleries - Auction - 16th April 2013 - Lot 728
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A 19th Century lacquered brass Pantograph by J. & W. E. Archbutt, 201 Westminster Bridge Road, London, No. 2630, and mahogany case for same, 42ins x 7ins x 4.5ins high (hinges of case loose) £80-120
Provenance: The Collection of the late Dr L.L. Boyle of Patrixbourne purchased at The Canterbury Auction Galleries - Auction - 29th/30th November 2011 - Lot 1001
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An early 20th Century British Thomson-Huston Co. twin detector Wireless Receiver (Type C , Form A, bearing BBC/PMG stamp and marked with the GPO Reg. No. 106) the lid with printed instructions for use dated 1924, 11.25ins x 5.5ins x 8.25ins, a British Tompson-Huston Co. headphones (Patent No. 199678) in original printed card box, and a Siemens Edison Swan Electric Company of London "Edison Model Crystal Radio Receiver" (Model 1923B, P.O. Reg No. 43) 8ins x 5.25ins x 7.75ins high £200-250
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An 18th Century Continental copper and brass snuff box, the lid with a repousse half-length portrait of Frederick II, King of Prussia and dated 1766, 5ins x 1.75ins x 1.25ins high £70-100
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