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A 20TH CENTURY FRENCH PLATED & GILT METAL TRAVELLING ALARM TIMEPIECE, signed "Hermes Paris" on the dial (fitted leather travelling case) and a late 20th century Swiss gilt-metal timepiece in the form of a cube, signed "LOOPING"; the latter 2.5" (6.5 cms) high (2) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN 18TH CENTURY GILT-COPPER CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX with chased sides and a hardstone-set base and cover, unmarked c.1760; 2.1" (5.5 cms) diameter £200-250 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL Portrait in Regency style of a lady wearing striped turban, on ivory in 9 ct. gold frame £150-180 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN GILT BRASS & MOTHER OF PEARL WATCH STAND on marble base; 19.5 cms high, together with a 19th century engraved pocket watch in 15 ct. gold case (2) £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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SAMUEL COLLINS (1735?-1768) Portrait of a lady wearing pink & white silk dress with lace borders, seated beside a table with books, on ivory; 5.25 x 4.25 cms £400-600 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL ÉTUI tapering & engine-turned with a spice box at one end, a middle compartment with a glass boss, a needle case and a seal terminal with a crest & Hebrew script intaglio, unmarked, probably Austro-Hungarian c.1780; 2.8" (7.2 cms) long; 1.1 oz £1000-1200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 18TH CENTURY ENAMELLED COPPER ÉTUI painted with vignettes of flowers and pastoral scenes, the fitted interior containing only two glass phials and an ivory leaf notelet; 2.75" (7 cms) high £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SPICE BOX of baluster form with engine-turned decoration, three compartments and a seal terminal with a crest, initials and Hebrew script intaglio, unmarked, probably Austro-Hungarian, c.1780; 1.75" (4.5 cms) high; 0.7 oz £1000-1200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Two miniature portraits, each of a lady, on ivory; portrait of a gentleman, on card, a silhouette portrait of a young gentleman, c.1800 and a plaster cameo of the Duke of Wellington; 6 cms high £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A GOLD SEAL RING inset with a steel matrix, engraved with an intaglio coat of arms*, unmarked, probably either late 16th or early 17th century, contained in a later shagreen case; the matrix 0.7" (1.7 cms) long £500-700 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*Arms appear to be Grey of Codnor impaling Grey of Powis.
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ENGLISH SCHOOL C.1820 Portrait of a boy wearing blue jacket and white collar, on ivory, half length together with four other portraits (late 18th - mid 19th century) and a frame (6) £120-180 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AFTER POMPEO BATTONI Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), half length and wearing armour on ivory, in 19th century metal frame, inscribed on reverse "Painted at Rome by P. Battone" (sic); 5.5 x 4.25 cms £100-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*Probably a version of a portrait in the Royal Collection.
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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD DRESSING BOX with brass stringing, the lid inlaid with the name "Elizabeth", glass and silver fittings, some hallmarked 1816; 32 cms - together with a small group of coins and two ten shilling notes £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES FERGUSON (1710-1776) Portrait of Mary, wife of Dr. John Homer wearing a pearl necklace, half length, ink on vellum; 6 x 4.75 cms £180-220 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL 19TH CENTURY Portrait of Miss Taylor, head & shoulders, crayon on silk, bears date of 1831 on reverse; 19 x 15.5 cms and a watercolour portrait of a lady (2) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL c.1830 Portrait of a young man wearing blue jacket & holding a book, half length on ivory; 12.5 x 9.5 cms £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A FAN the carved & pierced bone guards & sticks with painted vignettes, vellum leaves painted with lovers, the central panel signed Henri Lebreton, two lace and mother of pearl fans, a tortoiseshell & lace fan and another with painted silk leaves (5) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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