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W. Taylor (mid-19th century), pair of watercolour miniature portraits, half-length, depicting a young lady in red shawl and bonnet and a gentleman in smock and waistcoat, the second signed, 18cm x 14cm, in glazed maple frames, together with a mid-19th century paper-cut silhouette portrait of a boy and his dog (3)
£100 - 150
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Egyptian, probably ancient, painted plaster on papyrus fragment, decorated with deity figures and geometric borders, approximately 19cm x 11.5cm, in glazed frame
£200 - 300
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Pierre Jules Mene (1810 - 1871): Good 19th century bronze group, circa 1860 - 'Juments a l'Ecurie Jouaunt avec un chien', signed, naturalistic oval plinth base, 46cm wide. No. 34 in Mene's catalogue.
Provenance: Gorringes, March 1, 2001 - Lot 75
£800 - 1200
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Antique tribal blackstone carving of triangular cross-section form, depicting a bearded man, 10cm high
£60 - 100
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19th century Imperial Russian gilt metal chain of office - with shaped oval pendant centred by double-headed eagle within Cyrillic border, dated 1864, 8.5cm high, suspended from heavy link chain
£100 - 150
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Fine Chinese Qing period cinnabar lacquer box decorated with figures in a rocky landscape and floral scroll sides - inset Qianlong seal mark to base, probably 19th century, 17cm square x 6cm high
£150 - 250
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Fine early Victorian ebony and brass bound dressing table box, by Wells & Lambe, Manufacturers to The Queen, Cockspur Street, the hinged cover with inset entwined initials, enclosing fitted interior, housing twelve silver-lidded glass boxes and jars, stamped for James Vickery, London 1859, with push-button release flush drawer below, the locks stamped for S. Mordan & Co., 34cm wide
£200 - 300
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Victorian burr walnut and grained writing slope with domed rear stationery compartment and hinged slope with velvet-lined writing surface, the lock stamped for Betjeman & Sons, London
£80 - 120
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Large Orthoceras fossil plaque, Carboniferous - approximately three hundred and sixty million years old, Southern Morocco, 53cm x 38cm, raised on purpose-built stainless steel stand
£400 - 600
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Large Lapis Lazuli free-form specimen, 18cm wide, together with a large malachite and chrysocolla specimen, Congo (2)
£350 - 450
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Large amethyst obelisk, Madagascar, 25cm high
£200 - 300
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Large ammonite specimen, Cretaceous period, Agadir, Movoto, approximately ninety million years old, 40cm wide
£400 - 600
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Fossilized scallop, Pecteu Miocene period, eight to ten million years old, from Lacoste, France, 18cm wide
£150 - 250
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Iridescent ammonite in matrix, Jurassic period, approximately sixty million years old, Majunga in Madagascar, 26cm x 36cm
£150 - 250
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Tribal carved Timor skull, incised with animal and geometric motifs, 48cm wide, raised on custom-built stand
£400 - 600
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Antique copper 2 gallon measure, 36cm high, together with a copper 1 gallon measure (2)
£50 - 70
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Rare George III fruitwood tea caddy in the form of an apple, the hinged cover with carved stalk and zinc-lined interior and iron oval escutcheon, 12cm high
£600 - 800
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Indian School (18th / 19th century), gouache on paper - figures in a palace at night with elephants and tiger in the gardens below, script verso, 20cm x 14cm
£150 - 250
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Indian School (18th / 19th century), gouache on paper - Lovers in a palace at dusk, Nagari script upper left border and numbered - 19, 27cm x 17cm
£150 - 250
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Indian School (18th century), gouache on paper - Nobleman on a white stallion, Nagari script title on blue border, 29cm x 21cm
£150 - 250
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Indian School (18th / 19th century), gouache on textile applied to paper - Ganesh seated on a veranda, a similar image applied verso, 37cm x 36cm
£150 - 250
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Pair of 19th century bronze and ormolu candlesticks with stag and doe figure and single sconce, raised on tree trunk support, on rectangular base, 15.5cm high
£100 - 150
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Good mid-19th century burr walnut decanter box, with fabric-lined partitioned interior and Bramah lock with original key, 21cm wide
£80 - 120
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Japanese Meiji period bronze figure of a crane and turtle, the crane with flowering branch in its beak, 42cm high
£100 - 150
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Fine 19th century Continental carved ivory crucifixion on ebonised cross, 36cm high
£200 - 300
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Unusual 19th century brass cased reliquary with twelve relic fragments, each inscribed, in glazed oval box frame, 13cm x 11cm
£60 - 90
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19th century watercolour portrait miniature of Lord Byron, after the portrait by Richard Westall, 14cm x 11cm, in glazed frame
£60 - 90
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Early 20th century carved ivory crucifixion on walnut cross, 23cm high, housed within velvet-lined glazed walnut inlaid box frame
£80 - 120
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Indian School (18th century), watercolour - portrait of a nobleman in traditional attire, reclining on cushions, 22cm x 17cm.
Provenance: From the collection of Edward Moor (1771 - 1848), British soldier and scholar. Author of 'The Hindu Pantheon' published 1810 - the first English publication detailing the Hindu gods. The original work was extensively illustrated by William Blake - the engravings taken from Indian paintings in Edward Moor's own collection. The majority of the collection was gifted to the British Museum by Mrs A. G. Moor in 1940
£100 - 150
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Indian School (circa 1800), watercolour and gouache on paper - portrait of the Indian statesman 'Ballagee Nana' seated, in gold-splash border, 28cm x 21cm, framed.
N.B. Nana Furnaveese was a prominent Indian statesman. Edward More mentions a bronze statue once in the domestic chapel of Nana Furnaveese at Poona and was plundered thence when that great man was so shamefully seized and used by that foolish boy (as he was then, the present Dowlut Rhao Sindeah (see lot 900).
Provenance: From the collection of Edward Moor (1771 - 1848), British soldier and scholar. Author of 'The Hindu Pantheon' published 1810 - the first English publication detailing the Hindu gods. The original work was extensively illustrated by William Blake - the engravings taken from Indian paintings in Edward Moor's own collection. The majority of the collection was gifted to the British Museum by Mrs A. G. Moor in 1940
£200 - 300
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Early Victorian needlework sampler by Eliza Goodey, September 22, 1846, Aged 7 years, with central verse below alphabet and geometric bands within meander border, 49cm x 34cm, glazed frame
£50 - 70
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Antique Scottish horn and white metal mounted quaich with central disc inscribed with Gaelic motto 'SQUAB AS I' and thistle and cross to inscribed inserts to lug handles, 15cm wide
£150 - 250
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Regency tortoiseshell card box of slightly serpentine form, with sloping hinged cover, 10cm high, together with a carved hardwood and horn snuff box in the form of a clog (2)
£60 - 80
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Substantial antique copper-lidded vessel of cylindrical form, with flanking twin handles, stamped L. MERA, 13, 33cm high
£80 - 120
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Antique copper - to include 17th / 18th century warming pan, preserve pan, substantial lidded copper pan and smaller pan (4)
£120 - 180
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Art Nouveau iridescent green glass and copper mounted Cobral ware biscuit barrel and cover of flared cylindrical form, with hammered-copper body punctuated by bulbous glass repeat panels, surmounted by swing handle stamped 'Cobral Ware Regd' to base, 23cm high
£150 - 250
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Early 20th century Tudric pewter biscuit barrel and cover of swollen cylindrical form, with flanking lion mask ring handles and beaten finish, stamped Tudric Pewter, number 01065, 17cm high
£40 - 60
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Victorian silver plated lamp base with fluted column raised on griffon supports and shaped triangular plinth base, presentation inscription to Rev.d. E. Moor from D.G. Landeman 22nd May 1866, 34cm high
£80 - 120
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19th century Continental bronze figure of The Dying Gaul after the antique, on oval plinth, 10cm wide
£50 - 70
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Late 18th / early 19th century hairwork picture, the oval scene depicting farm buildings in a landscape, in verre églomisé border, glazed gilt gesso frame, 26cm x 31cm
£150 - 200
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Good George III mahogany apothecary box, the hinged cover enclosing fitted interior with various labelled glass bottles and stoppers with flush-handled drawer below, extensively fitted with scales, pestle and mortar and further glass jars, 29cm wide
£300 - 500
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Pair of Japanese carved boxwood figures of tigers, each finely carved in recumbent pose, signature panel to base, 10cm long (2)
£200 - 250
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Pair of Japanese black lacquer and ivory Shibayama whist markers of typical form, with hinged ivory pegs inlaid with insects, 9.5cm long
£40 - 60
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Pair of Japanese lacquered hardwood and ivory Shibayama whist markers of typical form, with hinged ivory pegs inlaid with insects, 9.5cm long
£40 - 60
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Pair of Japanese lacquered hardwood and ivory Shibayama whist markers of typical form, with hinged ivory pegs inlaid with insects, 9cm long
£40 - 60
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Two similar late 19th century Japanese lacquered hardwood and ivory Shibayama whist markers, each with inlaid bird and insects, 9.5cm
£40 - 60
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Two similar late 19th century Japanese lacquered hardwood and ivory Shibayama whist markers, each with inlaid bird and insects, 9cm
£40 - 60
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Two late 19th century Japanese lacquered hardwood and ivory Shibayama whist markers, each with inlaid bird and insects, 9.2cm
£40 - 60
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Marion Willis Stanfield, bronze figure of a boy on a plinth with bears below, signed, 18cm high, from a drawing by E. H. Shepard
£100 - 150
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Late 19th century Japanese bronze seated figure of a man reading, 6.2cm
£40 - 60
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