fine art

Two 19th century French ivory purses, one plain the other with silver coloured metal embossed applique. Widths respectively 55 mm and 60 mm.

Sold for £40

A 19th century French mother of pearl coin purse, inscribed "Le Havre". Width 65 mm.

Not Sold

Two Victorian tortoiseshell card cases, one inlaid with mother of pearl. Each 80 mm x 160 mm.

Sold for £50

Two Victorian mother of pearl card cases, one plain, the other foliate engraved. Each 80 mm x 110 mm.

Not Sold

A Victorian tortoiseshell card case, of slim rectangular from. 55 mm x 90 mm.

Sold for £30

An oil lamp, with milk glass shade, green glass reservoir and metal base with rams mask ornament. Height including chimney 27 ins.

Sold for £120

A 19th century tortoise shell. 22.5 ins x 21 ins.

Sold for £100

A set of 19th century brass balance scales, with metric weights. Height 22 ins.

Not Sold

A W.F. Archer & Sons magic lantern, bearing plaque "Lord Street, Liverpool", brass and anodised metal, length 17 ins, together with a small box of slides.

Not Sold

A set of eight late Victorian graduated copper pans with iron handles. Diameters from 8 ins to 3.5 ins.

Sold for £75

A set of five graduated copper pans with iron handles. Diameters from 7.5 ins to 4 ins.

Sold for £80

An early 19th century leather fire bucket. Height 10 ins.

Not Sold

An early 19th century leather fire bucket, painted with the initials "S.E.". Height 11.5 ins.

Sold for £95

A ships compass with gimbal, housed in a Victorian mahogany box. Box width 10.5 ins.

Not Sold

A large 19th century copper kettle, with loop handle and scroll spout. Height 14.5 ins.

Not Sold

A collection of principally Edison Amberol cylinder recordings, in cardboard cases.

Not Sold

A 19th century bronze portrait bust, an elderly bearded gentleman, raised on a mahogany column. Height of bust 20.5 ins, height including column 58 ins.

Not Sold

A top hat, by Lincoln Bennett & Co., Sackville Street, Piccadilly, in velvet lined leather case.

Sold for £140

A 19th century brass hanging lantern, hexagonal with six clear glass panels. Height 23 ins, width 10 ins.

Sold for £105

A set of 19th century steel fire irons. Length 29.5 ins.

Sold for £65

A large collection of early 20th century ornithological awards, "Barrhead Club, Canary Show", "Paisley Old Ornithological Society Show", "Barrhead Canary Club", etc., etc.

Not Sold

An African carved hardwood column. Height 36 ins.

Not Sold

A Continental gilt metal lamp base, with candle style jewel light fitting. Overall height 37 ins.

Not Sold

A Louis Majorelle inlaid oak and silver plated tray, circa 1900, in the Art Nouveau style, signed "Majorelle". Length 27 ins, depth 16 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A banjo, with ebonised case and fretboard inlaid with mother of pearl, six string and with nickel mounts.

Sold for £120

A late 19th century cane, with Cantonese carved ivory dragon head handle. Height 33 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A 19th century cane, with silver collar and ivory hand grip.

Not Sold

A late 19th/early 20th century parasol, with silver mount to wrythen carved ivory or bone handle.

Sold for £50

A pair of 19th century granite curling stones, with wooden and metal handles, contained within a painted pine box with carrying handle to either side (see illustration).

Sold for £220

A pair of bronze geese, each in standing pose, one with head raised the other bent forward. Heights 27 ins and 21 ins respectively.

Sold for £350

A late 19th century Constabulary hanger, length 30 ins, together with another with brass handle and leather bound scabbard.

Sold for £50

Two 19th century Indian Tulwars, each with scabbard. Each length 34 ins.

Sold for £40

A Masonic type ceremonial sword, with mother of pearl and brass grip, with leather bound scabbard. Length 37 ins.

Sold for £90

A 1797 Patent sabre, with leather and metal grip and black painted scabbard. Length 39 ins.

Sold for £75

A silver mounted Bandmasters ebonised baton, dated "Feb 27th 1900" and with silver mounted pommel. Height 63 ins.

Sold for £42

A Scottish sword, with basket handle and metal scabbard, possibly World Wide Arms.

Sold for £95

Two swords with scabbards, one Victorian with wooden grip and brass guard, the other with blade etched "Pillin, London for W.H. Gilbert & Co., Calcutta".

Sold for £100

Attributed to Keswick School of Industrial Arts, a copper fire screen, planished and embossed in relief with leaves and roundels, circa 1900. Height 29 ins, width 18 ins.

Sold for £140

A cast bronze sculpture of a cat, with tail raised. Height 11 ins, length 10.5 ins.

Sold for £125

An Austrian cold painted bronze of a Tabby cat, length 4.75 ins, a miniature cold painted bronze seated cat with red collar and a spelter cat with pen nib brush in clog.

Sold for £100

A late 19th century Chinese hardstone (sodalite ?) model of a cat, on wooden base. Length 5 ins, height 3.25 ins.

Not Sold

A collection of five small cat ornaments, jade, hardstone, agate and amber. Heights from 1 inch to 2.5 ins.

Sold for £160

A 19th century ivory Netsuke of a seated cat. Length 1.75 ins.

Sold for £30

Three volumes of local interest, "Cumbrian Regional Report 1932" by Patrick Abercrombie and Sydney A. Kelly, "Some Records of the Annual Grasmere Sports" Hugh W. Machell and "Cumberland Miners Association Whitehaven Colliery Dispute Arbitration Proceedings 1923".

Sold for £90

A 19th century policeman's truncheon, stamped "V.R." and painted with the initials "S.C.". Length 17.5 ins.

Sold for £22

A late 19th century German copper hand washbasin, in the Art Nouveau style, with water reservoir and mirror above, the mirror flanked by female figures holding feathers and bellflower, the basin beneath embossed with fish, each piece stamped "Ges. Gesh". Reservoir height 15 ins, basin width 15 ins (see illustration)

Sold for £350

A Stoneware seated Indian Buddha figure, with crossed legs and open palms. Height 24 ins, width 20 ins.

Sold for £120

A brass and copper knapsack sprayer, "The Four Oaks", Sole Manufacturers The Four Oaks Spraying Machine Co., Sutton Coldfield. Height 17 ins.

Sold for £38

A Newton & Co. Opticians magic lantern, bearing plaques "Newton & Co. Opticians, 3 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, London" and "Newtonian Patent Lamp for Magic Lanterns" and housed in a boxwood case.

Sold for £40

A set of four reproduction pike staffs, circa 1920. Length 102 ins.

Sold for £80

A late 19th century Chinese hardwood gong frame, complete with circular metal gong. Height 43 ins, width 25.5 ins.

Sold for £700

A billiard scoreboard, with triangular pediment by E.J. Riley Ltd., Accrington, width 36.5 ins, together with a set of Crystalite billiard and snooker balls and a quantity of miscellaneous cues and rests.

Sold for £650

A tinplate magic lantern, with electrical conversion, together with a quantity of slides, one in case bearing plaque for "E. Ward".

Sold for £85

An Edwardian easel backed mirror, brass frame with vase of flowers pediment to the moulded frame, with slip decorated with applied flaming torches and ribbons to the photograph aperture. Height 10.5 ins, width 7.5 ins.

Sold for £100

A 1954 Geiger Counter, in original case.

Sold for £42

A brass bound rosewood cased presentation set of drawing instruments, dated 1884.

Sold for £70

A cast study of an eagles head.

Sold for £50

A cast white Carrara lion, raised on white marble base.

Sold for £130

A mid Victorian Sorrento Ware trinket box, circular, inlaid with Neapolitan dancers in various woods.

Sold for £20

An 19th century wood carving, cherubs.

Not Sold

A pair of 18th century carved wooden pediments, The Armstrong Family Crest.

Sold for £75

A vintage Huffy Caprice lawn tractor.

Sold for £60

A Scottish Arts & Crafts pewter and cabochon glass inlaid tall square vase, green and blue stones inlaid into a raised floral design, inscribed to base "Laird 1926".

Sold for £170

A Brittains Snow White and Seven Dwarfs set, painted lead. Snow White height 60 mm.

Not Sold

A 19th century turned wooden cane, with leather pommel. Height 30 ins.

Sold for £20

A 19th century copper pan, two handled. Diameter 16 ins.

Sold for £42

A large collection of faceted cut glass drops, chandelier droppers and stoppers.

Sold for £75

An Improved Magneto Electric Machine, For Nervous and Other Diseases, in wooden case and bearing label to interior of lid. Length 10 ins.

Sold for £35

An Armstrong & Brother Victorian microscope, bearing lozenge registration mark, with Zeiss lenses and in fitted mahogany case.

Sold for £120

A paraffin slide viewer, with brass reservoir and adjustable stand with circular wooden plinth, boxed. Height 10.5 ins.

Sold for £140

An Underwood & Underwood Sun Sculpture stereoscopic viewer, with slides, "The Great War" by Realistic Travels, London, Through The Stereoscope by Underwood & Underwood, "The Africa War" Through The Stereoscope by Underwood & Underwood (see illustration).

Sold for £190

A black painted tin battery slide projector, with a collection of slides, "Little Pigs" (24), "Mickey Mouse" (22), "The Pied Piper" (12), "Scouts Workshop" (12) and 54 loose slides.

Sold for £25

A collection of three photograph albums, 19th century, one with T.J.S.S. & Co. copyright interior prints and two others, one dated 1865.

Sold for £65

A mahogany lantern slide case, bearing brass plaque "A.K. Langridge, Grove HIll, South Woodford", containing 82 lantern slides, five boxed sets "Never Ride a Strange Horse", "Ali Baba", "Celebrated Places of The World", "The Fisherman's Cottage" and "Mischievous Tommy".

Sold for £50

A Kodascope projector, electric, with three films and two empty reels.

Not Sold

A collection of glass plate negatives, people and places, views of houses and people, machines, some unexposed and a large box of plate negatives, places of interest, and six plate holders.

Sold for £140

An L.M.K. Manufacturing Company Limited buzzer training machine, an Allen & Hanburys of London cased set of balance scales, a Patheorama projector with collection of films and a combined sovereign case and powder compact.

Sold for £20

Five boxes of microscope slides, histology, pathology, etc.

Sold for £180

A suitcase containing a Kodak projector, extension bellows, various films, reels and glass slides.

Sold for £30

A French magic lantern, bearing plaque "Brevete S.G.D.G. Patent", with lens and in wooden case.

Sold for £20

A German Dia Projector, in wooden case, with slide films and three Ernst Leitz Wetzler lenses.

Sold for £28

A Band Leaders marching baton, probably from a Scottish Pipe Band and with canvas case. Length 60 ins.

Sold for £85

A pair of 19th century candlesticks, mosaic and gilt metal, probably Italian, stamped "Gutten". Height 11 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A pair of early 19th century brass candlesticks, allover decorated with fruiting vine in relief and raised on a circular base. Height 10 ins.

Sold for £190

A 19th century Indian bronze seated Buddha, raised on a stepped plinth and with enamelled motif to front. Height 11 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A late 19th/early 20th century Oriental seated Buddha, holding a fan. Height 4 ins, width 4.5 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A 19th century Oriental carved ivory figure group, male holding a basket of fish and boy at foot, with two character mark to base. Height 8 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A 19th century ivory figure group, young boy picking fruit from tree with dog and monkey beneath. Height 9 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Six Cantonese ivory carved pieces, three bodkin holders and three figures.

Sold for £220

A Chinese ivory letter knife, with silver mount decorated with dragons. Length 22 cm.

Sold for £38

An Oriental ceramic bell shaped ornament, with applied frogs. Height 5 ins.

Sold for £85

A late 19th century Oriental carved ivory netsuke. Height 47 mm.

Sold for £260

A 19th century Cantonese carved ivory card case, with rose carved spandrels and figural and building carving to the centre. 4.5 ins x 3 ins.

Not Sold

A late 19th century marble stand, the square supported by four variegated marble pillars with Corinthian capitals and raised on a stepped base terminating in brass feet. Width 13 ins, height 45.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £480

A Japanese tinplate and plastic model robot, boxed, battery operated. Height 12 ins.

Sold for £170

A Tudric pewter and enamel cigarette box, the top enamelled with trees in rural landscape, the base stamped "0126 Tudric". Width 4 ins.

Sold for £350

A 19th century brass and copper bed warming pan, with turned fruitwood handle.

Sold for £20

A collection of six Oriental wooden vase and figure stands, various shapes and sizes. From 2 ins to 7.5 ins.

Sold for £30

A German bisque headed doll, stamped to the rear of the head "H.W. Germany 6 1/2", with rolling eyes, protruding teeth and jointed composition body. Height 23 ins.

Not Sold

A George III sampler, depicting male and female figures with dog, buildings, Adam and Eve, cherubs and a black faced Morris dancer. 17 ins x 12 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £780