january antique furniture, paintings & collectors'

16th January 2020

Lot 101

A small ceiling hanging light fitting, decorated with green, blue, clear and yellow glass petals with pearl centres. Length 33 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 102

A ceiling hanging glass and metal light fitting, decorated with green glass globules. 44 cm (425).

Sold for £75

Lot 103

A glass and metal ceiling hanging light fitting, decorated with green, blue and yellow petals. +/- 56 cm (425).

Sold for £65

Lot 104

A metal and glass ceiling hanging light fitting, decorated with blue globules. Height +/- 46 cm.

Sold for £75

Lot 105

An Ashanti stool raised on short legs (1 missing), together with a ceremonial spear.

Sold for £12

Lot 106

Three Chinese giltwood carved items, panel Totemic carving and carving with hardstone seal beneath. Tallest 41 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 107

A Dinky toys Comet 702 Airliner, a model Hurricane and Spitfire.

Sold for £25

Lot 108

Two Georgian portrait miniatures, each on ivory, young man and boy. 75 mm x 57 mm.

Sold for £110

Lot 109

A small 19th century spinning wheel, turned wood. Height 44 cm.

Sold for £22

Lot 110

A Chinese embroidered silk panel. 60 cm x 17.5 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 111

A 1920's chinoiserie lacquered standard lamp, with matching table lamp.

Sold for £75

Lot 112

A vintage brass fly fishing reel, WJ Cummins maker Bishop Auckland. Diameter 3.25".

Sold for £35

Lot 113

A revere 8 mm cine projector, in case and with original receipt dated 1942.

Sold for £22

Lot 114

Two Japanese lacquered plaques. Diameters 47 cm and 30 cm.

Sold for £10

Lot 115

A pair of brass mounted leather and wooden bellows.

Sold for £20

Lot 116

An Art Nouveau style composition figural table lamp, green painted. Height 58 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 117

A late 19th century brass lamp standard, in the Arts & Crafts style, adjustable and with scroll feet.

Sold for £32

Lot 118

A large papier mache rectangular tray, mid 19th century, with floral decorated border inlaid with mother of pearl and blue outer border. 58 cm x 77 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 119

Two 19th century copper measures. Largest height 34 cm.

Sold for £35

Lot 120

A Japanese soapstone figure of a dog with ball. Length 22 cm.

Sold for £28

Lot 121

Two hand held needlework fans and a feather fan.

Sold for £10

Lot 122

A Chinese brown jade circular disc, pierced and decorated in relief with two stylised feline like dragons, Ming style. Diameter 5 cm.

Sold for £35

Lot 123

A Victorian Sunday stick, left handed. Length 81.5 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 124

A pair of Johnnie Walker copper pub trays. Diameter 33 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 125

A framed photographic portrait, by Collier photographer to the Queen, New Street, Birmingham dated 1891, framed.

Sold for £5

Lot 126

A Victorian brass and iron trivet, a mahogany handled long spoon and a copper measure. Trivet width 29 cm.

Sold for £18

Lot 127

A 19th century woolwork tapestry, "The Hiding of the Scottish Crown Jewels". 97 cm x 78 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 128

A pair of 18th century brass candlesticks, with petal shaped bases, push rod ejectors, height 18 cm, together with a pair of Victorian brass candlesticks, height 25.5 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 129

A pair of 19th century woolwork panels, Eastern scenes. 77 cm x 98 cm.

Sold for £32

Lot 130

A small pair of 19th century Florentine gilt wood framed mirrors. Height 33 cm x 23 cm.

Sold for £140

Lot 131

An Ashanti type tribal stool. Diameter 22 cm.

Sold for £22

Lot 132

A Victorian glass dome. Height 63 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 133

Rhys Raworth, bronze bas-relief portrait plaque of a gentleman. 28 cm x 23 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 134

Two pressed metal plaques. Largest diameter 41 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 135

A 19th century woolwork, "Princes in the Tower", 33 cm x 40 cm, framed.

Sold for £10

Lot 136

A George I sampler on linen, 1721 alphabet, birds, crucifix and St. Nicola Y. Kirke. 31.5 cm x 30.5 cm in Victorian rosewood frame.

Sold for £380

Lot 137

A large brass and copper lidded urn. Height 51 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 138

A 1928 half bottle vintage champagne, Appay Pere and Fils.

Sold for £25

Lot 139

A large pair of early 20th century bellows, oak. Length 115 cm.

Sold for £18

Lot 140

PARKER. ERIC, Lonsdale Library volume 26, the Lonsdale's Keepers book with 60 illustrations.

Sold for £25

Lot 141

A box of mixed antiquarian books, to include The History of Herodotus by George Rawlinson (1862), and Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (1926), The Poetical Works of Longfellow (circa 1882), The Works of William Shakespeare (1911), The Book of Saints and Heroes by Andrew Lang, Great Englishmen of The 16th Century, The New English Bible and The Letters of Junius (1807).

Sold for £28

Lot 142

GOETHE. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON, Goethe's Auserlesene Werke, 2 volumes, published 1854 Paris, Une Famille des Montagnes by H.D. Nelly, published Paris, Oeuvres de Pierre et de Thomas Corneille New Edition printed in Paris, 2 volumes (1827).

Sold for £65

Lot 143

GIBBON. EDWARD, The Decline & Fall of The Roman Empire, 4 volumes (1894), The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius by George Long, The Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Macaulay (1886), Tales & Historic Scenes by Felicia Hemans (1855), The Forest Sanctuary and Other Poems by Felicia Hemans (1854), The Light of Asia by Sir Edward Arnold (1948) and the Song Celestial by Sir Edwin Arnold (1848).

Sold for £32

Lot 144

Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio, 5 volumes published 1824, Paul & Virginia by Helen Maria Williams, published London 1819, Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford, with 25 coloured illustrations by C.E. Brock, published by Dents, London 1904.

Sold for £42

Lot 145

A large 19th century brass preserve pan, with loop handle. Diameter 37 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 146

An early 20th century reptile skin handbag, 32.5 cm wide.

Not Sold

Lot 147

A 19th century pierced brass chestnut roaster, with cast iron carrying handle and a copper pan.

Not Sold

Lot 148

An early 20th century Regency style gilt convex mirror, the mirror within an ebony slip, with applied ball decoration and surmounted with a carved gilt eagle. Height 44 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 149

A quantity of vintage postcards and cigarette cards, to include Brooke Bond picture card, "History of The Motorcar".

Sold for £28

Lot 150

A 19th century James Howarth rabbet plane and a box smoothing plane.

Sold for £32

Lot 151

A vintage Rowans grey top hat, a Rosebery black bowler hat, gloves and spats.

Sold for £30

Lot 152

A cased pair of Lieberman & Gortz binoculars, a cased set of German mother of pearl opera glasses, circa 1900 and another pair of opera glasses.

Sold for £30

Lot 153

A large Chinese cloisonne vase, second half 20th century, decorated throughout with stylised lotus and leaves against a white ground, with blue ground false gadrooned borders all upon a raised base. 45.5 cm high.

Sold for £70

Lot 154

A 19th century French carved calcite panel, depicting an exterior tavern scene with figures seated drinking or dancing, mounted in an ebonised frame. Panel 6 cm x 10 cm.

Sold for £18

Lot 155

A collection of miscellaneous metal detector finds, to include a cast lead paterae, a Georgian copper shield shaped medallion engraved G, GWR and London and South Western Railway uniform buttons, military buttons, lead soldiers, girl guiding badges, belt buckles etc.

Sold for £10

Lot 156

A large Victorian cast iron doorstop, modelled as a fisherman before an anchor, registration number verso 53465 and numbered No 36, all upon a stained wood base. Height 67.5 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 157

A pair of composition relief moulded plaques, after engravings by EW Wyon, to include the Calmady children after Sir Thomas Lawrence, and a romantic scene after F Stone, each with plush mount and within a gilt moulded frame, the roundels engraved to the sides and dated 1st June 1848 and 1st August 1848. Plaque diameter 19 cm, together with an Art Deco leaf carved composition plaque of a young girl at prayer within a moulded fruit border within ebonised frame. Plaque diameter 15 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 158

A four flute silver plated epergne, a silver plated champagne bucket, three pairs of fish servers and a pair of silver mounted and horn salad servers.

Sold for £30

Lot 159

A pair of Edwardian silver mounted and dimple glass decanters, the silver Birmingham 1909, with replacement faceted stoppers, 25.5 cm and 23.5 cm high. (The decanters 19 cm each).

Sold for £40

Lot 160

A carved ivory figure of an Indian mother with child, late 19th/early 20th century, carved standing. Height 12.5 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 161

Twenty three George VI nickel brass threepence, 1937-1952, to include 1939 and thirty Elizabeth II nickel brass threepence, mixed dates and grades.

Not Sold

Lot 162

A George V farthing, 1926, and a further one hundred and seventy George VI - Elizabeth II farthings, mixed dates and grades, some with lustre.

Not Sold

Lot 163

A leather bound album of letters from individual American Insurance Companies all addressed to Mr Frederick Richardson of the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Company, pertaining to his recent promotion and return to England, all dated throughout 1937 and 1938, the album with gilt lettering to the front and spine "Frederick Richardson 1908", together with "A Business Epic" issued by the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Limited 1935.

Sold for £55

Lot 164

A set of polished brass Librasco balance scales and weights. 55 cm high (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 165

A pair of Chinese cork pictures, each bearing a label with a trademark for Ngukie Gi Foochow China, each image 20 cm x 29 cm, mounted and framed.

Sold for £20

Lot 166

A cased set of five Second World War medals, including South Africa 1942-43.

Sold for £55

Lot 167

An Art Deco pink glass mirror, arched and with ship motif, 92 cm x 60 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 168

A Jersey style brass milk jug, 19th century, the neck with stamped initials W.B., height 50 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 169

A small Edwardian trestle rocking horse, black and white painted. Height to top of ears 65 cm, length of trestle 73 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 170

A 19th century manicure set, with mother of pearl handles and in a plush lined fitted roll form wallet, together with an early 20th century chromium plated gentleman's toiletry set.

Sold for £20

Lot 171

A Victorian brass fender, with spindled gallery and raised on short feet. Width 132.5 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 172

Two leather jacks, with double stitched handles and seams. 18.5 cm and 14.5 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 173

A pair of gilt metal and mother of pearl opera glasses, with telescopic handle, and a black lacquered and leather bound pair of opera glasses.

Sold for £50

Lot 174

A quantity of Victorian and Edward VII pennies and half pennies, and further George V, VI and Elizabeth II pennies, half pennies and pre decimal coinage.

Not Sold

Lot 175

A Victorian and brass bound chemist pill making slab, stamped for "S. Maw Son & Thompson, London". 21 cm x 34 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 176

An Indian carved boxwood and ebony chess set, late 20th century, in plush lined fitted box. King height 19 cm, pawns 9 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 177

Four cast brass twin branch wall lights, late 20th century, with clam shell backplates and plain twin branches.

Sold for £110

Lot 178

A mid 20th century National Geographic terrestrial globe, on stand. Globe diameter +/- 20 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 179

An Edwardian planished copper fire screen, with wrought iron handle and legs with a brass wreath to the centre. 72.5 cm high, 43.5 cm wide, together with a early 19th century brass and copper warming pan with turned handle and a brass helmet coal receiver.

Sold for £25

Lot 180

A Victorian turned wood hat stretcher on later stand, a Victorian top section of a hat stretcher and a horseshoe shaped ladies hat box.

Sold for £38

Lot 181

A new map of Amsterdam engraved on canvas "Nouveau Plan D'Amsterdam 1857", after Willem Cornelis Van Baarsel and Petrus Nicolai Tuyn. 42 cm x 52 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 182

A Victorian "Diagram of Dispensations" after T Grey 1871, hand coloured, 46.5 cm x 57 cm.

Sold for £10

Lot 183

Seutter. Regio Canaan seu Terra Promissionis, early 18th century hand coloured engraved map, with large vignette of Christ driving out evil spirits, top left, map of the Exodus with Moses holding the tablets lower right. 50 cm x 57.5 cm, together with an 18th century map by Isaak Tirion "The Provenance of Gelderland", engraved by J Keizer, 1740. 35 cm x 39.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Lot 184

A hand coloured map of The United States of America, 20th century, London Atlas Series, published Edward Stanford Limited, London, glazed and framed image 45.5 cm x 61.5 cm, together with a triple A aerial base map of Brook Hill Farm, given to Washington University and two black and white photographs (framed as one) of Rockefeller Center Roof Studio, each image 18 cm x 72 cm (3).

Sold for £10

Lot 185

A large 19th century copper spirit kettle and stand, with turned wood handle, the squat body housing a heated component and removable liner with label for Sibbald and Son Edinburgh, the stand with turned wood handles and scrolling feet. Overall height 36 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 186

A pair of carved Cornish bellows, early 20th century, carved with a rose with applied label verso embossed "Designed and Carved by Harry Tonkin Gorran, Cornwall". 38 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 187

A large pair of carriage type brass hall lantern type fittings, three branch and with wall bracket support. Overall height 114 cm, width +/- 31 cm.

Sold for £300

Lot 188

A vintage projector, now converted to a table lamp and raised on a wooden base. Height to light fitting top 60 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 189

A pair of internally painted glass and brass table lamps. Height to top of light fitting 72 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 190

Two antique brass candlesticks, with faceted columns and stepped bases. Height 15 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 191

A Nepalese bronze bowl, diameter 22 cm and a large calligraphy pen.

Sold for £20

Lot 192

A steel fender, pierced. Internal dimensions 150 cm x 43 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 193

A pair of gilt metal three branch wall light fittings. Height 69 cm, width 37 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 194

A 19th century brass and copper lamp standard, converted to electricity.

Sold for £110

Lot 195

An album containing Girl Guide and Scout stamps, and another with Matchbox labels, principally Czechoslovakian, German, Russian, Spanish, etc.

Sold for £18

Lot 196

A collection of eight antique bronze crotal or rumble bells. Largest diameter 4.5 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 197

A vintage Columbia wind-up gramophone. Case 17 cm x 39.5 cm x 28 cm.

Sold for £28

Lot 198

A brass slope front coal box, embossed in relief with tavern scenes, and a Victorian copper kettle. Box width 45 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 199

A vintage Russian camera, a Chinon camera, two Kodak Instamatics and various other cameras, lenses, etc.

Sold for £45

Lot 200

An Anglo-Indian ebony dome topped casket, decorated with carved ivory panels, circa 1900. Width 20.5 cm.

Sold for £38