The Cabinet of Curiosities

Bidding opens July 3 Biding closes July 8

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The Cabinet of Curiosities

Bidding opens July 3 Biding closes July 8

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  • Ended 08 Jul 2021 14:00 ET (19:00 BST)

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Royal Presentation Tiger Claw Mounted Silver Desk Stand, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (i.e. King Edward VII) to Major General Sir Martin Dillon,...

Royal Signed Presentation Book, Queen Victoria to Sir Hugh AllanLEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIVES IN THE HIGHLANDS FROM 1848 TO 18618vo., inscr...

Royal George V Tortoiseshell Hair Comb, c.1915pierced and engraved, including royal GR cypher over a crown flanked by thistles, shamrocks and rose...

Brontë, EmilyWUTHERING HEIGHTS, A NOVEL BY ELLIS BELL2 vols., 8vo., 1st edition, bound in half calf marbleized boards by W. Elgin & Sons, Edinburg...

George Eliot (i.e. Marian Evans)MIDDLEMARCH12mo., 4 vols., 1st edition, half titles, marbleized edges and end papers, in gilt tooled green calf bo...

Richard Lord BraybrookeMEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ, F.R.S.8vo., 5 vols., illustrated frontispieces, full titles, a few fold out illustrations, ye...

French Skeleton Alarm Timepiece, c.1860the 2 1/4 inch white Roman chapter ring signed Martin Baskett & Martin with central silvered alarm dial, 14...

French Quarter Repeating Table Clock, early 19th centurythe movement numbered 1826 with push repeat mechanism striking the hours and quarters on t...

Waltham Watch Company Automobile Clock, 1915the white enamel dial with 'moon phase' power reserve indicator fronting an 8-day, 7 jewel movement, s...

Hamilton Model 22 Naval Deck Watch, Lancaster, PA, 1943serial no. 2F9977, the 21 jewel chronometer movement with power reserve indicator, gimballe...

Swiss Ball Clock, early 19th centurythe silvered dial with retailer 'Henry Birks & Sons L' fronting an 8-day jewelled bridge-plate movement, diame...

Large Swiss Ball Clock, early 20th centurythe white enamel dial with 'Regulateur' fronting an 8-day nickel bar movement numbered 7780, diameter 3....

French Ivory Mounted Silver Desk Seal, 19th centurywith Imperial style crowned monogram, the handle unscrewing to concealed wax pick, length 4.1 i...

French Ivory Mounted Silver Desk Seal, 19th centurythe intaglio a coat of arms with five diamonds in the shield under a tree and crowned helm with...

Three British Royal Cartes de Visite, mid 19th centuryincluding Victoria and Albert, Alexandra of Denmark and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and ...

Silver Mounted Miniature 'Royal Pocket Diary,' London, 1905the silver cover with impressed makers marks (WC) for 1904, 2.25 x 2 in — 5.7 x 5.1 cmE...

French Cased Miniature 'Name Day' Calendar, 1783in book form, each page with columnar calendar and titled engraving with corresponding comic verse...

Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.145012 mo., 698pp. including ...

Two French Faux Book Boxes, mid 18th centurythe two leather bound volumes dated 1733 and 1751 respectively converted in the mid 19th century, each...

HMS Royal George Salvage Ware Burl Walnut Snuff Box, 19th centurythe gold wire inlaid lid with with inset gouache portrait miniature of Capt. John...

American Scrimshaw Baleen Busk, 18th centurythe corset stay with engraved decoration including an eagle over multiple registers including foliate ...

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Animated Owl Form Servant Call Button, early 20th centuryunsigned, modelled perched with feather quill atop two books...

Austrian Bronze Eagle Form Servant Call Button, c.1900finely modelled and designed for suspension, wingspan width 4.7 in — 12 cmEstimate: $300—400...

Italian Grand Tour Giallo Antico Siena Marble and Bronze Model of the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, 19th centurytitled 'Colonna Antonina' on th...

Italian Grand Tour Souvenir Bronze Model of a Pompeiian Kantharos, mid 19th centuryon turned marble pedestal base, height 8.2 in — 20.8 cmEstimate...

Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of a Roman Emperor, 19th centuryon rouge grotte marble pedestal base, height 10.25 in — 26 cmEstimate: $300—500 .....

After Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, 1852-1929)IL FILOSOFO (THE PHILOSOPHER)patinated bronze bust with gilt highlights, incised signature, verso, on ti...

Approximately 130 Didactic Photographs of Europe, mid-late 19th centuryeach a titled albumen print on card, mostly of Italy (Rome, Venice, Naple...

French Dollhouse Miniature Doll, 19th centuryof paint decorated articulated wood construction, height 1 in — 2.5 cmEstimate: $80—120 ...[more]

Book Binder's Gold Foil Stamping Plate, 19th centuryof brass, iron and wood construction, 12.2 x 9.6 in — 31 x 24.5 cmEstimate: $100—150 ...[more]

English Silver Presentation Lawn Bowling Jack, William Adams Ltd., Birmingham, 1953with a tripod stand, diameter 2.7 in — 6.9 cm, 8.4 oz. — 262 gr...

Modernist Hammered Brass and Resin Chess Set, mid 20th centuryon copper enamel board, king height 2.66 in — 6.8 cm; 16 x 16 in — 40.6 x 40.6 cmEst...

Salesman's Sample Scale Model of a Horse Drawn Walking Plough, c.1870possibly a patent model, of painted wood, wrought iron and sheet metal articu...

Saleman's Sample Scale Model of an Oak Draw Leaf Dining Table, c.1880or possibly a patent model, the mechanism of fine, detailed construction, clo...

Early Victorian Brass, Ebony and Ivory Cartographer's Drafting Set, early 19th centurywith compass, the leather case with impressed eagle tradema...

English Machinist's Brass Spirit Level, J. Rabone & Sons, Birmingham, mid 19th centurytin sleeve cased, case length 10.25 in — 26 cmEstimate: $100...

English Surveyor's Prismatic Pocket Compass, Wm. Stanley, Great Turnstile, Holborn, London, early 20th centurysigned on the dial, diameter 7. in —...

Continental System Cane, c.1900the carved shaft concealing a stiletto sword blade on a horn gripEstimate: $100—150 ...[more]

English Telescopic System Cane, 19th/early 20th centurythe wood veneered brass tube unscrewing to reveal a single draw telescope, length 35 in — 8...

Pair of Soviet Russian Opera Glasses by Lzos, Lytkarino, Moscow mid 20th centuryof Bakelite and enamelled and gilt metal construction with manufac...

Pair of Keplerian 'Twin Telescopes' Binoculars, c.1860unmarked, likely French or German, height 7.75 in — 19.7 cmEstimate: $100—150 ...[more]

English Lacquered Brass Astronomical Library Telescope, Broadhurst Clarkson & Co., London, 19th/early 20th centurysigned on the shoulder cap, revo...

English Octant, Spencer Browning & Co., London, mid 19th centurythe 20 inch radius ebony frame with ivory scale, vernier and signature plate and b...

Cased Pair of English Dueling Pistols, John Harcourt, Ipswich, circa 1800each .54 caliber, 6 1/8-inch signed octagonal Damascus barrel with silver...

Cased Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols, Robert Wogdon, London, c.1780each with 30 bore sighted barrel signed ‘Wogdon-London,' engraved breech, t...

Pair of Webley & Scott Ltd., British Miliary Mark III Flair/Signal Guns, 1918 & 19each dated and numbered 112142 and 135504 respectively, with bro...

US M1852 Naval Officer's Sword, Jacob Reed's Sons, Philadelphia, PA, 19th centurythe acid etched blade named to M. Aigner, 3rd, on a gilt bronze h...

English 'Tower' Service Pistol, 18th centurythe lock converted from flintlock to caplock on full walnut stock with brass and iron furniture, proof...

French Iron Flintlock Boxlock Pocket Pistol, H. Petitjean, late 18th centurysigned on the lock, with decorative engraving all over, length 6.3 i...

Belgian Flintlock Pistol, signed Gosuin, Liege, early 19th centurywith walnut full stock and iron barrel band and signed lockplate, length 25 in —...

East India Company Flintlock Service Pistol, late 18th/early 19th centurythe walnut half stock with geometric bone inlay, the lockplate with rampa...

Turkish Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol, 18th/early 19th centurythe wrought iron barrel with ornate brass wire inlay on a later walnut full stock wit...

US M1860 Cavalry Officer's Sword, Mansfeld & Lamb, Forestdale, RI, 1862the signed and dated curved, fullered blade on a gilt brass half basket got...

British 1821 Pattern Honourable Artillery Company Light Cavalry Officer's Sword, Pillin, London, 19th centurythe etch decorated blade with HAC and...

Victorian 1845 Pattern British Infantry Officer's Sword, Landon & Morland, London, mid 19th centurythe signed, curved fullered blade on a gothic h...

George V WWI Royal Navy Reserve Officer's Sword, J.R. Gaunt & Son, London, early 20th centurythe monogrammed (R.W.N.) straight fullered and proved...

AFGHAN STEEL PULWAR SWORD, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURYthe triple fullered sabre type blade on a Tulwar like hilt with turned down quillons and large c...

Indian Hazur Sahib Commemorative Tulwar Sword, mid 20th centurythe polished curved blade with acid etched inscription on a brass hilt with eagle o...

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