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Early/mid
C20thPair of articulated Swan salts. Wings swing open to
allow salt to be taken taken. No
maker's marks or hallmarks |
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James Dixon &Sons pewter tobacco jar with inner lid. Pre 1879 (No
Bugle mark). |
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Chinese carving of two dragons separated by a square
box. The box has two slits in the top and the whole piece may have
originally have belonged to a piece of furniture. (A bed maybe or a
table?) The box has a border of flowers with a large flower to the
centre decal. |
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Victorian
carved large conch shell mounted on a smaller conch shell.
Originally converted to a lamp, the carving is of horses in
motion. |
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1950s figurine of Florence
Nightingale.Signed F.Mancini to reverse. The figurine is of plaster
construction and stands 20" (50cm) in height including the
square base. |
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Victorian sweetmeats comport (Britannia Metal?)
Marked GV to top Catalogue mark 250 and
other indistinguishable marks to base. |
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Pair of French, empire
style, bouillotte bronzed lamps. Set on square marble bases, dating from
1920s and removed from a French cinema where they sat either side of the
staircase to the circle. |
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1930s/40s brass fronted blotter inscribed MH, with a
marquis coronet above. |
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French bronzed spelter figural inkstand with a pair of removable hinged
top wells. The figure formed as a goat. There is slight damage and the
right rear leg of the stand is missing although the piece stands square
and firm. The damage, which is a crack, is not visible from the front.
There is no maker's mark to this piece. |
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Victorian Figural epergne vase formed as a Scott type
character. The figure is resting his foot on an anvil and carrying a
cross in his raised right hand and a shield in his left. The etched
trumpet has a flower design and features a finely fluted rim. |
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Victorian epergne with a stand formed as a fawn. The piece stands a
total of 9.5" in height with a Jack in the Pulpit cranberry vase to
the rear of the fawn. The fawn has lost the left hind leg although this is
not apparent at first glance. There is no maker's mark. |
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Large Edinburgh Crystal storm lantern mounted on a brass candle holder
base. The item measures a total of 11" with the lantern being 9"
in height with a 5¼" diameter faceted rim. Lovely ring to the
crystal vase. |
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Scarce Victorian 'Bird of Paradise' flower frog. There are holes around
the base of the model (formed as a tree stump) allowing for nine flower
stalks to be inserted There is no damage to the piece. |
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Pewter inkstand by James Deakin & Sons. Full marks to base. The
removable original inkwells have hinged tops and are both undamaged. There
is a fluted crystal epergne trumpet, featuring twelve folds, behind the
bird figure and the catalogue number is S5808. Figure stands 11" in
height to top of flute. |
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Plated Brittania Metal inkstand by James Deakin & Sons. Full marks to
base. The removable original hinge topped inkwells are present and
are both undamaged. There is an epergne trumpet to the rear which
measures 6" in height. The complete piece measures
5"x9". The deer has had a repair to the front antler,
which is intact. Catalogue number P7251. |
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Pewter desk stand with removable inkwells by James Deakin &
Sons. Full marks to base, dating from before they used a bell mark
to differentiate themselves from James Dixon. The inkwells have faceted
tops and originally had cork plugs. Catalogue number P4395. The stand is
on an oval base which measures 8" x 6". |
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Three vintage (not antique) garden statues, all
painted at some time in the past, formed as A Josephine baker styled
maiden, A young girl carrying a basket of flowers and A Classical Greek
styled maiden. All around 32" in height. |
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A pair of commerce figurines in spelter
standing 3' tall. The one to the right having anchor and finial damage
but not deterring from the overall imposing nature of the pieces. |
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A wrought iron adjustable floor oil lamp with
brass font and Vulcan globe burner. Funnel perfect, shade nibbled to one
area of bottom rim (unseen when assembled). |
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Royal Vienna cabinet urn. 1904-18. (Beehive
mark) with ram’s head handles and gilt decoration. Classical centre
band, featuring Cupid and Venus.
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