A Selection of Antiques, Collectibles and Curiosities Now at Auction in the UK

Browse a selection of Antiques, Paintings, Design and Curiosities offered at auction during the month of August. If something catches your attention, save the lot to your wishlist!

SELECTED LOTS

Left: A 19th-century table globe, Malby's Terrestrial Globe; Right: Natural History - Geology, Paleontology - a substantial rare fossilized ammonite

A 19th-century table globe, Malby's Terrestrial Globe
Compiled from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Including all the Recent Geographical Discoveries, Manufactured and Published Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Malby & Sons, Globe & Map Sellers to the Admiralty, Published at the Globe Manufactory, 37, Parker Streey, Little Queen Street, Holborn, London, brass meridian ring and hour circle, twelve gores and two polar caps, the mahogany stand with turned and fluted legs and stretchers, 48cm high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities, including a large private collection of Tribal Art and Ethnographica

Natural History - Geology, Paleontology - a substantial rare fossilized ammonite
(Paracoronicera charlesi), slightly polished, 46cm diam, Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, Bucklandi zone, Lower-Lias Group, Early Jurassic period, 200 million years old. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities, including a large private collection of Tribal Art and Ethnographica

Left: Travel, Climbing and Moutaineering - The Alpine Portfolio: The Pennine Alps; Right: Camden (William, Clarenceux King at Arms)

Travel, Climbing and Moutaineering - The Alpine Portfolio: The Pennine Alps
From the Simplon to the Great S. Bernard, Edited by Oscar Eckenstein & August Lorria, London: Published by the Editors, 62, Basinghall Street, E.C., [n.d. 1889]. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities, including a large private collection of Tribal Art and Ethnographica

Camden (William, Clarenceux King at Arms)
Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Islands, Written in Latin [...] And Translated into English, with Additions and Improvements, Revised Digested, and Published, with large Additions, by Edmund Gibson, D.D. Rector of Lambeth. (40cm x 26.1cm). See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities, including a large private collection of Tribal Art and Ethnographica

Left: A late 18th-century brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss pistol; Right: A pair of bronze barrelled and bronze framed flintlock boxlock blunderbuss pistols

A late 18th-century brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss pistol
13¾” overall, slightly swamped barrel 8½” with beaded baluster at the breech and early B’ham proofs; slightly rounded lock with unbridled frizzen, engraved with simple scrolls and signed “Turner” at a later date; walnut full stock with shell carving around the breech tang, and brass mounts including domed buttcap, flower engraved trigger guard with acorn finial, engraved openwork ribbon sideplate, and with horn tipped ramrod. GWO & C. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Arms & Militaria Auction

A pair of bronze barrelled and bronze framed flintlock boxlock blunderbuss pistols
By (Robert) Wheeler, c 1800, 12½” overall, barrels 6¾”, with Tower private proofs, 6” spring bayonets beneath the barrels released by sliding trigger guards, and with ramrod ramps on left side with ivory tipped whale bone ramrods with worms; the frames engraved with trophies and garter star and signed in foliate elliptical panels; plain walnut slab butts with oval silver escutcheons, one of the butts stamped with numbers “59” and “208”. GWO & C Plate 6. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Arms & Militaria Auction

Left: Benjamin William Leader (1831-1923) - The Thames at Streatley; Right: Benjamin William Leader 1831-1923 - Burrows Cross

Benjamin William Leader (1831-1923) - The Thames at Streatley
A man and a woman in a punt with fields beyond, oil on canvas signed and dated 1877, lower-left corner, 28" x 24", in a gilt frame. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Vintage Fashion & Design from 1850 Followed by Antiques and Collectables

Benjamin William Leader (1831-1923) - Burrows Cross
A country scene with two children amongst bushes with a house beyond, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1896 lower-left corner, 12" x 18", in an ornate gilt frame. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Vintage Fashion & Design from 1850 Followed by Antiques and Collectables

Left: An 18ct gold Ring; Right: Cartier Paris: a ladies' Ceinture 18ct gold cased wristwatch

An 18ct gold Ring
Set with central emerald bordered by 14 diamonds. The whole setting 3/4" x 1/2". Ring size M. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Cartier Paris: a ladies' Ceinture 18ct gold cased wristwatch
Octagonal form with stepped edges, the case back stamped 'Cartier Paris Quartz', 750 and serial number 660020764. Fitted with a leather strap, in a red suede pouch with service/guarantee pamphlet. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Left: An 18ct gold eternity Ring; Right: A set of four Elizabeth II silver-gilt Stuart Devlin champagne flutes

An 18ct gold eternity Ring
Set with 22 Princess cut diamonds. Each diamond approx 3.5mm wide. Ring size M. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

A set of four Elizabeth II silver-gilt Stuart Devlin champagne flutes
Having flaring conical body with textured gilt stem and flaring foot, the bowl with engraved eagle crest. Hallmarked London 1979 maker Stuart Devlin and numbered 101-104 8 3/4" high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Left: An Omega white gold and diamond ladies wristwatch; Right: A platinum diamond and sapphire ring set with two pear-shaped stones

An Omega white gold and diamond ladies wristwatch
With rectangular dial with Arabic numerals, inset with 109 diamonds, total weight 28g. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Vintage Fashion & Design from 1850 Followed by Antiques and Collectables

A platinum diamond and sapphire ring set with two pear-shaped stones
The sapphire with an International Gemological Institute report, Natural Corundum 0.57ct measurement 5.67 x 4.24 x 3.07mm, colour blue, suggested origin Sri Lanka L/M, 2.8g. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Vintage Fashion & Design from 1850 Followed by Antiques and Collectables

Left: A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted rosewood and kingwood serpentine centre table; Right: A Victorian burr walnut oval dining table

A Louis XV style gilt metal mounted rosewood and kingwood serpentine centre table
C.1900, the diamond parquetry kingwood top with broad rosewood cross banding and brass galleried edge, the frieze with single drawer, stamped '7657' to the top edge, raised on angular cabriole legs with foliate mounts and sabots, 40 x 22in. (101.5 x 56cm.), 30¾in. (78cm.) high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Vintage & Collectables Sale

A Victorian burr walnut oval dining table
The moulded quarter veneered top over a figured walnut frieze, raised on turned and fluted tapered legs with pottery castors, 60 x 44¾in. (152.5 x 113.75cm.), 29¼in. (74.25cm.) high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Vintage & Collectables Sale

A 19thC and later Irish Killarney style games table

A 19thC and later Irish Killarney style games table
With marquetry inlaid and decoratively strung carcass. The top swivelling to show fitted compartments within and the table opening to show a multi-use playing surface for chess, backgammon and cribbage. Having a canted column above a shaped base and raised on four carved feet. 30 1/2" wide x 16" deep x 30" high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Left: A rare embassy white metal egg watch stand; Right: A 19th century Tunbridge ware and rosewood writing slope

A rare embassy white metal egg watch stand
20th century. Some hallmarks hard to make out fully working 2/5 each width 5" high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: General Antiques and Collectables

A 19th century Tunbridge ware and rosewood writing slope
Inlaid with a view of Battle Abbey, Sussex, tubling blocks and flowers, enclosing a damson velvet writing surface, inkwells and an arrangement of compartments, 31cm wide, c.1860. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Gentlemen's Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities, including a large private collection of Tribal Art and Ethnographica

Left: An Irish 19thC mahogany Chinese Chippendale open armchair; Right: A pair of Chinese hardwood armchairs

An Irish 19thC mahogany Chinese Chippendale open armchair
With carved frame and pierced back splat, having two swept arms and a leather seat above pierced corner brackets to the apron and blind fretwork carved legs. 28” wide x 22” deep x 38” high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

A pair of Chinese hardwood armchairs
With pierced and carved backrests, fretwork supports and caned seats above shaped legs. 26” wide x 23” deep x 38” high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Left: XIX, English / Scottish School; Right: Manner of Thomas Hart Benton (1889 – 1975), American School

XIX, English / Scottish School
Oil on canvas, Crailing House, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, A landscape scene depicting cows watering at the stream Oxnam Water with figures at the shore and crossing a bridge, with a view of a country house. Indistinctly inscribed to stretcher and frame verso. Approx. 16 3/4" x 23 3/4". See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Manner of Thomas Hart Benton (1889 – 1975), American School
Oil on canvas laid on board, Art Deco style beach party scene. Monogram THB lower left. New York State Plyboard Co. stamped verso, Approx. 30” x 40”. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Left: A pair of 19thC faience Luneville lions; Right: A Chinese blue and white-footed bowl with a flared rim

A pair of 19thC faience Luneville lions
With a cobalt blue glaze. Depicting recumbent lions on rectangular bases. Unmarked. Approx. 14 1/4" high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

A Chinese blue and white-footed bowl with a flared rim
Decorated with a scene depicting the entertaining of imperial figures, as well as ladies on a garden terrace with parasols. The centre of the bowl decorated with a roundel depicting a sage scholar reading in a stylised landscape. Character marks under. Approx. 5'' high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

An extensive silver cruet set

An extensive silver cruet set
Comprising two mustard pots, two salts and two pepperettes hallmarked Birmingham 1960, Roberts and Dore, Hatton Garden (6) together with 4 associated 19thC feather edged spoons maker W.T. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

Chinese export silver

Chinese export silver
A white metal salt formed as a stylised censer with dragon detail, marked under. Approx. 1 1/2" high. Together with a white metal pepperette with a dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom, marked under. Approx 2" high. And a white metal pounce pot with three dragon formed feet, marked under. Approx. 2 1/2" high. See Date and Price Estimate...
Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables, Paintings & Prints

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