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Unidentified sword, blade (approx. 81cm), gold design on both sides from guard area to about one third of blade length, fuller on both sides, no guard or handle, with leather scabbard and belt fittings but missing end piece that covers the blade tip. Scabbard with cracking and blade with some oxidation, otherwise about good.
Estimate $50
Unidentified sword, blade (approx. 79cm), double edged and wide at the guard area and tapering to the pointed tip, with no guard and a wooden handle wrapped in leather and with a round timber pommel, no scabbard. Heavily oxidized blade and damage to the leather wrapping on the handle, otherwise good.
Estimate $50
Malaya, Native Kingdoms, Srivijaya, (11th-13th centuries), tin rod-shaped ingots, raised sanskrit letters on the side of each end (c.f. Zeno 345197). Fine for type. (3)
Estimate $60
Post medieval, (c.17th century), copper alloy items from Western European finds, including finger rings (6); stylised fleur de lis mounts (3); other mounts of heart shape / lozenge / floral designs; small buckle; thimble; others, all in a custom padded case, two empty holders. Very fine, treated with a stabilising lacquer. (23)
Estimate $120
Apollo & Minerva, porcelain, Hocht Porcelain Manufactury, Germany. Work of master modeller Johan Peter Melchior. (32cm x 19cm) (2.035kg). Broken foot - Minerva, faint to moderate porcelain crazing, fine.
Estimate $800
Georgian Prints, Admiral Mitchell & Lord Heathfield, original Georgian Prints, re-backed in 1970s. (19cm x 23.5cm). Very fine.
Estimate $50
Porcelain 'America' & 'Asia', Derby "Four Quarters of the Globe" c. 1765-1780, Allegorical figures from Derby Porcelain Factory, England. (22cm x 11cm @ base) (650g) America, very fine; Asia, fine. (2)
Estimate $800
Porcelain "Derby Lovers", 18th cent. Rococo style c. 1765-1785, (410g). No wear or dust, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $400
Portraits and Silhouettes, 18-19th century, (2) 1820's lacquered frame with gilt bezel around silhouetted oval portraits, acorn motif hanger, marble paper backing; (1) 1820s Portrait housed in oval gilt inner bezel; (1) Portrait silhouette naval officer (1780s-90s). 2 (10cm x 3cm); (11.5cm x 13.5cm); (11cm x 14cm). Fine. (4)
Estimate $300
Western India, Saurashtra, (c. 18th-19th century), Kathi Darbar brass box, three legs, ornately decorated with geometric designs, with locking side pins and carrying handle (H: 80 cm, D: 57 cm). Polished, very fine.
Estimate $2,500
Neapolitan Bread Seller, c.1800, inset glass eyes, dressed in traditional fabrics with lace and metallic braiding, carrying two woven baskets of bread (24.5cm x 39.5cm) (1.510kg). Extensive age wear, fading textiles on base covering, losses to fingers on both hands, otherwise, good for age.
Estimate $350
John Rose Coalport Plates, Pair of Regenes era (1805 - 1810) plates, (22cm, 370g); (21cm, 375g). No cracks on front, minimal crazing or glaze scars, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Derby Inkwell Porcelain, Regenes Period (195g). Excellent condition, missing aspects, very fine.
Estimate $250
Dover Harbour, oil painting, early 19th Cent. English school (41cm x 36cm). Structural damage to frame, otherwise stable construction, chips missing from frame plaster, gilt undisturbed, fine.
Estimate $200
Regency Family Portraits, c. 1820-40, Watercolour and Ink on cardstock, each 14cm x 19cm. Framed in matching set. By J.H. Gillespie (1793-1849). Fine antique condition, no chips, very fine - fine. (6)
Estimate $800
Silhouette, 1835, by August Edouart. (24cm x 34cm) (635g). Original housing, reinforced at later date with masking tape, very fine.
Estimate $250
William Shakespeare, gilt bronze with gold leaf over bronze, c. 1840s, mahogany frame. (20cm x 17.5cm). Minor separation of the miter, extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Bolivia, Andean Indian culture of the Oruro Altiplano, 19th century, stone amulet sculpture of a hamlet modelled as a central altar surrounded by four houses and thirteen animals including llamas, rams and sheep, (125mm long). Very fine with some repairs, scarce.
Estimate $200
La Louette Bronze Putti, 19th century French, possibly from a decorative clock or furniture mount. (355g; 376g) Warm brown patina, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
Bronze Figure of Chronos, French, c.1850, also knows as 'Father Time', base of Sienna Marble. Unsigned. (34.5cm x 22.5cm) (5.640kg). Thumb of raised hand lacking, scythe present otherwise, very fine.
Estimate $550
Ireland, Nineteenth Century Stipple of Sappho, Oval portrait depicting Sappho, with Cupid whispering in her ear. Publisher's label survives attached to rear, with poetic description. Rear backing paper damaged, otherwise Fine.
Estimate $60
Staffordshire Mug, "Four Seasons" Mug (150g). Very fine, minor dust.
Estimate $40
Staffordshire King Charles Spaniel Flatback, "Walk Dog" mantle piece, 19th cent. (11cm tall) (140g). Very fine.
Estimate $50
Equestrian Portrait, 19th cent. Provincial Art, England. (22cm x 18.5cm) Slight damage to frame, no miter spacing, good.
Estimate $150
Traditional Currency and Exchange Objects, Collection of traditional currency and exchange objects from Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas, comprising twenty-six pieces, including:
West Africa, five forged iron Kissi pennies, of varying lengths, with elongated twisted shafts and flattened terminal ends, traditionally used as currency amongst the Kissi peoples of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
North America, six assorted wrought-iron nails, including a bent example and a smaller nail, representative of the use of nails as an alternative exchange medium in colonial America.
Borneo, four irregularly shaped iron balls, of varying sizes, several bearing incised spiral and circular ornamentation, traditionally attributed to Indonesian iron ball money.
Papua New Guinea, four natural and manufactured dog-tooth valuables, including pierced teeth and tooth-shaped trade imitations, associated with customary exchange and personal adornment; together with four curved pig or boar tusks and fragments, including a large near-circular tusk, traditionally valued as symbols of wealth, ceremonial exchange objects and personal ornaments.
Mesoamerica, three copper-alloy axe-shaped currency pieces, of elongated, flattened form with expanded ends, exhibiting substantial dark and green patination, attributed by the collector to Aztec axe or spearhead money. Copper axe-shaped currency, commonly termed tajaderos, was used in parts of pre-Columbian Mexico and continued in circulation into the early colonial period.
A varied assemblage illustrating the use of iron, copper and animal teeth as money, stores of wealth and ceremonial exchange valuables in different societies. Accompanied by the original printed collector's explanatory labels describing the historical origins and customary uses of the objects. Condition varying. Kissi pennies with extensive dark patination, surface rust, pitting and age-related wear, the twisted shafts and terminal forms remaining substantially intact. Wrought-iron nails with varying degrees of oxidation, corrosion, pitting and surface deposits, several exhibiting irregularities and bending. Borneo iron balls with darkened surfaces, corrosion, abrasions and wear, some retaining distinct incised ornamentation. Dog-tooth valuables with discolouration, staining, surface wear and minor irregularities to the pierced ends. Pig tusks with natural yellowing, age-related staining, scratches, chips and old fractures, including incomplete curved sections. Copper-alloy axe-shaped currency pieces with extensive green and dark patination, surface encrustation, oxidation and edge wear. Original explanatory labels with minor discolouration, creasing and handling wear. Fine to very fine overall (26 items.)
Estimate $350
Cast Porcelain Sculpture, (22cm tall x 10cm wide) (445g). Structural cracks otherwise, fine.
Estimate $20
Interior Study 19th century, frame and backing from mid 20th cent, painter unknown. (49cm x 38cm) Good antique condition, very fine.
Estimate $80
Ink Drawing by John Wood, 19th century, John Wood (1801-1870), depicts neo-classical family scene. Pen on paper. (29cm x 33.5cm). Backing not original, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $200
Victorian Seascape, unsigned mid 19th cent. Oil painting, original housing. (37.5cm x 28.5cm). Superb antique, original Gilt-Wood frame, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Portrait of a gentleman, Thomas Gainsborough's Uncle, reproduction after original, c. mid 19th cent. Hand painted oil copy. (35.5cm x 41cm) (1.255kg). Extensive craquelure surface, evidence of rehousing, fine.
Estimate $300