Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Saturday, April 10 2010
Monthly Interiors Auction
Viewing Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm, Monday 10am-7pm immediately prior to sale. Open on mornings of sale (Tuesday and Wednesday) from 8.30am until 10am for viewing. Sale starts promptly at 10am each day. Please remember that if you want to leave a commission bid or bid by telephone we need all instructions by Monday 6.30pm before sale.
A 19th Century Student's lacquered brass monocular microscope, 5.75ins overall, retailed by Cornelius Knudsen, with mahogany case for same, and a selection of buttons, various
Guide Price: £50-70
A set of late Victorian brass postage scales on rectangular oak base, 8.5ins wide, with five graduated weights for same
Guide Price: £60-80
An early 20th Century miniature jointed teddy bear with gold mohair plush, 2.5ins overall, a miniature "Golly" doll, 3.5ins overall, a 1950s "Fairy" doll, and one other miniature doll
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 251 SOLD FOR: £ 130
An early 20th century gilt metal mounted and black lucite fountain pen by Ideal, with 9ct gold clip, 5ins overall (damaged), with box for same
Guide Price: £40-60
Lot 279 SOLD FOR: £ 100
An 18th Infantry malacca swagger stick with plated top, 26ins overall, a painted wood truncheon decorated in blue and red and worded "V.R. Ely", 18.5ins overall, a glass walking cane, and two bone walking canes
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 280 SOLD FOR: £ 70
An early 20th Century Zulu steel spear with turned hardwood shaft, apparently from Natal, circa 1917, and a Continental sword with 27ins steel blade and brass hilt with wood grip, 34ins overall (lacking scabbard)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 281 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A Victorian naval officer's dress dagger by Manton & Co., with 18ins engraved steel blade, brass hilt, black leather and wire-bound grip and with brass mounted black leather scabbard for same 24ins overall
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 282 SOLD FOR: £ 120
An early 20th Century malacca walking cane with embossed silver top, 36ins overall, London 1901, and six other walking canes, various
Guide Price: £50-70
A Victorian naval officer's dress sword by Galt, Portsmouth, with 30.5ins engraved steel blade, gilt metal hilt and shagreen and wire bound grip, 36ins overall (lacking scabbard)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 284 SOLD FOR: £ 30
A 19th Century Swedish Farchion with 17.5ins curved steel blade and wooden grip, 23ins overall and a similar ditto
Guide Price: £40-60
A signed programme for "Behind the Fringe" at Cambridge Theatre 1972 (signed in blue ballpen to cover by Dudley Moore and Peter Cooke) and a signed entry form for "The LBC Radio Swimathon '86" (signed in pen by Bob Geldorf)
Guide Price: £70-100
A late 19th Century Chinese painted ivory and paper fan decorated with various figures in landscapes and with pierced sticks, 11ins overall (a.f.)
Guide Price: £60-80
A group of three George V First World War medals to Captain (later major) C A Bamford, Leicestershire Regiment, comprising August and November 1914 Star War Medal and Victory Medal, a group of Victoria, Edward VII and George V military miniature dress medals to same, comprising - Victoria South Africa medal with three bars: "Transvaal, Orange Free States and Cape Colony, Edward VII South Africa medal with two bars: "South Africa 1901" and "South Africa 1902", and three First World War medals: August and November 1914 Star War medal and Victory medal, a sepia photograph of "First Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment" dated 1st July 1909 showing Lieutenant C A Bamford, two bronze photograph frames with Leicestershire Regiment crests, and two First World war colour prints
Guide Price: £250-350
A late 19th Century painted spelter figure of a parrot, 3.5ins high, one other similar fitted as a pen wiper, 4.5ins high, and a similar cockatoo fitted as a pen wiper, 4.5ins high (all with some flaking and the latter slightly damaged)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 289 SOLD FOR: £ 70
A small collection of cards relating to the Canadian section at the Franco-British exhibition, London 1908, and a quantity of loose postcards, various
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 290 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A George VI silver gilt Order of the Buffaloes jewel for Tremain Lodge, no. 179, 5ins overall, London 1937, case and Initiation Certificate for same and a pair of George V First World War medals to no. GS24435 Private E W Dane, Royal Fuseliers, comprising war medal and victory medal
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 291 SOLD FOR: £ 65
A group of four George V, George VI and Elizabeth II medals to No. 3075 Corporal E Morrison, 13th Battalion London Regiment comprising First World War War medal and Victory medal, Second World War Defence medal and Long Service Police medal (to Constable Edward Morrison)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 292 SOLD FOR: £ 130
A Robert Thompson of Kilburn ("Mouse Man") oak circular bowl carved with mouse to centre, 6.5ins diameter x 2.5ins high
Guide Price: £80-120
A Japanese bronzed metal figure of a standing woman holding a cat, on circular base, 5ins high, and two carved hardwood figures of Buddhas
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 294 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A late 19th/early 20th Century Chinese travelling set, comprising two ivory chop sticks, 9.25ins overall, and steel knife with wood and ivory handle, 9.5ins overall, contained in shagreen and ivory inlaid case, 11ins overall, a set of six Chinese cloissonne enamel and silvery metal rice wine cups, each 1.5ins diameter, and a set of Chinese silvery metal cocktail forks
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 295 SOLD FOR: £ 100
A late 19th Century Japanese carved ivory figure of a kneeling man preparing food 3ins high (a.f.), an early 20th Century tortoiseshell and silvery metal mounted rectangular box 5ins wide and a selection of sundry eastern items various (one box)
Guide Price: £80-120
A late 19th Century Austrian cold painted bronze figure of a standing Devil, 3ins high, and a similar ditto figure of a standing Friar, 2.5ins high (both rubbed)
Guide Price: £200-300
A 19th Century bronze two part corkscrew by Lund, Cornhill, London, 9ins overall
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 298 SOLD FOR: £ 360
A Victoria Indian Mutiny medal with one bar "Lucknow" to James Weston 7th Hussars (bar loose and slightly dented), two military photographs, three swagger sticks (one for "The Buffs") and a George VI Coronation medallion
Guide Price: £150-200
An early 20th Century Chinese soapstone cylindrical seal, the top carved with a figure of Shoulao holding a peach, on cylindrical base engraved with a mountain landscape, 6ins high, and box for same
Guide Price: £60-80
A 19th Century miniature violin with one piece back (back measurement excluding button 9.25ins - 16ins overall - in poor condition - possibly an apprentice piece)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 301 SOLD FOR: £ 85
A late Victorian ebonised wood rectangular desk stamp inlaid in ivory with scrolled leafage, 5ins x 2.5ins x 2.5ins high
Guide Price: £40-60
A 19th Century turned wood lead working tool, 9.5ins overall, and a beechwood spoke shave, 11.5ins wide
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 303 SOLD FOR: £ 100
A Conway Stuart black marbled lucite and gilt metal fountain pen, box for same and quantity of pens various (one tray)
Guide Price: £60-80
A Second World War black lacquered and chromed brass "Marine Distance Meter", 6ins overall, No. 6154, with wooden box for same
Guide Price: £70-100
A South East Asian painted wood seated figure of a Lion Dog painted in red and black, on shaped base, 10.25ins high, and an enamelled metal cup
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 306 SOLD FOR: £ 100
An early 20th Century brass miner's lamp by E. Thomas & Williams, Aberdare Wales, No. 41901, 10ins high, with three tags for Tilmanstone and Chislet Collieries, and two other brass miner's lamps
Guide Price: £100-150
A 19th Century bronze circular tazza of "Mannerist" design with bead mounts and modelled with face masks and strapwork, on square baluster stem and hexagonal black marble base, 6.5ins diameter x 4.5ins high (repaired to stem), and a pair of 19th Century brass two light candelabra, the circular sconces on dolphin pattern supports and rectangular splayed base, 7ins wide x 5.5ins high
Guide Price: £50-70
A pair of 19th Century brass pillar candlesticks, the knopped stems with cast diaper ornament, on circular footrims with anthemion borders, 9.5ins high
Guide Price: £200-300
A pair of 18th/19th Century Dutch brass pillar candlesticks with octagonal knopped stems and octagonal stepped bases, 8.75ins high
Guide Price: £60-80
A near Eastern bronze bulbous vase with cylindrical tapered neck, the neck and body cast with a band of Buddhas in oval medallions within scroll borders, on plain circular footrim, 7ins high
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 311 SOLD FOR: £ 140
An early 20th Century oak and black painted metal "Edison Bell Gem" phonograph, 9ins x 8ins x 9ins high, with horn and two cylinders for same
Guide Price: £80-120
A Victorian lacquered brass cased "Edney" hair hygrometer by J.H. Stewart, the 5ins silvered dial with humidity scale 30-100, in plain case with pierced sides, 6ins high, and a brass cased pocket barometer by J.H. Stewart
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 313 SOLD FOR: £ 110
A late 19th/early 20th Century French bronze oval inkstand modelled with frogs and lily pads after Bouval, 7ins x 5.5ins, with white pottery liner for same
Guide Price: £100-150
An early 20th Century bronze oval table lighter, 11ins x 8ins x 48ins high (engraved "The M.P. Club, House of Commons Lamp, Presented by William Bull to Harry Marks, St. Patricks Day 1908")
Guide Price: £80-120
A near Eastern carved hardwood rectangular work box, the whole carved with animals and floral leaf scroll ornament, 12ins x 8.5ins x 5ins high (some moulding missing and with later white overpainting)
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 316 SOLD FOR: £ 40
A Chinese carved hardwood rectangular folding occasional table, the whole carved with dragons, exotic birds, flowers and characters, the top with bamboo pattern border, 15.25ins x 12ins x 13ins high
Guide Price: £60-80
An early Tunbridge ware painted wood cylindrical sewing clamp decorated in red, blue and yellow with banding, fitted tape measure and with pincushion to side, 2.5ins x 2.25ins overall (paintwork worn)
Guide Price: £60-80
A small quantity of Players and other cigarette cards and a quantity of Brooke Bond tea cards (one box)
Guide Price: £50-70
Lot 444 SOLD FOR: £ 55
Two albums containing a selection of Players and other military related cigarette cards, including - Players "Victoria Cross" cards, and two albums containing a selection of cigarette cards, including - Players "Uniforms of the Territorial Army" and seven card albums of cigarette cards (all stuck down)
Guide Price: £60-80
An album of Brooke Bond tea cards - "Wild Life in Danger" (all stuck down), and a selection of Brooke Bond tea card albums, various (one box)
Guide Price: £40-60
Lot 448 SOLD FOR: £ 130
An album of silk embroidered First World War and greetings cards and an small selection of loose ditto
Guide Price: £70-100
An album containing a quantity of early 20th Century film star, greetings and topographical postcards including a card of Miss Ellen Terry and a Mabel Lucie Attwell card - "Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming"
Guide Price: £150-200
A quantity of loose postcards, photographs and greetings cards, various (one box)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 451 SOLD FOR: £ 160
An album containing a selection of military related postcards, including view of German underground hospital ward, Guernsey, Royal West Regiment at Arundel 1937, two albums containing a quantity of early 20th Century postcards and greetings cards, various, a small quantity of loose postcards, and three empty postcard albums (one box)
Guide Price: £150-200
