Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, September 14 2010
Two day Sale of Antiques, Fine Art, Ceramics,Glassware and Various Collectables
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.
Lot 197 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A Shuko patent clockwork mouse, 3.5ins overall, four Japanese clockwork character animals, various sizes, and a selection of other mechanical toys
Guide Price: £100-200
Lot 660 SOLD FOR: £ 600
A group of five family miniature portraits - "Commander William White", paper 3.5ins x 3ins, in gilt frame, his wife and daughter, ovals 4.5ins x 3.5ins, in gilt frames, his daughter in later years, and his grandson, ovals 3ins x 2.25ins, in ebonised frames, and a copy of a letter dated 1801
Guide Price: £250-350
Lot 661 SOLD FOR: £ 380
19th Century English School - Miniature oval shoulder-length portrait of a gentleman, thought to be on ivory, 2.625ins x 2.125ins, in gilt metal frame, the back inset with hair
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 662 SOLD FOR: £ 260
Early 19th Century School - Three miniature paintings on ivory - Shoulder length profiles of three women, each 2.5ins x 2ins, in modern gilt frames and an overpainted print - Mother and child - oval, 4ins x 3ins, in gilt frame
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 663 SOLD FOR: £ 80
Continental School - Miniature oval shoulder length portrait apparently of Madame Elizabeth (Court of Louis XVI), 3.25ins x 2.5ins, indistinctly signed "Nallion"(?), in gilt metal frame and glazed
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 664 SOLD FOR: £ 120
19th Century School - Miniature oval shoulder-length portrait of Louis XV, 1.875in x 1.375in, in gilt metal frame
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 665 SOLD FOR: £ 260
Three 19th Century shoulder-length silhouette profiles of a young girl and two young boys, heightened in gilt, each 3.75ins x 3ins, in black papier-mache frames, and two similar frames
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 666 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A late Georgian mahogany rectangular tea caddy, now with three removable fitted trays to interior, 14.5ins x 7.25ins x 6.5ins high
Guide Price: £50-70
Lot 667 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A George III satinwood rectangular teacaddy inlaid with oval shell and floral motifs, 7ins wide x 4ins deep x 5ins high (now with later interior)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 668 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A Victorian mother-of-pearl and brass inlaid birdseye maple two division tea caddy, 9.25ins x 5.5ins x 5.5ins high, a Chinese Mah-Jong set with bone and bamboo pieces and box for same, 9ins x 6.5ins x 4.75ins high, and a Victorian walnut, ebonised and brass mounted rectangular inkstand, fitted drawer to base, 11ins x 7ins x 6.5ins high
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 669 SOLD FOR: £ 70
An early Victorian mahogany rectangular tea caddy of sarcophagus shape inlaid with ebonised stringings, the interior now only fitted one lidded canister (second canister and glass sugar bowl missing), on bun feet, 12.5ins x 7.25ins x 6.75ins high
Guide Price: £70-100
An early 19th Century tortoise-shell single tea caddy of shaped outline, ivory inlay to rim and on boxwood bun feet, 5ins x 3.5ins x 4ins high (cracked to top)
Guide Price: £150-200
An early 19th Century tortoise-shell single tea caddy with slightly domed lid and on ivory bun feet, 4.5ins x 3.25ins x 3.75ins high (crack to back)
Guide Price: £300-400
An early 19th Century tortoise-shell single tea caddy of shaped outline and with domed lid, on ivory bun feet, 4.5ins x 3ins x 3.5ins high
Guide Price: £400-600
Lot 673 SOLD FOR: £ 340
A Victorian artist's mahogany rectangular box by Reeves & Sons, 113 Cheapside, London, the interior with numerous paint blocks and various accessories, 9ins x 8ins x 3ins high
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 674 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A George III mahogany knife box inlaid with boxwood and chequered strings, 9ins wide x 12ins deep x 14.5ins high (faded and lacking interior)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 675 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A 19th Century rosewood and brass-bound rectangular box with removable trays, 14ins wide x 5ins deep x 4ins high, a Victorian walnut jewellery box fitted three drawers enclosed by a pair of arched panelled doors, 11ins wide x 7.5ins deep x 12ins high, and a 19th Century rosewood rectangular writing box, 14ins wide x 9ins deep x 4.5ins high (lacking interior - a/f)
Guide Price: £100-150
A 19th Century French amboyna and metal inlaid rectangular workbox with lift out interior tray, 9ins x 7ins x 5.5ins high, and a Scandinavian painted wood scoop, 13ins overall
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 677 SOLD FOR: £ 70
A Victorian papier-mache four division stationery box with mother-of-pearl inlay, 7ins x 4.25ins x 4ins high
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 678 SOLD FOR: £ 340
A Victorian "Scottish" mahogany miniature chest fitted four drawers, 9ins x 7ins x 11ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
A 20th Century French kingwood rectangular jewellery box of shaped outline, the lid and sides in quartered veneered panels, on scroll feet, 7ins x 8ins x 5ins high (slight split to left side and escutcheon missing)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 680 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A French mother-of-pearl and tortoise-shell rectangular jewellery box, the lid of parquetry form inlaid with two stars in tortoise-shell and with pale blue silk padded interior, 6.25ins x 5.75ins x 4ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
A Victorian coromandel toilet box by Parkins & Gotto, London, fitted lift out tray, 12ins x 9ins x 5.5ins high, with five plated topped bottles and comb for same
Guide Price: £400-600
A late 18th Century Staffordshire pottery enamel cylindrical bottle holder decorated with figures by a well and haymaking scene, 2ins high (screw-on cover damaged and interior of scent bottle broken and lacking stopper), one other 18th Century enamel circular patch box, the lid decorated with a classical urn and worded "Aways the Same", 1in diameter (chipped and worn), and a modern Halcyon Days enamel patch box, the lid with conjoined "C&D" with "Prince of Wales Plumes" to centre, 1in diameter
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 683 SOLD FOR: £ 50
A 19th Century French papier-mache circular box printed to top with a scene - "Journal Des Savans", 3.5ins diameter (a.f.), three 19th Century papier-mache snuff boxes, and two 19th Century burrwood snuff boxes
Guide Price: £50-70
A 19th Century faux tortoiseshell papier mache rectangular snuff box, 4ins x 1.75ins (slight damage to lid), a black papier mache and mother of pearl inlaid snuff box, 3ins x 1.75ins, and a small burr wood snuff box, 2.5ins x 1.75ins
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 685 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A 19th Century Scottish horn snuff Mull with engraved silvery metal lid, 3.25ins high (horn cracked and hinge to lid broken), a Scottish Skean Dhu with 3.75ins steel blade and with carved wood and silvery metal-mounted hilt, set with citrine and scabbard for same, 7.75ins overall (citrine loose to end), and a horn punch ladle with ebonised spiral twist handle, 13ins overall (bowl split)
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 686 SOLD FOR: £ 120
Twenty one 19th Century Chinese mother-of-pearl rectangular gaming counters, eacy 2.5ins wide, eight other ditto gaming counters (one damaged) and a quantity of ivory letters, each approximately 0.5ins high
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 687 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A Japanese ivory box carved with lions, 2.75ins diameter x 1.75in high (Meiji period)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 688 SOLD FOR: £ 110
Two Chinese carved ivory short tusks, 9ins and 8.5ins overall, and hardwood stands, a pair of Chinese carved hardstone kylin, 2.75ins high, a ditto figure of a horse, 3.5ins high, a green shagreen cigar case, 6ins x 2ins, and a cloisonne vase, 8.75ins high, and hardwood stand
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 689 SOLD FOR: £ 170
A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a standing fruit seller, 3.5ins high, on ebonised wood base and six small Japanese netsuke, variously carved
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 690 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A 20th Century Chinese ivory puzzle ball and stand finely carved with dragons and cloud motifs, 8.5ins high overall
Guide Price: £150-200
A George III ivory and gold coloured metal mounted octagonal toothpick box with cartouche to lid worded "Souvenir" and inset with seed pearls and fitted internal mirror, 3.75ins x 1.5ins (crack to side and repaired hinge)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 692 SOLD FOR: £ 150
A Japanese bronze finish and silver inlaid rectangular Tsuba decorated with a figure of a crane, 3ins x 2.75ins, and a selection of modern netsukes, inro and okimono carved in various materials
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 693 SOLD FOR: £ 65
A pair of late 19th Century Japanese bronze baluster shaped two-handled vases decorated in relief with birds, 40.5ins high (one damaged to neck)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 694 SOLD FOR: £ 55
A Chinese bronze triangular section padlock, 3.5ins wide, two smaller ditto, 2.5ins wide, keys for same, and a selection of various items
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 695 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A Chinese blue silk robe, the collar and cuffs embroidered with figures at various pursuits, birds and cloud motifs
Guide Price: £80-120
A 20th Century Chinese tortoise-shell and horn backed ten piece dressing table set, contained in cloth covered case, 21ins x 12.5ins x 3ins high
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 698 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A Chinese painted and carved wood figure of a seated king, 11ins high, a Chinese rosewood square stand with pink variagated marble slab inset to top, 7ins square x 7.5ins high, a ditto rosewood circular stand, 5ins diameter x 3ins high, and an ebonised wood stand
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 699 SOLD FOR: £ 290
A pair of Sumatran steel hand axes, the shaped blades inlaid in silver and copper and with wooden handles, 25ins and 26ins overall
Guide Price: £100-150
A near Eastern enamel saucer shaped dish embossed and decorated with a seated figure - "The Scribe", and conforming floral borders, 9ins diameter
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 702 SOLD FOR: £ 160
Four Nigerian carved wood masks decorated with coloured beads and three decorated with cowrie shells, 10.5ins to 16ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 703 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A Scandinavian stained wood two-handled bowl, 11ins x 7ins x 5ins high, and a turned oak circular pedestal bowl, 9ins diameter x 7ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
A "Black Forest" carved lindenwood bracket of shaped outline supported by an oval backplate carved with the head of a deer, 14ins wide x 15ins high (slightly damaged)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 705 SOLD FOR: £ 210
A late 19th Century Black Forest carved linden wood triple coat hook surmounted by carved wood figure of a bear, 16ins x 8ins overall
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 706 SOLD FOR: £ 280
A Thompson of Kilburn ("Mouse Man") oak three legged stool, 12ins x 10ins x 14ins high
Guide Price: £280-320
Lot 707 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A Thompson of Kilburn ("Mouse Man") oak octagonal cheese board, 12ins x 9.75ins
Guide Price: £60-80
A carved wood nutcracker in the form of a man wearing a nightcap, 10ins, a ditto circular bowl, 8.25ins diameter x 2ins high, an Irish "Bog Oak" harp, 5.5ins, and a Connemara marble cross, 8.25ins
Guide Price: £80-120
A small Tunbridge ware box with parquetry lid, 1.5ins square x 1ins high, one other ditto, 2ins square x .75in high, six gilt metal and green stone set studs and case for same, two small seals, a letter opener and napkin ring
Guide Price: £80-120
