Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, March 29 2011
Two Day Sale of Fine Art, Antiques and 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 914 SOLD FOR: £ 360
A pair of 19th Century scrimshaw whales teeth, engraved and decorated in colours with two women, 5ins high (both worn), now mounted to stained wood plinths
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 915 SOLD FOR: £ 110
An early 20th Century "Black Forest" carved lindenwood figure of a bear, 8.25ins overall x 6ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 916 SOLD FOR: £ 70
A pair of 19th Century reverse painted glass circular panels - view of Cremona pine trees, each 3ins diameter (one panel cracked), in ebonised frames
Guide Price: £40-60
Lot 917 SOLD FOR: £ 50
A pair of ostrich eggs decorated in black with various scenes and contained in glazed display case, 18ins wide x 7ins deep x 14ins high
Guide Price: £50-70
Lot 918 SOLD FOR: £ 110
A Chinese mother-of-pearl dish on three silvery metal ball pattern feet, 8.5ins x 7ins
Guide Price: £60-80
An ebonised walking cane with horn handle and 9ct gold collar, Victorian walking cane with silver terminal, hallmarked London 1885, and a glass spiral twist moulded walking stick
Guide Price: £150-200
A chromium plated Jaguar car mascot, 8ins overall x 3.75ins high (thought to date circa 1947), and mounted on hardwood rectangular base
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 923 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A set of early 20th Century brass letter scales on shaped oak platform base, and a selection of brass weights, various
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 924 SOLD FOR: £ 1700
A Japanese cloisonne enamel circular charger with metal edged shaped rim, the whole enamelled in colours with fruit, hanging lanterns, flowers and scroll work on a turquoise ground, 25.5ins diameter x 3ins high (Meiji period)
Guide Price: £400-600
Lot 925 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A pair of early 20th Century Japanese cloisonne baluster shaped vases decorated in colours with birds and flowers on a dark blue ground, 8.5ins high (one slightly damaged to rim)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 927 SOLD FOR: £ 110
Two 19th Century carved and giltwood wall swags, each 28ins high
Guide Price: £120-160
Krodmir(?) - Cast iron group - Horse and foal, on oval base, 12ins high, indistinctly signed
Guide Price: £500-700
Lot 929 SOLD FOR: £ 80
An early 20th Century brown painted metal Heeley patent corkscrew, 9ins overall (extended - worn), a Queen Mary Christmas 1914 gift tin, a Victoria South Africa 1900 gift tin, an ivory notepad and a turned bone needle case (incomplete)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 930 SOLD FOR: £ 360
A black lacquered metal and brass microscope by W. Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, No. 9618 (lacking one lens), contained in mahogany case
Guide Price: £70-100
A 19th Century papier mache circular box decorated to cover with shoulder length portrait of an elderly man, 3.25ins diameter
Guide Price: £150-200
A 18th Century tortoise-shell oval box, 3.5ins x 2ins, a 19th Century papier-mache rectangular snuff box inset with tortoise-shell and ivory to lid, 2.75ins x 1.25ins, and a similar ditto with tortoise-shell ditto with tortoise-shell covered lid, 3.25ins x 1.5ins (damaged)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 933 SOLD FOR: £ 100
An early 19th Century tortoise-shell oval snuffbox inlaid in silver pique with an anchor, 2.75ins x 1.5ins (damaged), a 19th Century papier-mache oval snuff box inlaid in silvery metal with a deer in landscape, 2.75ins x 1.5ins (damaged), one other papier-mache snuff box, and a selection of buttons and accessories various
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 934 SOLD FOR: £ 700
A 1940s German lacquered brass two day marine chronometer by A. Lange & Son, Sohne, Glashutt, Dresden, contained in stained wood case, 7.25ins x 7.5ins x 7ins high
Guide Price: £500-700
Lot 935 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A Victorian figured walnut cabinet enclosing two small drawers with brass flush handles, 13.5ins x 9ins x 11.25ins high (some chipping to edges)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 936 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A late 19th Century soldier's Valentine heart-shaped beadwork cushion, decorated with coloured beads and worded "From Arundel", 7.5ins x 7.25ins overall (slightly stained)
Guide Price: £80-120
A late 18th/early 19th Century carved wood figure of a woman with large headdress and feather trimmed hat, on rectangular base, 7.25ins high
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 938 SOLD FOR: £ 290
A 19th Century ivory topped walking cane, carved with the head of a bearded man wearing hat (possibly Dieppe carved)
Guide Price: £100-150
A shagreen and silvery metal topped riding crop, a stained wood silver plated topped walking cane, the top with whistle (plating completely rubbed), and one other walking cane
Guide Price: £80-120
A small selection of early electrical equipment patented and made by W. Turvey, 101 Campden Hill Road, London, and a selection of paperwork relating to Turvey and his work
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 941 SOLD FOR: £ 100
A painted wood model of "Arter's Garage", 12ins x 14ins x 14ins high, complete with a postcard of the original garage apparently located in Ashford, Kent
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 942 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A set of early wood and metal bound balance or beam scales, the 21ins wood shaft inlaid with metal pins
Guide Price: £100-150
An early 20th Century Huntley & Palmers circular biscuit tin - "Noddy with Mr and Mrs Tubby", 5ins diameter (worn), a ditto biscuit tin of Art Nouveau design, 6.25ins x 4.25ins x 4ins high, a similar ditto (lacking handle), and two other Huntley & Palmer biscuit tins (all worn and damaged)
Guide Price: £50-70
An early 20th Century Ogden's St. Julien tobacco tin, 8.25ins x 5.75ins x 4.5ins high, a ditto Nosegay tobacco tin, and a small selection of decorative tins, various (one box)
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 945 SOLD FOR: £ 120
An early 20th Century Fox's Glacier Mints tin, 10.5ins high (worn), and a quantity of decorative biscuit and other tins, various (two boxes)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 946 SOLD FOR: £ 80
An early 20th Century printed tin of Georgian knife box design, 6.5ins x 6ins x 8.5ins high (worn), and quantity of decorative tins, various (three boxes)
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 947 SOLD FOR: £ 110
A Neolithic flint hand axe, 7.5ins x 5ins (found at Cove Lane Sand Pit, Aveley, Essex in 1977)
Guide Price: £60-80
Five semi-precious stone egg pattern ornaments, and a tiger's eye spherical cane terminal
Guide Price: £70-100
A 19th Century gilt metal profile of a lady from Norwich, 4.25ins x 2.5ins overall, mounted on blue velvet and contained in ebonised frame and glazed Note: Remnants of a label to reverse bearing date of 1830
Guide Price: £50-70
A 16th Century Franco-Flemish Romayne oak panel carved with male profile and griffin's heads, 6.75ins x 22ins, in gilt frame
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 952 SOLD FOR: £ 520
A black japanned metal and lacquered brass microscope by W Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, no. 4914, contained in mahogany case
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 953 SOLD FOR: £ 60
An oak and plated mounted two division "Betjeman's" patent tantalus of Victorian design, 10.5ins wide x 14ins high, with two cut glass square decanters for same (one with damage to stopper)
Guide Price: £70-100
A pair of early 20th Century Celonese ebony elephant pattern bookends, each 7ins wide x 6ins high, and a pair of similar ebonised wood lion pattern ornaments, 4ins high
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 955 SOLD FOR: £ 50
A Victorian parquetry picture frame, 20ins x 17ins overall (to take picture 13.5ins x 10.5ins), and a 19th Century Continental mahogany picture frame, 18.5ins x 15.5ins
Guide Price: £50-70
Lot 956 SOLD FOR: £ 20
An early 20th Century 'Bogee Putter' golf club, with slate and wooden shaft, 34ins overall, and a Peter Thompson golf club with bronze head and chromed shaft, 36ins overall
Guide Price: £40-60
Lot 958 SOLD FOR: £ 100
An Edwardian lady's dress with lace collar, two pairs of lady's shoes, two hat boxes containing a selection of hats, an oval vanity case, and a small selection of lace and other trimmings
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 959 SOLD FOR: £ 2300
A Chinese embroidered silk panel worked in colours with flowers, birds and insects, 21.5ins x 15.5ins, in ebonised frame and glazed, and a Japanese lacquer and shibyama panel decorated with bird and insects, 14ins x 11ins, in gilt frame
Guide Price: £70-100
A Chinese stained bamboo cylindrical brush pot, carved with two mounted figures astride water buffalo, 5ins diameter x 6.5ins high, and a ditto stained wood brushpot of naturalistic design, 7.5ins wide x 6ins high
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 961 SOLD FOR: £ 140
Three 1920s wax miniature advertising heads and three ditto of plaster, various sizes
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 962 SOLD FOR: £ 320
An early 17th Century Low Countries carved oak caryatid, 23.5ins x 8ins, and eighteen other pieces of 19th Century carved oak moulding of Gothic design
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 963 SOLD FOR: £ 780
Joan and David de Bethel - Papier-mache cat with green glass eyes with painted and decoupage decoration with roses and worded "When this you See, Remember Me", 8ins high (painted mark to base, No. 514 for P.M. Wilson Boutique by Joan and David de Bethel of Rye, Sussex, Antiente Towne of the Confederation of the Cinque Ports of England and dated 1976)
Guide Price: £350-500
A late Victorian smoker's oak domed top cabinet with tambour shutter and fitted drawer to base, 11.5ins x 8ins x 7.5ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
A late 19th Century French bronze and champleve enamel inkstand, with integral inkwell, 5.25ins diameter x 3.25ins high (dented to rim and lacking liner)
Guide Price: £40-60
