Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, May 22 2012
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 344 SOLD FOR: £ 140
An early 20th century oak and plated metal mounted three-bottle tantalus inset with three diamond cut square baluster-shaped decanters, 7.75ins high, and stoppers (two chipped), 17ins x 6.25ins x 13.75ins high overall
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 355 SOLD FOR: £ 230
A red onyx and gilt metal desk set of French design, comprising - inkwell, stand and pen rest, 5.25ins high, a pair of candlesticks, 6.5ins high, chamber stick, 3.25ins high, and blotter
Guide Price: £150-200
A set of ophthalmic lenses by Rayner, London, and two pairs of glasses, in fitted oak case
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 357 SOLD FOR: £ 220
An early 20th Century Chinese bone Mah Jong set, contained in metal mounted stained wood five drawer table cabinet, 9.5ins x 6.5ins x 6.5ins high (cabinet slightly damaged), four painted stands, and an Indian carved ivory chess set with fitted case for same
Guide Price: £150-200
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A 19th Century Continental papier-mache fan, the printed and painted panels decorated with a classical conceit acted before young ladies within a reserve panel on a purple and gilt background, the sticks painted and gilded, 10ins (some damage)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 359 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A Halcyon Days enamel egg shaped ornament decorated to exterior with frogs, 1.5ins overall, and a quantity of frog and other ornaments, various
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 360 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A set of six late 18th/early 19th century Indian miniatures on mica depicting gods, in oval mounts, each 5.25ins x 4.25ins, in frames and glazed Note : A frame-makers label to the back of each shows them to have been framed in 1915
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 361 SOLD FOR: £ 150
A Joan de Bethel ceramic miniature figure of a seated cat, 3ins high (marked to base Bethel, Rye, England), with Herbert Johnson cylindrical box for same
Guide Price: £160-180
Lot 362 SOLD FOR: £ 360
A Joan de Bethel ceramic miniature figure of a perched owl, wearing yellow floral decorated jacket, 4.5ins high (marked 'Bethel England' to base - chipped)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 363 SOLD FOR: £ 110
A mid to late 20th Century scale model of a gypsy caravan painted in colours and fitted with miniature furniture and stove, 26ins long (overall) x 14.5ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 364 SOLD FOR: £ 100
Eighteen 19th Century and later corkscrews, contained in two gilt framed display cases and a painted metal advertising sign for "Charrington's Brewery" - "St. George's Tavern", 50ins x 36ins
Guide Price: £120-160
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Lot 365 SOLD FOR: £ 170
An early 20th Century gentleman's ebonised walking cane, the carved horn terminal modelled as the head of a greyhound, and with silver collar, by J.M., Sheffield 1919, 36ins overall (slight damage to terminal)
Guide Price: £120-160
A 19th Century Continental terracotta plaque modelled in relief with a young woman playing a harp, 17.5ins x 9ins, signed "Desiefani", in deep ebonised box frame and glazed
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 367 SOLD FOR: £ 920
An 18th Century English leather "Black Jack" with silvery metal mount, formed over a pewter tankard, 5.25ins high
Guide Price: £500-700
A gilt coloured metal hat pin of Art Nouveau design mounted with a polished green stone, an 8ins gold coloured metal pin, and a small collection of hat pins, various
Guide Price: £120-160
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Lot 369 SOLD FOR: £ 300
A pair of English iron manacles stamped "Bemont Parish 1759" with original (?) padlock, 9.25ins long, three pairs of 18th/19th Century handcuffs, and a small collection of iron and steel keys
Guide Price: £200-300
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A 1920s oak miniature oval gateleg table on spiral turned supports, 17ins x 22ins x 14ins high (top worn)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 371 SOLD FOR: £ 190
An early 20th Century Ladies maroon leather dressing case retailed by Asprey, London, 20ins x 14ins x 6.75ins high (lid lettered in gilt "GW"), with nine ivory mounted/backed fitments for same (case with slight wear and lining to inside of lid loose)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 372 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A Victorian tortoise-shell and mother of pearl card case with inset engraved metal floral panel, engine turning and initials, 4.25ins x 3.25ins x .5in
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 373 SOLD FOR: £ 190
A George V tortoise-shell oval boxed manicure set with silver hinged and catch, London 1917, 7.25ins x 5.25ins x 2ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 374 SOLD FOR: £ 170
A 19th Century Italian olivewood "Sorrento Ware" folding table mirror with adjustable back rest, 17ins tall x 13.5ins wide x 8ins deep
Guide Price: £120-150
A large and impressive mussel shell mounted with smaller shells and coral on an octagonal wooden base, 19.75ins high (overall)
Guide Price: £100-150
A 19th Century Barbel, contained in stained wood glazed display case, 28.5ins x 7.5ins x 14.5ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 377 SOLD FOR: £ 170
A William IV needlework sampler worked by "Deborah Coleman, 1834", with eight line verse, birds and other motifs, on a fine linen ground, 13ins square (stained), in painted angled frame and glazed
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 378 SOLD FOR: £ 310
An early 19th Century darning sampler - "E. Sharp 1814, Sheepscar School", worked in colours with crosses and a square, on linen (unframed and slight staining)
Guide Price: £80-120
An early Victorian needlework "In Memoriam" sampler worded "Sacred to the Memory of John Garside who died December 23 1840....also Mary His Wife....Rest in Peace Dear Parents", worked in colours with mausoleum and trees on a fine linen ground, 24.5ins x 25.5ins (unframed)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 380 SOLD FOR: £ 190
A George III needlework sampler by "Elizabeth White, Aged 11 years, July 21 1810", 14ins square, a George II sampler by "Elizabeth Chandler, Her sampler, October 12th 1741", 8.75ins x 4.5ins, and two late Georgian floral needlework panels, each 6.75ins x 5.75ins, all framed and glazed
Guide Price: £200-250
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A set of seventeen late 19th Century Continental painted lead figures of "Polish Lancers" by J.C. Allgeyer, various sizes, each approximately 1.5ins high, with box for same, and a small collection of approximately sixty similar ditto figures, various
Guide Price: £70-100
Lot 382 SOLD FOR: £ 210
A Heubach Koppelsdorf "250" series bisque-headed doll with closing blue eyes and open mouth showing teeth, with composition body, and early dress, 19ins high
Guide Price: £80-120
A late 19th Century Armand Marseille 351 bisque headed doll with closing blue eyes and jointed composition body, 20ins overall, a similar with blue closing eyes, 24ins long (partially unjointed), and a German composition black headed doll, 13ins overall
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 384 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A Simon & Halbig bisque headed doll with closing blue eyes and composition body, 23ins (head detached), and a French bisque headed fashion doll with closing blue eyes and composition body, 21ins
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 385 SOLD FOR: £ 230
A Victorian child's cream painted wood and wickerwork pram with folding canopy, 36ins overall (worn), and a 19th Century Continental bisque headed doll with closing blue eyes and open mouth, and jointed composition body, 21ins overall (face marked and scuffed and slight damage throughout)
Guide Price: £200-250
Lot 386 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A late 19th/early 20th Century bisque headed soldier doll wearing khaki jacket over a kilt, 13ins high, and a late 19th/early 20th Century bisque headed doll dressed in nurse's uniform, 16.5ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 387 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A Chinese Mah Jong set contained in a brown leather case, 13ins x 9ins x 2ins, and red lacquered stands (some damage)
Guide Price: £150-200
A mid 20th Century Kangaroo and Joey in mohair with glass eyes and stitched nose, with straw filled body, 23.5ins (one ear detached)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 389 SOLD FOR: £ 320
An early 19th Century tinplate clockwork car, 13.5ins long x 5.75ins high (rusted)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 390 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A small collection of Dinky sports and saloon cars (1940s and 1950s) including Jaguar model 157, Raleigh model 40A, Studebaker, telephone service van number 261, and eleven other models, various (mostly play-worn and unboxed)
Guide Price: £100-150
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Lot 391 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A small collection of Britains models, comprising - First World War ambulance unit, including two Red Cross wagons with horses and riders (set number 145), a group of Royal Army Corps medical personnel - nurses, stretcher bearers and injured, and other soldiers (play-worn and damaged)
Guide Price: £90-150
Lot 392 SOLD FOR: £ 480
Three boxed sets of Britains lead soldiers, comprising - Royal Army and Medical Corps (set number 145), the Bikanir Camel Corps (set number 123), and Japanese Cavalry (set number 11B)
Guide Price: £120-160
A late 19th Century French walking automaton elephant by Roullet et Decamps of Paris, covered in grey suede over a papier-mache carcass, and with glass eyes, 9.75ins high, and key for same (one leg joint restored)
Guide Price: £800-1200
A Triang '0' gauge plastic cased electric model train set - "R3N", comprising tank locomotive No. 47606 in black British Railways livery, two carriages, two wagons and track (lacking power adapter), and box for same (worn), three Triang 'OO' gauge plastic cased locomotives, various, a small quantity of Triang 'OO' gauge plastic cased carries, accessories and track, various, and an SNS white painted astronomical telescope, with wood stand for same and with wooden case
Guide Price: £120-160
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Lot 395 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A Hornby steam powered model of Stephenson's "Rocket" and tender, complete with 3.5ins gauge track, 16.5ins x 11ins high (overall), with original box
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 396 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A Hornby "0" gauge tinplate clockwork locomotive, No. 2710, in burgundy livery (Meccano Ltd Liverpool oval decal to side), with tender, rolling stock and track for same, various
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 397 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A collection of "00" gauge models of locomotives, comprising - Hornby SR class N15, "Sir Dinadan" 795 in SR green livery, Lima "Western" diesel 1016 "Western Gladiator", in BR maroon, a Trix warship diesel D801 "Vanguard", in VR green and eleven other locomotives, various (all boxed)`
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 398 SOLD FOR: £ 210
A collection of main line "00" gauge locomotives, including rebuilt "Patrick" class 45536, "Private W. Wood VC" in BR black, Jubilee class 45698 "Mars", in BR green, Jubilee class 5690, "Leander" in LMS red, and eleven other locomotives, various (all boxed)
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 399 SOLD FOR: £ 290
Two Hornby "00" locomotives - LMS 4-6-2 streamlined 6222 "Queen Mary", in LMS blue and silver and six matching carriages, LMS 4-6-2 "Princess Elizabeth", in BR green, and six matching BR maroon carriages, both Hornby and Lima, including restaurant car, and LMS 12-wheel dining car in maroon
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 400 SOLD FOR: £ 270
A collection of Hornby "00" gauge locomotives, comprising - BR class 47 diesel "Lady Diana Spencer", in BR blue (special edition), LMS Duchess "Duchess of Ethel", 46231, in BR lined green, LNER 4-4-0 "Yorkshire" 62700, in BR black, and nine other locomotives, various (boxed)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 401 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A collection of Hornby/Triang and Trix 'OO' gaute passenger carriages and goods wagons, comprising - four Hornby maroon tinplate carriages, 1957-1958 (all boxed), three Hornby Pullman cars, 1957-1959 (not boxed) and approximately 35 various goods wagons including three, 6-wheel, United Dairies wagons (mostly boxed)
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 404 SOLD FOR: £ 1800
A pair of 19th Century ladies Colt pin fire No 2 pocket pistols with 2.25ins barrels and leaf engraved brass framing and mother of pearl handles, the barrels stamped "Colt's PTFA.MFG.Co, Hartford Ct, USA", with serial Nos 4393 and 4986 to both barrels and handles, each 5.5ins overall
Guide Price: £400-600
A pair of Second World War brass shell cases, each 3.75ins diameter x 26.5ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
