130 Georgian Richly Figured Tortoiseshell Double-Compartment Tea Box, second quarter 19th century, with a block front, the tortoiseshell inlaid with nickel-silver wire and a monogram plate, the interior fitted with a pair of mahogany covers centered with turned bone grips of button form, the whole supported on four cafe-au-lait-tinted vegetable ivory feet, h. 5-1/2", w. 7-3/4", d. 4-3/4".
Estimate: 400 - 700
131 Four-Piece Group of Scales and Accessories, consisting of a Late Victorian marble-topped double-pan brass and walnut scale, fourth quarter 19th century, of oblong form; a smaller double-pan gold scale of like date; an oblong wooden block containing a graduated set of ten weights (five of the smaller weights lacking); and a Central Scientific Company, Chicago, wooden block stand for ten graduated weights (seven of the weights lacking), the largest h. 7-1/2", w. 19", d. 8-3/4". Provenance: Finlay-Dicks and Co. Ltd., the La Vallerie Co., 433 Bourbon Street and 315 Royal Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Estimate: 50 - 80
133 Good Berkel Auto Scale Company Ltd., London, Metal Scale, second quarter 20th century, crimson painted and chromium mounted, accompanied by a set of six period graduated stacking "Imperial Standard" cast-iron weights ranging from one ounce to three pounds, the case and register in the Art Deco style, h. 19", w. 16", d. 7-1/2".
Estimate: 100 - 200
144 Attractive English Footed Double Standish, third quarter 19th century, composed of mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell and cut glass, the mother-of-pearl platform modeled with wells for a pair of cut glass ink bottles flanking a covered nibs compartment, the concave pens well lined in chocolate tortoiseshell, the whole supported on four bun feet of tinted polished bone, accompanied by a later gilt-brass ballpoint pen, h. 4-1/2", w. 11-1/2", d. 8".
Estimate: 200 - 400
146 Group of Two Birdcages, comprised of a large English wrought-wire and teal-painted wooden birdcage of domed "Brighton" form, first quarter 20th century, the interior populated by a graduated trio of feathered doves; and a large wire and russet-painted wooden birdcage of oblong form with an attenuated cupola; the largest h. 33", dia. 16".
Estimate: 75 - 125
156 Pair of English Andirons, Fireplace Fender and Poker, the andirons of gilded brass and wrought iron in the George III style, the billets of wrought iron, h. 20", the fender of pierced brass D-form in the Georgian taste, first quarter 20th century, h. 6-1/2", w. 44", d. 14", and the poker of cast and wrought iron in the traditional style, l. 36".
Estimate: 200 - 400
157 Anglo-Dutch Copper and Engraved-Brass Bed Warmer, fourth quarter 19th century, fitted with a long stained fruitwood handle, dia. 11-1/2", l. 42".
Estimate: 50 - 80
159 Attractive Four-Piece Group of Brass Items, consisting of a good English embossed brass planter, fourth quarter 19th century, of square section, the sides decorated with a floral-and-foliate band and fitted with a pair of wreath-form handles, the interior with a removable tin liner, the whole raised on four ball feet, h. 7", w. 6", d. 6"; a weighty gilt-brass doorstop in the form of a flowering pineapple plant, h. 13"; and a tall pair of English brass scallop shell-surmounted single-light candle sconces in the Georgian style, the reverses mounted for hanging, h. 18".
Estimate: 100 - 200
172 English Carved and Polychromed Wooden Carnival Bust, of large scale and depicting an Edwardian black-mustachioed gent in a deerstalker cap, h. 34-1/2", w. 28", d. 21".
Estimate: 500 - 800
173 English Carved and Polychromed Wooden Carnival Bust, of large scale and depicting the prime minister Lord Palmerston in a black cravat and waistcoat, h. 29", w. 12", d. 16".
Estimate: 500 - 800
176 Pair of British Victorian Needlepoint Panels, fourth quarter 19th century, one depicting King Henry VIII, and the other his daughter Queen Elizabeth I, sight 10-1/2" x 10-1/4". Each glazed, eglomise-lined and presented in molded giltwood and gesso frames.
Estimate: 75 - 125
177 British Needlepoint Panel of a Cocker Spaniel, second quarter 19th century, the canine modeled reclining on his dog bed, verso affixed with a label, printed "Worked in 1838 by William Kitchen, aged 8 years", sight 11-3/4" x 5". Glazed and presented in a mahogany-veneered frame with a giltwood liner.
Estimate: 50 - 80
284 Three-Piece Group of Brass and Copper Kitchen Items, early to mid-20th century, consisting of a large and attractive copper-clad stainless steel footed colander with brass handles, dia. 12", l. 14" with handles; an English brass two-bottle wine cooler of rounded rectangular form, the riveted sides fitted with ring handles, the underside marked with a lion rampant and a crown above a shield, the whole raised on diminutive ball feet, h. 7", l. 12"; and a small copper saucepan fitted with a turned wooden handle, pot h. 3".
Estimate: 60 - 90
325 Two English Brass Paw-Footed Planters, late 19th century, each with cast-brass handles and paw feet, the largest h. 8-1/4", w. 14-/4", d. 10".
Estimate: 50 - 80
336 Pair of "Pate-Sur-Pate" Porcelain Garniture Ewers-On-Bases, in the Minton manner, the bases of the ewers and the drum-form bases with pseudo-Minton marks in overlaid gold, h. 21-3/4", dia. 6-1/2".
Estimate: 900 - 1200
361 William IV Brass-Inlaid Rosewood Lap Desk, second quarter 19th century, in the Campaign style, the interior fitted with a sloped writing surface in claret treated period fabric, a tilting concave oblong pens well, a sloped nibs compartment and a pair of cut glass ink bottles, h. 6-1/2", w. 16", d. 10".
Estimate: 100 - 200
720 English Ebonized Papier-Mache Slope-Front Child's Laptop Desk, third quarter 19th century, of diminutive size with mother-of-pearl accents, the slant-front lid floral polychromed and nacre-inlaid, the interior fitted with the period embossed scarlet velvet writing surface and fitted with a trio of compartments for, respectively, nibs, pens and ink bottle, retains the diminutive steel key with an openwork trefoil finial, h. 3", w. 10", d. 8".
Estimate: 150 - 300
761 Anglo-Indian Chromium and Horn-Handled Magnum Desk Magnifier, the handle honeycomb carved, l. 9".
Estimate: 75 - 125
868 Collection of Three Table Clocks, including an Edwardian brass-mounted mahogany example of rectangular "carriage" form, with a beveled glass dial cover; a smaller gilt-lacquered brass-mounted mahogany example on toupie feet; and an Ingersoll patented steel circular alarm clock, first quarter 20th century; the largest h. 6-1/2", w. 5-1/2", d. 3-1/2".
Estimate: 50 - 80
1135 Good Freeman, Welwyn, Rosewood Four-Dial Barometer, second quarter 19th century, of large "banjo" form, the primary dial of engraved silvered brass and convex-glazed, the basal dial signed "Freeman/Welwyn", h. 44-1/2", w. 12".
Estimate: 400 - 700
1143 Fine Stanley, London, Yacht Compass/Telescope, second quarter 20th century, composed of brass, steel and glass, the silvered brass dial fully signed and bearing the serial number 7537, complete with its period mounting stanchion, h. 17", dia. 6-1/2", l. 15-1/2".
Estimate: 200 - 400
1190 Rustic Oak Wood Shaver, late 19th century, fitted with three blades, w. 49".
Estimate: 100 - 200
1208 Good Edwardian Brass Urn-Capped Low Fireplace Fender, first quarter 20th century, centered with a horizontal bar in the neoclassical style, h. 9-1/2", w. 43", d. 4".
Estimate: 200 - 400
1218 Pair of English Cast-Brass and Wrought-Iron Vasiform Andirons, first quarter 20th century, of low form, h. 7", w. 3-1/4", d. 15".
Estimate: 200 - 400
1372 Six-Piece Highly Varied Collection of Art Glass, comprised of an English cobalt blue "Spiral Optic Rib" vase in the Georgian style, first quarter 20th century; a Murano "lattimo"-cased pale-blue "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" vase of like date; a Bohemian transparent pale amethyst overlay vase with looped ribbon cutting, second quarter 20th century; an American floral-engraved and cranberry-stained footed rose globe of like date; a German Art Nouveau etched and white-enameled cylindrical glass vase in "Nasturtiums" decor, first quarter 20th century; and an American hand-painted milk glass cabinet plate, with reticulated border, in "Red Rose" decor in the late 19th-century style, second quarter 20th century; the largest h. 8", dia. 5".
Estimate: 75 - 125
1414 Norwich N. & B. Company Revolving Clothing Rack, first quarter 20th century, composed of cast-iron and brass, labeled on one knee of one cast-iron foot, h. 78", dia. 30".
Estimate: 500 - 800
1418 Pair of English Wooden Glove Stretchers, early 20th century, each example marked on the bottom of the stand "D.A & Co. 7 3/4", l. 11-1/2".
Estimate: 60 - 90
      
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