Collectors’ Items, Works of Art and Light Fittings

A 20th century cast iron novelty money box in the form of the head and shoulders of a skeleton, height 16cm.

After Charles Robinson Sykes - a cast bronze model of the Spirit of Ecstasy car mascot, indistinctly detailed to undersides of wing, height 16cm, mounted on a stepped square bronze base.

A good George III burr yew tea caddy, the pagoda shaped lid and sides with kingwood crossbanded borders and chequer stringing, width 24.8cm.

A good George III walnut and ivory inlaid tea caddy, the hinged lid with gilt bronze handle, width 26cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.

A good George III specimen inlaid tea caddy, the hinged lid and sides veneered in lozenge reserves of various woods on a burr yew ground, width 20.8cm.

A good George III laburnum tea caddy, the hinged lid and sides quarter and radially veneered, the interior later fitted with a pair of cut glass decanters and stoppers, width 24cm.

A George III mahogany tea caddy, the hinged lid and front inlaid with conch shell paterae, width 18.8cm, together with another George III mahogany tea caddy and a 19th century spelter figural candlestick.

After Pierre-Jules Mêne - a late 19th century French cast bronze model of a greyhound with a hare in its jaws, raised on a canted rectangular base, width 17cm.

A 19th century gilt bronze and white marble figure of a seated classical youth holding an amphora, raised on a stepped plinth, width 15cm.

A late 19th/early 20th century boxwood and ebony Staunton chess set with weighted bases, two rooks with red impressed crown marks to tops, height of king 9cm, within a mahogany box, width 19cm.

After Nôel C.R. Ruffier - a late 19th/early 20th century brown patinated cast bronze bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, bearing cast signature 'Nôel R', raised on a gilt metal mounted green marble socle, height 15.5cm.

A George III apple tea caddy, finely carved with a stalk finial, with original steel hinge and lock, height 11.5cm (lacking key escutcheon).

An early/mid-19th century German gilt-tooled red-stained Morocco leather documents box, the lid detailed 'Andenken von den Herm Gebrüder von Rothschild Am 2ten November 1834', the underside bearing maker's label detailed 'W. Helsenberg Frankfurt', width 29.5cm.

A group of twenty-five King Edward the Seventh Imperial cigars, boxed, together with five other single-cased cigars.

A late Victorian cut glass and brass-lidded inkwell, raised on a Chinese carved hardwood stand, width 15.5cm, together with another glass inkwell with hinged white metal lid.

A 19th century French brown patinated cast bronze figure of a cherubic fairy holding a gilt bronze floral sprig aloft, raised on a white marble cylindrical plinth, height 43cm.

A collection of mainly late 19th and early 20th century corkscrews and champagne taps, including 'The King Patent 6064' open barrel screw and 'The Victor' steel open barrel corkscrew.

An Indian brass figure of a deity, height 12cm, an Eastern brass model of a lion, a copper alloy bell weight and a cast metal model of a monkey.

A late Victorian Gothic Revival walnut and brass mounted dome-topped letter box, width 23.5cm.