Collectors’ Items, Works of Art and Light Fittings

A George III plum pudding mahogany and satinwood crossbanded writing slope, the hinged lid inlaid with a burrwood reserve and borders of bellflowers, width 34cm.

A George III thuya wood oval tea caddy with a gilt metal foliate key escutcheon, width 17cm.

A collection of various evening bags, purses and fans, including a 19th century cut steel applied miser's purse.

A 20th century plated cast metal novelty inkwell in the form of a golfer in full swing, height 13cm, together with another golfing inkwell and a pen stand with golfer surmount, raised on a marble plinth.

A 19th century Maltese marquetry inlaid walnut box, width 34cm, another oak box and a small group of games.

A 20th century cigar humidor by Dunhill, London, the interior fitted with an adjustable divider, width 25cm.

A group of fifty-three Montecristo Habana cigars, length 16cm.

A 19th century Grand Tour cast bronze urn of classical form, raised on a slate pedestal, height 19.5cm.

A collection of 19th and 20th century treen items, including a pair of coquilla nut vases, height 7cm, a carved plaque depicting Charles I, a Jerusalem carved wooden inkwell in the form of a camel and a carved model of an owl.

A mid-18th century 2¾ inch pocket globe by Nathaniel Hill, the maker's cartouche inscribed 'A New Terrestrial Globe by Nath. Hill, 1754', the twelve gores printed and hand coloured, showing 'Unknown Parts' to North America and lacking the west coast of Australia, housed within its original fishskin case, the interior with similarly coloured celestial gores (crack around the North Pole).

A small group of collectors' items, including a late 19th century Italian Mount Vesuvius souvenir paperknife, the handle carved from lava, length 17.5cm, a 19th century circular snuff box and a cast spelter figure of a lady, height 15cm.

A late 19th/early 20th century Swiss Black Forest carved walnut adjustable book rack, each hinged end finely carved as an owl perched on a branch, width 55cm.

A collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century steel and brass keys, contained in an oak box.

A mixed group of collectors' items, including three snuff boxes, various folding knives, two cast iron doorstops and a Victorian rosewood box.

A late Victorian printed silk commemorative square panel, celebrating 'Dr. W.G. Grace, Champion Cricketeer of the World', 63cm x 58cm, mounted within a later gilt frame.

A 1964 Gray Nicholls Ashes signed cricket bat, bearing the autographs of the 2nd Lords test teams of England and Australia, as well as Sussex, Kent, Somerset and Gloucester, together with an autograph book, bearing signatures of other sports people and celebrities, and a small group of related ephemera.

A violin with single-piece back, bearing interior label, inscribed 'Copie de Pietro Antonius della Costa...', length of back excluding button 35.8cm, cased.

An early 20th century black painted cast iron model group of two deer, raised on a naturalistic base, bearing indistinct signature, height 33.5cm.

Two 20th century clear glass and brass graduated ceiling lights, diameters 37cm and 24cm.