*** | A Russian enamelled brass travelling triptych icon 19th century, the plain front enclosing images cast in relief of St Mary, Christ, and St John the Baptist, each within enamelled foliate surrounds with script. Height 14.5 cm. Width 40 cm. (opened) | *** | |
*** | A two religious carved timber panels, 20th century, depicting a bust of Jesus and a figural carving of a Madonna holding Jesus. Height 43 cm. Height 53 cm. | *** | |
*** | An allegorical miniature painting, an oval painting in gouache and watercolour depicting 'Leda and the swan' after a lost painting by Michelangelo, bearing an apocryphal signature lower right, M. Buonarroti, housed in an ivory tile frame with contrasting… | *** | |
*** | A late Georgian sterling silver patch box, 1834 Birmingham, with maker's marks Ts, the waisted rectangular box finely engine turned to the base and border within applied foliate edging, ribbed to the waist and gilt washed to the interior; hallmarked to… | *** | |
*** | A Greek Orthodox mother of God 'Hodegetria' icon, 19th century, on a heavy timber panel upon a gesso prepared ground and painted in tempera colours with gilding in the Northern Greek Byzantine manner depicting the mother of God in an attitude of piety,… | *** | |
*** | Three fine miniatures in ivory and timber frames, two handpainted portraits of women, one signed Greuze and the other Stulen' both in intricately patterned ivory frames, one in a sunburst pattern the other set as tiles with tortoiseshell corners, the… | *** | |
*** | A sterling silver and guilloche silver box, 1913 London, with maker's marks for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co Ltd, of elegant oval form with straight sides and a two toned lid with a pale blue radiating guilloche patterned oval to the centre surrounded… | *** | |
*** | An antique Russian Orthodox oklad painted icon of a Saint, 19th century -, the icon of a saint on horseback with an openwork floral and strap-work gilt copper border, the repousse brass riza with liturgical vestments and silvered halo revealing the… | *** | |
*** | An English mother of pearl inlaid Macassar sewing box, 19th century, the rectangular macassar veneered sewing or jewellery box, with a brass strung hinged lid and front inlaid with mother of pearl floral sprays, opening to an interior lined with purple… | *** | |
*** | A cloisonne silver napkin ring in the Russian manner, bearing zolotnik 84 standard, in coloured enamels with a foliate and floral design throughout with two cabochon purple stones between white beaded borders; marked twice to interior of rim and acid… | *** | |
*** | An Art Nouveau jewellery box, circa 1930, standing on stylized scroll feet set with floral swags and central bug design, the lid set with flower head pediment, the interior set with upholstered with tufted red silk, notes Re-painted. Height 12 cm. Length… | *** | |
*** | A painted miniature on ivory of a young maiden, circa 1800. Attributed to Edouard, the maiden in a flowing gown and red ribbon in her hair. Height 9 cm | *** | |
*** | A Russian icon of the Christ Pantocrator, early 19th century, the long robed figure with gilt halo holding an open book, height 33 cm. Width 26 cm | *** | |
*** | A late Georgian rosewood tea caddy, circa 1830's, the sarcophagus shaped box with hinged lid containing a fitted interior and standing on flattened bun feet. Height 22 cm. Width 33.5 cm. Depth 16.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A French Continental silver trinket box, circa 1920, the hammered box with squared edges and gilt interior. Marked 800. Silver weight 446gm. | *** | |
*** | A Georgian gold-framed painted miniature portrait of a young girl, early 19th century, waist-length, the glazed reverse enclosing woven hair, the frame with a hanging loop. Height 7 cm. Width 4 cm (overall), oval | *** | |
*** | An antique mahogany tea caddy, 19th century, of sarcophagus form with a stepped square dome lid, with cross banding, side ring handles and squashed bun feet, enclosing a fitted interior with two lidded side compartments with remnant tin lining and a… | *** | |
*** | An English tooled leather jewellery box. 19th century the tooled and gilded black leather rectangular box with brass top handle and hinged lid opening to a dark green velvet lined interior with removable trays, with original Bramah lock and key. Height 13… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Art Deco green spelter vases, circa 1920s-30s, trumpet style urn vases with pedestal bases raised on black marble circular plinths in a deep sage green satin verdigris finish, height 25 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Grand Tour bronze and black marble urns, 19th century, in the neoclassical manner, pedestal urns with high looped handles depicting, centaurs and cupids, raised on marble plinths with mascarons to the corners, classical border decorations and… | *** | |
*** | One 24ct Credit Suisse 5GRAM gold bullion, 24ct yellow gold, stamped 9999, Credit Suisse 5gram rectangular shaped gold bullion in plastic folder. Numbered. | *** | |
*** | An Austrian enamel box and an ivory silver and faux malachite enamelled compact, diameter 9 cm | *** | |
*** | A Russian icon of the life and death of Jesus, 19th century, the multi panelled plaque depicting the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. Height 41 cm. Width 31 cm | *** | |
*** | A painted miniature on ivory of a young General, circa 1790, Dressed in a red over coat and blue sash with a powdered wig. Height 9 cm | *** | |
*** | A rosewood tea caddy, early 19th century, of sarcophagus form inlaid and strung with mother-of-pearl, the gadrooned hinged lid opening to a pair of hinged lidded canisters flanking a later moulded glass bowl, timber ring handles to the side, on small bun… | *** | |
*** | An antique portrait miniature of Mary Queen of Scots, 19th century, in opaque watercolours on ivory and depicting the Queen in ermine trimmed black robes, height 9.5 cm, width 7 cm, (miniature only) | *** | |
*** | Eight sterling silver kiddush cups in three designs, two vases, all Birmingham 1906-1919, with maker's marks for Rosenzweig & Taitelbaum, three urn shaped bright cut cups, two similar marked at for probably Aaron Taitelbaum, three conical engraved cups by… | *** | |
*** | An Bengali silver offering casket, X-ray tested 900 silver, 20th century, the casket and hinged cover of rectangular form with rounded corners, repousse and chased with birds, flower heads and Hindu symbols interspersed by trailing foliage on a dotted… | *** | |
*** | An antique European ivory and walnut crucifix, 19th century, the well carved figure with steel nails mounted upon a brass strung cross with contrasting burr walnut veneers to the edges, length 34.5 cm, width 19 cm | *** | |
*** | 17 various pocket knives, two with hallmarked silver blades and mother of pearl handles and others with tortoiseshell, pearl and Bakelite handles, length 8.5 cm, and smaller | *** | |
*** | An antique painted Continental porcelain miniature portrait, 19th century, possibly of Berlin manufacture, impressed mark 15, the serene profile image of a female saint upon a sombre ground and housed in a floral pinchbeck frame with bail, length 8.5 cm,… | *** | |
*** | A miniature painting of a Madonna and Child, a finely painted and detailed oval miniature in gouache after Sandra Botticelli's 1480s painting, 'Madonna of the books', housed in an ivory tile frame within a gilt bronze bezel, height 14 cm, width 12 cm. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Italian grand Tour bronze urn vases, 19th century, the urn vases with continuous Greco-Roman figural decoration in high relief to the body upon a textured and blackened ground, with stiff leaf and dart borders to the rim and pedestal foot, and… | *** | |
*** | An Edwardian sterling silver and enamel decorated jewellery box, 1905 Birmingham, with maker's mark for H.Bros, a shaped box raised on four curvaceous legs, the lid with an applied thread edge and embellished with a fine enamel portrait medallion with… | *** | |
*** | A Victorian sterling silver patch box, 1853 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Hilliard & Thomason, the elongated rounded box with a slightly waisted body, finely engraved with acanthus scrolls throughout, the lid bearing an inscription to William Whitby… | *** | |
*** | A Victorian mother of pearl and tortoiseshell card case, circa 1860s. The rectangular shaped bone case with a button release hinged top decorated with alternating panels of tortoiseshell and mother of pearl lightly engraved with patterns and scrolling… | *** | |
*** | A Dutch .833 silver trinket box, mid 19th century; with hallmark of lion passant sinister for 1814-1953. The casket style rectangular box having a hinged, crimped and slightly domed lid, the body with various geometric embossed bands, with a tulip motif… | *** | |
*** | Two Continental silver cases and a sterling silver pill box, comprising two Continental silver and enamel cases (X-ray tested 800 and 850 silver) cases and a sterling silver pill box with a yellow guilloche enamel top (1911 Birmingham, maker's mark… | *** | |
*** | A set of ten 'Snow Doves' crystal champagne flutes by Faberge, Igor Carl Faberge, circa 1982, the set of 10 champagne glasses with frosted kissing doves stems, with slightly flared clear bowls and raised on circular spreading bases, each with etched mark… | *** | |
*** | A late Georgian painted miniature on ivory of a young maiden, circa 1840, dressed in a black gown against a grey ground. Height 6 cm | *** | |
*** | A brass single panel icon, 19th century, set to the centre with a knight upon a horse surrounded by enamelled plaques of the twelve disciples. Height 12 cm. Width 10 cm | *** | |
*** | A small treen Georgian trinket box with contents. Containing ivory pocket rule, mother of pearl fish, extending mechanical pencil, bone handle pocket knife and a mother of pearl handle knife with sterling silver blade marked William Nowill Sheffield 1835 | *** | |
*** | A portrait miniature of a woman in a mauve dress, early 19th century, an elegant study of a modish woman with long curled hair in a straw hat with mauve ribbons, in an ebonised frame with a cast acorn mount with hanging ring, height 13 cm, width 10.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Louis Vuitton Epi leather jewellery box, chocolate brown, impressed LV mark to the centre front of the zip up cover, height 6.5 cm, diameter 12.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A cased Victorian portrait miniature, 19th century, the oval portrait bust of a woman fashionably dressed and coiffed in the Empire manner, housed in a gilt metal frame within a decorative pressed book form cover with an embossed velvet pad, some losses… | *** | |
*** | A signed antique miniature on ivory, early 20th century, the finely painted image of a woman fashionably attired in the manner of Gainsborough with a rose and feather plumed straw hat and diaphanous clothing in pastel hues, signed 'Belle' and housed in a… | *** | |
*** | A fine Victorian cabinet miniature on ivory, 19th century, the semi-profile portrait of a serene young woman in mourning attire with a horseshoe brooch at her throat, in watercolour on ivory and set within an oval rolled rose gold frame; in a later maroon… | *** | |
*** | Three silhouette Portraits: two Georgian and one early Victorian, late 18th century to 1840s, a silhouette of a gentleman finely painted on glass and housed in the original papier mache frame with a foliate mount, a delicate 'Shade' portrait of a young… | *** | |
*** | A Russian Orthodox 'Mother of God' icon, 19th century, oil on a timber panel surrounded by an embossed gilt metal oklad with simple, border patterns and floral motifs to the upper arch, with a raised and applied nimbus, set within a giltwood frame and a… | *** | |
*** | An Orthodox icon of 'St Michael', 18th century, in tempera colours upon a prepared panel with ark and supportive battens depicting the saint as commander of the Heavenly Host dressed in Roman military uniform with the red general's cape and holding a… | *** | |
*** | A Russian icon of 'Mother of God - Hodegetria', early 19th century, in tempera colours with remnant gilt upon a prepared panel with ark and supported by battens, depicting the Virgin leaning towards the Christ child typically gazing outwards with a hand… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu mantle decorations, late 19th century, the decorations in the form of slender knopped urns with elongated necks decorated with festoons and raised on a shaped and acanthus embellished base with shaped gilt wood stands,… | *** | |
*** | A Russian Orthodox four part icon, 19th century, in muted egg tempera colours and gilding upon a gesso prepared timber panel with battens depicting two images of the Virgin with Christ child to the upper section, and depictions of saints to the lower, a… | *** | |
*** | An antique Russian Orthodox bronze icon 19th century. Cast as a small bronze pointed arch panel with four enamel colours, decorated in low relief with the figure of Christ and the Virgin accompanied by ecclesiastical figures and saints, with church… | *** | |
*** | A Russian icon, 'St John the Forerunner', 19th century, in tempera colours upon a batten supported timber panel and typically depicting the saint as a gaunt figure holding a scroll and holding his hand in benediction. Height 31.5 cm. Width 25 cm | *** | |
*** | An antique Orthodox bronze 'Blessing Cross' Crucifixion icon, mid 19th century. the gaunt image of Christ upon the cross surrounded by church Slavonic liturgical text in Cyrillic, with script verso. Height 18 cm. Width 14 cm | *** | |
*** | An antique framed Corpus Christi, early 20th century, an arched giltwood frame on red bole enclosing a gilded crucifix and ivorine figure mounted on tan silk damask, fabric as found, length 47.5 cm, width 31.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A sterling silver Etrog box, 20th century, the oval box with embossed borders to the lid and a matching frieze to the body, a cast motif to the lid and pierced handle to the hinged lid, raised on petite cast feet, gilt washed to the interior, stamped Stg… | *** | |
*** | A George V sterling silver tea canister, Ellis & Co. (mark of Ellis Jacob Greenberg), Birmingham, 1922, of serpentine square outline with a cylindrical cap, weight 247g, height 10 cm | *** | |
*** | An early French miniature portrait of Napoleon as Emperor, early 19th century, possibly on ivory, bust-length, the Emperor crowned with laurel and wearing his robes of state and cloak emblazoned with bees, glazed within a metal bezel in an antique moulded… | *** | |
*** | A Russian icon of Mary, late 19th to early 20th century, painted directly onto a pine or elm panel and depicting the contemplative figure of Mary in a traditional blue veil and cape with red robes beneath, her hands crossed in a devotional gesture, the… | *** | |
*** | A Lalique crystal paperweight, with frosted finish, the swallow in dramatic pose with splayed tail and wings, style no: 1181000, engraved Lalique France underside. Height 16.5 cm. Width 11 cm. Depth 8.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Victorian style silver Patchbox, an oval embossed hinged box, the lid with cavorting putti and garlands surrounded by floral borders, the sides also with flora and ribbons; hallmarked to base with unidentified maker's mark of a swan flanked by Jk in a… | *** | |
*** | A cast metal and marble presse papier, probably late 19th century French, the rectangular veined green marble base mounted with a cast metal handle in the form of intertwined addorsed fantastic serpents, later fitted with a small hook as a watch-stand.… | *** | |
*** | A Georgian tea caddy, circa 1830, the sarcophagus shaped tea caddy on flattened circular feet with ring handles, the twin compartments with bone handles between a central cut glass mixing bowl. Note mixing bowl cracked. Height 17.5 cm. Width 31 cm. Depth… | *** | |
*** | A carved emu egg mounted on a silver pedestal, circa 1893. Carved with an image of a koala in a tree at sunrise, the egg supported on the upswept ferns of a palm tree the silvered base set with a kangaroo and emu, signed 'G. Samuel '93' height 18 cm | *** | |
*** | A rosewood Victorian tea caddy, circa 1860, the square body with lion and ring handles, the interior with twin hinged compartments, a cut crystal bowl and bone caddy spoon all standing on bun feet. Height 16 cm, notes missing one foot | *** | |
*** | A Continental silver trinket box, circa 1910, the hinged lid above recurring beaded border with timber lined interior. Marked 800. Height 5 cm. Length 31 cm. Weight 964gm. | *** | |
*** | A portrait miniature of lady Jane grey, oval, in a gilt filigree frame. Height 10.5 cm. Width 9 cm. (overall) | *** | |
*** | A portrait miniature of Sir Thomas Picton, 19th century, the watercolour image of the British General who fell leading his men at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and was buried on the field, housed in an oval brass frame, with a handwritten history of the… | *** | |
*** | An antique Orthodox icon of Saint Helen and Saint Constantine Finding the True cross, possibly 18th century, the icon in tempera colours and silver gilt on a gesso prepared ground upon a timber panel with the figures of the two saints beside the cross,… | *** | |
*** | A sterling silver card case and an ivory aide-memoire, 1891 Birmingham, with maker's mark for George Unite (case), 19th/20th century, a pretty card case delicately engraved throughout with a variety of fern species, hallmarked, and an aide-memoire with… | *** | |
*** | An antique French silver plated and silk lined jewellery box. Late 19th century, with cast relief Watteau-esque romantic couples in pastoral settings to the sides and lid and raised on small toupie feet, the interior lined with the original magenta silk,… | *** | |
*** | A small guilloche enamel and silver pill box, 1909 Chester, with maker's mark for S. Blanckensee & Son, an oval box with a low domed lid, finely guilloche decorated in turquoise, enclosed by a white enamel border dotted with tiny stars, hallmarks… | *** | |
*** | A sterling silver desk top paperweight bust of Napoleon, 1908 Chester, with post 1904 Chester import mark (oak leaf and acorn), Hanau, pseudo-silver marks, possibly Neresheimer, the shoulder bust mounted on a black marble base with laurel festoon centred,… | *** | |
*** | A Russian/Latvian .875 silver cigarette case, post 1908-1918 Moscow mark with Kokoshnik and 1922-1939 Latvian mark with crowned female head marked 875, also marked 12A to cartouche, featuring the portrait of bearded man with books, probably Kri?j?nis… | *** | |
*** | Two framed miniatures, one of a girl bust-length, probably late Georgian and on ivory, the other a reduced version of the 'Mona Lisa', signed indistinctly, late 19th century or later. Height 12.5 cm. Width 11 cm. (overall, including frame), and slightly… | *** | |
*** | A pair of French ormolu cassolettes, latter half 19th century, of compressed globular form with a pair of handles on a stand with a francia rosso marble plinth base, each vase and cover finely cast throughout with fruiting vine decoration. Height 15.5 cm.… | *** | |
*** | A late Victorian silver plate mounted oak tea caddy, late 19th century, of sarcophagus form with a hinged top enclosing two compartments with covers, the metal cover engraved with bamboo and foliate designs, the body with decoratively shaped mounts… | *** | |
*** | A group of three Russian silver and enamel spoons, 1908-1926 Moscow, with zolotniki 84 and maker's mark in Cyrillic for probably Nicholai Pavlov, stamp in the form of a second kokoshnik import mark, decorated to the reverse of the fig shaped bowls with… | *** | |
*** | A George III mahogany tea caddy, early 19th century, of sarcophagus form on flattened bun feet, the hinged top enclosing a fitted interior with a cut glass mixing bowl flanked by a pair of removable covered canisters, height 19 cm, length 30 cm, width 15… | *** | |
*** | A French champleve enamel and gilt bronze vase, circa 1880s, a refined petite urn vase with cast bracket handles decorated with formal floral and foliate motifs in colours and gilt tendrils upon a ground in various shades of blue and teal, raised on a… | *** | |
*** | An Ivorine crucifix in a gilded frame, circa 1900, the ivorine figure with gilded cross mounted upon a sage coloured velvet ground and housed in an arching frame with a bead border, height 31 cm, width 21.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Continental silver tea caddy, 1944-1968 period Italy, with .800 standard and provincial stamp for Alessandria, the straight-sided oval caddy of slightly tapering form with a low domed lid and finial, engraved decoration surrounding plain cartouches and… | *** | |
*** | An Edwardian sterling silver card case, Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham, 1906, of typical rectangular form, repousse decorated to both sides, one side with a reserve with a dog in a landscape and the legend 'On guard', the other side with a cartouche… | *** | |
*** | A Georgian walnut tea caddy, circa 1790, the serpentine fronted caddy with hinged lid set with tulip wood banding and a fitted interior of two hinged lidded caddies. Height 16 cm. Length 27 cm. Width 17 cm | *** | |
*** | A George V sterling silver kiddush cup, 1914 Chester, with maker's mark for J. Zeving (Joseph Zweig) of traditional campana shape raised on a knopped stem and stepped circular spreading base, with a band of bright-cut engraved panels, one with vacant… | *** | |
*** | A porcelain de Paris Sevres style trinket box, circa 1930, the rectangular box set to the top with a central image of a lady of the court surrounded by gilt foliate swags against a turquoise ground. Stamped to base. Length 16.5 cm | *** | |
*** | An antique silver plated Russian samovar, later 19th century, Tula, a conical shaped samovar with panels interposed with narrow lobes with spiral fluted notches, raised upon a circular base with kneed feet, having ornate brackets supporting timber handles… | *** | |
*** | A George III Partridge wood tea caddy, early 19th century, of octagonal profile with contrasting mahogany veneer and boxwood inlay, embellished to the face with a bat wing cartouche flanked by Doric columns, barber's pole bands and ebonised edges… | *** | |
*** | A Georgian portrait miniature of a woman, early 19th century, the oval portrait in watercolour on ivory of a finely dressed woman in a lace embellished light blue dress with plumage in her hair, in a gilt washed frame. Length 5.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm | *** | |
*** | An antique leather bound gilt edged holy bible, 1873, brown's self-interpreting bible - revised, an American edition published by J.W Lyon & Company Canada and Australia, a fine large illustrated version of both testaments, the cover embossed and tooled,… | *** | |
*** | A finely carved Anglo-Indian sandalwood card case, late 19th to 20th century, exquisitely carved to both faces with birds and foliage to the upper register, a trio of snakes and flora to the lower register, d the central panels with a celestial half bird… | *** | |
*** | A Russian.875 silver and cloisonne Matchbox case, circa 1899-1908, with zolotniki 84 and unclear assay and cyrillic maker's marks, the matchbox case of typical form with tendrils and floral motifs in white, aqua cobalt green and red enamel upon a beaten… | *** | |
*** | A sterling silver card case, 1907 Birmingham, with maker's mark for John Gammage, the rectangular hinge top case having a serpentine profile, unadorned but for a foliate monogram, hallmarked to mount and partly to top, silver weight 76gr, length 9 cm.… | *** | |
*** | A Lalique perfume bottle and Lalique and Swedish paperweights, a Lalique 'Dahlia flower' flask perfume bottle in frosted satin glass with black stamens marked R Lalique France to base with numerals 353; a moulded clear and amber tortoiseshell paperweight,… | *** | |