A good late 19th century brass and porcelain carriage clock, the painted dial inscribed 'Examd by Lund & Blockley, 42 Pall Mall, London', striking on a gong and with push button repeat, the panels finely painted with women and children in garden settings, height including handle 16cm high, in original black leather travel case, with winding key.
about Lot 1653
A very rare Chinese carved amber libation cup, 17th century, carved in high relief with dragons and stylized clouds, 5.6cm high x 10cm wide.
about Lot 732
GIFT FROM CHARLES DICKENS TO 'Little Lucifer Box': a Victorian figured walnut and gilt brass combined writing slope and stationary casket, the hinged upper section retaining original key, with central plaque engraved 'Happy Birthday Little Lucifer Box 20 Oct 1859', lid of lower section with circular plaque engraved 'Catherine Elizabeth Dickens', the whole approx 36 x 26cm, some damages and loss to lining, two similar (non-matching) glass inkwells present.
about Lot 62
An Art Deco old European cut diamond brooch, the central stone of approximately 2ct, flanked by two 0.5ct stones and surrounded by over 2ct of round, baguette and marquis cut stones, 4.5 x 2cm.
about Lot 298
A good pair of late 19th century Baccarat rock crystal style cut glass vases, each finely engraved with a crane in the Oriental style, on a Chinese style bronze stand, 29cm high.
about Lot 1412
A very rare and important 16th century carved ivory 'Memento Mori' chaplet bead, carved as two back to back heads, one a skull with worms, toads and lizards, inscribed 'der not der biteren tot aller nocht oberst' , approx 4.5 x 4.5cm, with ten attached graduated ivory beads, largest 3.4cm diameter, and ivory suspender, Provenance; This is from a private collection.
about Lot 1597
THOMSON (John, F.R.G.S): 'Illustrations of China and its People. A series of 200 photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented..' London: Sampson Low et al, 1873-74: FIRST EDITION. 4 volumes, with 218 photographic views and portraits on 96 sheets, interleaved with descriptive text and tissue guards, occasional minor handling marks but a very clean set, publishers brown cloth gilt over bevel-edged boards, aeg, some fraying to extremities and a few surface abrasions, folio. (4)
about Lot 15
DICKENS (Charles): 'A Christmas Carol..': 2nd edition, London, Chapman & Hall, 1843: half-title, title printed in red and blue, edition statement printed in red, etched hand coloured frontispiece and 3 further hand coloured plates by John Leech, wood engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, joints cracked at several points and block shaken, publishers salmon cloth gilt, aeg, backstrip frayed and torn (split from lower hinge and chipped to ends), lower endpaper joint cracked, original yellow endpapers (several ink ownership inscriptions to FFE verso), small 8vo. (1)
about Lot 59