Agate Models and Miniatures

Pair of Chinese hardstone and cloisonné enamel flower models Chinese, 20th Century Height 52cm, width 46cm, depth 36cm These two superb flower models are almost identical in design...

Semi-precious stone and silver bird model Continental, 20th Century Height 9cm, width 11cm, depth 6cm A charming pair of sparrows perches atop a youngite agate rock. The birds are...

Collection of rock specimens Continental, 20th Century Smallest: Height 2cm, width 25cm, depth 21cm Largest: Height 1cm, width 38cm, depth 26cm This superb collection of rock spe...

This oval gold snuff box is inscribed with a crest of ‘a stag trippant’ within mantling of upright ostrich plumes tied with a bow, all below a ducal coronet and above a cypher of the entwined initials ‘B.A.B.’ for Anne of Buccleuch. English, circa 1670. Provenance: Anne, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family’s titles. She was married, at 12 years old, to James, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, then 14. Following the king’s death in February 1685, James spearheaded an anti-Catholic revolt to depose the new king, James II, and claim the throne from his uncle. The brief Monmouth Rebellion ended in defeat and James, by then Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was executed for treason. The Duchess had six children by Monmouth, and a further three by her second husband, Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, whom she married in 1688. She died in 1732 and was succeeded by her grandson, Francis, Earl of Dalkeith. The style of chasing used on this box is very reminiscent of a signed piece in the Gilbert...