The Heritage Collection

This most eye catching piece of British history is a very rare example. It would once have belonged to one of the three hundred or so lodges of the Ancient Order of Foresters which w...

A most impressive and highly decorative French large size double tea caddy made in tightly grained rich oak. The rectangular box stands on circular shaped brass feet with brass bea...

A Black Forest hand-carved limewood figure portrays a young man from the medieval period dressed in a cloaked tunic and open-toed boots playing a set of traditional Swiss bagpipes ca...

This large scale Austrian bronze depicts three blue budgerigars perched together on a leafy branch. The modelling and condition of this bronze is superb. The painted feather detail i...

This superb hand carved sandalwood figure is Indian from the Raj period and dates to circa 1900. It depicts the Hindu goddess Parvati, who represents love, fertility and devotion. Parvati is beautiful. She is semi-naked and very ornate in her elaborate costume. She is holding her Deity son Ganesha, who is part human with an elephant’s head and is known in Hindu mythology as the remover of obstacles. This remarkable figure group is carved from solid sandalwood, the very material that Hindu mythology suggests Parvati made her son Ganesha from. The figure group is exceptionally well carved equal to what could be described in European circles as exhibition quality. The finely carved figure is raised and mounted onto an elaborate carved and moulded stepped stand made from matching figured sandalwood. This very fine piece of Hindu art...

This rare precision instrument is a fine solid brass pocket sextant made for the military by the high-quality instrument makers Ryland & Son Ltd of London. It dates to the early 20th...

A very scarce pair of Shelley porcelain figures one of a cheeky young boy wearing a hat and carrying a basket of flowers and the other of a girl wearing a pretty dress and matching b...

This superb small Black Forest hand-carved lime wood novelty match holder features a standing gnome wearing a tall peaked hat, tunic, and long beard. This little fellow is standing ...

This very pleasing object is a rare piece of smoking history which would benefit any collection. It is a novelty smoking pipe produced by the high quality French firm of Butz Choquin...

This small jewel like tree is Chinese and dates to circa 1920. It represents a flowering Prunus bonsai tree. The tree is displayed in a shallow rectangular planter made from gilt br...

This superb large Austrian majolica pottery wall charger is highly decorative with its central finely moulded three dimensional Renaissance portrait of a medieval bearded noble man wearing an ornate tunic and matching hat. The central portrait is boardered by a flared rim which is also ornately moulded with intricate floral decoration. The beautiful coloured glazes used throughout this stunning charger are rich and translucent. There are initials at the base of the portrait J R. On the reverse, the charger has an impressed L9 and a hand painted N...

This remarkable and highly decorative Japanese export large writing box is a rare high quality example with a complicated and intricate interior. The box is in very good condition c...