The School for Scandal

A very rare Jefferson Doriclite pendant, two sections of thick pressed glass housed in a heavily oxidised gilt copper gallery and central hanging band, early 20th century. The glas...

Bulutoko, also known as a cannibal fork, these were specialised four-pronged forks from Fiji, traditionally used by chiefs and priests for consuming human flesh. Later mounted on a ...

Here we have wonderful decorative late 19th century pharmacist hand blown display/dispensing glass jar, of large proportions. The jar is reverse painted, with an off white ground an...

A rather wonderful early 19th century Welsh Windsor stick back chair, with just the best original painted green surface. The chair with hooped back and saddle seat raised on ring tu...

Ink and watercolour postcard of Mount Fuji at sunrise, posted almost 120 years ago from Tokyo to Europe. The view is framed with a beautifully patterned pair of curtains and pelmet. ...

19th century, hand painted pine panel bearing a passage by Isaac Watts “Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away, They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the openi...

A real curiosity from Darulfalah Museum Delhi Indian, a grain of rice with 101 letter upon it. Dated 1928 the piece of rice reads A Happy & Prosperous Life to D.H. Allport Esqr......

A high quality pair of folding coffin stands, nickel plated brass with a wonderful pitted surface. They have a simple pull and lock mechanism to open and close the stands, they also...

A decorative collection of 33 individual museum cased shell specimens, card lidded boxes with circular glass top. Filled with dyed cotton and hand penned labels on the reverse. 5 la...

A utterly charming trio of hand penned ink and watercolour botany charts, by a Bessie Slater. Possibly a student or a keen botanist of the 19th century. The charts detailing stems, ...

An English carved wooden rocking horse, attributed to G & J Lines of London with head down in a 'racing' position, on bow rockers. In It’s original untouched country house conditio...

A beautiful pair of English country house armchairs, upholstered in their original red leather. With elderly repairs, wear and tear. Late 19th century in age, possibly very early 2...

A 19th century possibly earlier circular plinth, solid Rosso Levanto marble. Nibbles, surface wear and abrasions all age related. 87cm in height 27cm in diamiter

A decorative pair of plates from a 19th century edition of Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament. Housed in a matching pair of period ebonised and gilt slipped framed. Age related di...

A very rare taxidermy head mount of an English Bulldog, housed on its original circular oak shield. The mount is totally untouched and original, very much in country house condition...

A fun pair of sculptural and highly decorative objects, a toleware crescent moon and carved wooden sun, very much in the folk art style. Booth extremely characterful, with expressiv...

A vintage harlequin costume with its original hat and glove, from the Wookey Hole collection, donated from the Clowns Gallery Museum. Mid 20th century in age, a hand full of nibbles...

A well observed taxidermy head and neck mount of a large adult Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta), with glass eyes looking straight ahead. Makers mark on the reverse of the shield P.E,...

A early 20th century polypore fungi specimen These masked also know as 'fog eaters' originate from the Nepalese mountains, carved from a dried polypore fungus also known as bracket ...

A wonderfully worn circa 1860 Napoleon lll cast iron daybed, with a intricate floral scroll work design with a nod to the rococo style Original green paint, faded, chipped, scratc...

A very large and well formed taxidermy head mount of a Holstein Bull Mounted on its original oak shield, unfortunately no label is visible on the reverse of the shield but has been ...

A wonderful little Victorian curiosity. A peaceful looking mouse skeleton lays in a glazed mahogany case, with a ink inscription on the back that we believe to be copied word for wo...

A rather unusual late 19th century anthropomorphic taxidermy scene, very much in the manner of Walter Potter (2 July 1835 – 21 May 1918) The scene shows a Nautilus shell as a carria...

A huge mid 19th century taxidermy python, in a natural coiled pose with head aloft. Extremely well sculptured, with glass eyes and housed on its original ebonised wooden backing boa...

A large collection of 47 mid 19th century dried grass & wheat specimens, all with their original card labels. Each specimen has later been mounted on verdigris green painted canvas...

A oversized full leather replica of a balmoral boot, likely to of been used in a great exhibition/trade show when the balmoral boot was made popular after it was created for Prince A...

A very beautifully filled sketchbook published by Rooke & Co of London, of dried and preserved sea weeds with hand penned species. 10 pages all full with multiple specimens, with o...

19th Century undertakers sizing/reference template board. Carpenters and Undertakers often used human-based units of measurement (anthropometric units). And this would ring true whe...

A Mendi 'Compensation' or 'Revenge' Doll, traditionally made with pandanus leaves, bilum string, shells, wood, seeds and objets trouve with pigments. These dolls represent individua...

19th Century continental cupboard, original veneered ebonised finish with cast bronze ormolu decoration and its original marble top. A small repair to one of the corners to the marb...

Early 19th century Chinese full length portrait of a seated gentleman, likely of noble or royal descent. Gouache on pith paper housed in a glazed early 20th century ebonised frame. ...

A fabulous and exquisitely made traditional leather wallet pouch, produced by Tuareg people. Likely for the tourist market in the mid 20th century. The Tuareg people are part of th...

A wonderful toleware and card perpetual calendar, circa 1870 possibly slightly earlier, as there are a number of dated handwritten notes on fronts and backs of the monthly inserts, ...

A amusing and complete set of twelve prohibition era stereoviews, showing a man gradually turning into a skeleton after refusing to drink alcohol. Dated 1928. with age related disc...

A beautifully faded early 19th century Japanese export jewellery box, Chinoiserie decorated with typically scenes, figures and foliage. The box has its originally lacquered segment...

A decorative model of a naval ships tripod mast, constructed In brass and copper raised on a chamfered oak plinth. Tripod masts replaced the pole mast in the Edwardian era and where...

An extensive collection of fly fishing flies and ephemera owned by a Robert Thornton of Stapleton. Including Salmon flies used on the river Tees, a leather bound vellum wallet of ex...

Pair of circa 1920/30 tourist souvenirs of Egyptian coffin or mummy caucuses, featuring intricate hieroglyphs and depictions of deities, a common characteristic of ancient Egyptian f...

Early 19th century grave marker, dated 1828 with the initials M B. Carved sandstone and stands of its own accord. Age related discolouration nibbles and nicks. 7cm in depth 37cm ...

A complete set of four Georgian hand coloured aquatint prints depicting cock fighting, dating to the early 19th century and showing, Set too, Fight, Throat and Death. By Henry Alkin...

A fabulous early 19th Century narrow cupboard, with a single arched plank door above four deep drawers, decorative pelmet and flat fronted plinth. The cabinet has its original paint...

A rare hand carved 19th century artists lay figure foot, with traces of its original painted surface. This would have been part of a full size mannequin with a ball joint in the heal...

A great collection of eight fossil plates, 6 circular and two octagonal all appears to be cut from a similar stone. Each plate is unique in appearance and covered with Orthoceras, Am...

A charming pair of English School, oil on board full length dog portraits by J Tonry Both portraits signed and dated 1923, housed in their original period glazed gilt frames. Each...

Trio of 19th century maritime curiositys, two glass bottle neck shards from the launch bottles of two ships. Also an unused streamer from another ships maiden voyage All have the wax...

A early 20th century sailors ditty box, with painted ‘Crown & Anchor’ lid and original dice. C & A was a gambling game, its origins can be traced back to the beginning of the 18th c...

A highly decorative country house convex mirror, with oil gilt slip and faded velvet clad frame. The original mercury mirror plate has been beautifully oxidised and pitted by time. ...

A charming little oak collectors box inscribed 'YORK ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY' Paper label ink inscription GB GV, the hinged lid and drawer with old shards of pottery, pipes 11cm high, ...

A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...

A interesting little collection of five late 19th century rebus plates, a word puzzle that uses pictures, symbols, and letters to represent words or phrases. The goal is to decipher ...

A bit of an oddball thing, possibly something that has been produced for a film, tv production, a piece created by a artist etc. An oversized faux blonde river Turtle shell, formed ...

A loved and cherished companion, 19th century taxidermy miniature Pinscher, also known as a Reh Pinscher due to their resemblance to a small deer. laid upon a velvet plinth housed i...

Pair of 19th century leather moccasins, with a hand penned label reading “ Pair of Moccasins made and worn by the Red Indian tribes in North America, bought from an Indian in Canada ...

A 1 to 1 scale plaster reproduction of the three reliefs from the famous Ludovisi Throne, located in the Archaeological Museum of Palazzo Altemps, Rome. 460-450 BC circa. The throne...

A stern and rotund mid to late 19th century taxidermy Jack Russel, presented standing on a velvet and rope decorated cushion with its perfectly faded verdgris green background. The c...

A unusual pigment and oil on board portrait of an elderly Chinese gent by Susan Jayne Hocking The painting has a thick impasto application with sgraffito mark making, and what appe...

A striking and unusual cast bronze pendant, the central column has six arms that contain elongated bulbs with collars at either end. The pendants has its original opaline bulbs but...

A fine mid 19th century red leather tub armchair, by the cabinet maker and upholster Robert Strahan & Co of 24-25 Henry Street Dublin, In country house condition totally untouched an...

A Sutro Baths giltwood seahorse bicycle circa 1890, commissioned by Adolph Sutro to adorn the infamous Sutro Baths in San Francisco. One of eight originally made, film director Georg...

Georgian micro mosaic, late eighteenth century circa 1790, finely modelled as a ladybird, set into an octagonal goldstone. The gold mount echoes the octagonal shape of the goldstone...