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19th Century Mary & David Livingston Memorial Relic Heart Buried Beneath 1896
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very odd Victorian collection of curiosity, a section of the tree that the Scottish physician, congregationalist and pioneer Christian missionary David Livingston was buried under ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Zambian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hardwood, Natural Fiber, Glass
Large 19th Century Mottled Coco De Mer on Stand Maritime Sailors Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large late 19th Century Coco De Mer
The Coco De Mer is mounted on an orange threaded and tasseled stem set within a ebonised base.
The coco is solid in structure with an unusual...
Category
Antique 19th Century Seychellois Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
Late 19th C Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Scene Artist & His Muse by William Drew
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Late 19th Century cased anthropomorphic taxidermy scene of two Squirrels and a stoat in bedroom/boudoir setting. One squirrel dressed as an artist in a beret, painting smock smoking ...
Category
Antique 1890s British Late Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Four Late 19th/Early 20th Century Leather Falconry Hoods Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A highly decorative collection of four falconry hoods, later mounted on matching period brass and ebonised turned stands.
The three larger example are first to second quarter of the...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Pair of Ribbon & Button Puzzles Parlour Game
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A odd little pair of early 20th century ribbon and button puzzles, mounted on card with hand penned instructions.
card mounts measure 22/5.5cm
Category
Early 20th Century English Games
Materials
Paper, Ribbon
19th C Theatre Interest Photograph Album of Actors & Actresses Circa 1880
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Theatre Interest a photograph album circa 1880 of 150 mainly Woodburytype photographs of actors and actresses.
Mostly annotated, many in an early hand, including Miss Ellen Terry, M...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Leather, Paper
Taxidermy Natural History Collection of 20 19th C Microscope Specimen Slides
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 20 Victorian glass microscope specimens slides, with hand penned titles and catalogue numbers.
Glass with a paper covering and a decorative tartan border, age relat...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Paper
Early 20th Century Pair of Mirror Witches Balls on Bronze Stands
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A matching pair of early 20th century mirrored witches balls, with pressed steel galleries and hanging hoops. They have later been associated to a pair of extremely well cast and he...
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th C Woolly Mammoth Mammuthus Primigenius Molar Specimen Taxidermy
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An incredibly preserved, large Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) molar section, the piece has a fantastic patina from decades of handling.
A very small section missing from one...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber
Rare Pair of Late 19th Century Tattoo Specimens From A French Sailor Curiosity
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very odd and rare pair of preserved human tattoos, believed to be from a French sailor. Depicting a Prussian solider and a young lady. Later housed and mounted in period maple fram...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Nautical Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Maple
19th Century Police Report Buggery With A Horse 1871 William Prudice Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Poor little horsey!!!
A penned police report 1871 by a L. J. Deacon Deputy Clerk of the Peace
William Prudice on the thirteenth day of June, in the year of our lord one thousand ei...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Late 19th Century Folk Art Victorian Miniature English Taxidermy Dog
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare late Victorian/Early Edwardian taxidermy dog, often scaled down by the best naturalist of the period.
Housed in its original glazed and gil...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
19th Century Framed Engravings From The New Book Of Martyrs by Henry Southwell
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 11 framed and glazed engravings taken from the New Book Of Martyrs By Henry Southwell
The 11 engravings show authentic and genuine historical account of the many dre...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Religious Items
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paper
Original Poems, Stories, Tales & Death “D.Bradbury for Original Pieces” 1830
Located in Lowestoft, GB
“D.Bradbury for original pieces”, a book crammed with original poems, stories, tales and deaths. 117 pages beautifully penned, written between 1830 and 1849
Age related discolourati...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Early Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
Pedro Cottage 1837, Stories & Sketchbook Illustrated by Joseph Scoundrel Square
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Early Victorian marble paper, hand written and illustrated book “Pedro cottage” likely a fictional publication
“illustrated London published by knobs and co No. 16 pledge hole plac...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Early Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century Pair of Clowns Leather Tap Shoes Dan Leno, George Wild Galvin
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of elongated tap dancing clown shoes, leather uppers and soles with metal taps on the heals, the shoes come with a large account of ephemera related to Dan Leno, by repute the...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Early 20th Century Taxidermy Snow White Terrier "Fruach"
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very well mounted taxidermy snow white terrier with silk bow collar, resting on a scarlet velvet cushion with braided gold fringing and graduated painted blue background.
The terr...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
19th C The Albino Family Barums Museum New York Sideshow Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Currier and Ives hand coloured lithograph print of The Albino Family circa 1860
“They have pure white skin, silken white hair and pink eyes,Rudolf Lucasie, Wife and Child
who have ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
19th Century Glazed Specimen Box Containing Wheat Agricultural Scientific Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rustically produced 19th century glazed specimen box containing wheat and grain hybrids.
The pine hinged box opens to reveal two glazed and segmented sections, with a painted blue...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
19th C Hand Painted Entomology Studies Gothic Revival Shadow Box Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of finely painted entomology studies, on card later mounted and set within a fantastic velvet lined, glazed period gothic revival shadow box.
The shadow box has its or...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Pine, Paper
Early 20th Century Large Foxed Mercury Mirror Witches Hanging Ball Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A larger than the normal witches mercury mirror ball, with a beautiful time worn oxidisation to the interior. Thick hand blown glass with a simple steel hanging hoop, turn off the ce...
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Blown Glass
Early 20th Century Travelling Jewellers Precious Stone Samples, T.G.Woods
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A glazed sample case of precious stones, the collection of 12 gilt tins house a range of uncut stone samples all with their original hand penned labels. Among them is a rough diamond, Indian rubys...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Tin
Circa 1780 Sailor's Naval Maritime Pen & Ink Wash Portrait Sketch's Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming late 18th century pen and ink wash group of portrait sketches on paper, housed in a glazed period gilt wood frame.
Some elderly ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Nautical Objects
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Early 20th Century Whimsical Parlour Game Charades Cards Parker Brothers
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 51 wonderfully rendered parlour cards, drawings and hand-written text lithographed onto weighty card.
The cards have been mounted later on a blue velvet covered boar...
Category
Early 20th Century American Games
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Wood, Paper
Circa 1890 French Satinwood Concave Distortion Mirror Viewer Scientific
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Circa 1890 French concave mirror card viewer, all constructed of French polished light wood, with ebonised stained elements.
Sliding card holder, hinged handle and mirror. In part...
Category
Antique 1890s French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Satinwood
19th C Wee Book of Riddles Hand Penned Notebook, by a J.A Soames 1869
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A interesting and comical miniature hand penned riddles notebook, by a J.A. Soames Sept 27. 1869
Retaining its original patterend orange paper cover, 32 pages in total with 29 pages...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
1869 After Diego Velazquez Portrait of Sebastian De Morra Dwarf Jester
By Diego Velã¡zquez
Located in Lowestoft, GB
After Diego Velazquez (1599/1660) Portrait of Sebastian De Morra the court dwarf and jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain
Instinctively signed and inscribed 1869 on verso.
Hou...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century Death Cap & Fly Agaric Model Fungi Natural History
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Very well modeled pair of Fungi's, circa 1920/30 in age, European in origins.
Mounted on turned ebonised bases, each with a moss covered ground. Modeled with a composite paper mach...
Category
Vintage 1920s European Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper
Collection of Late 18th Century English Wax & Plaster Abbey & College Seals
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four late 18th century replica wax seals, encased in plaster and housed in softwood boxes. They also retain their original pointed oval and circular hand written labe...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Boxwood
Early 20th C Pair of Indo-Persian Mother of Pearl, Brass and Nephrite Knives
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine pair of steel knives with single edged curved blade mother of pearl and brass inlaid handles, and a hard stone butt we believe to be nephrite.
Age related wear and abrasions...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Parrot Ink Well, Glass Eyes, Hand Dyed Feathers
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A quirky little ink well in the form of a parrot/parakeet, turned wooden caucus with applied beak, glass eyes and hand dyed feathers.
The top section hinged to reveal the inkwell w...
Category
Early 20th Century European Taxidermy
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Regency Toleware & Brass Parrot Bird Stand
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare and early 19th century original painted toleware and brass parrot stand, age related abrasions. knocks and minor dents all commensurate from age and use. The brass section has...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Taxidermy
Materials
Brass
Grand Tour 18th Century Gilt Framed Classical Carved Shell Cameo "Dario RE'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Classical carved shell cameo in its period oil gilt frame
18th century or earlier in age and likely to of been acquired on a grand tour.
A well carved...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Classical Greek Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Natural Fiber, Softwood, Giltwood
19th Century Curios Taxidermy Head Mount English Adult Goose
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well presented late 19th century taxidermy adult Goose head mount, it would appear this has been produced by a good period taxidermist, possibly Rowland Ward or the like. The Goose...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Straw
19th Century Bismuthinite Mineral Natural History Specimen Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A lustrous silver Bismuthinite specimen, housed in its original glass and turned ebonised display bubble.
Bismuth also known as "white mass" It is a post-transition metal and one o...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Blown Glass, Pine
19th Century Funerary Funeral Hatchment Sir Henry Oglander Memento Mori Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th Century Funerary Hatchment for Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet of Nunwell
Azure ground shows, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchee or,...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Canvas, Pine
20th Century Extra Large Shellwork Sailors Valentine Panel Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An extra large shellwork display/panel, worked in a variety of specimens, heightened with watercolour and arranged with a star to the centre surrounded by floral blooms, housed in an...
Category
Late 20th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Early 20th Century Softshell Turtle Skeleton (Trionychidae) Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative softshell turtle skeleton, housed and mounted within a shadow box.
The skeleton appears to be complete and well detailed, laid on a mottled paper backing, gilt slip and...
Category
Early 20th Century European Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
William Farren of Cambridge Golden Pheasant Taxidermy Glass Dome Wall Mount
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful mount by William Farren of 23 Regent Street Cambridge of a Golden Pheasant.
Housed in a wall mounted glass display dome, on a velvet ground mahogany base.
The original ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Hardwood
Early 20th Century Breloque Pinfire Prostitutes Pistol by Franz Pfannl
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful hand made pinfire pistol by Franz Pfannl, housed in its original Moroccan red leather case with its arsenic velvet interior. The gun would have originally had a small nic...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Leather, Velvet
19th C Scientific James DeVille L N Fowler Phrenology Plaster Bust Head Curio
By L. N. Fowler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A larger than the normal plaster cast phrenology head, with its original painted finish and paper labels.
The original makers label is partially missing leaving it a bit of a myster...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Late 19th C Gregory Bottley Scientific Collection of Mineral Fossils Shell
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A good collection of Gregory Bottley mineral, fossils and shell all contained in there original teak trays and card board sleeves.
Each specimen has its original hand written and nu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Hardwood
19th Century Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Boxing Squirrels by Edward Hart
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare anthropomorphic taxidermy scene of two red squirrels boxing, housed in its original pine and glazed case with hand painted backdrop.
The...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Pug Bull Dog Leather Coin Purse Bag
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful leather coin purse, with what appears to be bull dog possibly a pug.
Pressed leather front with its original applied eyes, nickel plated metal wear.
The exterior is in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Metal
19th Century Early Victorian Tortoise Mount On Oak Oval Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and totally original early Victorian taxidermy tortoise, mounted on a thick oval oak board with decorative chamfered edge with brass han...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Oak
Early 20th Century Medical Curios Gold Teeth Dentures
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of human gold teeth, with two having their original metal pegs.
Most gold teeth are of a particularly high carrot, and these are heavy to hold. Tarnished and untouched,...
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Gold
19th Century Large Collection of Victorian Conchology Shell Specimens Taxidermy
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large collection of late Victorian shell specimens, the majority housed in its pine box with each specimen having its period card sleeve, the remainder displayed in glazed blue car...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Blown Glass, Paper, Pine
Early 20th C Stern Name Board "Naomi" Clovelly Fishing Boat Naval Maritime Ship
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming folk art hand painted mahogany name board for the Clovelly (Devon) fishing vessel Naomi. Below has the owner and skippers initials Oscar Stanley Abbott.
Age related losse...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Nautical Objects
Materials
Hardwood
'In Memory of Jacko" the Champion Ratter circa 1850 Taxidermy Dog Interest
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather curios Victorian diorama of "Jacko" the ratter c.1850, a plaster model of a terrier presented in a period glass dome mounted with its original ebonised stand. Jacko is mounted on a purple velvet cushion with gold threaded decoration. Mounted between his feet is a circular silver medal, the obverse inscribed 'In memory of Jacko, the Champion Terrier 14 lb Weight', the reserve inscribed 'Presentation Medal to Canine Fancier and M.P.R. Jemmy Shaw London 1852',
The diorama came from the collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.
Jemmy Elton Shaw, also known as Jimm and James was a 19th century pioneer fancier of the early dog show days, a promoter of dog fighting and rat-baiting contests, a breeder of Old English bulldogs, bull terriers and toy terriers...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Plaster, Pine, Glass
Early 20th C Pair Transverse Section's of Fossil Sponges Natural History Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Pair of Transverse Section's of Fossil Sponges (Ventriculites), housed in there original cardboard and glazed display boxes with labels
From the upper chalk, Kent. Ex museum colle...
Category
Early 20th Century English Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber
Taxidermy Curio "Amber Containing an Inset Zanzibar 1887" Francis Amasa Walker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A victorian amber specimen, with a small inset captured within. Housed in it original cardboard and glazed display case, with a label reading "Amber Co...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber
Sarah Porter, "Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells" Engraving, circa 1770
Located in Lowestoft, GB
After Vander Smissen 'Mrs Sarah Porter, Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells', a mezzotint, engraved by William Pether circa 1770, glazed in ebonised, ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Prints
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paper
Early 20th Century Police Booking Photographs Portraits Mug Shots Criminals
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 27 police booking photographs, male and female detainees in typical profile and straight-on poses, some with contemporary manuscript name and dates.
The majority cap...
Category
Early 20th Century European Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
19th Century Circa 1860 Victorian Miniature English White Terrier Taxidermy
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare Victorian taxidermy dog, often scaled down by the best naturalist of the period. Also could be the extinct English White Terrier circa 1860
...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
19th Century Artist Pigment Painting Tray, Colourmans Sales Sampler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of thirty red and white cylindrical card boxes of pigment with decorative descriptive labels. Each container sits within its own section of a well made pine tray. Origin...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber, Pine
Late 19th Century Original Painted Green Faux Marble Dog Canine Kennel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming painted wooden dog kennel with pitched roof standing on styled feet.
The original green painted body, with a faux marble painted pediment and red roof. The pediment als...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Pine
19th Century Plaster Phrenology Bust by Vago of London, 1869
By Vago
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A tactile plaster cast phrenology head, primitively produced yet highly decorative and a obvious rare survivor. A inscribed label of the maker Vago alo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Early 20th Century Tradesman Sample Buckle Boards Haberdashery Shop
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of early 20th century buckle sample boards, thick card with cord sewn steel buckles and hand numbered in graphite.
Faded green backing paper with a pleasing red boarder, s...
Category
Early 20th Century English Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
19th C Pair of Large Optical Experimental Scientific Mirrors Concave & Convex
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large pair of scientific optical mirrors, one concave the other convex.
These where used in studies of optical sciences and in particular the study of the properties of light r...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Large English Country House 19thC Oil on Board Armorial Coat of Arms Coach Panel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century
coach panel, larger than the norm, oil on board of an armorial centred by a typical shield, drapes and a warriors arm holding a s...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Hardwood
