Elaborate Meiji Period Model of a Shrine of Important Size

A most unusual model of a Detached House The façade constructed of wine corks, with a grotto shell front garden. circa 1830.

Mannequins of The Great Laurel and Hardy "Another Fine shop you've got me into!!" The son of a British showman, Stan Laurel had been raised in B...

An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...

A rare nautical desk set The lockable oak felt-lined case, embossed with the initials 'AL' of the original owner, houses twelve writing implements and accessories, constructed in ...

A late 19th century oak presentation wheelbarrow Commemorating the Great Western Railway Extension The presentation wheelbarrow carved from oak with finely carved ivy leaves and ...

A Children’s Painted Calèche Modelled on a full-sized barouche, this fully functional children’s carriage was either goat- or dog-drawn. The fram...

Probably more than likely from a Japanese home altar, this is a folk art rendition of Hachiman Yahata no Kani, Japanese God of War, Archery, Culture and Pro...

Japanese Meiji period Komai inlaid-iron pagoda model Japanese, Late 19th Century Temple: Height 33cm, width 15cm, depth 15cm Base: Height 2 cm, width 13....

Antique ship model with provenance. This model of the packet ship “Anglo Saxon” was “presented by Charles H Taylor of Boston to the Pelham Country Club as ...

A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...

Kobe Toys are very mysterious and not much is known about them. They were created and hand made during the Meiji period in Japan, which covered the years 1868...

Builders model of a Lawley built private yacht named "Caritas". She was built in 1922 for sugar magnate J. Percy Bartram. Designed by Cox and Stevens of...