Jewellery, Antiques & Art

Auction Friday 25th July 2003 at 10.30am

Viewing Thursday 24th, 9am till 7pm;
and on morning of sale from 9am

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jewellery | silver | works of art & collectables | pictures 

ceramics & glass | clocks | furniture

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Collectables, Works of Art
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Metalware

 

201          Victorian walnut lap desk,
with brass inset straps and a fitted
interior, 19 3/4in (50.2cm) wide
£50-70 
sold for £50                                                  

 

202          Pewter two handled comport;
and a pewter plaque (2)
£40-60                                                   

 

203          Chinese brass cigarette casket,
with a cedar lined divided interior,
6 1/2in (16.5cm) wide
£40-60 
sold for £35                                                  

 

204          Travel vanity set in a case,
fitted with metal mounted glass bottles brushes, glove stretchers, etc.
£80-120                                                 

 

205          Scottish ‘Sunday’ golf club,
by S.H. Scott, 33 1/2in (85.1cm) long
£100-150 
sold for £140                                              
The ‘Sunday’ golf club, doubling as a walking cane, was used when golfing on a Sunday was banned by law in Scotland in the late nineteenth century.

  lot 205

206          ‘North Again’,
a comic book on golf, illustrated; and
a pack of golf related playing cards (2)
£50-80
sold for £85                                                   

 

207          Japanese tin plate ‘Fire Chief’ car,
battery operated, 10in (25.4cm) long
£40-60                                                   

 

208          Corgi ‘Austin London Taxi’ model,
with box; and a Timpo Vehicles
‘London Taxi Cab’ with
box (2)
£30-50 
sold for £30                                                  

 

209          Tri-ang clockwork London Bus;
and a Dutch table lighter modelled
as a vintage car (2)
£30-50   
sold for £55                                                

 

210          Brass Corinthian pillar oil lamp,
with a ruby glass oil reservoir and
an etched shade
£150-200 
sold for £135                                              

 

211          Victorian walnut lap desk,
with an inlaid parquetry veneered border and fitted interior, 12in (30.5cm) wide
£80-120                                                 

 

212          Mauchline ware needle holder,
circular with and inscribed with a rhyme and made of “wood which grew on the banks of the Doon”, 2in (5cm) diameter
£20-30  
sold for £18                                                 

 

213          Ben Sayers ‘Benny’ putter;
and a number four wood (2)
£20-30  
sold for £12                                                 

 

214          Relief decorated gesso panel,
depicting a young male profile,
20in x 10in (50.8cm x 25.4cm)
£80-120                                                 

 

215          Army & Navy Co-operative Society
pith hat
£40-60   
sold for £40                                                

 

216          Victorian brass pot,
oval and raised with a column to the oval base, damages, 13 1/2in (34.3cm) high
£50-70                                                   

 

217          Victorian brass hearth fender,
formed with three rows joined by plain columns, 51 1/4in (130.2cm) wide
£100-150
sold for £150                                               

 

218          Victorian brass milk churn,
with a detachable cover and copper
base ring, 22in (55.9cm) high
£70-100   
sold for £160                                              

 

219          Victorian horn snuff box,
of rectangular form with a silvered
metal cartouche, 3in (7.6cm) wide
£20-30
sold for £15                                                  

 

220          Collection of football club tiepins and badges,
dating circa 1970s
£200-300 
sold for £230                                              
Provenance:
Reputedly from the
collection of William Waddell,
formerly of Rangers Football Club

 

221          Collection of football club tiepins and badges
dating circa 1970s
£200-300  
sold for £300                                             
Provenance:
Reputedly from the
collection of Matthew Taylor, former chairman of Rangers Football Club

 

222          Ivory netsuke,
carved in the form of an elderly Japanese male figure with a staff, 2in (5cm) high
£30-50  
sold for £10                                                 

 

223          Tapestry in a mahogany frame,
Skaters on a Frozen Pond,
17in x 23in (43.2cm x 58.4cm)
£40-60                                                   

 

224          Brass ‘horse head’ wall mounting gong,
the brass drum suspended form a plated metal horse head figure and on an oak oval plaque, 14in (35.6cm) high
£150-200  
sold for £150                                             

 

225          Pair of brass candlesticks,
The Queen of Diamonds,
11 1/2in (29.2cm) high
£50-70                                                   

 

226          Pair of brass candlesticks,
The Queen of Diamonds,
11 1/2in (29.2cm) high
£50-70                                                   

 

227          Pair of brass candlesticks,
11 3/4in (29.8cm) high
£30-50

 

228          Pair of brass candlesticks,
13 1/2in (34.3cm) high
£30-50
sold for £12

 

229          Pair of brass candlesticks,
11 3/4in (29.8cm) high
£30-50

 

230          Pair of brass candlesticks,
12in (30.5cm) high
£30-50
sold for £10

 

231          Pair of brass candlesticks,
10 3/4in (27.3cm) high
£30-50
sold for £10

 

232          Pair of brass candlesticks,
with open spiral columns and circular
bases, 16 1/2in (41.9cm) high
£50-70
sold for £85

 

233          Late Victorian oak pocket watch case,
with brass plated strap mounts,
4 1/2in (10.8cm) long
£40-60
sold for £30

 

234          Victorian crystoleum in an ebonised frame,
Female In Woodland, the convex
glass 9 3/4in x 7in (24.8cm x 17.8cm)
£100-150
sold for £95

  lots 235 & 234

235          Victorian crystoleum in an ebonised frame,
Female Musician, the convex
glass 9 3/4in x 7in (24.8cm x 17.8cm)
£100-150
sold for £115

 

236          Pair of brass candlesticks,
The Queen of Diamonds,
11 1/2in (29.2cm) high
£50-70 WITHDRAWN

 

237          Lot of various item of silver and other collectables
£50-70
sold for £60

 

238          Meerschaum pipe by Carl Heiss,
modelled with a reclining nude female, the case inscribed “Carl Hiess / Wien / Graben 11”; miniature pipe modelled with a horse, damages; and a cigar holder (3)
£100-150
sold for £80

  lot 238

239          Lot of various coins and stamps
(a lot)
£50-70
sold for £55

 

240          Nineteenth century brass compass,
by W. Gardner of Glasgow, complete with it’s original wooden case, the case 3/4in (22.2cm) wide
£80-120
sold for £150

 

241          Lot of ivory carvings and other items,
including two elephants, napkin ring and a letter knife (a lot)
£60-90
sold for £30

 

242          Daguerreotype in a folding bakelite case;
and another, each depicting a male portrait
£40-60
sold for £30

 

243          Lot of various medals and badges
(a lot)
£100-150
sold for £130

 

244          Victorian portrait miniature in a folding case,
oval and painted with a young girl, within a gilt border, 3 1/2in x 3in (8.9cm x 7.6cm)
£60-90
sold for £220

 

245          Lot of Mauchline ware,
including an Eardley’s Patent instrument in a tartanware box, three books and a sand timer (a lot)
£60-90
sold for £140

 

246          Hornby Dublo electric train set in box;
Hornby Dublo and Wrenn Railways carriages and engines with boxes; and other models including Charbens and Meccano
(a lot)
£150-200
sold for £920

  246

247          Scottish dress sword,
with a brass and ivory hilt, the scabbard inscribed “Alexander Ballantyne”,
the blade inscribed “Inches / Edin”,
32 1/2in (82.5cm) long
£80-120
sold for £150

  lot 247

248          Naval dress sword,
the gilt metal hilt modelled with a lion’s head, the blade 31 1/2in (80cm) long
£150-200
sold for £180                                               

  lot 248

249          Lot of fishing reels, flies and two rods,
including a brass reel by S. Allcock & Company (a lot)
£50-80
sold for £70                                                   

 

250          How To Catch Trout,
by Three Anglers, one volume published
by Douglas & Foulis in 1946
£50-70 
sold for £20                                                  

 

251          Large brass propeller
£50-70 
sold for £60                                                  

 

252          Brass three tier cakestand
£30-50                                                   

 

253          Victorian tortoiseshell casket,
with stepped rectangular lid and plain columns to each corner, distressed,
9 1/2in (24.1cm) wide
£60-90 
sold for £160                                                  

  lot 254

254          Painted ivory oval panel,
formed with nine oval vignettes depicting Indian palaces, in a carved ebony frame with easel support, 4in (10.2cm) wide
£80-120                                                 

 

255          Fine Japanese bronze figure of an African elephant,
modelled standing and with grasses
in it’s trunk, signed on the underside,
25 1/2in (64.8cm) long,
with a wooden plinth
£1500-2000 
sold for £1400                                          

  lot 255

256          Pewter tappit hen;
10 1/2in (26.7cm) high; and
a pewter quart tankard (2)
£40-60
sold for £80                                                   

 

257          Cyko ‘Type C’ toy scooter,
in wood and metal, 38in (96.5cm) long
£100-150
sold for £110                                               

 

258          The Library Shakespeare,
two volumes, with illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley, published London by William Mackenzie, late nineteenth century
£50-70 
sold for £40                                                  

 

259          Collection of cigarette cards,
issued by Ardath Tobacco, circa 1940, relating to [mainly] football, also boxing and horse racing, contained in an album
£50-80 
sold for £110                                                  

 

260          Lot of ephemera,
including first day covers,
stamps and books (a lot)
£40-60
sold for £85                                                   

 

261          British percussion cap pistol,
with engraved scrolling foliate designs,
6 1/2in (16.5cm) long
£80-120
sold for £85                                                 

 

262          Modern Athens! [or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century],
a bound series of engravings after original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd, published London, 1831,
by Jones & Company
£80-120 
sold for £80                                                

 

263          Pair of brass candlesticks,
The King of Diamonds,
£80-120  
sold for £75                                               

 

264          Set of forty five brass stair rods
£150-200 
sold for £150                                              

 

265          Brass and crystal chandelier,
£300-500                                               

 

266          Brass chicken hook,
£40-60 
sold for £45                                                  

 

267          Two paraffin ceiling lights,
£60-90 
sold for £60                                                  

 

268          Mahogany fluted candlestick table lamp;
and another (2)
sold for £45                                      

 

additional lots 269-290

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