Three (3) boxes including: one (1) Symphonion music box case, Rococo style, having relief carved figure, scroll and shell decoration to exterior and the original Symphonion lid insert to interior, but lacking musical works, early 20th century; one (1) English Georgian 19th century square inlaid marquetry box with domed top, and one (1) English Georgian […]
Lot 616: Reuge Skeleton Music Box, 3 "Nutcracker" Tunes
Reuge Swiss "Skeleton" music box with glass sides allowing the listener to watch the interior cylinder as it plays, all supported on gilt bronze dolphin feet. Label to underside lists the 3 tunes played: March of the Toy Soldiers, Waltz of the Flowers, and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, all from the Nutcracker Suite […]
Lot 614: Graphoscope with 53 Photographic Cards
Ebonized wood and glass "Souvenir de Paris" table top stereo graphoscope with fifty-three (53) stereoview photographic cards depicting scenic views of England. Majority of cards are untitled, makers are not identified. Graphoscope: 9" H x 5 3/4" W x 3 1/2" D. Cards approximately: 6 1/4" H x 10" W. PROVENANCE: Private West Tennessee Collection, […]
Lot 613: Lick Observatory Brochure / Book & Postcards; George Wharton James
Three (3) items relating to the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, CA. One (1) book/brochure HOW WE CLIMB TO THE STARS AND THE LICK OBSERVATORY, by George Wharton James, San Francisco, The Bancroft Company, 1887. Scarce early work of James, a 39 page print-on-demand stapled softcover. Poetic look at the origins of how Mount Hamilton was […]
Lot 612: 2 19th C. Barometers: Marquetry and Admiral Fitzroy
1st item: English Victorian or Edwardian "Admiral Fitzroy's" barometer or weather station with leaf, scroll and rosette carved pediment, urn finials, enclosing barometer, storm tube and thermometer mechanisms with printed paper register plate and instructions to top section. Applied brass presentation inscription plaque at base, engraved: "Presented to the Reverend Canon J. Herbert Jones M.A. […]
Lot 611: Ithaca Belgrade 6 1/2 Double Dial Calendar Clock
Ithaca Belgrade No. 6 1/2 Double Dial Calendar shelf clock. Ash case, pierced pediment, and conforming pendulum with geometric and floral decoration typical of the Eastlake period. Black 8 in. stepped dial with gold-tone Roman numerals, outer minute track, and polished brass bezels; pierced brass hands. Black 8 in. calendar dial with 31 outer divisions […]
Lot 610: 4 European Wood Boxes, incl. Stamp Box
Grouping of four (4) European wood keepsake or storage boxes inclusing one (1) box with satinwood inlaid edges and applied gilt brass mount to the lid and escutcheon with purple fabric lining, one (1) mother-of-pearl inlaid burlwood box with blue fabric lining, one (1) stamp box with sliding lock mechanism and one (1) small lacquer […]
Lot 609: Two Gurkha Kukri Knives in Shadowbox Frame
Two (2) Gurkha Kukri knives including one with Wootz Damascus style blade, together with a leather scabbord with Arabic inscription. All housed in a shadowbox frame. Both blades measure approx. 12" L, one measures approx 16" total L, the other approx. 19 1/4" L. Box measures 3" H x 25 1/4" L x 13" D. […]
Lot 608: 21 Asst. European, Central American, & Middle Eastern Knives
Grouping of twenty-one (21) European, Central American, and Middle Eastern knives and daggers by various makers, having steel blades, handles and pommels comprised of materials including wood, horn, hardstone, and metal. Fourteen (14) with leather sheaths, three (3) with metal sheaths, three (3) with wooden sheaths, boxes, or mounts, and one (1) with a horn […]
Lot 606: 3 Antique Gun Cases Incl. Westley Richards, James Purdey
1st Item: Antique gun case with rosewood exterior, mortised brass corner reinforcements and screws, brass sliding latch mechanisms, and non-monogrammed brass medallion; interior reworked in new green felt with stabilized partitions, retains matching felt cloth and chromed gun oil jar stamped "Made in England" underneath. Exterior 32" L x 8 1/4" D x 3 1/2" […]
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