Curios

Origin: GermanPeriod: Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1927Height: 5 inchesMaximum Width: 2.5 inchesA cute little mohair plush golden bear, with moving arms and legs, and a detachable head. Pulling his head off reveals a cut glass perfume bottle, complete with original stopper. Schuco was the trade...

Origin: BritishPeriod: Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1920-30Length: 16 inchesCompact Width: 2.5 inches The Burdizzo is a castration device, which employs a large clamp designed to break the blood vessels leading into the testicles. Once the blood supply to the testicles is lost, testicular necrosis occurs,...

A rather cheerful 1930's bottle stopper in the form of Winston Churchill The cork is in tact but due to the delicate painted papier-mache construction the head has several areas of loss. However, these chips undoubtedly give the piece the vintage character it so...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1903Height: 3 inchesWidth: 5.25 inchesThe antique ceramic jelly mould in the form of a sunflower, the base marked W.H.L. R.d 406531.The mould is in good overall clean order, with some minor discoloration spots to the interior, but with...

Origin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c.1895 Compact length: 30 inches Extended length: 40.5 inches Maximum width: 17 inches Maximum Height: 18 inchesThe telescopic under carriage on a plinth with bracket feet extending to 103 x 45 cms. This enlarger would have been...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1930 The Case: Height: 20 inches Width: 29.5 inches Depth: 8.5 inches Badger Length: 25 inchesA taxidermy badger, in a naturalistic case, decorated with grasses and ferns. The snarling adult badger has original claws and teeth, glass eye and...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1990Length: 30 inchesHeight: 16.5 inchesAn original sign, with 'Cromer Street' lettered in black, and 'London Borough of Camden', 'WC1' and the borough logo in orange, on a white ground. In good, fresh condition, with no loss to the enamel...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early Nineteenth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1820Length: 17.5 inches (the whole)Mask: 8 inches high x 5 inches wide The neutral ebony papier-mâché mask with a turned and tapered gilt painted wooden handle stick, with later hanging block and loop.The reverse reveals the word 'Hero'...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1870Height: 8 inchesWidth: 6.5 inchesBox: 11.25 x 9.5 inchesThe life size thick plaster moulded death mask of George Stafford Wright (known as Stafford), son of G.T. and Francis Anna Maria Wright, Born on the 13th April 1864, Died 18th January...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late Nineteenth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1880Length: 4.5 inches (compact)Width: 0.5 inchesMaximum Length: 5.5 inches (with pencil/nib)The part-fluted cylindrical barrel stamped S Mordan & Co, this example has no mechanisms, rather the user interchanges between the protracting pen and pencil neatly stored away at...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: The Hancock Museum (now the Great North Museum: Hancock)Date: c.1890-19000The Case:Depth: 4.25”Width: 14”Height: 13”The beautifully preserved great grey shrike (Lanius Excubitor) ; a rare British visitor; the specimen housed within a beautiful scientific sparse museum case, the pine sides later...

Origin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c.1950-70 The Dome: Height: 8 inches Diameter: 5 inches (at base) The turned and stained oak base having a glass dome cover, containing four preserved butterfly specimens each positioned round a naturalistic setting, survives from...

Origin: Probably Chinese or Possibly JapanesePeriod: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1800-1900No.1: 8.75” x 5”No.2: 10.75” x 6.5”No.3: 13.5” x 4.5” (all at extremities)The graduated group of three aragonite, possibly zibowen, scholar's rocks or viewing stones, as representations of jagged mountain ranges showing peaks and...

Origin: English with the Specimen Indo-Pacific/AtlanticPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1900-1920Height: 26.25 inchesBase Diameter: 2.75 inches (all at extremities)The preserved flexible skeleton specimen of Antipatharia black coral, mounted on a turned ebonised plinth survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century.The specimen and...

Origin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1920-25Height: 32 inchesWidth: 6.5 inches at shouldersThe large boudoir doll with silk covered face and painted features, inset lashes, white floss silk hair set in earphone style having carved wood and composition lower limb sections with high heel shoes...

Origin: Benghazi, LibyaPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1930Varying Widths From: 3.75” to 8.5”The collection of nine preserved specimens of Porifera or sponge in differing sizes collected on the beaches of Benghazi in Libya in the early par of the twentieth century.The specimens all show...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late Nineteenth / Early Twentieth Century Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1895-1910The Case:Height: 12 inchesWidth: 16 inchesDepth: 2 inchesThe glazed mahogany display case with hinged sides for access and off white interior housing a collection of butterflies native to Britain containing approximately forty five specimens...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late Nineteenth / Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1900    Depth: 5 inches (at maximum)Width: 15 inches (with shield)Height: 20 inches (with shield)Once upon a time, there was a tiger named Tim who was pretty useless at hunting and went hungry.  He was always...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: N/A Provenance: Unknown Date: Twentieth Century Length: 10cmsTwo threaded apertures for fitting: 1) 2cms diameter 2) 1.5cms diameterA fine verdigris patinated brass tap, the handle in the form of a resting frog. There is an indistinct maker's stamp on the side. It...

Origin: BritishPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1930Box Height: 4.5 inchesBox Width: 13 inchesBox Depth: 9 inchesDifficult to find in such presentable order, this wonderfully stimulating toy consists of sixteen parts of interlocking track, including a two-part tinplate bridge, which, once assembled, resembles a figure...