Curios

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1910-1920The Largest: 15” wide x 11” high x 16” deepThe Smallest: 2.75” square x 3.5” highOther measurements available on requestThe beautiful collection of eight mixed natural history specimens each rod mounted on an ebonised circular plinth stands, with some...

Origin: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1916Shield Height: 11 inchesShield Width: 9 inchesDepth (with Head): 10 inchesOffering Philip the fox, preserved in excellent condition considering his age, mounted upon a good quality shaped shield with hand-painted script: “Found At Orange Hays…Killed At Chartley Park, Jan...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown    Date: c.1950Width: 25.5 inchesHeight: 36 inchesDepth: 3 inches     The three foot hand painted lighting bracket from a fairground hoopla stall decorated with highly stylised wing and bull’s-eye motifs, and having four light bulb fitments and cast...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid/Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Wilfred Harris M.P.S. Dispensing Chemist, Bournemouth, UKDate: c.1870Base Diameter: 3 inchesHeight: 8 inches(each)The large clear glass bottles having  the original multi faceted cut stoppers with shield shaped painted labels in black lettering on a gold leaf ground the...

Origin: South Pacific/Indian OceanPeriod: Early/Mid Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1900-50Height: 5.25 inchesDepth: 8 inchesWidth: 14 inches (all at maximum)The preserved giant clam (Tridacna gigas) shell survives from the south pacific or Indian oceans from the first half of the twentieth century.The shell is decoratively still...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid/Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1865-85The Case:Depth: 5”Width: 12.25”Height: 9”The beautifully preserved Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), the specimen set poised upon a typical Duncan wooden block and housed within a beautiful scientific sparse museum case with original black painted surface, the whole being beautifully...

Origin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c.1950-70 The Case: Height: 10 inches Width: 8.25 inches Depth: 1.75 inches The glazed pine shadow box case housing four specimens of silk moth (Bombyx mori) surviving from the middle of the twentieth century. The...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Nineteenth Century Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1880Diameter: 2.75 inchesHeight: 8 inchesOf a rich deep cobalt colour bearing an original green glass square stopper with painted gilt label ‘P.RHEI” for powder of Rhubarb.The condition is very good with the label in superb order and the...

Origin: Probably FrenchPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1920-30Height: 35 inchesModelled as Pierrot/Pierrette, having a cloth covered plaster face with painted eyes and lips wearing a silk clown outfit, surviving from the first quarter of the twentieth century.The condition of the doll is generally sound,...

Origin: American Period: Jurassic Provenance: Found in Moab, Utah, USA Date: c.200-145 million years BP The Largest: 8 cms long Weight: 555 grams Each with varying degrees of orange, black, grey and white, the fossilized dinosaur coprolite (dung) found in Moab, Utah, USA. In...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20th CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1900-10Height: 10.5 inchesLength: 12 inchesWidth: 9 inches (all at maximum)Base Diameter: 6.5 inchesRod mounted on a large ebonised circular plinth stand with iron shaped balancing rod, the large and complete armadillo shell having a curled tail, survives from...

Origin: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1914Shield Height: 11 inchesShield Width: 9 inchesDepth (with Head): 11.25 inchesIntroducing Margo the fox, preserved in excellent condition considering her age, mounted upon a good quality shaped shield with hand-painted script: “Found At Cold Norton Gorse…Killed At Hoses Wood,...

Origin: AmericanPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: Fagin`s Phonograph Emporium CollectionDate: c.1905-15    Diameter: 22 inchesLength: 30 inchesWith hand painted floral `Pansie` interior with rose ground and labelled `TCT` for the Tea Tray Co. within an oval, the eleven panel tin phonograph horn in Edison-Bell style hailing...

Origin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c.1900-20 Diameter: 1.75 inches (at maximum) The small hand carved bone novelty tape measure intricately worked to form a mermaid, the finned tail retracting to 150cms/59 inches as the tape, the mermaid body acting as...

Origin: AsianPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1920-40 Length: 14 inchesWidth: 12.5 inches (at widest point)The heart shaped carapace, probably from a relatively young male, having well-defined segments (scutes) to the shell, and well-formed skeletal ribs on the underside.The condition is superb with a beautiful...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early Twentieth CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: 1914-20Height: 11 inchesDiameter: 6 inchesThe beautifully proportioned six-inch terrestrial globe with uncalibrated brass half meridian on a turned ebonised base, composed of twelve printed gores, depicting the steamship routes of the Panama Canal on pea green oceans, the...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: UnknownDate: c.1900-10Height: 14 inchesWidth: 18 inchesDepth: 1.5 inchesThe pine case, with lift off air tight glazed lid and black cotton surround, displaying an array of sixty specimens of butterflies.The case is in good condition and can easily be...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late Victorian & ContemporaryProvenance: UnknownDate: c.1880 & c.2013Height: 45 inches (the whole)The Chair: 19.5 inches deep x 19.5 inches wideThe large and fine stuffed and mounted hooded crow (Corvus cornix) specimen perched on a late victorian button-back leather upholstered walnut nursing chair...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: 21st CenturyProvenance: UnknownDate: c.2013 Length: 33 inches (at maximum)The large hare, hung as dead game, is preserved to the finest degree.Epitaph on a Hare (1784) by William CowperHere lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue,Nor swifter greyhound follow,Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew,Nor...

Origin: EnglishPeriod: 21st Century & EdwardianProvenance: UnknownDate: The Mount c.2013, the Hat c.1900Height: 24.5 inches (the whole, at maximum)Hat Diameter: 11 inches (at maximum)The well-preserved and mounted adult crow specimen with its wings spread is perched on a tatty Edwardian period collapsible black silk...