Metal, Wood, Stone, Early Plastic etc.

A finely decorated late 19th Century Renaissance / Gothic styled copper / bronze twin-handled plague by Gustav Grohe 1829-1906

A mid Victoran Egg Cruet comprising five egg cups and a stand with handle.

An ivory clad pagoda form home shrine to the bodhisattva Kannon (known in China as Guanyin). The roof panels are carved with a dragon amongst stylized clouds and lotus leaves. The 'body' of the building housing the miniature Kannon is decorated with phoenix and bands of flowers and lotus petals. This item was probably made in Japan duringthe Meiji period (1868-1911)

Condition: there are two roof panels missing (one from the top and one from the back); a small door handle is missing and the roof edge and two of the corners of the pagoda base are chipped.

20cm (8 inches) high; 10cm (4 inches) wide at the base. 

Please note - purchasers from outside the European Union will require a CITES Certificate and may also require import documentation within their own country.

A bronze Lion with its original dark patination made in China, possibly as a censer, during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644, most likely during the 16th or early 17th Century.

Condition: there are some very old losses to the applied decoration - a part of the "beard" is missing,the right ear has been re-attached and the base has an old wood block infill; there has been no restoration.

14.5cm (5.7 inches)high; 14cm (5 inches) across.

A small composition stone gothic / medieval style gargoyle, probably made during the first quarter of the 20th Century.

Condition: excellent - no damages or losses.

11cm (4.3 inches) across; 10.5cm (4.2 inches) high.

An unusual boot shaped copper vessel made as a water warmer or kettle. The elongated flattened 'toe' of the boot is made for insertion under the hot coals of a kitchen range. This rare item was made in the 19th Century or early 20th Century, probably circa 1875 to 1910.

Condition: excellent - with little wear.

36cm ( 14 inches) long; 14.5cm (5.7 inches) high.

A cast iron figure of a sailor, titled "Britains Pride" and bearing the design number 320316 which was registered in 1898.

Condition: there is an old (probably contemporary) bolted repair and with old patina.

29cm (11.2 inches) high; base -14cm (5.5 inches) wide

A rare and unusually large souvenir piece of wood cut from a beam from the painted chamber which was one of the oldest parts of the original Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), destroyed by the Great Fire of 1834. This piece of oak forms the back of a Mahogany Coin Collector's Cabinet which was made circa 1835-1850.

The writing on this ancient wood panel reads: "The Oak forming this cabinet is part of a Beam removed from under the floor of the Painted Chamber (being part of the wood used in the original building in the reign of Edward the Confessor) and removed after the fire of Thursday October 16th, 1834 by permission of the Honorable Commissioner .. of His Majesty's Woods & Forests by ...." We have not deciphered the name and signature at the bottom and we have not yet identified the wax seal (bottom left).

Condition: the panel is split in two vertically and there are very old horizontal cracks visible top left. The panel is 29.2 cm (11.5 inches) high; 24.1cm (9.5 inches) high. The mahogany cabinet is heavy and is

33 cm (13 inches) high; 31.8cm (12.5 inches) wide and 30.5cm (12 inches) deep

According to the official parliament website (www.parliament.uk) "In the 13th century King Henry III .. built .. the Painted Chamber as a private apartment on foundations in parallel to the present-day St Stephen's Hall, and it is said that St Edward the Confessor had died in a room which previously occupied the site." "The room was as grand and as colourful as the King (Henry III) and his craftsmen could make it. It was long and narrow, and housed a canopied state bed at one end. "The destruction of the Painted Chamber was perhaps the greatest artistic loss of the fire that ravaged Parliament in 1834. One of the wonders of medieval Europe, it was named after its magnificent thirteenth-century wall paintings of biblical kings, virtues and vices, and the coronation of Edward the Confessor." http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/t-clark/interior-of-painted-chamber-after-the-fire-1834/1638

A relief decorated brass vase made in Syria in the  19th Century. Similar, more recently made, vessels decoratively customized to Western taste, are pictured in the 1907 catalogue of  the Army and Navy Co-operative Society (department store) and in the 1913 Christmas catalogue of A.W. Gamage Ltd (Gamages) of Holborn, London described as "Syrian raised Brass Heart Shape Fern Pot No.X.2"; and also 

Condition: very well used with old unpolished patina; no losses and no repairs or restoration.

18cm / 7 inches high; 23cm / 9 inches across

A silver pendant comprising a silver mounted 1889 Queen Victoria  'Jubilee Bust' crown with a 61cm / 24 inch box chain.

A solid Sterling Silver tea strainer made by London silversmiths Wakely & Wheeler of  Hatton Garden and assayed in London in 1919,

Condition: excellent - no damages or losses.

14cm / 5.5 inches long; 5.7cm / 2.25 inches diameter.

A rare large antique brass Lion Head door knocker probably made during the first half of the 19th Century

Condition: very good - no damages or losses. There is some copper oxidation and there is only about 50% of the original gilding remaing.

Approx. 18cm / 7 inches long.