5cm high, 110.5cm wide, 33.4cm deep

136 A CONTINENTAL BRASS SHOE SNUFF BOX PROBABLY DUTCH, 19TH CENTURY with a hinged cover, copper laces, steel studs and wooden heal and sole 14.5cm long £200300

137 A TREEN SHOE THIMBLE HOLDER LATE 19TH CENTURY inlaid with various metals, with two thimbles; together with a novelty snuff box in the form of a book (2) 14cm long (max) £100150

138 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN TREEN MAHOGANY SNUFF SHOES MID19TH CENTURY with brass tack decoration of swags and flowerheads, with metal toe and heel rims, with sliding covers (2) 10cm long, 14.2cm high £150250

λ 140 AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH TREEN MINIATURE WINE COOLER DATED ‘1839’ of staved construction of alder and sycamore, brass bound the underside inscribed in ink ‘S. Cooke Jany 28th 1839’, a Victorian rosewood and copper mounted disc snuff box, together with a treen chip carved snuff box, with a sliding cover (3) 8.3cm (max) Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100150 141 FIVE VICTORIAN SCOTTISH MAUCHLINE WARE SNUFF BOXES 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY one with lattice decoration, the lid with a silver plaque inscribed ‘David Mitchell Mill Wright’, two of disc form, one with painted decoration and with a printed label ‘at a pinch’, the other with a poem ‘the lovers wish’, a Tartan ware example and a sycamore snuff box, the lid printed with a smiling cat inscribed ‘ha ha ha I’ve eaten the canary’ (5) 9cm max. Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100150

λ 142 THREE HORN SNUFF BOXES EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER one with engine turned decoration to the lid, one of oval form with a tortoiseshell lid, the other a French example, the lid pressed with a classical scene, depicting Petrarch at the fountain of Vaucluse, together with a horn spoon (4) 12.4cm max. Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100150

143 A GEORGE III LACQUERED WOOD SNUFF BOX DATED ‘1791’ of navette shape, the hinged lid with a silver plaque inscribed ‘R. Jeffery 1791’, together with a black laquered snuff box, the lid decorated with a coaching scene, after James Pollard, titled ‘Stage Coach & Opposition Coach in Sight’, together with a walnut tobacco box, inlaid with a parquetry lozenge with a sliding end, revealing a lined compartment (3) 13cm max. Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman £100150

144 A COLLECTION OF BRASS SNUFF BOXES AND VESTA CASES 19TH CENTURY including: a combination snuff box with two dials, a Welsh miner’s snuff box, dated ‘1885’ and inscribed ‘George E. Hicks, Tydfil Arms Merthyr’, a snuff shoe and two vesta cases one in the form of a bull the other a lion’s head (6) 7.6cm (max) Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100150 145 THREE GEORGE III TÔLE NUTMEG GRATERS LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY painted to simulate tortoiseshell, each with a hinged lid and base together with a tôle tobacco box, with a hinged top and end with a pipe compartment (4) 12.6cm (max) Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100150

146 FOUR BRASS POCKET TINDER OR CANDLE BOXES POSSIBLY DUTCH, 19TH CENTURY each of cylindrical form, three with a lift-off lid held on a chain and an adjustable base, one of Great Exhibition interest decorated with a view of Crystal Palace and dated ‘1851’, one with a hinged top and base (4) 6.7cm (max) Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £80120

147 A COCONUT OVAL SNUFF BOX LATE 18TH CENTURY relief carved with scrolling leaves, a seated figure, a shield and musical trophies, togetherwith a coquilla nut snuff box, carved with leaves and the Lamb of God and a coquilla nut nutmeg grater 10.5cm max. (3) Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £100150

λ 148 A SAILOR’S ROSEWOOD AND PALMWOOD JEWELLERY BOX MID19TH CENTURY of rectangular form, mounted with tortoiseshell and bone, the interior with whale bone fitting and a picture frame to the underside of the cover 8.5cm high, 20cm wide, 15cm deep Catalogue Note It is thought that this could be a piece of sailor’s work given the exotic woods and other materials that have been used. £200300

150 149 A FOLK ART PAINTED FISH DECOY 20TH CENTURY with two metal suspension rings 24.5cm long £100150

150 A SAILOR’S TREEN AND ROPEWORK STAFF MID19TH CENTURY the pommel carved as a man’s bearded head on a metal shaft bound in waxed, knotted rope 131cm £200300

151 A HALF-BLOCK DIORAMA MODEL OF A COBLE PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY the wooden hull with painted sides and set on a beach beneath a cloudy sky, framed 15.5 x 41.5cm Catalogue Note A handwritten note attached to the reverse gives details of the history of the coble boat, its design and their use on the north east coast of England. £300500

152 KITCHENALIA INTEREST. A COLLECTION OF CHOPPERS 18TH / 19TH CENTURY possibly for herbs or root vegetables, each with a steel blade, some with pierced decoration and with a variety of handles, including brass, wood, bronze and steel 29.5cm (max) Provenance ‘A Lifetime of Collecting’ - The Property of a Gentleman. £300500

153

153 A VICTORIAN HEART-SHAPED SWEETHEART OR VALENTINE CUSHION LATE 19TH CENTURY with beadwork decoration around a printed silk portrait of the Queen, in a naturalistic setting supported on three stylised buildings and with various lead soldiers around the base, together with another in the form of an anchor profusely decorated with beadwork and two poems, both cased (2) 50.5 x 50.5cm (max) £100150

154 154 TWO CASED HEART-SHAPED SWEETHEART OR VALENTINE’S CUSHIONS LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY with beaded decoration, including one with a Queen’s Own West Kent Regiment badge and another dated 1898 in a tramp art case, another celebrating Peace Proclaimed on June 28 1919, and a needlework cushion inscribed ‘To My Darling Mother From your Loving Son’ (4) 40 x 35cm (max) £100150

155 A COLLECTION OF SIX HEART-SHAPED SWEETHEART OR VALENTINE’S CUSHIONS LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY including examples made by members of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders and The Devonshire Regiments, another celebrating the coronation of Edward VII and three others (6) 26 x 24cm (max) £100150

156

156 A SILVERED MERCURY GLASS WITCH BALL LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY 15cm diameter £100150

157 A FOLK ART CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME ARTICULATED ‘JUMPING JACK’ JESTER LATE 19TH CENTURY double sided and painted in bright colours 30.5cm high £100150

158 A COLLECTION OF GLASS MARBLES 19TH CENTURY AND LATER in various colours and sizes (A lot) 4.2cm diameter (max) £200300 157