- A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF TEN VIRGINIA
TOOLED LEATHER KE...19th century, comprising:
steerhide handle, body, and base, lined with red calf skin, hourglass shape with subtle V shaped rim, black exterior with harness...
[more like this] - CHINESE EXPORT CHESS SET IN GILT AND
LACQUERED CASEmid 19th century, chess set (complete) with folding lacquered and gilt wood playing board and 32 carved ivory pieces, white pieces in the form of European rulers...
[more like this] - 50 PIECES SILVER TABLE ITEMSincluding
set of twelve American sterling, Bailey, Banks & Biddle demitasse spoons, hammer finish, cased; eighteen pieces German silver flatware, 800 fine six each of knives, forks,...
[more like this] - TWO EASTERN FIREARMSOttoman shishana
with round 45 in. barrel, large bore, ivory and silvered accents, overall 62-1/2 in. length; second firearm of unknown origin, possibly Asian, round 33 in. barrel, unmarked,...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SILVER TEA SERVICE, SILVER PLATE
TRAYLondon, 1856-1857, scroll and foliate decoration, bird finial, ivory spacers, one side with heraldic device belt cartouche and sheep, some gilt interiors, one side with...
[more like this] - GROUP OF THREE TORTOISESHELL/HORN MINIATURE
BOXESBritish/American, late 18th/19th century, comprising: tortoiseshell snuff box of rectangular form with hinged lid and open interior, paper label inscribed "Nathan Wright...
[more like this] - CHARLES WILLSON PEALE(American, 1741-1827)
Rare
and Important Portrait Miniature of George Washington, 1779, the "Colonel Nathaniel Ramsay miniature", painted after Washington's full length portrait from his 1779 sitting...
[more like this] - 29) BOOKS: BIG-GAME HUNTING, AFRICA,
NORTH AMERICA(lot of 29) Books, including: (1) "Ends of the Earth," Roy Chapman Andrews, 1929, (1) "Wild Beasts & Their Ways," Sir Samuel W. Baker, 1988, (1) "From Out of...
[more like this] - (41) BOOKS: BIG-GAME HUNTING, AFRICA,
FIREARMS(lot of 41) Books, including: (1) "American Hunting Rifles," Craig Boddington, 1995, (1) "Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them," Wade Bourne, 2000, (1) "Death...
[more like this] - (6) Assorted pierced and carved ivories
to include a small framed scene, (2) letter openers (1) of which with horse form handle and sterling band, with repair, pierced and carved cup lacking bottom, small figureal...
[more like this] - GENERAL WESTMORELAND IVORY CARVINGIvory
elephant bridge carving, originally presented to Gen. William Westmoreland -- commander of the U.S. forces in Vietnam -- by the commanding general, officers and soldiers of...
[more like this] - ESTATE COLLECTION OF CARVED IVORY: To
include 1) Carved figure of fisherman with net carved wood base. 4 3/4'' h. overall. 2) Pierced fan 8'' l. 3) Carved figure of seated Buddha carved wood base 3 3/4'' h. overall....
[more like this] - GROUP OF ASIAN CARVINGS including a
hardstone flowering peony branch candleholder - w: 7.5 in. green serpentine carving of a lotus leaf - w: 4.5 in. a gourdine cluster - length 6.25 in. serpentine leaf - length...
[more like this] - Lot of assorted Asian carved decoratives
and more. Includes a Maria Theresa Thaler style silver coin mounted with brackets on a sterling silver link necklace; a carved wood painted and gilt figural group with wax...
[more like this] - Austrian patinated bronze desk set,
two elephants on naturalistic base with incorporated inkwell (insert present), letter opener with elephant head (one side), bronze with ivory or bone tusks, stamped under...
[more like this] - Japanese etched ivory cylindrical pen
holder; together with a pair of Japanese ivory figural chop sticks and two letter openers 1) pen holder - etched jester in garden scene, 5 3/8 in. H.; 2) chop sticks - deity...
[more like this] - *A Group of Eight Chinese Ivory Articles
comprising a puzzleball two letter openers two figures of women a figure of an elephant a cigarette extender and a bottle. Height of tallest 10 1/4 inches....
[more like this] - Old Ivory Items including Two Elephant
Letter Knives 4 Carved Animal Figures Shell with Landscape Carving Eskimo Five Masks and Three Rings (16)...
[more like this] - Two Ivory Letter Openersmay also be
used as page turners; one features a carved elephant on arabesque scrolled base; the second featuring a rhinoceros carving.Elephant: 9 in.; Rhino: 8 in.Elephant: several small...
[more like this] - Good Chinese elephant ivory letter holder
canton, 19th century Of sectional construction, shield form back issuing a four tier holder, all carved in the typical canton palette of detailed figural landscapes, framed...
[more like this] - Fine Chinese elephant ivory letter holder
canton, early 19th century Of tall rectangular form, double dragon carved crest over seven 'day' sleeves all carved in high detail to show figural landscape, terminating...
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