781 R A GILT BRONZE PRESENTATION BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SOCIETY OF ARTS MEDAL awarded to “The Rt. Hon. Lord Rootes CBE for his work in the furtherance of Anglo-American Commerce. 1962”, in a John Pinches box
775 A LARGE CAST BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA on a carved and pierced hardwood stand, 13” £200-400
776 A COPPER RELIEF PANEL OF ADAM AND EVE in the Garden of Eden, probably Netherlandish in the first half of the 16th century, 7½” wide. This attribution was suggested by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1992. It was also noted that the work is not listed in Ingrid Webber’s book on Renaissance Plaquettes “DeutscheNiederlandische und Franzosische Renaissance Plaketten”.
782 A MEIJI PERIOD CAST BRONZE JARDINIÈRE of circular bellied form, decorated with fish swimming amongst plants, on three short feet with cast mark to the base, 13” wide
£500-800
777 A "GRAND TOUR" CARVED STONE TRIFORM INCENSE BURNER with a leaf-shaped pierced lid on a similarly leaf-carved base and on three lion monopodia supports with paw feet, probably circa 1780 with a later lid, 9" high
784 A BRASS BAR MOUNTING CORKSCREW “The Rapid” with turned wooden handle
£500-£1000
£50-100
780 R W. GILBERT: A TERRACOTTA HEAD AND SHOULDERS BUST of a female figure looking down, on a socle base, stamped to the reverse “W. Gilbert, Tipton”, 10” high
£100-200
785 A TABLE TOP TELESCOPE by “G & C Dixey, Opticians to the King, 3 New Bond Street, London”, a five drawer telescope with wooden mounting, on a tripod stand
779 R A VICTORIAN COPPER LOG BIN of circular riveted form, 21” wide
£300-500
£800-1,200
778 A CLASSICAL STONE DRAPED BUST on a square plinth mounted with a vacant cartouche, the bust possibly Roman and the base probably Renaissance, 10¾" high
£200-400
783 A REGENCY BRONZE AND MARBLE DESK STAND, the marble base with twin pen troughs and a central entwined carrying handle in the form of two snakes flanked by lobed inkwells with ormolu mounts, on animal paw feet, 13” wide
The form of this incense burner is derived from Roman examples illustrated by Piranesi.
£40-60
£40-80
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£200-400