Antiques & Modern Design
Lot: 1000 to 1970 - 21st Apr, 2023 10:00
This auction takes place at our Penzance saleroom
A Grand tour style bronze figure of Jason.
lot 51 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
20th century, on a circular base, height 26cm.
Sold for £160 More details 5
A cylindrical copper coal scuttle.
lot 52 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Circa 1900, with swing handle, height 47cm, together with two copper kettles, a St Dunstan's oak and brass tray, and other items (box).
Sold for £50 More details 7
An Eastern brass trinket box, engraved with script.
lot 53 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Width 9cm, together with a bronze model of a frog, a walnut circular barometer, a green glass fishing float, and other items (box).
Sold for £50 More details 5
A Britanic brass leather bound three draw telescope.
lot 54 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Stamped with a makers mark. total length 46 cm (extended)
Sold for £30 More details 5
A 19th century compass with printed card dial in a square mahogany box with chamfered edges
lot 55 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
10cm square, together with a 20th century French made brass compass in original packaging diameter 4cm together with a similar compass and a SIGLER ... read more
Sold for £110 More details 4
The Franklin Terrestrial 12" table globe 19th century.
lot 56 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
H B Nims & Co Troy New York, with brass hour circle on a turned walnut stand and cross stretcher, height 48cm.
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000 More details 16
A large Luftwaffe bomb fragment.
lot 57 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Purportedly found at RAF Tangmere, Battle of Britain 1940 era, length 43cm.
Sold for £45 More details 8
A bronze hot mark inscribed Cordero with a lamb and flag.
lot 58 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
12cm x 9.5cm.
Sold for £90 More details 4
A Rollie35 S camera with flash.
lot 59 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
With a leather case, and flash attatchment in original box.
Sold for £140 More details 7
An early 20th century mounted shark's jaw.
lot 60 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
On a mahogany oval panel, with a central inscribed brass plaque Tiger Shark Native of British West Indies, height 62cm width 30.5cm.
Sold for £400 More details 4
A pair of Old Sheffield plate candlesticks.
lot 61 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Early 19th century, with baluster stems and applied moulding, height 23cm, together with a pair of vine and grape mouded candelabra, small salvers, a ... read more
Sold for £45 More details 7
An early Victorian rosewood tea caddy.
lot 62 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Of sarcophagus form, internally fitted with two lidded compartments, width 35cm.
Sold for £45 More details 6
English School, early 19th century en grisaille.
lot 63 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
A miniature portrait of William Swan, 7.8X6.5cm, together with a printed miniature (2).
Sold for £30 More details 4
A pair of Victorian silhouette portraits.
lot 64 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
The Misses Lucy and Jane Maughan, 8.3X6.3cm, in moulded oval pear wood frames (2).
Sold for £40 More details 4
A 19th century Italian alabaster figure.
lot 65 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
The 'Penitent Magdalene', after Antonio Canova (1757-1822), modelled as a kneeling female with a skull. Height 28cm.
Sold for £110 More details 4
A lighter made from German submarine UC 5 1916.
lot 66 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Inscribed "Portion of U.C.5 German submarine minelayer captured 1916" to front, and "J.S" inscribed to the reverse. Length 7.5cm.
Sold for £60 More details 3
A piece of shrapnel from the Liner dual SS Carmania v SS Cap Trafalgar 1914.
lot 67 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Width 2.4cm, height 2cm, with inscribed brass base, diameter 6cm.
Sold for £120 More details 2
A piece of shrapnel from HMS Invincible at the Battle of the Falklands 8th December 1914.
lot 68 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
The piece of shrapnel measures height 5cm, width 3.5cm, mounted on a wooden base with a brass plaque.
Sold for £80 More details 5
A cassiterite specimen from Devon Poldice mine.
lot 69 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Devon Poldice mine Walkham United in Whitchurch (MA and CJM Chambers Mineral Collection 1993 label). 6cm x 4cm x 2,5cm.
Sold for £10 More details 4
A heavy cassiterite specimen from Freementor mine Devonshire.
lot 70 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
(Curnow fossils label and Edward R Loye label). 8cm x 5.5cm x 4cm.
Sold for £20 More details 4
A piece of shrapnel from the shelling of Hartlepool marked December 16th 1914.
lot 71 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Height 6cm x 4cm x 2cm, Inscribed to base "Hartlepool bombardment Dec 16th 1914".
Sold for £40 More details 3
A cannon shell recovered by Andy Saunders from the crash of Lieutenant Wagelein.
lot 72 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Crashed 30th November 1940, Biggin Hill.
Sold for £35 More details 2
A piece of German shell from the Shelling of Lowestoft.
lot 73 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Mounted on a plinth with a period anti-German poem, dated 9th of August 1915, 4.6cm x 3.6cm x 0.5cm.
Sold for £110 More details 4
A vesta made from copper from HMS Fourdrouyant - Nelson's flagship.
lot 74 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
5.2cm x 4cm x 1.4cm.
Sold for £45 More details 3
A good cassiterite specimen from Coronation Iode Geevor tin mine.
lot 75 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
The piece measures 8cm x 5.5cm 5.5cm.
Estimated at £40 - £60 More details 3
A large piece of RAF bomb casing shrapnel.
lot 76 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Mounted from Germany marked 'British bomb attach on Kiel 8th April 1941. Height 15cm, width 11cm, depth 2cm.
Sold for £30 More details 3
Shrapnel presentation from the Siege of Mafeking 1899.
lot 77 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
On a metal and enamel base, inscribed "Lionel Handson to Lawrie McGavin, siege of Mafeking 1899". The piece of shrapnel measures length 8.8cm, width ... read more
Sold for £160 More details 3
An Indian brass and pewter inlaid black lacquered brass oil lamp base.
lot 78 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Circa 1900, the base cast as three seahorses, height 37cm.
Estimated at £40 - £60 More details 3
A green and black painted pond yacht.
lot 79 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Circa 1920, with a lead weighted keel, length 70.5cm.
Sold for £40 More details 3
A Roy Thedvall coast candleholder modelled as bladderwrack seaweed.
lot 80 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Incorporating a pebble, height 34cm
Sold for £45 More details 5
Two alluvial tin pebbles from Nanjizal, Land End.
lot 81 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
The larger of the pebbles measures length 14cm, width 7.5cm, depth 7cm. The smaller pebble measures Length 10cm, width 6cm, depth 4cm.
Sold for £20 More details 3
4 cut sections of cassiterite.
lot 82 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
One brecciated specimen, one each from Penpell, Trevaunance and Carbis Bay. The largest piece measures 14cm x 9.5cm x 2.6cm.
Estimated at £50 - £100 More details 3
Plymouth breakwater medallion.
lot 83 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
A copy, struck in tin, diameter 5.4cm.
Sold for £20 More details 2
A copper ashtray made from the German submarine Deutschland.
lot 84 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
18cm x 13.4cm x 1.5cm.
Sold for £25 More details 3
lot 85 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Plymouth Breweries (glass) and Dennifords mineral waters (ceramic) Plymouth.
Estimated at £20 - £40 More details 3
A Brass port hole from a shipwreck on Chesil Beach, Dorset.
lot 86 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Diameter 24.5cm.
Sold for £15 More details 5
A pewter plate marked 1759 inscribed with the owner's initials.
lot 87 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Diameter - 22.5cm.
Estimated at £30 - £40 More details 4
Two bookends made from the teak of HMS Iron Duke Jutland 1916.
lot 88 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Each carved with a galleon, one with applied brass plaque. Height 17cm.
Sold for £50 More details 5
lot 89 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
'Prohibition of gate opening' and fines of 40 shillings, By repute from Princetown Railway, Yelverton, Devon. Length 78cm, width 25cm, depth 1.5cm.
Sold for £40 More details 2
A Sea King helicopter flight collective lever.
lot 90 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Length - 88cm, in poor condition.
Sold for £15 More details 3
Ten ginger beer bottles from Dorset; Weymouth, and Dorchester specifically.
lot 91 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Height of tallest bottle 20cm.
Sold for £90 More details 5
A 60lb concrete rocket practice warhead fired by Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft.
lot 92 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Height - 62cm.
Estimated at £50 - £100 More details 1
A Madagascan fossil tree section.
lot 93 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Height 44.5cm.
Sold for £120 More details 3
A pair of acid-etched monogrammed glass panels.
lot 94 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Probably Victorian, 116cm x 32cm x 0.8cm.
Sold for £30 More details 2
Two small sections of the Hejaz railway Saudi Arabia.
lot 95 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Including a cross-section of rail and two original photographs of wrecked locomotives in the desert. The railway with connections to Lawrence of ... read more
Sold for £160 More details 8
Nine various Plymouth soda syphons including two turquoise in colour.
lot 96 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
1920's onwards, to include W.Biscombe, H. Furguson and sons, Denniford and Son LTD, etc, The tallest bottle measures 32cm.
Sold for £70 More details 5
A German inert drill 1kg incendiary bomb shell.
lot 97 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
35cm in length.
Sold for £45 More details 5
A mounted Piece of a German torpedo.
lot 98 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Taken from SS Nike, December 12th 1917. The piece measures 26cm in length, 10.6cm in height.
Sold for £50 More details 4
A Shell nose fuse marked 'Battle of the Somme 1st July 1916'.
lot 99 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
Width 6.5cm, height 6.5cm.
Sold for £80 More details 3
A Boost gauge from the cockpit of a Royal Air Force fighter jet.
lot 100 (Antiques & Modern Design, 20th Apr, 2023)
(probably from a Typhoon). Diameter 6.5cm.
Sold for £10 More details 3