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Strand of large Peking glass beads c1920

Price: £25

This is a striking string of beads that are Peking glass. Peking glass was created as a more economical alternative to jade and is a favorite stone for beads and and costume jewellery from the 1920s. With barrel clasp.

Pair of silver fobs adapted as earrings, Birmingham 1904 & 1905

Price: £75

This is a wonderful way to upcycle two watchain fobs. These fobs were earned by the same person for ;perfect attendance by the Kent Education Commitee. Although they are undated the silver marks indicate the years 1904 and 1905. These have very fine quality siliver work. It bears the coat of arms for the KEC. These have been set on silver earring hooks.

Silver cuff bracelet set with Scottish banded carnelian stone, Birmingham 1975

Price: £85

This is a very striking bracelet set with a very large Scottish.banded canelian stone. The setting is a very simple and elegant three band design. Bears full silver marks for Birmingham 1975. The makers mark is AP.

French Orientalist etching aquatint - Paris La Rue Saint Rustique

Price: £30

This is a beautile small etching aquatint that is signed. One reverse is the printers label of "Georges Hautecoer & Co. Gravures Encadements 172 Rue de Rivoli Paris". It is a scene of a very famous street in the Monmarte district of Paris. The signature is illegible but it is lovely quality.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Hieroglyphic wall plaque c2000

Price: £15

This is a very detailed plaque that depicts an Egyptian owl. It is a replica from Tutenkhamun's tomb that was issued by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Blackpool souvenir teapot c1920

Price: £30

This is a wonderful souvenir teapot from Blackpool with a pewter cover. Blackpool was a very popular holiday destination for brits back one hundred years or so.

Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea coast of England. It's known for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an old-school amusement park with vintage wooden roller coasters. Built in 1894, the landmark Blackpool Tower houses a circus, a glass viewing platform and the Tower Ballroom, where dancers twirl to the music of a Wurlitzer organ.

Japanese satsuma style match stick holder c1940

Price: £35

This is a lovely little figure of a Japanese man holding a vessel that is used to hold matches. It is done in a satsuma style motif and is marked Made in Japan on the bottom. A lovely souvenir from a trip long ago.

LOT 16

Indian tribal necklace, 19th century

Estimate: £100 – 150

11d 10h 38m

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Edwardian large text magnifying glass with horn handle c1910

Price: £25

This is a very usual large magnifying glass that has a buffalo horn as a handle. It would have been used to read the newspaper, as the text was so small. It is brass.

Japanese Celadon Dish decorated basket of flowers, circa 1900

Price: £45

An unusual shallow dish of lobed and fluted circular form, the rich celadon glaze decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a basket of flowering lotus, the design slightly off centre, the reverse with a blue transfer mark representing fungus (a plant traditionally symbolising long life).

Celadon glazed wares with enamel decoration in fairly muted colours are a familiar product amongst the ceramics produced by Japanese potters at the end of the nineteenth century but examples of this type of dish are rather less commonly found. The basket of flowers is a regular decorative feature of Chinese ceramics, but given here a slightly different interpretation with the depiction of lotus, the emblem of summer. The mark probably imitates Chinese ‘commendation’ marks inscribed within the foot rim, another nod on the part of the Japanese potters towards their Chinese counterparts.

African wood figural group, Guinea c1970

Price: £35

This is a carved wood group depicitng a woman carrying water with a pig, fruit and other household implements.

Large suede pouch bag with consertina opening c1930

Price: £65

This is a wondeful large handbag comprising a brown suede pouch with a brass opening. It is unlned.

LOT 15

Long lapis lazuli bead necklace c1980

Estimate: £20 – 30

11d 10h 36m

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LOT 14

Outstanding Art Deco necklace with French jet and rock crystal beads c1920

Estimate: £120 – 150

11d 10h 34m

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Toulouse Lautrec poster entitled Jane Avril c1950

Price: £125

This is a very good example of the Jane Avril poster by Lautrec. This is originally was printed in 1893. This print is very true to the original and is not a current reprint. It has been photographed out of the frame to show its age and the trueness of the colours.

Victorian Black Watch iron doorstop c1890

Price: £25

This is a whimsical doorstop in the form of a Black Watch soldier. It is made of cold painting iron.>p The Royal Highlanders, also referred to as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish regiment of the British Army. Part of its notability is due to its longevity, having been initially conceived in 1725.

Japanese Arita Square Sake Flask and Cover decorated flowers, C20th

Price: £25

This is a rather striking example of a Japanese sake flask of less conventional form. The slender square form rectangular body (compare lot XX) is topped with a slender slightly concave neck of gently conical form, the top capped by a stopper like cover. On one of the corners is an elaborate loop form handle and on the other a short spout. The base is flat and unglazed. The decoration is rather hybrid. The iron red and gold scrolling pattern at the top recalls kutani pieces, but the main body, with its heavily enamelled chrysanthemum heads employing a wide variety of colours, looks almost towards satsuma wares. The combination is quite arresting if not eyecatching and raises the question of whether there was once a set of cups with a matching design… The slightly ‘brassy’ look to the gilding indicates an early C20th dating but probably no later than around 1920. Best regarded, perhaps, as a functional piece of whimsy!