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	Billiard Trophy SG152 Original, quality, silver plated trophy in the form of a cup mounted on three billiard cues, a triangle frame and three billiard balls, all on a circular plinth. This cup is engraved "Presented by C.Orlando Law to Stanley A Nicholls, Jan 10. 1910" and the underside is marked for the manufacturer "Mappin and Webb, Princes Plate, London and Sheffield". Some very minor dents otherwise, complete and in good order. 9.25" tall x 4" top diameter x 3.5" base diameter. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £115.00


Set of 4 Bowling Woods SG151 Original, quality set of 4 matching lignum vitae bowling woods, circa 1900, with inset ivory mounts. The woods are stamped for the maker "Taylor Rolf Co Ltd of London" and "5 1/8". The ivory plaques are each engraved with the intials "G.U" and 1 to 4. Lignum vitae is one of the few woods that will not float. A super set in super condition. 5" diameter. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £156.00


	Presentation Bowling Wood SG150 Original, quality lignum vitae bowling wood with two silver inserts, one with "1" and the other engraved "Wilts County Singles Championship 1939, Presented By RCBC". The wood is also impressed for the maker "Jaques and Son, London", '5' and 'Bias No3' and with a decorated carved frieze to both ends. A super example with provenance. Lignum vitae is one of the few woods that will not float. 4.75" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Race Horse Trophy Leather Sash SG148 Original, quality, brown polished leather, neck sash mounted with fifteen nickel shields, each with engraved details. The leather is double thickness and stitched and has nickel buckles to the top to take the original joining strap. The central lower shield details 'Curio Winner of Above Prizes, The Only Horse Winner of Six Premiums in Succession' (1904 to 1909). The other shields detail: '1904 First King Premium value £150', '1905 First King Premium value £150', '1907 First King Premium value £150', '1907 First & Champion at Shirley Show', '1906 First King Premium value £150', '1908 First King Premium value £150', '1909 First King Premium value £150', 'First Newmarket Stakes value £3,795', 'First in the Newmarket Derby value £297', 'Second in Ascot value £1,300', 'Second Craven Stakes value £605', 'Second in Epsom Grand Prize £2,561', 'Third in Two Thousand Guineas value £4,400' and 'Third in Newmarket Biennial Stakes value £485'. A super horse racing trophy, worn by the horse 'Curio', who was owned by the Russian Prince Soltykoff. All in great condition. Each strap 32" to point and 2.25" wide and each shield 2" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £1,600.00


	Pair of Lignum Vitae Bowling Woods SG147 A pair of original, quality, late 19th Century bowling woods turned in lignum vitae with ivorine insets, engrave 'E.S.' for a previous owner, and 'S' and impressed for the manufacturer 'Thomas Taylor of Glasgow'. Lignum vitae is heavy and hard and is one of the few woods that will not float. This pair have been cleaned, refurnished and are complete and in good order. 4.5" diameter. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £68.00


Lignum Vitae Bowling Woods, 4 Available SG146 Original, quality, late 19th Century, bowling woods turned from lignum vitae, two with ivory inserts. Lignum vitae is heavy and one of the few woods that will not float. All have been refinished and are complete and in good and working order. Approximately 5" diameter. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


	1912 Pewter Trophy Tankard SG145 Original, quality, half pint, pewter tankard with a side handle and a clear glass bottom. Engraved to the front 'Lysander R. C. 1912 Invitation Eights' and presented as a rowing trophy. Complete and in good order. 4" tall, 3.25" base diameter and 4" widest including handle. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


Rowing Trophy Shield SG141 Original, quality, tiny rowing trophy, with a hallmarked, silver, engraved plaque with a pair of silver oars crossed above, all mounted on a small oak shield. The plaque is engraved 'L. U. W. B .C' for the Liverpool University Women's Boat Club, 'Inter Faculty Tubs 21.05.29, Munro (Bow), Last (Str), Simpson (Cox)'. Although this shield originally had an easel stand, it now has a hanging ring. All is complete and in good order. 4.25" x 3.5" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Sandwich Box SG139 Original, quality, late 19th Century, silver plated on nickel sandwich box, with a double hinged back section to assist in taking out the sandwiches. This would be carried by a rider in a hunt, in a small leather case attached to the saddle. This example is engraved to the lid 'W. E. ?' and, other than the plate well rubbed in places, all is complete and in good order. 5.5" x 3.5" and 1.5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Pair of Cast Iron Dumbells SG137 A pair of original, quality, cast iron excercise dumbells circa 1900, embossed '7' to both and 'F H Ayres' to one. F H Ayres were a major manufacturer and supplier of sporting equipment from the mid 19th Century to the 1940's. This pair still retain the original black paintwork and are complete and in good order. 7.25" x 1.5" grip x 3.25". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Sporting Brass Pin Tray SG136 Original, quality pressed brass, double skinned, circular pin tray with a deep embossed picture of a swinging golfer. The reverse is stamped 'Made In England' and with the registration number for the year 1908. Has been polished and lacquered. Some wear to the knees area, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 4" diameter x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Sporting Brass Pin Tray SG135 Original, quality pressed brass, double skinned, circular pin tray with a deep embossed picture of a kneeling lawn green bowler. The reverse is stamped 'Made in England' and with the registration number for the year 1908. Has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 4" diameter x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	4 Boxing Medals SG133 Four original, quality matching bronze boxing award medals in the original hinged cases. The cases are detailed to the inside of the lid 'F. Phillips Medalist Aldershot' and the medals are engraved 'I. S. C. 1932 7st. 7. Winner L. G. Marshall', 'I. S. C. Winner L. G. B. Marshall 9st. 1934', 'I. S. C. 7st. 7lbs. Winner A. Marshall 1933' and 'I. S. C. Winner A. Marshall 8st. 7 1934'. All in superb condition. Boxes 3" x 2.75" x 0.5", medals 1.25" diameter. Price is for the four. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Set of 6 Silver Golfing Spoons SG129 Original, quality, boxed set of six hallmarked silver 'golf' presentation teaspoons in a hinged 'faux' shagreen box. Each spoon has crossed golf clubs and a golf ball to the front and the registration number and hallmark for the year 1926 to the reverse. Unused and complete and in good order. Price is for the set. Clcik on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Framed Photo of 1909/10 Hockey Team SG127 Original, quality framed and glazed photo of the Corinthian 1909/10 Hockey Team A, in the original oak frame. The team is detailed in pen beneath the photo 'G.W Martin, N Broadhead, E.D.H Rowntree, C.E Wallis (Capt), A Ludolf, J Thomas, W Whitbread, P.J.C King, R Ward, H Brown and S.G Johnson'. All is in good order, with a paper label to the reverse for the framer from Leeds. 13.75" x 11.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


Framed Photo of 1923/24 Football Team SG125 Original, quality framed and glazed photo of the 1923/24 football team of the 'British Patent Perforated Paper Co.', '2nd Division Champions' of the 'South Hackney & District Business Houses Athletic Association'. A detailed photo in superb condition, in the original plaster on wood frame. Complete and in good order. 15.25" x 13.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


	Set of 6 Ash Cricket Stumps SG123 Set of six original, quality, pre war cricket stumps turned in ash, with brass collars to the tops. All in the original finish, complete and in good and working order. 30" x 1.5" widest. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Gun Barrel Cleaning Rod SG118 Original, quality, early 19th century, blacksmith made wrought iron rod with a looped eye to one end and a double helix to the other. These were used to remove blockages in muzzle loading guns. All is complete and in good order. 9" x 1.25" x 5/8" helix. Other similar rods of various sizes may be available. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £45.00


	Gun Barrel Cleaning Rod SG115 Original, quality, early 19th century, blacksmith made wrought iron rod with a looped eye to one end and a double helix to the other. These were used to remove blockages in muzzle loading guns. All is complete and in good order. 41" x 0.75" x 0.5" helix. Other similar rods of various sizes may be available. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Horn Handled Gun Turn Screw SG96 Original, quality, 19th century, screw driver for a gun kit usually fitted within a cased rifle or pistol. This example has a cowhorn handle and the steel is marked 'Woodward & Sons' for the maker. Complete and in good and working order. 5.5" x 1.25" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Pair of Continental Ice Skates SG92 Pair of original, quality, pre-war, continental ice skates in beech with steel blades beneath and the original leather straps. The steel blades are impressed 'Friese Scheats' and the top surface of the wood is impressed L and R and 26 for the size. Some remains of a paper label to one skate and most of the original varnish to both. All is generally complete and in good order. 13.5" x 1.75" x 1.25" tall. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Sporting Trophy SG87 Original, quality, nickel plated on copper trophy shield mounted on an oak backboard with an easel backstand. The award is engraved 'Oxford Ditch Cruising Club, Navigation Competition 1954, First, H.G. Loversidge', 'SVRAT' and has an embossed cameo of a speed boat on the move. Complete and in good order. Backmount 5.75" x 5" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	Oak Game Carry Rack SG80 Original, quality, late 19th century, oak rack with leather carry grip and brass mounts. This example was designed to carry pigeons and partridges with the heads inserted up through the hole and slid along. A well made game shooting accessory, but with no makers name. All is complete and in good and working order. Oak 19" x 3.5" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


Rules of Skittle Pool SG77 Original, quality, 1920's framed and glazed chart of the rules of the game of 'Skittle Pool' as issued by 'Thurston & Co Ltd', billiard table manufacturers by special appointment to H.M. King George V. A good clean example in the original frame with only the backing board changed for another of a similar age. Complete and in good order. 17" x 22" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Billiard Score Board SG75 Original, quality mahogany wall mounted billiard / snooker score board, circa 1900/20's, with brass rails, sliding markers and gilt painted numbers. Some rubbing to the finish and wear in places but otherwise in good and usable order. Larger than average of this type. 37.5" x 18" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £100.00


Pair of Pitch Pine Rowing Oars SG38 Pair of original, quality, 1920/30's, pitch pine rowing oars, in the original varnish, with sheet copper tips and some leather wrapped around the shaft for better grip. Generally in good order, with a little damage to the blunt end of one shaft. 81.5" x 1.75" shaft diameter, 5.75" widest. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £75.00


	Framed Photograph of Reading University 1930-1 Rugby Union SG30 Original, quality framed photograph of Reading University R.U.F.C 1930-1, taken by F.W. Foulsham, Reading. In the original black lacquered wooden frame. People in the photo; W.D. Draffan, W.L. Williams, S. Pearse, S.A. Tisshaw, R.S. Longhurst, T.W. York-King, F.E. Stalley, D.G. Whitelaw, D.M.H. Craven, L.T. Hollingworth, G.C.K. Littlewood (Vice Capt), R.W. Kettlewell (Capt), G.G Gregory, T.E.M. Balding, C.R. Maggs. Some foxing to the mount, otherwise complete and in good order. 18.5" x 14.75". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £34.00


Framed Photograph of St Lukes College 1894 Cricket Team SG29 Original, quality oak framed photograph of St Lukes College 1st XI 1894. Photo taken by Browning Art Photo, Bedford Circus, Exeter. People in photo; G. Lemon (Umpire), W. Harris, H. Savage, Rev. Dr. Dangar (Principal), J. Coningham, A. Webb (Curator), T. Underdown, F. Matthews, E. Clarke, (Scorer), A. Pearse, A. Quick (Sub Captain), A. Luff (Captain), Rev. C.H. Venning, B.A, W. Smith (Hon. Sec), Rev. J. Phillips B.A (Vice Principal), T. Allsopp, J. Newcombe. Complete and in good order. 22.75" x 19" max. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £115.00


	Framed Photograph of Stratton 1922-3 Football Club SG28 Original, quality framed photograph of Stratton Football Club, entitled 'Stratton Athletic F.C', 'Winners of Swindon & District League & Junior Cup 1922-3'. Photo taken by H.U. Bathe, Swindon. In the original black lacquered wooden frame with gilded inner edge. People in photograph; G.F. Godwin, W. Cooper, W. Large, A. Hext, J. Woodroff, F. Skuse, E.J Bridgman, Sec. S. Taylor, A.F. Mullock, A. Law, W. Harris, C.Mullock, W. Covey Trainer, J. Harris, F. Furley Capt, R. Beasant, A. Moore President, W. Miller. Some water marks to the mount, otherwise complete and in good order. 21.25" x 17.75". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £45.00


Framed Photograph of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne College 1939 Football Team SG26 Original, quality framed photograph entitled 'Newcastle Upon Tyne Municipal College of Commerce A.F.C', 'Champions North-Eastern Amateur League', 'Seasons 1937-38 38-39', and ''Winners League Challenge Shield 1938-39'. In the original black lacquered wooden frame. People in photo: W. Aitchison, J. Pinchard, G. Walton, F. Bailey, J.J Watson, G. Watson, G. Aitchison, A. Hall, R.B. Oates, J. Heddon, C.B. Dunsford, J. Noble, R.R. Varey, W.S. Watson, J.Johnson, J. Jeffcoat. Complete and in good order. 12.25" x 10.5". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £34.00


	Framed Photograph of Municipal College of Commerce 1937-8 Amateur Football Club SG25 Original, quality framed photograph entitled 'Municipal College of Commerce A.F.C', 'Champions - North Eastern Amateur League Div.1. 1937-8'. Photo taken by Arthur Hackett, 29 Groat Market, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. All original black lacquered wooden frame. People in photograph; F. Bailey (Trainer), G. Watson, G. Aitchison, J. Heddon, A. Hall, Mr L. Tait, Mr. J. Lamb (Principle), J.J. Watson, J. Noble, S.L. Watson, A. Reid, R.R. Varey, H. Bremner, J. Johnson, W. Aitchison, R. Oates, H. Parker, C.B. Dunsford. Complete and very sharp and clean all round. 18" x 15". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £40.00


Framed Photograph of House Group 1926 Harrow SG23 Original quality oak framed photo entitled 'E.W. Freeborn Esq. House Group' dated 1926 'Stet Fortvna Domvs' under a coat of arms. Photo taken by Hills & Saunders Harrow. People in photograph: P.H.V. De Clermont, B.C. Brown, R.B.D. Adamson, J.W.V. Isaac, J.F. Ingham, H.S. Pasmore, J.A.B. Walter, E.G. Buchanan, J.E. Ohlson, J.E. Putnam, W.A.D. Jones-Roberts, M. Stewart, J.B.O. Malcolm, I.G.L. Alexander, J.E. Upton, J.L. Beatty, A. Cosmo-Hamilton, H.D.D Ripley, E.J.V. Pasmore, C. Richardson, E.P. Beresford-Jones, R.H.A Berrick, N.C. Pearson, A.C.C. Seligman, G.N. Jones, B.H.B. Lyle-Samuel, C.B. Gilroy, F.W. Harris, M.A.L. Beddard, J. Heath, P.H.H. Buckingham, G.P.J. Declermont, E.W. Freeborn Esq, Mrs Freeborn, A.S Owen, R.F Wright, W.H. Dunn, T.P. Barneby, J.A. Creed, E.L.L.Wheen, B.B. Bossom, R.C. Barneby, J.W.A. Duckworth, G.B. Hunter, G.M. Bickford-Smith, Hon. G.N. Rous, R.H Levinson, J. Amphlett, O.P. Lowther. Complete and in good order. 19" x 16.5" Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £45.00


	Framed Photograph of House Eleven 1926 Harrow SG22 Original quality oak framed photo entitled 'E.W. Freeborn Esq. House Eleven' dated 1926 with 'Stet Fortvna Domvs' written under a coat of arms. Photo taken by Hills & Saunders, Harrow. People in photograph: A.B Wright, E.J.V. Pasmore, G.N. Jones, J. Heath, J.E. Ohlson, A.S. Owen, G.P.J. Declermont, R.F. Wright (Capt), P.H.H. Buckingham, E.L.L. Wheen, Absent G.M. Bickford-Smith. Complete and in good order. 19.25" x 16.25" Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £45.00


Surbiton Rangers Framed Photograph SG21 Original, quality framed photo of the 'Surbiton Rangers' Season 1898-99. Photo taken by F. Russell, The Brighton Studio, Surbiton. All original oak frame with gilded inner beading and backing paper. People in photograph: W. Dyson, R.D. Harvey, R.W. Whatford, H.G. Darby, B. Callingham, J. Burford, E. Williams, M.T. Goddard, W. Cadman, G. Scott, F. Alexander, H. Dearle, S.G. Allingham, F. Beck, W.H. Harling, M. Darby, J.G Beck, W. Hennings, G. Griffiths, H.G Crooms, W.D. Harling, E. Oakley, A. Ambrose, D. Ottway, E. Harris, B. Darby, W. Dearle, S. Darby. Some foxing to the mount, otherwise complete and in good order. 20 5/8" x 17". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £75.00


	Single Curling Stone CS14 Single, original, quality, pre-war, Ailsa Craig granite curling stone with a chrome plated on brass handle, with a red and black hand grip and a red leather washer. The handle is engraved 'Presented by Teachers Scotch Whisky'. The top and bottom of the stone are polished with a textured central band and all is complete and in good order. 11" diameter and 8" tall including handle. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £175.00


Boxwood Cartridge Tamper RL18 Original, quality, late 19th century, cartridge tamper turned in boxwood. Used when reloading 12 bore shotgun cartridges to push down the wadding. Complete and in good order. 6" x 1". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £56.00


	Twelve Bore Cartridge Reloading Tool RL16 Original, quality, 19th century, cast brass reloading tool for re-using twelve bore shotgun cartridges. The ebonised hand grips may well be buffalo horn. This example is used to fill the cartridge and crimp the end over. Some scuff marks but very usable and complete and in good and working order. 11.25" long. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £130.00


12 Bore Cartridge Reloading Tool RL13 Original, quality, late 19th century, tool used to remove and refit the firing cap when refilling cartridges. The main body in cast iron has most of the original green paint and all is complete and in good and working order. 3.75" tall, base 3" x 1.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £70.00


	Cartridge Reloading Tool RL2 Original, quality, 19th century, '12 bore' central fire shotgun cartridge loading and closing machine, with a bench clamp mounting and horn grip. This model with a brass main body has most of the original red/brown paintwork and is stamped for the maker 'G & J.W' Hawksley's patent'. Complete and in good and working order. 11" long. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £220.00


Hickory Shafted Golfing Putter GC32 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golfing iron with a clean leather grip and a head impressed 'Putter', 'Hawkins Lever Bros Walsall' and 'George Lowe St Annes-On-Sea'. All is complete and in super condition. 34" x 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Hickory Shafted Golfing Iron GC31 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golf club with a wrought iron head and a good leather hand grip. The head is rather pitted, but some of the details read 'R. Young Original Cleek' and all is complete and in good order. 39" x 3.5" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


Hickory Shafted Golfing Iron GC30 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golf club with a wrought iron head and a dark red, leather hand grip. The head is rather pitted and the markings are illegible. Otherwise, all is complete and in good order. 35.5" x 4" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Hickory Shafted Golfing Iron GC29 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golf club with a wrought iron head and the hard, but original, leather hand grip. The head is impressed to the reverse 'Warranted Hand Forged' and 'A5 Special Mashie'. All is very clean and complete and in good order. 36" x 4" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


Hickory Shafted Golfing Iron GC26 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golfing iron, with a good leather hand grip and a wrought iron head; stamped to the reverse 'Ben Sayers, North Berwick, Mid Iron Hand Forged in Scotland'. The shaft is also stamped 'B. Sayers' for the maker. All is complete and in good order. 39.5" x 3.5" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	Left Handed Hickory Shafted Golfing Iron GC24 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golfing iron with a steel head and a good leather covered grip. The head is marked to the reverse 'Hand Forged', 'W6 & Mashie Niblick', 'Average Distance 81/80 Yards' and 'As Spaiding & Bras, Fancy Bros Gold Medal'. Complete and in good order. 38" x 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £58.00


Hickory Shafted Golfing Iron GC17 Original, quality, 1920's, hickory shafted golfing iron with a steel head and a good leather covered grip. The shaft is rather dark in colour and is impressed 'Finnigans Manchester' and the reverse of the head is also stamped the same with 'Special' and 'TSSTA Registered Trademark' along with the clay pipe motif. The head is a little pitted, but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. 39.5" x 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £40.00


	Tennis Racket TR12 Original, quality, 1920's, tennis racket with the uncovered grip, no maker's marking and covered in a coat of old varnish, but a complete racket never the less with the stringing intact. 27" x 9" x 1.5" hand grip. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £25.00


Tennis Racket with Press TR10 Original, quality, 1920's, tennis racket with uncovered grip and gut strings, with an old press with wing nuts. The racquet is marked 'CW Launay & Co' and 'Gyles Bros Ltd of Bristol' with '13' for the size. The press is marked 'Spalding'. Both pieces are generally in good order throughout, apart from two broken strings. Racquet 26.5" x 9". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £25.00


	Brass Hunting Signal Horn HH4 Original, quality 1920's, trumpet shaped, pressed brass signal horn, with a reed to the mouthpiece and two rings to take a cord or noose. Good and loud and complete and in good and working order. 7.5" x 2" x 1.25". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £85.00


Toogood Silver Trophy G16 Original, quality, silver Toogood Championship shield, circa 1910, mounted on a green velvet covered, shaped backboard with an easel backstand. The reverse is covered in a black leather look paper, with a diamond design and has a small ring for hanging if required. The hallmarked silver shield has embossed detail of vegetables to the left, flowers to the right and a lion leaning on a world globe to the top. The inscription reads 'Toogood Championship Shield Presented by Toogood & Sons Southampton, Seedsmen to The King and for 50 Years to The Late Queen Victoria'. There is also space for an inscription under 'Won by', but this example was never engraved and presumably never presented. Although the green velvet pile has rubbed away on much of the front of the backboard, the silver shield and the reverse of the backboard is in excellent condition and is complete and in good order. Flat 6.75" x 6.75" and 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £125.00


	Acme Football Whistle W14 Original, quality pre-war, chrome plated, small football whistle, marked 'The Acme Registered England'. Complete and in good and working order. 2" x 0.75" and 0.75" excluding ring. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


Pair of Boot Pulls BJ4 Pair of original, quality 1920's, steel boot pulls on hooks, with turned walnut hand grips. Some chips to one hand grip, otherwise complete and in good and working order. 7.25" x 4" x 1". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £45.00


	Silver Mounted Horse's Hoof Matchstriker MS14 Original, quality hallmarked silver mounted horse's hoof fashioned for a matchstriker. The top is engraved 'Sambo 1874' and both the top mount and the silver horse shoe to the base are hallmarked to include 'S&C' for the maker. The store for the matches is recessed into the simulated horse hair. All is very realistic, of great quality and complete and in good order. 4.5" x 5.5" and 3.5" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £225.00


Pair of Tennis Racquet Letter Clips LC18 Pair of original, quality superb brass letter clips in the form of tennis racquets with a ball on oak bases, circa 1900. These have strong springs, a hole in each for hanging, in the original unpolished finish and are complete and in super order. Can you believe it, not one but a pair of these wonderful letter clips. Backplate 8.25" x 3.25" and 2" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £685.00


	Horse Hoof Candlestick CS79 Original quality horse hoof mounted with a brass shoe and top mount in the original unpolished finish and engraved to the front 'Prudence 1912 to 1932'. This example has a match holder tub beneath the turned boxwood lid and a super silver plated candle stick. An unusual item of superb quality complete and in good and working order. The metalwork will polish back to a brass colour if required. Base 5" x 6" and 6" tall including candle stick. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £195.00


Oak Cigarette Box CB6 Original, quality, late 19th century, superb oak cigarette casket with a lock and key and brass decorative mounts to the top of the hinged lid. The quality brass mounts are in the form of a horse shoe, a stirrup and a riding crop. The brass has been lacquered, the lock fully overhauled and all is now complete and in good and working order. A wonderful example with a removable central dividing panel. Base 9.5" x 7.25" x 5.5" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £485.00


	Cased Otter T140 Original, quality, pre-war, mounted and cased juvenile otter, from the river Itchen in Hampshire, superbly mounted and cased, with very realistic groundwork and grasses. All wood case with paper covering and a glazed front. Complete and in good order. Case 24.75" x 14" x 8" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £350.00


Kynoch Ltd Letter Opener LO3 Original quality, 1920/30's, plain and simple ivorine letter opener / paper knife with an impressed trade mark for 'Kynoch Ltd', well known suppliers of shotgun cartridges etc. Complete and in good order. 8.75" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


	Electric Indicator Board IB194 Original, quality, circa 1900, electric indicator board in a teak cabinet, with sixteen windows on a black glazed panel, with red and white striped indicators. For use with a 12 volt, low voltage electric supply system. Suitable interior or exterior bell pushes and the other parts required to operate this system are usually available in stock. This example is detailed "Front Door", "Back Door", "Dining Room", "Den", "Drawing Room", "Billiard Room", "Games Room", "Mauve Bedroom", "Mauve Bathroom", five other bedrooms coloured as "Brown", "Rose", "Owners", "Oak", "Ivy" another "Bathroom" and one blank. A very clean and above average sized indicator board, with some very interesting room names. Two replacement indicator faces have been fitted, all has been fully overhauled and is complete and in good and working order. 27.5" x 13" x 3.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £750.00

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