Lord Byron interest: a Staffordshire enamel box,late 18th century, painted with Sèvres-style floral bouquets, the inside of the lid with a butterf...

A Zulu carved soapstone pipe,19th century, South African,pipe 10.5cm long, together with a modern stand (2)Condition ReportMinor wear. 31.7g. Plea...

A Native American hair ornament,probably mid-19th century, Sioux or Apache, dyed porcupine quill, feather, hair and rawhide, together with a handw...

An Australian rainmaker's pearl shell ornament,probably 19th century, Central Desert, 'Ringali' decorated with engraved lines, a paper handwritten...

A pair of boxwood roundels,17/18th century, Austro-German, after bronze figures on the 'Hofkirche' Court Church, Innsbruck, Austria, old handwritt...

GRAVESANDE, W J: Physices elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata. Sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam. Volume 2 only of 2. Leiden, ...

An embroidered and painted silk panel,late 18th/early 19th century, Spanish, depicting Jesuit Saint Francis Xavier meditating on The Passion whils...

Two large fragments of imperial porphyry,the largest 42cm long, andtwo further fragments,39cm long (4)Condition ReportPlease view additional photo...

A Regency 'Box of Solids',with a booklet 'A List of the Polygons also geometrical solids...'10.5cm diameter (qty.)Condition ReportBook, a little d...

A Celtic sandstone Pagan head,200-300 AD, probably a male subject with distinctive features,14cm wide16cm highProvenance: Lady Albery, thence by d...

A Celtic red sandstone ceremonial head,1st century BC-1st century AD, with distinctive features and an indented head, inventory no. to base 3431,8...

An Egyptian alabaster vase of cylindrical form,possibly 200BC, on a pedestal base, together with a paper label handwritten 'do not touch' 4000 yea...

An ancient Phrygian bronze fibula or clasp,8th century BC, of semicircular shape, with decorative cast ends, inventory number verso 'M39231',fibul...

A large quantity of cookery books, 27 by celebrity cooks & others, ALL SIGNED, including: Joan Roca, Rick Stein, Nigella Lawson, Eric Pras, Skye G...

A collection of cookery books,18th and 19th centuries, to include Acton, E: Modern Cookery in All Its Branches... 1847, 6th edn. With 8 plates. O...

A collection of cookery manuscripts,18th/19th century, containing cures & remedies, food and wine recipes, pickling, and a clamshell box containin...

Fifteen cookery books,20th century, to include Catherine IVES: When the cook is away. 1929, 1st. edn. 2nd impr with the rare Cecil Beaton Dust jac...

Modern cookery books,'Mastering The Art of French Cooking',by Julia Child, Louisette Berthole and Simone Beck,Particular Books, 2011, two volumes ...

Modern cookery books,'The Complete Bocuse',by ... Bocuse,Flammarion,'Ripailles, Traditional French Cuisine',by Stephane Reynaud,Murdoch Books 2008...