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A Very Rare Early British Sailors’ Walrus Ivory Teetotum Ball Numbered 1 - 32

circa 1660 - 1665

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A Rare and Unusual Blonde Specimen of a Seychelles ‘Coco de Mer’

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An Extremely Fine and Detailed Large Carved Wood Skull

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A Rare ‘Erotic’ Snuff Box 

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An Unusual Berchtesgaden Turned Fantasy Tower in Original Travelling Case

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A Sailors Silver Gilt Mounted Nut Locket

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A Fine French Burr Walnut Snuff Box Decorated with Three Human Skulls

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An Exceptional Narwhal Tusk of a Very Early Date

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A Rare Marine Ivory Educational Throwing Dice Etched with the Letters of Alphabet used to Teach Spelling and Literacy The letters ‘I’ and ‘U’ doubling for ‘J’ and ‘V’

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An Exceptional ‘Charivari’ a Talismanic ‘Hunters’ Charm

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Two Unusual Netherlands Bronze / Brass Swan Collars

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A Superb and Rare Long Scroll Entitled ‘A Chart of Universal History’

1838

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A Marble Grave Marker in the Shape of a ‘Fez’

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A Scottish Coffin Shaped Box with Silver Presentation Plaque

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A Rare and Unusual Vinaigrette Depicting a Double-Sided ‘Erotic’ Engraving

1808

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An English Early Sailor’s Carved Walrus Ivory Teetotum Ball

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Victorian Gold Stickpin Fashioned from the ‘Spurs’ of Lord Lonsdale and Lord Yarborois Cockfighting Birds

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An Interesting and Curious ‘Wunderkammer’ Walking Cane Fashioned from the Long Tail of a Giant Eagle Ray ‘Myliobatis Aquila’

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An Early British Sailors Walrus Ivory Teetotum Ball Numbered 1 - 32 on Faceted Sides

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A German Model of ‘Musca Domestica’ the ‘Common Housefly’

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Antique Section of an Ivory Tusk with a Lead Bullet

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Unusual Paper Weight

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Plaster Life Mask of Francis Bacon by Clive Barker

1969

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Ebonised Edwardian Table from the Hastings Studio of John Bratby

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Japanese Amuletic Netsuke Made from the Clawed Foot of a Goshawk with Attached Hawking Bell

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Blond Shell of a South American Amazonian Arrau River Turtle ‘Podocnemis Expansa’

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English Watercolour and Ink on Paper Depicting the Mountains Hills Crags Cities Sights and Notable Buildings Around the World

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Rose Gold Pearl and Turquoise Set Portrait Miniature ‘Eye’ Brooch

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Gold Mounted Foreleg of a Miniature Southeast Asian Mouse-Deer

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Silver Mounted German Saxony ‘Charivari’ a Talismianic Necklace

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German Anatomical Polychromed Papier Mâché and Plaster Model of a Thoroughbred Horse’s Head

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German Double Sided Carved Bone ‘Wendekopf’ Rosary Bead with an Image of Christ Crucified and a Human Skull

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Collection of Eight Victorian Miniature Steel Folding Pocket Knives

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Specimen of a Seychelles Double Coconut or ‘Coco de Mer’ with an old silver mount for suspension

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A Hoard of Silver Rupees Recovered from the Wreck of the ‘Taj Mahal’

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A Fine Indo-Portuguese Goa Silver Filigree Mounted Large Bezoar Stone

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A Small European Silver Mounted Pendant Bezoar Stone

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An Unusual and Large Specimen of a Bezoar Stone

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An Un-Mounted Fine Specimen of a Bezoar Stone

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Pair of Bavarian Burr Root Wood Wall Brackets

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Erotic French Pressed Burr Walnut Snuff Box the Scene to the Lid Entitled ‘Les Mongagnes Françaises Jardin Beaujon’

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Two Rare German ‘Wunderkammer’ Turned Puzzle Balls

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Curious South American Uruguayan Rhea Egg

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English Album Containing Thirty Five Finely and Intricately Cut Silhouettes

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Rare English Folk Art Dancing Bear Mask of Leather with Iron Spikes

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French Burr Walnut Snuff Box Decorated with Three Human Skulls

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A Few Strands of Napoleon’s Hair Contained in a Paper Wallet

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Rare German Nuremberg Carved Ivory Anatomical Model of a Pregnant Woman by Stephan Zick

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Sailors Work Slavers Whip a Natural ‘Cat of Nine Tails’ Fashioned from the Long Spiked Tail of a Giant Atlantic Eagle Ray

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German Bavarian Amuletic Silver Mounted Finger of Rock Crystal ‘Charivari’

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French Faux Wood Pocket Snuff Box the Base with a Secret Compartment

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Japanese ‘Jizai Okimono’ a Forged Ironwork Articulated Model of a Snake

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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Double-Sided Rhinoceros Horn Plaque

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French Silver Plated Brass and Leather Lined Dog Collar

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Unusual Netherlands Bronze Swan Collar Etched with ‘Baarland’

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Collection of Eleven French Oils on Canvas

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A Victorian Petrified Birds Nest with its eggs

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Rare and Unusual Set of Five English ‘Memento Mori’ Skull and Crossbones Decorated Buttons

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Rare Indo-Portuguese Goa Silver Filigree Bezoar Stone Case

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Pair of German Erotic Ivory Gambling Dice

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Rare German Carved Ivory Anatomical Model of a Pregnant Woman

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Rare English Carved Walrus Ivory Lottery or Teetotum Gambling Ball

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Fine Antique Specimen of a Narwhal Tusk ‘Monodon Monoceros’

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Italian Roman Rectangular Bronze Devotional Plaque Depicting Weeping Cherubim Displaying St Veronica’s Veil

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Victorian Flamed Mahogany Two Door Collectors Cabinet

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West African Nigerian Yoruba Female Skull

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Sharkskin Covered Specimen Box Containing a Collection of Dolphin Teeth

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Fine Example of a Rare Bezoar Stone

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The ‘Heppington Bell’ Cast from the Cabinet Collection of more than 5000 Ancient Roman Bronze and Silver Coins

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Rare German or Netherlandish Apothecary’s Jar and Cover for a Bezoar

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Victorian Diorama Displaying a Specimen of a European Hornets Nest

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Rare Victorian Taxidermy Specimen of a Miniature Bull Terrier

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Baculum or Penis Bone of a Large Male Walrus

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Tibetan Rosary Made of Bone Roundels

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Rare Victorian Taxidermy Specimen of a Two-Headed Ayrshire Bull Calf

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Rare Specimen of a Bezoar

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Thick-Walled Skull of a Medieval Man

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Ancient Egyptian Mummified Body of a Hawk

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Victorian Mahogany Cased ‘Cabinet of Materia Medica’

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Two Interesting Human Skulls from the French Pharmacy of the Abbé Gilbert Soury

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English Finely Carved Phrenology Head

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Unusual German Turned Geometric Ivory

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Rare Victorian Cased Taxidermy Specimen of an Extraordinary ‘Freak’ Miniature Dog

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A Preserved Human Heart used for Anatomical Study

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Skull of a Romano British Man

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Rare Set of Four Pairs of Cockfighting Spurs

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Bering Sea Inuit Salmon Priest or Club ‘Anautag’

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French Anatomical Specimen of a Disarticulated Human Skull

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Two German Bavarian Silver Mounted Hunting Amulets ‘Charivari’

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Very Large Example of an English (Cumbrian) Mineral Spar Tower

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South German Ivory Hunting Whistle in the form of a Human Skull

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New Zealand Maori Tiki

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Chinese Courtesans Fan Screen carved with an Erotic Scene

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Erotic German Carved Coquilla Nut and Ivory Pocket Snuff Box

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Large Napoleonic Prisoner of War Carved Bone Working Model of the French Revolutionary Guillotine

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Curious English Carved Limestone Model of a Medieval Knights Tomb

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English Carved Limestone Grave Marker Dated 1727

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Antique Specimen of a Narwhal Tusk ‘Monodon Monoceros’ with later Silver Tip

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German Hunting Amulet ‘Charivari’ Formed from a Gold Mounted Early Mauser Rifle Bullet

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Bering Sea Eskimo Inuit Hand Club Formed from the Penis Bone of an Artic Walrus

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New Zealand Gold Mounted Black Maire Wood Royal Presentation Stock Whip

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German ‘Kabinettkunst’

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Headhunted Skull of an Assam Hills Naga Warrior

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Unusual Carved Pear-Wood Comic Theatrical Nose

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Sailors Cosh and Club made from the Penis Bone of an Arctic Walrus

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Victorian Specimen of Bracket Fungus ‘Ganoderma Resinaceum’

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Bisected Anatomical Specimen of a Southern European Hermanns Tortoise

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Rare Pair of German Erotic Gambling Dice

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English Ivory 24 Sided Educational Throwing Dice Etched with the Letters of Alphabet

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Early English Carved Ivory Lottery or Teetotum Gambling Ball

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Two German Turned ‘Virtuoso’ Ivories

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Chinese Carved Ivory Spiked Erotic Balls

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South German Carved Ivory Memento Mori of a Human Skull

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Memento Mori Pendant of Carved Ivory in the form of an English coffin

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A Rare Ivory English Teetotum Gambling Ball

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An Unusual and Rare Large Carved Ivory Model of the Skull of a Pre-Historic Neanderthal Man

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A Rare English Ivory Gambling Ball

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A Very Rare English Erotic Carved Ivory Phallus and another housed in their original case

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Indo Portuguese Carved Ivory Chess Piece

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Rare Early Islamic Spanish Chess Piece

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English Carved Marine Ivory Barrel Shaped Gaming Dice

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Rare Hunting Amulet made from an Otters Penis Bone with Gold Mounts

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Specimen of a Seychelles ‘Coco de Mer’

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Fine Specimen of a Seychelles ‘Coco de Mer’ of female form

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Ivory Gambling Ball / Teetotum

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Scottish Amuletic Hunting ‘Grandeln’

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Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Vessel ‘Kapala’

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Wall Bracket Carved from an Ancient Oak Beam

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Antique Specimen of an Arctic Narwhal Tusk ‘Monodon Monoceros’

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Medieval Soldier’s Upper Thigh Bone or Femur

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Two Californian Gold Rush Souvenir Bar Brooches

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Indian Moghul Carved and Stained Ivory Barrel Shaped Eight Sided Gambling Dice

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Sailors Scrimshaw Marine Ivory Gambling Dice

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German, Probably Bavarian, Silver Waistcoat Chain

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German Lacquered Papier Maché Snuff Box

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Cumbrian Spar Box

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Indo Portuguese Carved Ivory Chess Piece Representing a Knight on Horseback

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Rare Tuscan Renaissance Wood Bracciale

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Italian Large Porphyry, Rosso Antico and Green Verde Antico stand for a library bust or sculpture

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Amazonian Jivaro Indian Imitation Shrunken Head or Tsantsa

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German Painted Tin and Carved Wood Model of the Flower 'Scabbisoa Fiore' a Marsh Wound Flower

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Six Sided Sailors Scrimshaw Carved Whalebone Dice

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Unusual Set of Three Sailors Scrimshaw Gambling Dice

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Thirteen Indian Carved Ivory Botanical Models of Fruit and Vegetables

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Two Rare and Unusual South African Cape Nguni Zulu Talismanic Snuff Containers

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Memento Mori of a Carved Wooden Skeleton

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Ancient Roman Physician’s Porphyry Pill or Salve Stone

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Medieval Human Skull 'Memento Mori'

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Grotesque Japanese Lacquered Wood Life-Size Model of a Grimacing Head

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British Colonial Silver Mounted, Coromandel Wood and Carved Coquilla Nut Erotic Toddy Ladle

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Ancient Roman Fragment of Imperial Porphyry

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A Rare Victorian Spar Box Consisting of Black Zinc Ore, Quartz and Fluorspar

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Exceptional and Finely Carved German Ivory Vanitas

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Spanish Jet Faceted Octagonal Silver Mounted Amuletic Pendant

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Rare Bezoar Stone Contained in a Victorian Glass Lidded Specimen Box

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Anglo Indian Sandalwood, Horn, Pierced Ivory and Ebony Chessboard

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Rare and Interesting Ancient Prehistoric ‘Classic’ Neanderthal Human Skull

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A Rare Blond Turtle Shell Carapace

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Erotic French Pressed Burr Maple Snuff Box

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Three German or Austrian Silver Mounted Hunting Amulets or ‘Charivari’

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The Lord Scone’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ from Scone Palace, Perthshire

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A Victorian Medical Curiosity: A Twin Headed Kitten

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An Articulated Neapolitan Gold Votive Phallus

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An Exceptional Travelling French Horn and Steel Knife and Fork

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A Fine Curious Life-Size Neapolitan Presepio Wax Head of a Blackamoor

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A Fine Engraved Nautilus Shell

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A Vanitas in the form of a European Medieval Human Skull

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A Curious Victorian Petrified Basket of Fruit, Nuts and Flowers

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A Rare Russian Cut Agate, Crystal, Marble and Jade Trompe L’Oeil

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A Curious Carved Whalebone and Baleen Inlaid Octagonal Rolling Log Dice

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A Rare Marine Ivory Teetotum Gambling Ball

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A wondrous private cabinet of natural curiosities from South Africa, with each item separately labelled against a painted backdrop

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A Rare Ivory English Teetotum gambling ball

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A beautiful example of a 'Coco De Mer' or double coconut

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An unusual wax bust of a North African man, with attached paper label, on ebonised wood base with silk cover

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An Unusual and Finely Carved Coconut 'Bugbear' Pocket Snuff Box

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A Rare Goldsmiths ‘Touchstone’ carved with initials ‘HB’ and the date 1642

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A Pair of English Carved Ivory Erotic Panels

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A Rare and Large Tourmaline Verdilite Crystal

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Two Interesting English Coffin Plates Decorated With Armorials

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A Collection of Nine Indian Carved Ivory Botanical Models

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A Curious and Rare European Naturalistic Model of a Blossoming Cherry

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An Interesting Flemish Carved Fruitwood Vanitas of a Human Skull

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Two Rare Antique Plumed Leather Falconry Hoods

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A Collection of Six Large Baltic Amber Specimens

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A Rare Large Gibeon Iron Meteorite of an Irregular and Sculptural shape

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A Rare Russian Mineral Spar Tower

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A Victorian Petrified Basket of Flowers

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A set of German boxwood architectural models of church spires

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A Finely Carved 'Bugbear' Coconut Flask

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A Large collection of Baltic Amber

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A Remarkable collection of 29 carved Pitcairn Flying Fish and other carvings

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An amusing erotic ivory carving of a monk

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A curious and unusual eccentric flint collected in the 19th century

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A Rare Russian Mineral Spar Tower

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A section of American wooden water pipe from New York 18th century

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A Rare and Unusual pair of Preserved Siamese Pigs

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An unsual Tin Specimen from Australia contained in its original box

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A collection of eight Chinese Ivory Spiked Balls, 19th century

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An Unusual Intricately Carved Coconut 'Bugbear'

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A Finely Carved 'Bugbear' Documentary Coconut Flask

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A Large Collection of 45 Specimen Agates ( Chalcedony Variety )

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An Unusual and Amusing Parrot made of Venetian Glass Beads

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An Unusual and Beautiful example of a dark double sided 'Coco de Mer'

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A Very Rare and large Bezoar stone , probably from an Elephant

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A Curious English Marquetry Picture of Shakespeare's House in the cottage orné or Swiss style

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An Unsual and Finely carved ivory Indian chess piece

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A Fine and Rare Indian Rhinoceros Horn Mughal Archer's Thumb Ring

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A Very Rare Scottish Turned and Polished Black Stone Punch Bowl

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A Bone , Wax , Glass and Silk Thread Sectioned Anatomical Model of the human face

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An Unusual and Rare Elephant Ear Table by Roland Ward

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A Blond Turtle Shell Carapace

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Victorian Mahogany and Oak Mineral cabinet