A Thornton Pickard Ruby whole plate mahogany field camera, fitted burgundy chamfered bellows with a Dallmeyer No 3 Stigmatic Lens. Together with a canvas bag with 5 slides
A Houghton "Triple Victo" half plate field camera, serial 9704, fitted an unbranded roller blind shutter with a Clement & Gilmer Paris Euryscope Anastigmat 7 x 5 f/6 lens
George Hare - a half plate mahogany tailboard camera with burgundy bellows, fitted a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter with Perken Son & Rayment Rapid Rectilinear 7 x 5 Optimus lens. Makers mark of "6 Calthorpe Street, London" inferring 1876 onwards
J T Chapman, "The British" a mahogany full plate camera circa 1890's with Ross No 5 symmetrical lens (7") and Wray London (8 1/2 x 6 1/2) No. 2273 lens with pack of replacement f stops. Together with case and 3 plate holders
A 1930's, World War Two Japanese Company officers Shin Gunto (military sword), the blade 68cm long including copper collar, the Tsuba decorated blossoms and hearts with the o-seppas having pierced hearts, the Tang with 7 character mark and V-shaped file mark pattern, the standard bound pommel decorated blossoms with brown and blue dress knot attached to the buttcap, the scabbard of black lacquered wood with removable leather cover attached by two press studs
An early 19th Century Derbyshire fluorspar Blue John urn raised on an alabaster plinth in the Neoclassical style, the urn 44cm h x 33cm diam., the base 16cm h x 13cm x 13cm
Winston S Churchill, 1 volume "Lord Randolph Churchill" published by Odhams Press (New Edition 1951), signed Winston S Churchill, with paper dust cover (damage to dust cover)
A circular Chinese gilt metal bowl of squat form engraved court figures on a plain base 10cm x 33cm together with an embossed brass Turkish coffee pot 30cm x 14cm
A John Ball Motor-Car valve parts tin, a high grade assorted pen nibs tin, a shield shaped nib tin decorated portrait of Queen Alexandra and 2 other cardboard boxes
A 1930's Chinese rectangular gilt metal cigarette box, the top with pierced green hardstone plaque 4cm h x 11.5cm w x 9cm d together with a brass square casket with hinged lid 11cm x 10cm x 10cm
A Chinese carved bamboo scoop decorated a dragon 2cm x 10cm the base with signature, a 4 section stamp box 2cm x 11cm x 4cm, a carved wooden model of a lemon 7cm, ditto egg 5cm