Denhams Auction Catalogue

for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Wednesday 1st of July 2015

Lot No Description Est Image
226 2 Talwar swords with 30" blades 100-150
227 A Japanese Wakizashi with 11" blade and tang, signed both sides and having a bronze tsuba complete with black bamboo lacquered scabbard 150-200
228 A Janbiya with 8 1/2" blade and horn handle, complete with scabbard and belt 40-60
229 A cup hilted rapier with 34" double edge blade, the cross bar marked 100-150
230 A Mameluke type sword with 261/2" blade, wooden grip and gilt mounted scabbard 30-50
231 Colonel Fred Durnaby, a Kris style dagger with horn grip and 7" blade contained in a display cabinet, marked This knife was found near the spot where Colonel Fred Durnaby was killed 100-150
232 A Royal Navy side drum by A F Matthews, dated 1947 with Royal Coat of Arms and ER cypher, slight dents 14" high 14.5" diameter 150-200
233 A Royal Navy side drum by A F Matthews, dated 1950 with Royal Coat of Arms and ER cypher, slight dents, the base signed, 14" high 14.5" diameter 150-200
234 A reproduction Eastern double bladed dagger 17" with leather scabbard and 1 other with a single blade 17" 15-20
235 An African currency hoop 15" 20-30
236 A "Zulu" bead work bangle 4 1/2", an aluminium and bead work covered bowl 3", a club shaped item decorated a gourd 5" 15-20
237 A carved African wooden spoon 7", a carved African hardwood figure 9" and other carved wooden figures 30-50
238 An "Ashanti" carved head rest 4" x 9" x 5" together with a carved and pierced hardwood spear, the head carved animals 30-30
239 A carved African hardwood figure of 2 standing gentleman 27 1/2", some old and treated worm, 1 other figure of a standing lady 22" and 1 other of a lady 17" 30-50
240 A carved gourd vase 8", a circular pottery bowl decorated a turtle 6 1/2", pottery flask and a pottery jar and cover 4" 20-40
241 3 African carved figures of standing warriors 16", 12" and 9" 20-40
242 An Australian painted wooden paddle 36", a boomerang, a carved figure of a bird 12" and 3 other items 25-40
243 Ethnographic, a 19th/20th Century painted Samoan square skin rug, the central medallion with stylised flowers enclosed in a border "Samoa Taroea Taatu Nuuri" 44" x 44" 300-500
244 A pair of circular gilt metal and glass bag shaped light fittings 19" 40-60
245 A Victorian arch shaped leather bound trunk, 2 labels for London and Southern and GER 24"h x 27"w x 20"d 50-80
246 A Warner & Sons Bell London, dated 1871, 13" diam. complete with iron clapper and later cradle 150-250
247 A 19th Century polished steel and brass fender 9"h x 46"w x 12"d 30-50
248 A Middle Eastern circular copper charger with pie crust edge 24" diam. 30-50
249 A Victorian style brass twin light library lamp with reeded column and green glass shades 27" 120-160
250 Short & Co Ltd, a pair of chromium plated Class A laboratory scales contained in an ebonised case 100-150