Denhams Auction Catalogue

for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Wednesday 7th of November 2018

Lot No Description Est Image
221 A turned wooden trinket box in the form of a barrel 6cm x 4cm and a pair of Chinese carved bamboo brush pots decorated figures 16cm x 9cm 30-40
245 An Irish shillelagh the head carved a clover 48cm 30-50
246 A wooden rattle marked D.U.D.C impressed with George VI royal cypher, 1 other wooden rattle marked 17, a child's small rattle marked 1946 a peace celebration souvenir 30-50
374 An African Nyami Nyami style carved wooden walking stick, carved serpent, tortoise, crocodile, 2 crossed pipes, lizards etc, the head is damaged 40-60
375 A carved African hardwood mask 57cm x 17cm 30-50
383 A Victorian carved Swiss walnut trinket box, the hinged lid decorated a reclining boy with 3 pugs raised on tassel supports, marked "Jakob Abplanalp Gold Medaille Geneva 1896" 17cm h x 28cm x 20cm . Jakob (also know as Jacob) Abplanalp (1860-1930) from Brienz (Black Forest) was a renowned carver known for highly technical carved reliefs. Exhibitions of his and others work in the late 19th Century brought Brienz wood carving to international fame. Abplanalp's famous relief of a Rose and Butterfly won the Chicago World's Fair Gold Medal and the Geneva Festival Gold Medal in 1896 of which this appears to be the presentation box. 200-400
388 A malacca cane, the metal terminal in the form of a human skull together with a holly walking stick with horn handle 30-50
389 A mahogany propeller walking stick 87cm 50-80