Highlights of Metalware, Collectors Items, Ephemera, Fabrics, Toys, Curios etc at auction

667 Taxidermy, a large and impressive cased display of 10 exotic birds in naturalistic setting including 4 Toucans, 2 blue capped Mott-Motts, a Yellow Rumped Cacique, a Hawaiian Moorhen?, a Paradise Jacamar and a Crested Myna?, cased in oak, label to reverse John Leadbeater Ornithologist to Her Majesty and The Royal Family London

713 A collection of 10 Steiff Beatrix Potter Centenary figures to include Jemima Puddleduck, Tommy Brock, Tom Kitten, Pigling Bland, Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Black Rabbit, Mr Todd, Samual Whiskers, Amiable Guinea Pig and Benjamin Bunny all boxed, no certificates

764 A 1930's chrome and rosewood gavel and sounding block with engraved panels "The 1940 Club, Lord Beaverbrook President" and "The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KB OM CH Master Member" NB - Churchill was appointed KG in 1953, 5cm h x 14cm w x 14cm d

568 Scandinavia stamps in albums with Denmark from 1852 imperforates, 1912 5Kr. mint, D.W.I., Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden from 1855, 1924 Universal Postal Union - 5Kr. used, Faroe Islands

562 China in 3 albums from 1884 used stamps, later Peoples Republic mint and used stamps, Taiwan mint and used from 1945 - modern including some miniature sheets

556 Great Britain, used stamps from 1840 including 1d black and 2d blue 1867-78, 10 shilling greenish grey, 5 shilling rose plate 4, 1884 one pound brown, 1886 one pound brown, 1891 one pound green, Edward VII one pound 1913 Seahorse one pound green, 1929 Postal Union Congress one pound up to 1989

696 A 17th/18th Century Chinese bronze and gold splashed twin handled censer with impressed 6 character Ming dynasty Xuande mark to base, of squat bulbous form raised on tripod supports, 7cm h x 19cm diam

673 A circa 1910 Steiff teddy bear in blonde mohair, black button eyes, pronounced muzzle and hump, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed long limbs with felt pads, growler present but not working, button is missing, with original red silk scarf 50cm

673 Francesco Scappio 1918, Italian, a violin labelled Scappio and marked Scappio to the 2 piece 14" back, together with 2 bows (1 a/f)

580 Three bottles of 1996 Penfold Grange Bin 95 red wine

701 New Forest Toys, Brockenhurst, a boxed fold out farmyard play set comprising pig stys, stables and pond, a metal water pump & bucket, together with carved wooden and painted figures of 3 cows and a calf, 2 horses, 2 foals, 1 sow, 1 doe, 5 dogs, 3 sheep, a lamb, 2 geese and a gosling, a milkmaid, a farm hand and a shepherd, made in the New Forest attributed to Frank Whittington (1876-1973)

700 New Forest Toys, Brockenhurst, a carved wooden hunting group comprising 2 huntsmen with rider, 1 lady follower, 10 hounds and 1 fox, Made in the New Forest attributed to Frank Whittington (1876-1973)

698 Action Man, a large collection of loose uniforms, weapons and empty boxes, together with the SAS Air Strike helicopter boxed, Iron Knight tank boxed, SAS Beached Attack dinghy boxed, Jeep boxed, empty boxes of SAS Underwater Attack, The Armoury, Equipment Centre, SAS Key Figure, SAS Parachute Attack, SAS Secret Mission, US Machine Gunner Outfit, US Paratrooper Outfit, Nato Night Manoeuvers, Mountain and Arctic Uniform, Underwater Explorer, Sabotage Outfit, British Infantry Major Outfit, Parachute Regiment Outfit, British Infantry Major Outfit, Long Range Desert Group Outfit, US Machine Gunner Outfit, El Alamein Weapons Arsenal, Commando Outfit, Royal Engineers Outfit and Skydiver Outfit, Action Man basic figure, Action Man Soldier, 4 Action Man figures and a husky

620 A Chinese blue summer silk gauze women's informal robe, Qing Dynasty, circa 1890 showing influence of Empress Dowager Cixi. The body of the robe woven circular panels of dragons, the body trimmed in royal blue then cream decorated foliage flowers, birds and Pagodas then gilt decorated butterflies. The sleeves trimmed in sky blue decorated pink roses and insects and then cream decorated as per the body. 121cm collar to hem

694 Six bottles of 1998 Penfolds Grange South Australian Shiraz Bin 95, vintage 1998, bottled 1999, red wine, contained in a wooden case and wrapped

640 12 bottles of 1990 Chateau Rauzan Gassies Margaux red wine

718 A Japanese 1937 Naval Officers sword (Kai-Gunto) forged by Fujiwara Kanefusa (1899-1977) with wooden saya finished in black lacquered leather, the 70cm blade with clear hamon, the complete length 99cm including saya. The plain tsuba supported by two copper sunburst dai-seppas then 4 plain ovoid seppas (all are stamped 91). The length of the tang engraved "Kanefusa the 23rd, resident of Seki in Noshu" and three characters painted in white enamel on the obverse also a 5mm Seki mark at the base of the tang. The brass fuchi on the handle can be removed to reveal an unclear signature on the wood. The sword was gifted to Captain Clifford Caslon C.B.E by the Admiralty, due to his presence in command of the battleship H.M.S Nelson at Singapore during the surrender of Japanese forces in all of South-east Asia on 12th September 1945 in her role as Flagship, Eastern Fleet. 10 days earlier Caslon had hosted the surrender of Japanese forces in Malaya at George Town, Penang by Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozumi aboard the Nelson, following this, H.M.S Nelson was relieved as Flagship, Eastern Fleet on 20th September 1945 before returning to Portsmouth where on 27th November 1945 she became Flagship of the Home Fleet and together with a photographic portrait of Captain Caslon in uniform 30cm x 22cm, a warrant of commission promoting him to the rank of Rear Admiral dated 8th January 1947 framed 18cm x 36cm, a bar of miniature ribbon and other ribbons, 3 Admiral's buttons, a black and white photograph of H.M.S. Nelson with brass plaque H.M.S. Nelson Flagship Homefleet 1946 Captain Caslon CBE framed 41cm x 59cm and a brass plaque marked Clifford Caslon RN 8cm x 15cm Provenance - from Admiral Caslon by direct descent to his son Denis Caslon

646 A pair of 19th Century 14 bore Belgian Naval flintlock pistols, one with crowned DN mark to the lock plate, the barrels 23cm long

600 A Triang Jaguar E-Type pressed steel pedal car

566 A bronze figure of Hotei, standing, 44cm h x 18cm w x 13cm d

566 Two 18th/19th Century Arabic Dallah coffee pots in copper and brass 28cm 28cm