SOLD FOR £75
Seahorse, a copper masthead lantern with copper plaque marked Seahorse GB 28cm x 26cm
SOLD FOR £85
Merryweather & Sons, a pair of copper and brass fire hose nozzles 42cm x 15cm (one with slight dent)
SOLD FOR £80
Gorham & Co, an Art Nouveau planished copper tea kettle and stand with applied white metal decoration of birds amidst trees, the base marked Gorham & Co Y8 5.0 21cm x 12cm
SOLD FOR £60
Benham, a pair of Victorian circular squat copper moulds 5cm x 14cm, both with sceptre marks
SOLD FOR £75
A Benham Victorian jelly mould with sceptre mark 465 13cm x 12cm and a 19th Century oval ribbed copper jelly mould marked 5385 10cm x 16cm x 10cm (slightly misshapen and dented to the top)
SOLD FOR £420
A matched pair of early 20th Century Chinese copper red shallow dishes on wooden stands 14.5cm
SOLD FOR £60
A 19th Century oval, twin handled copper fish kettle/saucepan 19cm h x 42cm w x 28cm
SOLD FOR £260
A 20th Century embossed copper and steel weathervane, the finial in the form of a cockerell 142cm h x 68cm w x 43cm d
SOLD FOR £55
A 19th Century oval copper twin handled tray 10cm x 47cm x 32cm
SOLD FOR £150
A 19th Century circular copper copper with patch repair 38cm h x 51cm diam.
SOLD FOR £140
A 17th Century Continental oil on copper of the boy Jesus with John the Baptist in attendance and the lamb of God on an octagonal panel 8.5cm x 7cm
SOLD FOR £80
Three small underglaze blue and copper red miniature meiping vases, 20th Century, one painted with a dragon, the pair with a camel and figures, 8cm - 11cm high
SOLD FOR £190
A 19th Century Japanese Wakizashi Koshirae (side sword) likely from the Satsuma rebellion with pierced iron tsuba signed 'Kunihiro' and tightly bound tsuka on ray skin (no menuki), leather clad saya and copper habaki, the blade length excluding habaki 41cm, the tang is unsigned,the overall length including the saya 62cm
SOLD FOR £70
A copper and brass ships masthead lantern converted to electricity 36cm h x 26cm w x 27cm d
SOLD FOR £85
A 19th Century circular copper cooking pot and cover, cylindrical lidded copper cooking pot with polished steel handle 20cm x 23cm and a 1 other 43cm x 15cm
SOLD FOR £100
A 19th Century circular copper copper 34cm h x 48cm diam.
SOLD FOR £60
John Pearson, an Art Nouveau planished copper twin handled tray, the base marked JP in 2 places, 40cm x 21cm
SOLD FOR £1350
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
SOLD FOR £90
19th Century Continental circular oil on copper, study of an amorous couple 32cm
SOLD FOR £460
An Adams and Edwardian style copper and opaque glass light fitting with rams mask decoration to the side 60cm h x 29cm
SOLD FOR £120
An 18th/19th Century circular portrait miniature on copper, study of a lady, 8cm, contained in an ebonised and gilt mounted frame
SOLD FOR £1700
Two 18th/19th Century Arabic Dallah coffee pots in copper and brass 28cm
28cm
SOLD FOR £260
A verdigris circular copper copper 35cm h x 55cm diam.
SOLD FOR £65
T Aldridge, a copper saucepan with iron handle marked C.B.B L 19cm x 34cm, a Wilson and Smith late Barron and Wilson Strang saucepan with iron handle 13cm x 28cm, 1 other unmarked saucepan 14cm x 26cm
SOLD FOR £65
Of Nelson interest, a copper and ebony walking cane formed from oak and copper from Foudroyant, Nelson's flag ship, marked RD No. 311490