Antiques

A 19th Century ornate yellow gold flower & leaf design tortoiseshell hair comb set with pearls, length approx. 28cm with original tin case.

A Georgian silver coffee pot of baluster shape with a faded crest and crest to the lid, acorn finial, hallmarks for Exeter, JS, circa 1787 (possibly James Strang), height 22cm, approx. 20.9oz.

An Edwardian mahogany campaign desk, with label 'Chapman Son & Co, Makers London.E.C'. hinged top opening to fitted drawers, stationary compartments, photograph frames, fitted inkwell drawer, pocket watch holder, fitted with a pocket watch, (maker Barrett & Sons, 84 Piccadilly), width 67cm and height 81cm.

A 19th Century mahogany apothecary's cabinet with two doors enclosing a fitted interior complete with various bottles and glass with six further drawers, also a lockable side drawer containing various glass bottles, etc, height 48cm x 49cm x 19cm.

Asprey, Art Deco compact box in silver and gilt lined, Continental import marks, marked PHV, approx. 8.5cm x 5cm, with Asprey box.

The King's Royal Irish Hussars, a collection of Victorian officers dress items including a Sabretache, two flap pouches, each with red cloth having embroidered Victorian crowned VR cipher with lion above and winged harp to the centre, shamrock wreath and battle honours, also two cross belts, buckles and other items, all framed within a glazed frame, 87cm x 61.50cm. Formerly the property of Lieutenant Colonel Moul (William Vincent Moul 1865 - 1951). Moul had a long and distinguished army career. He was an Officer in the Cheshire Regiment and served in South Africa, India and Burma, after his first retirement he served in the Great War and then went on to Ireland to help oppose the troubles. He was also sent to Ireland to locate the renegade Sir Roger Casement and escort him back to London. Before Casement’s subsequent execution he gave his bejewelled personal pistol to Colonel Moul who for many years kept it among war like relics at his home in Looe. Moul was also assistant to provost Marshal at the Dublin garrison, during the Easter Uprising 1916. He was awarded various medals relating to Burma 1887 and the Boar War 1899.

A pair of rare Kangxi Chinese porcelain parrots discovered in a South Hams farmhouse sold to an international collector at Plymouth Auction Rooms.

In the manner of Jacopo Marieschi, oil on canvas, 'The Giudecca Canal, Venice', showing the church on the left is Il Redentore and on the right is the Jesuit Church. in an ornate gilt frame, overall size 85cm x 134cm. Old typed label attached on reverse reads 'by Jacopo Marieschi (1711-1794) from the collection of G.P. Dudley Wallis Esq the late curator Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, purchased January 22nd 1945', the frame with a paper label marked J. A Butti, manufactured Edinburgh.