The Santa Lucia Treasure

20 June 2001

Lot No 283

Champagne and Wine Bottles (11), some still with corks and contents; together with a beer bottle [12]. Generally good condition (£100-120)

20 June 2001

Lot No 284

Pottery Mustard Pot, inscribed ‘Moutarde Digestive de Charroux par De Chauvigny Deblot à Paris Dépose’, 12cm high. Missing handle, chipped (£20-30)

20 June 2001

Lot No 285

Small Ceramic Pot, centre of lid decorated with two bears, ‘Genuine Russian Bears Grease, For Increasing The Growth of Hair’, 6cm. Some chipping (£100-150)

20 June 2001

Lot No 286

Small Ceramic Pots (2), lids inscribed ‘Kernot’s Cold Cream, Naples’, 5.5cm [2]. Some chipping (£60-80)

20 June 2001

Lot No 287

White Porcelain Chamber Pot, no makers name or mark, mid-19th century, 21cm. Small chip, otherwise in very good condition (£30-40)

20 June 2001

Lot No 288

White Porcelain Chamber Pot, no makers name or mark, mid-19th century, 21cm. Small chip, very good condition (£30-40)

20 June 2001

Lot No 289

White Porcelain Octagonal Flower Vase, with floral decorations upper and lower, ‘D’ on base, French (?), mid-19th century, 23 x 23 x 14cm. Hairline crack at top and some chipping, otherwise good condition (£60-80)

20 June 2001

Lot No 290

White Porcelain Jug, makers serial number on base ‘2’, mid-19th century. Very good condition (£20-30)

20 June 2001

Lot No 291

Pottery Flagons (4), one inscribed ‘Konigreich Bayern’ in a circle, ‘Ragozi’ in an oval, below ‘Gerruder Boizat Kissingen’, the others plain, three examples, including the first, 28cm long, the other 25cm long [4]. Very good condition (£100-150)

20 June 2001

Lot No 292

A Glazed Pottery Pan, 20cm; together with a stoneware pot, 12cm high [2]. Both a little chipped (£20-30)

20 June 2001

Lot No 293

An Attractive Hand Carved Wood Nutcracker, the top in the form of a squirrel, Italian (?), mid-19th century, 18cm. In working order, very good condition and an exceptional survival (£60-80)

20 June 2001

Lot No 294

A Small Hand Carved Hardwood Frieze (part of?), classical scene depicting mother and baby, small child standing, 6 x 5cm. Very fine detail, some damage to one end (£20-30)

20 June 2001

Lot No 295

A Bronze Figure of Christ Being Crucified, Italian (?), c.1800, 14 x 9cms; St Raphael, 1827, a lead medal by N. Cerbara, bust left, rev. Madonna and Child in the Sistine Chapel, 60mm (BDM VII, 172); together with a distressed metal cross, a quantity of rosary beads and other small religious artefacts [Lot]. Medal...

20 June 2001

Lot No 296

Brass Luggage Labels (2), the first inscribed ‘George Thomson Esq., Burnhouse’, 7 x 4cm, the second inscribed ‘George Thomson Esq’, 9 x 4cm [2]. (£20-30)

20 June 2001

Lot No 297

Brass Deck Light, by Preston, Minories, London, 18cm. The glass with a large chip (£60-80)

20 June 2001

Lot No 298

Brass Deck Light, another similar example, by the same maker, but with patent number ‘3991’, 22cm. Complete (£60-80)

20 June 2001

Lot No 299

Brass Porthole, glass intact, 29cm. (£30-40)

20 June 2001

Lot No 300

A Large Oval Brass Door Plate, inscribed state cabin, 23 x 12cm. (£100-150)

20 June 2001

Lot No 301

Small Brass Pumps (3), one complete with patent label, 2 without stirrups [3]. (£30-50)

20 June 2001

Lot No 302

A Small Brass Monocular, no makers name or mark visible, 13cm extended. End cap fused, restorable (£50-70)

20 June 2001

Lot No 303

Clay Smoking Pipes (2), 16 and 12cm long, together with two clay pipe bowls [4]. Good condition (£20-30)

20 June 2001

Lot No 304

Miscellaneous: Bone toothbrushes (7), a small bone brush, small carved wood thimble boxes (4), a bone shaving brush, a metal spur, a small metal bell; a small turned bone tubular box, and a small Egyptian souvenir obelisk [18]. The last in two pieces, the brushes all lacking bristles and the bell missing its...

20 June 2001

Lot No 305

Miscellaneous: The remains of a wood barometer; a marble soap dish; a brass seal and sealing wax; a metal syringe; small glass scent bottles (2); wood fair leads (2); and a quantity of buttons, metalware etc. [Lot]. An interesting lot (£30-40)

20 June 2001

Lot No 306

‘The ship’s head or water closet’, a superb brass, copper and ceramic ship’s lavatory, the blue and white bowl profusely decorated with classical Italian scenes, 28cm diameter, this contained within a copper outer case; complete with the majority of the original flushing mechanism, etc, the whole...