The Oxford Library Sale

Books and manuscripts, bronzes, ancient artifacts and coins, fine antique furniture, clocks, cameras, wines and spirits and works of art.

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The Oxford Library Sale

Books and manuscripts, bronzes, ancient artifacts and coins, fine antique furniture, clocks, cameras, wines and spirits and works of art.

Auction closed (2 day sale)

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  • ( Lots: 1-500)
  • ( Lots: 501-1000)

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An early 20th century Bausch & Lomb Optical Co binocular microscope serial number 244189, 13cm wide x 17cm deep x 32cm highAt present, there is no...

A faux marble painted wooden plinth of square form with a stepped base, 43cm wide x 40cm deep x 107cm highChips and paint loss ...[more]

A 19th century French porphyry and gilt metal jewellery casket of rectangular tapering form with a fabric lining and stepped bracket feet, 22.5cm ...

A pair of late 19th century French Gien pottery vases of waisted cylindrical form, with gilt metal bases, 15.5cm diameter x 33cm highIn good condi...

A pair of 18th century Italian giltwood pricket candlesticks 14.5cm wide x 49cm highLead weighted on the underside, old surface chips and repairs ...

A pair of 19th century French Toleware cylindrical plinths with marble effect paint and octagonal bases, 18cm wide x 19cm highin good condition wi...

A pair of 19th century Majolica glazed artichoke or flower heads each 8cm wide x 15cm highSeveral small chips and marks to the glaze, mainly aroun...

An antique specimen hardstone chess board with four glass feet, 24cm squareIn good condition, small chip to one corner, several other very small e...

A 19th century Dutch Delft blue and white vase and cover of baluster form with foliate and peacock decoration, 20cm wide x 41cm highChips around t...

An antique Dutch Delft blue and white octagonal vase and cover with a lion finial and foliate decoration, 28cm wide x 53.5cm highMinor surface gla...

An antique Dutch Delft blue and white vase and cover of octagonal form with a leopard finial and foliate decoration, 23cm wide x 45cm highIn good ...

An 18th century Delft charger with red, blue and green foliate decoration, 34cm diameterGlaze loss to the edge, repaired chip to the edge ...[mor...

Tin glazed pottery to include a Dutch Delft vase, 23cm high; A London Delft blue and white charger, 34.5cm diameter; a Dutch Delft twin handled ve...

An 18th century Delft blue and white octagonal dish 26cm wide x 19.5cm deepAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in...

A 19th century Dutch Delft polychrome wall plaque decorated with a coastal river scene, shepherds and a river crossing, 84cm wide x 58cm highRepai...

A 19th century French tin glazed platter with a central figural scene and a polychrome border, 46cm wide x 34.5cm deepCrazing, hairline cracks, gl...

A 19th century north African slipware bowl decorated with exotic birds, 30cm diameter x 9cm highAt present, there is no condition report prepared ...

A late 18th / early 19th century St Anthony's Newcastle cream ware basket 22cm wide x 8.5cm high; a Staffordshire cream ware pierced basket, 24cm ...

An antique Italian majolica vase decorated with a crest and a portrait, having a dolphin handle (one handle missing), 21cm wide x 23cm highHandle ...

A late 18th / early 19th century Italian Grand Tour polished stone model pavilion, 20.5cm wide x 15cm deep x 22cm highSome chips and marks.Please ...

A 19th century Italian alabaster relief depicting Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) mounted on a hardstone plaque and framed, 23.5cm diameter overall...

A late 19th century alabaster bowl with a scrolling wrought iron base filled with glass fruit and converted to electricity, 25cm diameter x 14.5cm...

An onyx desk stand with a central cold painted bronze pheasant and two Sheaffer fountain pens with 14 carat gold nibs, overall 42cm wide x 19.5cm ...

A late 19th / early 20th century Austrian cold painted bronze songbird inkwell in the manner of Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) with a hinge at ...

An 18th / 19th century Italian marble font of clover leaf form, 21cm wide x 25cm deep including mount x 11cm highAt present, there is no condition...

A 19th century continental striated marble urn of squat campana form, 45cm diameter x 31cm highSign of restoration to the top rim edge, two top ri...

A 19th century painted cast iron adjustable torchere with a gilt metal platform, fluted stem and a triform base, 40cm wide x 78cm high (adjustabl...

A late 19th / early 20th century Russian Orthodox icon of The Virgin and Child, signed lower right, 27.5cm x 39cmAt present, there is no condition...

An antique taxidermic mongoose and snake mounted in a glazed case, 38cm wide x 18cm deep x 34.5cm highAt present, there is no condition report pre...

A Cromwellian style lobster tail helmet 20cm wide x 38.5cm deep x 28cm high, found in the mid 20th century at the Battle of North Allerton, Yorksh...

A World War II German Luftwaffe wrist compass marked AK39F123235-1 together with a telescope by Callaghan New Bond Street London, 76cm in length (...

A French Louis XIV kingwood veneered and iron mounted strongbox 40cm wide x 27cm deep x 22cm highTwo sections of loose veneer, surface marks and w...

A pair of majolica glazed albarello each with blue and white double eagle crests, 13cm diameter x 23cm high together with a further majolica jar w...

A pair of George III mahogany knife boxes with shaped fronts and square tapering feet, each 23cm wide x 30cm deep x 40.5cm highBase panel replaced...

An Edwardian tortoiseshell veneered tea caddy of slope top cutlery box form, applied silver strapwork mounts to the top and front with marks for S...

A 19th century English porcelain punch bowl 29cm diameter together with an armorial bowl possibly Samson 31cm diameter 13cm high.crazing to base o...

A pair of marble table bases of fluted column form one with a 19th century grand tour type specimen marble octagonal top the other with a small ci...

An 18th century Italian Naples albarello semina calida dated 1773, 15.5cm diameter x 14.5cm highAt present, there is no condition report prepared ...

A small 17th century Venetian albarello circa 1660-1680, 9cm diameter x 14.5cm highSmall side glaze chip, chips to foot, rim scratches and glaze m...

A Byzantine Greek fire bomb or hand grenade 9th-11th century AD. 12cm wide 13cm high From a private Gloucestershire deceased estate.

A Neolithic painted pottery vessel with a thermoluminescence report indicating firing between 3100 and 4800 years ago. 14cm wide 21cm high.Good wi...

A near pair of Egytian Shabtis for Ta - Menech each 10.5cm high. from a private Gloucestershire deceased estate.with a document of authenticity U...

An Egyptian Shabti for Horemheb 10cm high and a further Shabti 8cm high. from a private Gloucestershire deceased estate.with a document of autenti...

A Sasanian terracotta incantation bowl of conical form with Aramaic writing .13,5cm diameter 6.5cm high.From A private collection since 1980s.

A Romano-Egyptian Lapis Lazuli vase of conical tapering form. 7cm diameter 13cm high. Private Gloucester deceased estate, previously acquired by L...

An ancient terracotta cuneform brick 8cm x 4.5cm together with a Mesopotamian Clay Assyrian cuneform brick 20cm x 13 cm and a temple nail 10.5cm (...

An ancient Lustrian bronze mace head, 25cm; a Western Asiatic bronze pin with chain; a bronze deer; a vessel; and a furthur pin (5) From a private...

A group of four Indus valley painted pottery bulls the largest 8cm wide 7cm high.Age unverified. No signs of restoration. ...[more]

A Greek Apulian Pyis in two parts with painted decoration, 17cm diameter x 14cm high From a private Gloucestershire deceased estatechips and repai...

A collection to include an African terracotta figure, 32cm high; a Seychelles polished coco de mar carved in the form of an ornamental basket, 29c...

A group of Ammonite fossils of various form and size, approximately 10 cm to 4cmAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, th...

A 19th century Zulu snuff gourd with wire decoration, 6.5cm diameter together with an antique African head rest, 28cm high and an ethnic carved wo...

An early 19th century Scottish sampler worked by Elizabeth Fumiton Rankin Kirkintilloch 1832, 50cm x 44cm, framed and glazedModerate condition, wi...

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