The Collector's Grand Tour: Curated Objects, Interior Design, Curiosities and Works from the Library

A Black Forest carving, of a bear, 9.5cm high, c.1900; a bottle stopper (2)

A 19th century boxwood barrel shaped screw-action nut cracker, 14cm high, c.1820 - 1850

Nutcrackers - 20th Century Art and Design - a lever-action table top nut cracker, as a Cubist donkey, traces of copper varnish 18cm long

Nutcrackers - a 17th/early 18th century brass screw-action pocket nut cracker, stirrup-shaped frame, 6.5cm long, c.1660-1720

Nutcrackers - a 18th century iron lever-action nut cracker, 11.5cm long; another, acorn terminals, 13cm long; others, similar (4)

Nutcrackers - a 18th century iron lever-action nut cracker, decorated with wrigglework, 10.5cm long; others, similar (4)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century boxwood ring shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, 5.5cm diam; another, barrel shaped recepticle; others, similar (...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century boxwood ring shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, 5.5cm diam; others, similar (4)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century boxwood ring shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, 5cm diam; others, similar (4)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century boxwood ring shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, chequered border, 5.5cm over thumbpiece, c.1840; another, acorn ...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century brass barrel shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, 3.5cm wide

Nutcrackers - a 19th century brass lever-action nut cracker, globular terminals, 12.5cm long; others (4)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century brass lever-action nut cracker, ring-turned, sprung mechanism, 12cm long; others (4)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century brass lever-action nut cracker, stamped AG 77 ED, E.R, 10.5cm long, dated 1877; another, cast with a mask; another, p...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century brass novelty lever-action nut cracker, cast as a pair of lady's legs, 10.5cm long; others (5)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century cast alloy plier-form nut cracker, sprung pivot, 17.5cm long; others; another, nickel plated, marked Everard's patent...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century chip-carved ring shaped screw-action nut cracker, 8.5cm long; another, barrel shaped, 6.5cm wide; others (5)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century Continental novelty screw-action novelty nut cracker, as a gentleman taking a pinch of snuff, lotus base, 13cm high, ...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century Eastern brass lever-action nut cracker, cast as a bird, glass eyes, 17cm long; another, silver plated, as a parrot; a...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century French boxwood screw-action nut cracker, dot-punched globular pommel, 11.5cm long, c.1840; others (3)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century French burl wood screw-action pocket nut cracker, globular pommel, 12cm long; others (4)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century French novelty screw-action table top figural nut cracker, carved as a caricatured man wearing pantaloons, associated...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century French novelty screw-action table top figural nut cracker, carved as a caricatured man wearing pantaloons, standing, ...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century French silver plated lever action nut cracker, sprung pivot, 13cm long; another; an unusual reversible nut cracker; o...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century French steel lever-action nut cracker, shaped jaws with two graduated receptacles, the pivot with silver coloured met...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century fruitwood screw-action pocket nut cracker, acorn shaped receptacle, bone mounts and finial, 12cm long, c.1840; a 19th...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century German porcelain table top screw-action nut cracker, decorated in tones of underglaze blue in the manner of Meissen, ...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century iron reversible lever-action nut cracker, acorn terminals, 14cm long; others, similar (8)

Nutcrackers - a 19th century iron reversible lever-action nut cracker, the hafts die-stamped with crowned portrait busts, 15cm long; others, 18th/...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century nickel plated lever-action Heeley's patent nut cracker, by James Heeley & Son, 14cm long; a reversible lever-action n...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century screw-action novelty nut cracker, carved as a bearded man wearing a hat, full-length, seated, 18.5cm long

Nutcrackers - a 19th century silver plated novelty lever-action nut cracker, as the head of a bird, 16cm long; others, similar, various animals; a...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century silver plated table top screw-action nut cracker, bifurcated thumbpiece, 10cm high, c.1890

Nutcrackers - a 19th century silvered brass screw-action travelling pocket nut cracker, the lyre-shaped bow with fruiting oak, 12cm long; others, ...

Nutcrackers - a 19th century treen novelty screw-action nut cracker, carved as a crocodile, 22cm long, c.1870

Nutcrackers - a 19th century treen novelty screw-action nut cracker, carved as a crocodile, 31cm long, c.1870

Nutcrackers - a 19th century turned acorn shaped screw-action pocket nut cracker, possibly fruitwood, 12cm long; another, oak; another, Continenta...

Nutcrackers - a 19th/early 20th century cast iron novelty screw-action table top nut cracker, as a squirrel cresting the centre of a dish, 22.5cm ...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved and painted as the head of a cockerel, glass eyes, 22cm long, early 20th cen...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved and painted as the head of a goat, glass eyes, 18.5cm long, early 20th centu...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved and painted as the head of a St Bernard dog, 20cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved and painted as the head of an eagle, glass eyes, 21.5cm long, early 20th cen...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as a gnome, full length, astride the lever, 25cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as a gnome, seated, holding a glass, 23cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as a squirrel, 18.5cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a bear, 15cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a bear, 17.5cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a bearded gnome, 20cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a cat, 16.5cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a dog, 16.5cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a dog, 19.5cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a gentleman of African descent, 21.5cm long, early 20th centu...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a gnome, 20cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a lion, glass eyes, 20cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a man wearing a night cap, inscribed Grindelwald, 17cm long, ...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a monkey, 18.5cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a monkey, 20cm long, early 20th century

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a moustached gentleman wearing a hat, 21cm long, early 20th c...

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest lever-action novelty nut cracker, carved as the head of a wild boar, 18.5cm long, early 20th century