Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Ltd

Sold for £300

GB VARIOUS MINT ISSUES, mainly in strips of three, with cylinder numbers. Also blocks of 1924 issues.

Sold for £420

A POSSIBLY 17TH CENTURY STEEL COMPOSITE FUNARY HELMET believed to be constructed from an English London made Pikemans Gourget circa 1630, and SKULL FROM HARQUEBUSIERS POT c. 1650 with later visor

Sold for £200

A JAPANESE MIXED METALS CARD CASE to one side a panel of flag irises with Mount Fuji in the background, verso an exotic bird, bears character mark to interior, 9cm x 5cm

Sold for £750

STUDIO OF GEORGE CHINNERY (1774-1852) Wooded River Capriccio, with drover and cattle, an Oil on canvas, 15cm x 20cm in beaded gilt frame with rosettes to the corners (see Spink paper label verso, we are also in possession of the Spink & Son Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James, London receipt for this painting dated 28/6/(19)90, invoice no. PIC8324 - stock; CHIG K2 5449 for the sum of £9,000)

Sold for £220

A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER BOWL, hammered finish with raised dragon design in the round, character mark stamped to base, 14.5cm diameter, 219g with a plain silver plated band support and a polished wood base

Sold for £550

A 20th century bronze crane, standing with beak open, 1.54m tall Illustrated

Sold for £400

GEORGE SNOW Superman, acrylic on canvas, 160cm by 110cm

Sold for £700

Annie Peaker A collection of five studio pottery Nigerian lady figurines, painted costumes, various sizes, impressed makers mark AP, tallest 55cm high

Sold for £900

A pair of Paul Eliot stained leaded glass arch topped panels, depicting fish with ships on a blue ground, above waves, signed Paul Eliot 2012, 51cm wide, 29.5cm high

Sold for £100

BERISFORD SOLERA 1914 RARE AMOROSO CREAM SHERRY, Alc 20%, 6 x 72cl numbered bottles incl. 68,087

Sold for £600

A WORLD WAR II PERIOD JAPANESE OFFICERS KATANA having shagreen wire handle and leather scabbard, 95cm overall in scabbard

Sold for £280

A QUARTETTO OF PADOUK WOOD EASTERN GRADUATED OCCASIONAL TABLES, largest 50cm x 36cm

Sold for £350

A COLLECTION OF EARLY DINKY & OTHER DIE-CAST VEHICLES MAINLY COMMERCIALS including Petrol Tanker, Ambulance, covered Wagon, Coaches, Fire Tender, BEV Truck, military vehicles, speaker Van, Recovery Truck, Viking Aeroplane, Trains, Guy Flat Bed Lorry, Mimic Toys Refuse Cart, Dropside Truck Carter & Paterson & Pickfords Delivery Truck plus many others, various

Sold for £220

A LATE 19TH CENTURY BOHEMIAN RUBY FLASH GOBLET AND COVER, having copper wheel engraved forest scene with deer, the cover with knop, overall 46cm high (A.F.)

Sold for £700

EDWARD and JOHN BARNARD. A 19TH CENTURY SILVER CLARET JUG of tear drop form with fruiting vine handle and hinged cover. Floral repousse decoration to the body, engraved with a presentation inscription, on a circular platform foot. London 1862. 847g. 39cm high.

Sold for £480

AN ARCHIVE RELATING TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR BRIAN GWYNNE HORROCKS, K.C.B., K.B,E., D.S.O., M.C., BRITISH ARMY OFFICER COMMANDER OF OPERATION MARKET GARDEN, Montgomery said he was one of his most able Officers, he competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics and before retiring served as Black Rod in the house of Lords. The Collection includes press cuttings, photographs (loose and framed) possibly one signed by Montgomery, the others in the company of eminent men of the period, books etc.

Sold for £210

GREAT CRESTED GREBE modelled amongst bulrushes and reeds, in black painted display case, 61 x 45cm

Sold for £460

A PRINCIPALLY EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE, having plank figured top with upstand, beaded front, two shelves and fluted uprights, raised on four later ring turned feet, 94cm x 110cm

Sold for £180

C** DETOUCHE, PARIS A 19TH CENTURY WALNUT CASED MANTEL TIMEPIECE, having stepped moulded case brass pineapple finial and four brass feet, alarm pull repeat, 8-day mechanism with pendulum and bell faced by a Roman enumerated silver dial, 24cm high