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A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
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A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 502: GERMAN REVERSE PAINTED MIRROR, wheel-engraved and decorated with an image the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, in gilt-wood frame, 54cm x 46.5cm overal...
Estimate 80 - 120 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 503: GERMAN REVERSE PAINTED MIRROR, wheel-engraved and decorated with a portrait of lady in Renaissance dress within a floral wreath border, in gilt fr...
Estimate 40 - 60 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 504: EARLY 20TH CENTURY PORCUPINE QUILL BOX, with bone inlay, the hinged cover with mirror to underside, 33cm wide Additional images available, pleas...
Estimate 20 - 40 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 505: 'DEAF AND DUMB MISSION' MAHOGANY LEAFLET RACK, with further painted inscription 'PLEASE TAKE ONE...', with dividers over two frieze drawers, 41.3c...
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 506: PAIR OF MEXICAN SILVERED IRON & BRASS SPURS, with engraved decoration, the rowels 12cm diameter, 22cm wide overall
Estimate 100 - 150 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 507: LARGE 'APENTA APERIENT WATER' GREEN GLASS BOTTLE, circa 1900-40, bearing paper label inscribed 'As a safe, ordinary, and gentle aperient. For habi...
Estimate 50 - 100 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 508: LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY IRON POLE TRAP, by H. Lane, 30cm wide, along with two gin traps and a butchers hook (4)
Estimate 50 - 100 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 509: LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY ARMADILLO BASKET, the silk lined interior with draw-string, 24cm wide
Estimate 40 - 60 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 510: LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY TORTOISE, with brass ashtray insert, 15cm wide
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 511: TAXIDERMY CAIMAN CROCODILE, 122cm long Both front leg joints have split and are only attached by small sections of the skin, will require profes...
Estimate 50 - 100 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 512: 20TH CENTURY RESIN TEACHING MODEL OF A HUMAN SKELETON, articulated and suspended upright from stand, 87cm high
Estimate 100 - 150 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 513: SET OF LOCK PICK'S TOOLS, circa 19th century, comprising nine tools and two small boxes, all attached to a hoop suspension, with engraved decorati...
Estimate 50 - 100 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 514: MINIATURE BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A MOUSE, 2.8cm high, along with a miniature bronze otter and a robin (3) Appear well cared for, no discernible bre...
Estimate 40 - 60 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 515: COLD PAINTED BRONZE AND ONYX ASHTRAY, surmounted with two pheasants, 11.5cm diameter
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 521: TAXIDERMY IMPALA BUST, Aepyceros melampus , 80cm long
Estimate 150 - 250 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 522: TAXIDERMY GAZELLE BUST, Gazella gazella, 62cm long
Estimate 150 - 250 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 523: TAXIDERMY GAZELLE BUST, Gazella gazella, 62cm long Slight 'tufts' to snout mid-section, left ear with 3cm split from top, right ear 1.5cm spli...
Estimate 150 - 250 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 524: TAXIDERMY RED GROUSE, Lagopus lagopus , mounted on wooden base, 25cm high
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 525: TAXIDERMY RED GROUSE, Lagopus lagopus , mounted on wooden base, 35cm long
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 526: TAXIDERMY OSTRICH DISPLAY, Struthio camelus , comprising two adults, two chicks in eggs and two further eggs, all presented in a basket, 40cm hig...
Estimate 150 - 250 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 527: TAXIDERMY GREY SQUIRREL, Sciurus carolinensis , mounted with acorn on branch section, 23cm long
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 528: TAXIDERMY DEER'S HOOF, mounted on wooden plaque base
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 529: LARGE PAIR OF TAXIDERMY TEXAS LONGHORN CATTLE HORNS, mounted on a wooden wall plaque, 106.5cm wide
Estimate 80 - 120 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 530: BRONZE 'DEVIL UNDER A SHEET' CARD TRAY, by Humphries, Jackson & Ambler Ltd. of Manchester, stamped mark to underside, 15cm x 9cm
Estimate 300 - 500 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 531: THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, a folio of finely hand coloured geological maps (no. 2 missing), engraved at the Ordnance Survey offic...
Estimate 2,500 - 3,500 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 532: POLISHED STEEL AND BRASS FIRE HOSE NOZZLE, 'The London Nozzle', early 20th century, no. 9018, 42cm long
Estimate 50 - 80 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 533: TAXIDERMY FALLOW DEER HEAD, on heart shaped mount, 53cm from horn to horn
Estimate 50 - 100 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 534: COLLECTION OF MINERAL SPECIMENS, including two possible silver/gold ore matrixes, rock quartz and other examples
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 535: LATE 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY APOTHECARY CHEST, the hinged cover enclosing a silk lined interior fitted with eighteen glass bottles, these with handw...
Estimate 100 - 150 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 586: CAST BRONZE RAM'S HEAD, 14cm high
Estimate 80 - 120 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 587: EARLY 20TH CENTURY TORTOISE TAXIDERMY ASHTRAY, with metal insert, 12.5cm wide
Estimate 20 - 40 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 588: VICTORIAN TAXIDERMY KINGFISHER DISPLAY, modelled with two birds on a branch, on laquered base under a glass dome, 41cm high Usual fritting and n...
Estimate 50 - 100 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 589: LARGE TAXIDERMY BRINDLED GNU (CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS) WILDEBEEST, shoulder mount
Estimate 300 - 500 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 591: 19TH CENTURY BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY WRITING SLOPE, the hinged cover with central cartouche inscribed 'Mr James Todd', opening to reveal an interior ...
Estimate 100 - 200 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 592: STUDDED LEATHER METAMORPHIC LIBRARY POLE LADDER, with single hook catch opening to reveal six steps, 205cm high open; 230cm closed One of the su...
Estimate 300 - 500 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 593: EARLY 20TH CENTURY CAMEO CONCH SHELL TABLE LAMP, decorated with the Three Graces on a turned base, 16.3cm high
Estimate 40 - 60 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 594: TAXIDERMY OF A STOAT, modelled on a branch, 36cm wide
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 595: TAXIDERMY OF A WEASEL, on a plinth base, 26cm wide
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 596: TAXIDERMY FIGURE OF A DUCK, on plinth base, 30cm high
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 597: TAXIDERMY OF A PEACOCK PHEASANT, modelled on a tree section, 48cm long
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 598: PAIR OF TAXIDERMY HAWKSBILL TURTLES, circa early to mid-20th century, 50cm and 53cm long respectively; sold with CITES Certificates
Estimate 150 - 250 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 599: LATE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL, depicting a girl catching shellfish by the sea, signed indistinctly, 20.5cm high
Estimate 40 - 60 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 600: TAXIDERMY DISPLAY, mounted with grasshopper, scorpion, and a further insect in glazed case, 23.5cm x 25cm overall
Estimate 30 - 50 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 601: RARE NEST OF SIX FOSSILISED HADROSAUR EGGS, late Cretaceous period (100-66 MYA), 45cm x 28cm overall *Please see condition report One egg whi...
Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 602: LARGE FOSSILISED GONIATITE AND ORTHOCERAS FORMATION, Devonian Period, displaying nine goniatites and an orthoceras in matrix, 60cm high, 77cm wide...
Estimate 200 - 400 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 603: FOSSILISED MOSASAUR PARTIAL JAW, later arranged as currently presented on composite rock, overall 25cm x 19cm
Estimate 80 - 120 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 604: FOSSILISED MESOSAUR BRASILIENSIS SKELETON, Permian period, 30.3cm x 36.7cm overall The slab is not backed onto a board but is 'loose'; it is st...
Estimate 500 - 1,000 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
10/8/2022  at 12:00  
Lot 605: FOSSILISED KEICHOUSAUR SKELETON, Triassic period, China, the skeleton 19cm long, framed and under glass
Estimate 300 - 500 GBP
McTears  Glasgow  G51 4EU
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