Noble & Private Collections including Property from the Earl of Home

A German silver singing bird automaton in the shape of a camel, early 20th century

Auction Closed

May 22, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Realistically modelled, the bird summoned with a pull handle on the camel's back, and appearing from beneath a cover with an image of a putto conducting music, opening and closing its metal beak and flapping its wings while singing and turning from side to side

30.5cm, 12in. high

1770gr., 563/4oz total

A walrus ivory-hilted sword with scabbard, 18th century, the mounts Persian, the blade and hilt Ottoman, the blade possibly earlier

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A gold and silver-inlaid brass bowl, Mosul, Jazira, 13th century

Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP

A royal sword (saif) dedicated to King Saud ibn Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia (r.1953-64) with scabbard, signed ‘Abd Allah al-Akwa, Yemen, Sanaa, dated AH 1375/1955-56 AD

Estimate: 70,000 - 100,000 GBP

A magnificent sabre with shagreen covered scabbard, belonging to Khedive Muhammad Tawfiq (1852-92), Egypt, second half 19th century

Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP

A Mamluk rug, Egypt, early 16th century

Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP

A rare and large sword (kattara) with scabbard, Oman, second half 19th century

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

A Timurid tinned copper bowl, western Persia, circa 1500

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Two Mamluk carved marble jar stands (kilgas), Egypt, 13th/14th century

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

A British standard military-type officer's sabre of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II (1874-1944), work of Firmin & Sons Ltd., London, the blade dated 1309 AH/1891-92 AD

Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP

An enamelled and nielloed brass and silver-gilt binding, Central Asia, possibly Bukhara, late 19th/early 20th century

Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP