THE COLLECTIONS OF JANET & JACK THORNTON
Wednesday, 12 - Monday, 24 November 2025
A 19thC two-day marine chronometer by Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand London, No.2898, c.1858, running, in dark mahogany three-piece case with brass capping and binding and folding carry handles.
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
A good mid-Victorian George Betjemann & Sons gilt-metal bee skep sewing box, of classic beehive shape of straw rope twist, surmounted by bees, on a square plinth base with recessed feet.
Estimate: $400 - $800
An early 20thC two day marine chronometer by William Woods, Maker to the Admiralty, 69 Lord Street, Liverpool, numbered 612, running,
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,600
A 20thC brass drum top planetarium, the inner planets and sun raised above a plate with celestial map within an engraved calendar dial,
Estimate: $300 - $600
A George III period mahogany apothecary box, of tall oblong form with satinwood clashing and corners to the hinged lid, fitted with a stirrup handle. The front opening wing doors revealing an interior of 18 compartments and glass bottles, the front partitions pierced with Gothic openings to reveal the bottle labels,
Estimate: $900 - $2,000
An octagonal brass Augsburg equatorial sundial, c.1820 by Johann Schrettegger*,
Estimate: $500 - $700
An 18thC multiple boxed set of approximately 310 bespoke engraved Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming counters, housed in a square lidded box holding five further boxes, each gold lacquered and monogrammed 'FS' to the lids, circa 1790
Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
A good 19thC Cuban mahogany apothecary box, of plain oblong section with top brass bale handle and raised on ogee bracket feet,
Estimate: $1,600 - $3,200
Art Nouveau sculpture by Gotthilf Jaeger (German 1871-1933) Young woman on a swing, ivory and bronze,
Estimate: $800 - $2,000
A racially caricaturing carved ivory and ebony figure of a black girl seated with a dinner plate carrying a single large cricket insect
Estimate: $140 - $280
A good George IV period brass bound mahogany gentleman's dressing case by Thomas Briggs* 27 Piccadilly, London, with sterling silver capped cut crystal bottles and jars by John & Archibald Douglas, London 1825,
Estimate: $900 - $1,800
A good Victorian coromandel dressing case by W. Leuchars, 38 Piccadilly, London* (makers to the Royal Family) with near complete sterling silver fittings, London 1852 by Frances Douglas**,
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
A 9ct gold cased telescoping propelling pencil with engraved ruler scales,
Estimate: $1,300 - $1,500
Fifteen Chinese Republic period silver gilt, silver and enamel hairpins, five with kingfisher feather colour enamels,
Estimate: $150 - $300
A 15ct. gold (tested) telescopic pencil, by Sampson Morden, the base with bloodstone seal of a rooster. Total 8gm (including mechanism).
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
