Beschreibung:

An interesting and varied collection of curiosities, including a 19th century fisherman's fleam, knotted with birds' feathers, oval penwork box and cover, picked out with green reserves, 6.5cm wide; Victorian Orientalist Magic Lantern slides, (4); Harrods Stationery Department visiting cards: Charles B.M.McBurney, King's College, Cambridge, [1914 - 1979, famous Paleolithic archaeologist], advertising box en suite, c. 1933; a Victorian brown shellac memento mori mourning locket, hinged cover moulded in a high relief with a nest of chicks, enclosing two locks of hair, c. 1880; a Japanese lacquer rectangular box and cover, enclosing clippings of family members' hair; a pair of Victorian glass photographic portraits, of a lady and a child, bevelled ovals, 3.4cm high, fitted case en suite; a Japanese mujo softwood macabre bead, carved as a human skull; brass gaming tokens, as George II guineas, (6); a 19th century lace sample, 28cm long; a pair of late George III steel spectacles, c. 1820; mother-of-pearl batons, various; teeth, various; shells, driftwood and other natural history specimens (qty)