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Marble votive penis, possibly Roman

Human skull with mandible carved from marble

1601-1900

Tonkotsu with dragon netsuke

1880-1915

Snuff bottle

1701-1900

Pestle or combined pestle and mortar

1-1900

Stand for Chinese vessel

Carving of Vardhamana flanked by saints

1801-1900

Small black marble pestle with flared grinding end

1501-1800

Plaque of Garuda supporting a couch seating three deities

1801-1900

Plaque of fish avatar of Hindu god Vishnu

1801-1900

Plaque of avatar of Hindu god Vishnu

1801-1900

The 'Little Wanzer' lock stitch sewing machine, 1867-1873.

1867-1873

Marble plaque showing woman sucking child

1-100 CE

Schneider trophy, 1913, plus wooden plinth c. 1931.

The Schneider Trophy, 1913.

1911-1912

Table, Marble topped circular table on three black-painted cast iron legs. From Fishguard Harbour Refreshment Rooms, Great Western Railway, c1910.

Marble topped table, Great Western Railway

1910

Station seat, British Rail, "Trax" 4 beam unit, aluminium seats on marble blocks, made by OMK Design Ltd, c1992

British Rail station seat

Garden horizontal sundial by Wm. Deane, London, 1718. Ornamental fixed gnomon for latitude 51 degrees. 13 3/4" octagonal bronze on 18" octagonal marble base detached from original pedestal.

Garden horizontal sundial by Wm. Deane

1718

Beaker-shaped mortar and double-ended pestle of polished black marble, possibly European, probably between 1501-1900

Beaker-shaped mortar and double-ended pestle of polished black marble

1501-1900

Marble plaque, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, circular plaque with letters L & MR, from fireplace in Euston boardroom.

Stephenson plaque, Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Ovoid mortar of polished white marble, pointed ends, probably Indian, 1501-1900

Ovoid mortar of polished white marble

1501-1900

Small marble votive finger, probably Roman, 200BC-200

Small marble votive finger

200BCE-200BC

Copy of ancient well-head or putreal, white marble, possibly 18th century

Copy of ancient well-head or putreal

1701-1800

Veined marble pillar, European, 1701-1900

Veined marble pillar

1701-1900

Cream marble mortar and pestle, possibly European, 1501-1900

Cream marble mortar and pestle

1501-1900

Broken marble mortar, probably European, 1401-1800

Broken marble mortar, probably European, 1401-1800

1401-1800

Small circular marble mortar, with a Greek inscription around rim, small matching pestle, with decorated metal band around handle, probably Egyptian, 1-300

Small circular marble mortar

1-300 CE

Pair of veined marble panels, rectangular shape slabs, possibly Roman, 1st to 5th centuries

Pair of veined marble panels

1-400 CE

Small bronze head of Hypnos, original by Praxiteles, Greek, 1600-1900

small bronze head

1600-1900

Fragment of votive plaque, marble, illustrating Agathos Theos, Tyche and supplicants, Greek, 350-300BC

Fragment of votive plaque

350-300

N square marble plinth, made perhaps for as alabaster urn, possibly English, 19th century

Marble Plinth

1800-1900

Marble pedestal, from pillar, European, 1400-1920

Marble pedestal

1400-1920

Marble mortar, no provenance

Marble mortar, no provenance

Marble mortar, European, 1751-1850

Marble mortar, European, 1751-1850

1751-1850

Marble statue showing Hermaphroditus lying on a mattress, original possibly Roman (?), copy is Italian, 17th century

Marble statue showing Hermaphroditus lying on a mattress

1601-1700

Marble carved figure of Vishnu, in relief on arched slab, Indian, 1651-1800

Marble carved figure of Vishnu

1651-1800

Base from a pillar of veined white marble, unsigned, 1701-1900

Base from a pillar of veined white marble

1701-1900

Marble mortar, European, 1501-1850

Marble mortar, European, 1501-1850

1501-1850

Bronze figurine of Taurt as a pregnant hippopotamus, Egyptian, 1500BC-501BC

Bronze statue of Taweret, Egypt, 1500-501 BCE

1500-501 BCE

Marble mortar decorated with four heads in relief and four painted panels, probably Italian, 16th-17th century

Marble mortar decorated with four heads in relief and four painted panels

1501-1700

Circular marble lid with knob on top, now detached, in grey and white mottled marble, probably European, 1701-1900

Circular marble lid with knob on top

1701-1900

Large marble mortar with 4 lugs which extend down sides, from Valladolid, Spanish, 1501-1900

Large marble mortar with 4 lugs which extend down sides

1501-1900

Marble copy of classical statue of Venus, perhaps Italian, 19th century

Marble copy of classical statue of Venus

1801-1900

Part of a marble architrave, for above a doorway, morticed on either side for vertical supports, possibly Islamic, thought to be made in Iran or Turkey, 15th to 18th century

Part of a marble architrave

1401-1700

Marble relief showing a drinking party, possibly of doctors(?), three men reclining on couches, servant stoking stove, in wooden frame, Greek, 3rd century BC

Marble relief showing a drinking party

300-201 BCE

Marble copy of a Greek(?) statue of Homer, original possibly 4th to 2nd century BC, copy possibly 1800-1920

Homer

1800-1920; 400-200 BCE

Silver statue in the form of a partly draped skeleton, mounted on a bloodstone seal, with marble base

Silver statue in the form of a partly draped skeleton

Bucket-shaped marble mortar with two lugs on rim, probably Egyptian 3000BC-500, two ceramic grinding ends of European pestles, 1701-1900

Bucket-shaped marble mortar with two lugs on rim

3000-500

Rectangular marble plaque, with dedicatory inscription in Greek, a thank offering after an illness, unsigned, Greek, 500BC-100BC.

Rectangular marble plaque

500-100 BCE

Apparatus for measuring the surface tension of liquids, owned and probably designed by Professor H.Vincent, consisting of balance beam with steel cylinder and chains, made by Prolabo, Paris, French,

Apparatus for measuring the surface tension of liquids

1920-1934

Capital from a pillar of veined white marble, unsigned, 1701-1900

Capital from a pillar of veined white marble

1701-1900