Objects of Virtu

A George III papier-mâché canted rectangular toothpick case with initialled nickel plaque, length 8.5cm, a brass coin holder, a Scottish horn and silver mounted napkin ring and a small commemorative stamp box.

A group of mainly 19th century mother-of-pearl items, including a white metal mounted snuff box, diameter 5.5cm, a paperknife with gilt metal handle, cast with portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, length 17cm, and a silver bladed folding fruit knife, Sheffield 1909.

An 18th century South Staffordshire enamel table salt, diameter 6cm (faults), an enamel and brass mounted patch box, two Limoges porcelain boxes and four thimbles.

A pair of scarce mid-18th century South Staffordshire enamel mustard pots, finely painted with blue flowers on a white ground, the removable domed lids with spoon apertures, height 11.5cm (faults, one detached handle).

An early 20th century pink and black enamelled silver lady's compact, the gilded interior with hinged compartments flanking a rouge holder, length 6.2cm.

A 9ct gold mounted cigarette holder with banded decoration and black plastic mouthpiece, Birmingham 1962, length 10.5cm, together with a Cross gilt metal ballpoint pen and a Harrods case.

A 19th century tortoiseshell and white metal inlaid cigar case, length 13.5cm, a tortoiseshell and yellow metal mounted cylindrical case, length 11.5cm, a 19th century bone parasol handle, a Chinese carved bead necklace and a carved jade buckle.

A woven human hair watch chain, probably 19th century and purportedly made by a prisoner on Devil's Island, Cayenne, together with henna-tinted human finger nails, mounted within a glazed case.

A selection of twenty-seven mainly early 20th century silver mounted hatpins, including examples by Charles Horner, one with elephant head terminal, Chester 1910, and another with a Welsh hat terminal.

A selection of mainly early 20th century hatpins, including a cased set of 'Patent Arcanus Pins', a cased pair of hatpins with circular blue terminals, a pair of amber effect hatpins, a cased pair of 'Army Service Corps' buttons, a Japanese Satsuma hatpin, a Tunbridge ware hatpin and various other pairs.

A large collection of various hatpins, including gilt metal, glass, paste set and filigree examples, together with a group of pottery hatpin stands and reference books, including 'Charles Horner of Halifax' by Tom J. Lawson.

A 19th century Swiss tortoiseshell cased miniature music box, the hinged lid inset with a glazed panel painted with two women, a donkey, a cow and sheep, width 9.3cm (faults).

A 19th century Grand Tour dark green patinated cast bronze figure of Pan playing a pipe, height 13cm (lacking section of pipe).

A 19th century French silver gilt aide-mémoire of fan form, the two pierced and engraved guards opening to reveal four ivory panels, fitted with a chain and finger ring, length 10cm (lacking pencil).

A mid-19th century Dieppe ivory brisé fan, the two guards finely carved with trailing flowers, length 23cm (some minor faults to sticks).

A late 18th/early 19th century ivory and vellum folding fan, the two guards and sticks pierced and carved with figures and leafy tendrils, the 'chicken skin' panel finely painted with three landscape scenes and bordered in gold leaf, length 28cm.

An early/mid-19th century Canton ivory and painted paper folding fan, the two guards finely carved with typical landscape scenes, the European painted paper panel decorated with a family scene within a landscape, the reverse with a mountainous lakeside, length 27.5cm.

A late 18th/early 19th century French ivory and paper folding fan, the carved and pierced guards and sticks with painted decoration, the paper panel with hand-colour printed scenes of Classical women by a lakeside, the reverse with a group of figures playing with pond yachts, length 30cm, within a Nathalie, Sloane Street, London box.

A 19th century bone and painted gauze folding fan, the guards and sticks painted and gilt with foliage and birds, the panel with appliqué lacework, length 36cm, together with a 19th century mother-of-pearl and lacework folding fan, the panel painted with a group of cherubs, length 32cm (break to one guard).