Europe and the Americas
'The William and Mary Cabinet.'
A magnificent Dutch marquetry cabinet on stand, by Jan van Mekeren (1658-1733), possibly made for William III and Mary of England
Amsterdam, circa 1687
'Portrait of Henri Christophe, King Henri I of Haiti'
Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (1775-1850)
‘Camelopard - a present from the Pacha of Egypt to the King - at Malta on its way to England’
A fine ebony and pen-engraved mother-of-pearl and lacquer inlaid baleen collector’s cabinet by or attributed to Herman Doomer (1595-1650) and Jean Bellekin (c. 1597 - 1636)
Northern Netherlands, probably Amsterdam, circa 1630- 1635
A superb bejewelled gem-set repoussé silver
Ottoman miquelet flintlock rifle
Ottoman Empire, Turkey, 19th century
An Ottoman nephrite hilted bejewelled Ottoman hançer
Ottoman Empire, Turkey, 19th century
A sailor’s polished Giant Amazon Arrau River Turtle (Pdocnemis expansa) shell
England, 19th century
Cornelis Liefrinck (c. 1581-1652)
“Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers from to join the ‘Speedwell’, Delftshaven, July 1620”