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Shilluk Man of the Upper Nile (Malakal, South Sudan) - note the distinctive headdress. Date: circa 1925
Atelettes -- food on decorative skewers, including shellfish, vegetables, crystallised fruit, truffles and jelly. circa 1890
Christmas card in the shape of a parcel, with a delivery boy carrying a basket of geese. Date: 1890
Cutout Christmas card with carol singing catsCutout Christmas card with six carol singing cats. Date: circa 1890s
Spoons, forks and fish knives, Plate 220Spoons and forks, fish knives and forks, electro silver plated on best nickel silver, Plate 220. Date: circa 1880s
Rikusho-no-Matsu boat-shaped pine tree - Kinkakuji TempleThe Rikusho-no-Matsu, a 600 year-old pine tree, shaped into the form of a sailing boat. The pine tree was ported from bonsai by Yoshimitsu
Annette KellermanAnnette Marie Sarah Kellerman (1886 - 1975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time
Assorted flowers on a cross-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Art nouveau tree and leaf design with a space at the centre. Date: circa 1920s
Art nouveau tree designsA multi-coloured assemblage of art nouveau tree designs and pine cones, with a more representational image of trees at the centre. Date: circa 1920s
Commercially made German Trench Art lighter in the shape of a shell imprinted Nolly. Trench Art
Trench Art lighter, hexagonal with George V penniesTrench Art lighter, hexagonal in shape with a George V penny on each side. The reverse dated 1908. Trench Art
Trench Art lighter in the shape of a WWI tankA very novel Trench Art lighter in the shape of a First World War tank. Trench Art
Trench Art lighter in the shape of a book with the badge of the Royal Artillery. Trench Art
Tank handbag advertisement, WW1A novelty hand bag in the shape of a tank, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street in 1918. 1918
Couple exchange a love note behind the back of a cuckoldCuckold Love - A man and a married woman exchange a love note behind the back of a fool (the womans husband, signified by the horns of a fool)
Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) - Switzerland. Date: 1911
Pale pink roses on a shell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a barometer. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a dustpan and brush with a picture of a housemaid and her suitor. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of two decanters of sherry and port wine. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a green leaf with robins in the snow. Date: circa 1890s
Design for Woven Textile in beige, grey and cream
Design for Textile in white and gold. Gouache on toned paper. Silver Studio 1931
Design for Textile or Wallpaper in orange and white. Watercolour and Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1930
Design for Woven Textile in red and cream. Charcoal and Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1958
Design for Textile or Wallpaper with yellow roses. Pencil, coloured chalk and Gouache on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1894
Christian Dior designsThree sketches outlining the fashionable silhouettes created by French couturier Christian Dior, including the famous, extravagent New Look of 1947 with the sumptuous skirt
La Rubia alien abduction, Paciencia, BrazilAt Paciencia (near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), bus driver Antonio La Rubia is abducted by robot-like entities on board a UFO