Circa 1900 small-medium size strolling Black Forest Bear, Swiss. Rich brown color. Very good face – small, bead eyes. Carved lindenwood – good detail to the carving of the fur.

Late 19th century surveyor’s tape by Elliott Brothers, London. Located on The Strand from 1840 into the 20th century. 

Circa 1920s cast iron painted coat of arms, English. For the former Westminster Bank.

Mid-20th century carved Chinese panel. Centered by a temple being attacked by dragons from both sides with guards attacking them to protect it.

Mid-19th century Chinese framed embroidery of Zhao Gongming. The God of Wealth, he is depicted here riding a tiger & appropriately rendered in gold & silver threads on silk ground.

Early-mid 20th century carved, red lacquer and gilt female foo lion, Chinese. Attached to conforming hollow stand base also decorated with running foo lions.

Early 20th century Japanese woodblock print in frame. Unsigned. From a series depicting the night attack and flight of Emperor Go-Shirakawa from the Sanjo Palace to escape the Minamoto clan.

Mid-19th century woodblock print of Onoe Kikugoro V signed Kagawa Toyoshige Kitsu. The famed Kabuki actor is playing the role of Banzuinin Chobei (or similar), a legendary street hero who fought against the samurai.

Dated 1864 Japanese woodblock print by Toyokuni III. Portrait of the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Gosho no Gorozo from the series “Heroic Commoners in Kabuki”.

1850 Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada, 1859, entitled “Otokodate Harukoma no Yoshiro”. Outstanding color.  It is part of a series by Utagawa (Japan, 1786-1864), or related to the series “Eight Outstanding People Matched with the Plum Calendar”