Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Collectibles including
An Assortment of Collectibles including Carl Zeiss Jena 7x40 Binoculars and a Westminster Abbey Architectural Fragment - A group of assorted collectibles and household objects. Included is a pair of black rubberised prism binoculars, with the left bridge plate marked 7 x 40 and the right plate printed with the name CARL ZEISS JENA. The binoculars are equipped with a central focus wheel and folding rubber eyecups. A wine accessory set is housed in a mahogany-finished wooden case with a silver-tone latch, containing a lever-action corkscrew, a liquid thermometer, a foil cutter, a bottle stopper, a pourer, and a drip ring. The lot features a light-coloured stone fragment with a carved rose emblem, bearing an adhesive paper label printed REMOVED DURING THE RESTORATION / OF THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY. A ceramic jar is modelled as a military side drum in navy, white, and red, bearing the regimental crest for the ROYAL ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. Further items include a black glazed ceramic decanter for Grand Old Parr Scotch Whisky with gold-toned lettering, a shallow earthenware bowl with a hand-painted Mediterranean motif including a bottle labeled VINO, a Russian matryoshka nesting doll with blue floral decoration, a small Greek-style black-figure lekkythos vase, a toy guardsman, a ceramic hen-form jug, a small dark-finished figure, a square terracotta tile with an embossed design on a silver-tone stand, a turned wooden bowl containing a boxed magnifying glass, and a stack of ceramic plates.