A shaft of light through a gothic window falling on a curio table bearing a skull, a brass astrolabe, and an antique key.
Curiosities

Objects with histories others consider untraceable.

A discreet firm shows little and withholds much. What follows is a glimpse — never a catalogue.

Two closed leather-bound books and an antique brass skeleton key on deep oxblood velvet.
Provenance withheldTwo bound volumes and a key — on advisement.
A brass astrolabe and an antique celestial globe on a mahogany desk under candlelight.
CataloguedBrass astrolabe and celestial globe.
A single black rose in a tarnished silver vase against dark oxblood velvet.
Not for saleHeld in the house collection.
Macro detail of an antique iron skeleton key resting on worn oxblood velvet.
Estate of recordIron skeleton key, nineteenth century.
A cut-crystal decanter and matching glass holding dark liquid on a dark oak sideboard.
Private consignmentCut-crystal decanter and glass.
Close texture of aged oxblood leather with worn gold-leaf ornamental tooling.
DetailGold-tooled binding — provenance on file.
A Note on Provenance

We authenticate history before we name a price.

Every object in our care carries a record — where it has been, whose hands have held it, and how it came to us. Where that record is incomplete, we complete it before we advise. Where it cannot be completed, we do not proceed.

This is slower than the trade prefers, and it is the whole of our reputation. A collector who buys from this house buys the history as well as the object.

Seeking something in particular?

If there is an object you hope to acquire — or one you wish to place in the right hands — we would be glad to hear of it, in confidence.

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