Incense burner with cover of cloisonne enamel, with gilt metal mounts and monster-head legs, coloured lotus flowers and leaf scrolls on a turquoise blue ground : China, 18th century AD

Porcelain bowl with a glazed base, decorated in enamels with buddha-like figures seated on thrones and bands of flowers and lozenges, with a domed and flanged bowl cover with brass knob handle and edge, painted in enamels with a daisy flower on the handle top: China, export ware for Thailand, Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD

Jar and lid of porcelain with clear glaze, with moulded decorations of chrysanthemums, a lion-dog knop on the lid, repaired with gold lacquer: possibly Japan, 19th century

Incense burner cover of wood, for a porcelain censer: China

Enamelled earthenware tureen cover surmounted by a fish and shells and decorated with floral scroll borders and coats of arms in green: probably French, probably made in the factory of Jean-Joseph Larchier, about 1770.

Cover of woven raffia palm fibre, with cut-pile embroidery, and corner pom-poms: Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Loango, Kongo people, 17th century

Porcelain chocolate cup cover painted in light magenta, grey-brown and gilt with the helmeted head of Catherine the Great and a double-headed eagle breaking chains: Austrian, Vienna, Imperial Porcelain Factory, decorated by Joseph Neumann, after c. 1787 - 1788

Porcelain tureen cover painted with panels of chrysanthemum, lotus and conventional ornament and sprays of flowers in Imari style: Austrian, Vienna, Du Paquier porcelain factory, c. 1740

Gadrooned cover for a double-handled silver tea-urn, by Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh, 1778

Domed cover for a silver serving dish, by G.MH., probably George McHattie, Edinburgh, 1820 - 1821, stamped 'Hay' and 'Leith' in rectangular punches

Detachable cover from a lamp for use with a three-legged silver serving dish stand, by G.MH., probably George McHattie, Edinburgh, 1820 - 1821, stamped 'Hay' and 'Leith' in rectangular punches

Brass cover of a dish worked in repousse technique and showing a design of figure panels: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan, late 19th century

Domed cover surmounted by a baluster finial for a silver and silver gilt tobacco box: Dutch, Rotterdam, by Douwe Eysma, 1761

One of a silver serving or chafing dish with a hinged detachable cover and an inner compartment for containing hot water: English, Birmingham, by Matthew Boulton, 1805 - 1806

Stepped and domed cover engraved with a coat-of-arms and with a lion finial, for a rectangular silver entree dish: English, London, by Paul Storr, 1803 - 1804

Stepped and domed cover engraved with a coat-of-arms and with an iron finial, for a rectangular silver entree dish: English, London, by Paul Storr, 1803 - 1804