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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
1. INTRODUCTION
The following notes are intended to assist Bidders and Buyers, particularly those who are inexperienced or new to our saleroom. The sale of goods at our auctions are governed by our Terms of Sale (for Live Auctions or Online Auctions as applicable), our Privacy Policy, the Important Information for Buyers, and any notices that are displayed in our saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer (in the case of a Live Auction) or displayed on any Listing for a Lot in our Online Auction catalogue (in the case of an Online Auction) (collectively, the “Terms and Conditions of Business”). The Terms and Conditions of Business are available for inspection on our Website and at our saleroom on request. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything in our Terms and Conditions of Business that you do not fully understand. Please make sure that you read the applicable Terms of Sale carefully before bidding. If your bid is successful, you will be obliged to comply with our Terms of Sale.
2. AGENCY
As Auctioneers we usually act on behalf of the Seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. If you buy at auction your Contract for your purchase of the goods is with the Seller, not with us as Auctioneer.
3. ESTIMATES
Estimates are designed to help you gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular Lot. Estimates may change and should not be thought of as the Lot’s value or predicted sale price. The lower Estimate may represent the Reserve price (the minimum price for which a Lot may be sold) and will not be below the Reserve price. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the auction and may be altered by a saleroom notice or announcement by the Auctioneer before the auction of the Lot (for Live Auctions), or on the Listing for a Lot in our Online Auction catalogue before the auction of the Lot (for Online Auctions). They represent a matter of opinion and are not definitive.
4. BUYER’S PREMIUM
The Terms of Sale oblige you to pay a Buyer’s Premium at 25% on the Hammer Price of each Lot purchased. The Buyer’s Premium is subject to VAT at the standard rate (currently 20%).
5. VAT
The following paragraphs are intended to give general advice on VAT for items purchased at auction. We have covered the common situations, and this may not be comprehensive. We are unable to offer Tax advice and we suggest you seek independent advice if you require clarifications or further information.
5.1 Items in our catalogue may be marked in the following ways:
(a) (†) indicates that VAT is payable by the Buyer on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium. VAT will be chargeable at the standard rate (presently 20%) for most Lots. Qualifying books will be charged at 0%. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the Seller is registered for VAT within the UK and is not operating the Dealers’ Margin Scheme on their consignment to us.
(b) (‡) indicates that the Lot has been imported from outside the UK using customs Temporary Admissions procedures. Import VAT of 5% (reduced rate due to nature of the Lot) is due on the Hammer Price and an amount in lieu of VAT at 20% will be included in the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT on the Buyer’s Premium cannot be itemised separately on our invoices. The successful Bidder and therefore Buyer of the Lot will become its importer.
(c) (Ω) indicates that the Lot has been imported from outside the UK using customs Temporary Admissions procedures. Import VAT of 20% (higher rate) is due on the Hammer Price and an amount in lieu of VAT at 20% will be included in the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT on the Buyer’s Premium cannot be itemised separately on our invoices. The successful Bidder and therefore Buyer of the Lot will become its importer.
(d) Lots which do not display one of the above symbols (referred to herein as unmarked Lots) have no VAT payable on the Hammer Price. This is because such Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. Therefore, an amount in lieu of VAT at the standard rate is included within the Premium and will not be shown separately on our invoice or be recoverable as input Tax.
5.2 For the items marked (‡) or (Ω), Buyers registered for VAT in the UK should notify us as soon as possible after the sale so that we can correctly instruct our shipping agents to complete the import into the UK under the Buyer’s VAT registration and HMRC can issue a form C79. The charge on our invoice for the import VAT is not sufficient evidence to make a claim for the import VAT.
6. REFUNDS OF VAT
6.1 For Buyers from outside the UK, the VAT charged on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium or included in lieu of VAT in the Buyer’s Premium can be refunded so long as the Buyer has:
(a) registered to bid with an address outside the UK; and (b) discussed with us the proof of export we require and the timeframes to complete the export.
6.2 Once we are satisfied that the requirements referred to in Clause 1.6.1 have been met, and with the proof of export provided, the following VAT will be refunded:
(a) For Lots marked (†): The VAT on the Hammer Price and on the Buyer’s Premium.
(b) For Lots marked (‡) and (Ω): the import VAT and, the VAT in lieu in the Buyer’s Premium.
(c) For unmarked Lots: the amount in lieu of VAT in the Buyer’s Premium.
6.3 To enable us to refund the VAT charged correctly we normally require the use of our international shippers to assist with the required paperwork. For private Buyers, we will only be able to refund the VAT if our shippers are used for the export of the Lot outside the UK.
7. REINVOICING SALES
For unmarked Lots, you can request a Lot to be reinvoiced outside the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. VAT at 20% will be charged on the Hammer Price and the VAT on the Buyer’s Premium will be itemised separately on our invoice. This will enable a VAT registered business to reclaim all the VAT. Please note that the item will no longer be eligible to be sold in the Margin Scheme. We recommend you seek advice before proceeding. Requests must be made within 6 months of the sale and certain conditions apply.
8. INSPECTION OF GOODS BY THE BUYER
As we act on behalf of the Seller, we are dependent on information provided by the Seller about their goods. We may inspect Lots and will act reasonably in taking a general view about them. However, we are normally unable to carry out detailed examinations of Lots to check their condition in the way a Buyer would do. You will have the opportunity to inspect the goods (upon request). Where a Lot is made available for inspection, we strongly recommend that you inspect any Lots that you are interested in prior to bidding at the auction. Please carefully note the exclusion of liability for the condition of Lots set out in the Terms of Sale for Online Auctions at Clause 22.5 and the Terms of Sale for Live Auctions at Clause 18.5.
9. GOODS WITH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
These are sold as “antiques” for their historical and decorative attributes, and for collection and display only. They are not intended for use. If you buy goods with electrical components and intend to use them, you must ask a qualified electrician to check them for compliance with safety regulations before you use them.
10. ENDANGERED SPECIES
If you intend to buy goods which contain endangered species, you need to find out if there is a prohibition on the purchase of goods of that character. For goods containing elephant ivory, you also need to satisfy yourself that they have been correctly registered or certified and meet the exemption conditions under applicable legislation.
11. EXPORT OF GOODS
If you intend to export goods you must find out: 11.1whether an export licence is needed; and 11.2 if there is a prohibition on exporting goods of that character outside of the UK or on importing goods of that character in your intended country of import such as because the goods contain prohibited materials such as elephant ivory or other protected flora and fauna.
12. BIDDING
Bidders will be required to register with us before the auction starts. We Reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value Lots this deadline may be several days before the auction in order to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone or online bidding. You will need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us and such other information as we may require. Please note that we may refuse to register you if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion.
13. BIDDING PLATFORMS
We offer free online bidding directly through our Website (www. olympiaauctions.com). You may also bid using an independent Bidding Platform. Bidders using an independent Bidding Platform or service should note that the platform may impose an additional fee or charge, which will be added to the total amount payable in the event your bid is successful. Please refer to the terms and conditions on the relevant independent platform for rates.
14. FINANCIAL CHECKS
As Auctioneers we may have to conduct various checks into our customers
under the Money Laundering Legislation, under sanctions legislation and other related legislation. Unless we confirm we already have this information, on registration to bid you will be required to provide the following:
(a) For individuals, official photo identification (driving licence, passport or equivalent) and proof of address (if this is not included in your ID document).
(b) For corporate entities, the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent) with the entity’s official name, registered number (if any) and registered address, as well as details and ID documentation for directors and beneficial owners of the entity.
(c) For trusts and estates, details and ID documentation for executors/ trustees and details of beneficiaries: please contact us for further information.
14.1 You may be asked for further information if we deem this necessary.
14.2 If you are bidding for another person (your Principal) you will be required to provide the above information for yourself and your Principal, along with a signed letter from your Principal authorising you to bid on his/ her behalf.
14.3 If you require further information about ID requirements, please contact enquiries@olympiaauctions.com If we deem that you have not provided sufficient information for us to complete our anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions checks to our satisfaction, we may refuse to register you to bid and we may postpone completion of or cancel any Contract made by you and the Seller in the event you have made a successful bid.
15. COMMISSION BIDDING
You may leave commission bids with us indicating the maximum amount to be bid against a Lot (excluding the Buyer’s Premium and/or any applicable VAT). We will execute commission bids as cheaply as possible having regard to the Reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two Buyers submit identical commission bids, we may prefer the first bid received (where this can be reasonably ascertained). Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone or fax/email or via our Website or online Bidding Platform.
16. METHODS OF PAYMENT
16.1 Online: Payment can be made at www.OlympiaAuctions.com/payment
16.2 Cheque: Usually any cheques will need to be cleared before you can take the goods away. We require seven days to clear sterling cheques unless special arrangements have been made in advance of the sale.
16.3 Bank Transfer: Payments must be received from a bank account held in the name of the person or entity named on the invoice for the Lot.
16.4 Cash: £6,000 and “card holder not present” payments above £2,000 cannot be accepted.
16.5 Credit Card payments in person: Payments above £6,000 cannot be accepted.
16.6 Debit Card payments in person: Payments are without limit.
17. COLLECTION AND STORAGE
Please note what the applicable Terms of Sale say about collection and storage (see Clause 13 of the Terms of Sale for Live Auctions and Clause 15 of the Terms of Sale for Online Auctions). It is important that you pay for and collect goods promptly. Any delay may involve you having to pay storage charges. You (or your agent) must bring photographic ID for collection. Please note that collection may be made during working hours only, usually Monday to Friday 09:30 to 17:00.
18. POTENTIAL CANCELLATION RIGHTS
If you purchase a Lot in an Online Auction as a Consumer in the UK or EU from a Seller who is a Trader, you may have a right to cancel your purchase of that Lot from the day of the auction up to the day which is 14 days after the date on which you take possession of the Lot. You may also have the right to cancel Services provided by us. Further information is set out in the Terms of Sale for Online Auctions.
CATALOGUING PRACTICE
1.
Please note that all measurements are approximate and that illustrations are not to scale. The condition of a Lot is not usually included in catalogue descriptions, and no assumptions should be made in the absence of this information. Condition reports are available on request.
2.
CERAMICS
Obvious faults may be recorded in italics at the end of a description for ceramics.
3. CLOCKS AND WATCHES
All Lots are sold “as is” and the absence of any reference to the condition of a clock or watch does not imply that the Lot is in good condition and without defects, repairs or restorations. Most clocks and watches have been repaired in the course of their normal lifetime and may now incorporate parts not original to them. Furthermore, we make no representation or warranty that any clock or watch is in working order. As clocks and watches often contain fine and complex mechanisms, the Bidder should be aware that a general service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. The Bidder should be aware that the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank Muller and Corum into the United States is highly restricted. These watches may not be shipped to the USA and can only be imported personally.
4. DISPLAY ACCESSORIES
Please note that armour stands and many of the display mounts used in the catalogue(s) and the sale exhibition(s) do not form part of the Lot unless stated in the catalogue, though they may be made available to the successful Buyer of the relevant Lot(s). Please contact us for prices and further details.
5. FIREARMS
Please note that all bore sizes are approximate.
6. JEWELLERY
It is common practice for many gemstones to be treated by a variety of methods to enhance their appearance and the international jewellery trade has generally accepted these methods. Although heat enhancement of colour is usually permanent, in some cases this could affect the durability of a gemstone. Oiled gemstones may need re-oiling after a certain period. If no gemmological report is published in the catalogue, prospective Buyers should be aware that the gemstones or pearls could have been enhanced by some method.
7. PHOTOGRAPHS
In addition to the explanations set out below regarding categorising terms for works, please note the following. The date given is that of the image (negative). Where no further date is given, this indicates that the photographic print is vintage (the term “vintage” may also be included in the Lot description). A vintage photograph is one which was made within approximately 5–10 years of the negative. Where a second, later date appears, this refers to the date of printing. Where the exact printing date is not known, but understood to be printed later, “printed later” will appear in the Lot description.
Unless otherwise specified, dimensions given are those of the piece of paper on which the image is printed, including any margins. Some photographs may appear in the catalogue without the margins illustrated. All photographs are sold unframed unless stated otherwise in the Lot description.
8. PICTURES
A work catalogued with the name(s) or recognised designation of an artist, without any qualification, is, in our opinion, a work by the artist. In other cases, the following expressions with the following meanings are used:
(a) “Attributed to”: means in our opinion it is probably a work by the artist in whole or in part.
(b) “Studio of” or “workshop of”: means in our opinion a work executed in the studio or workshop of the artist, possibly under his supervision.
(c) “Circle of”: means in our opinion a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence.
(d) “Follower of”: means in our opinion a work executed in the artist's style but not necessarily by a pupil.
(e) “Manner of”: means in our opinion a work executed in the artist's style but of a later date.
(f) “After”: means in our opinion a copy (of any date) of a work of the artist.
(g) “Signed”, “dated”, “inscribed”: means in our opinion the work has been signed, dated or inscribed by the artist. The addition of a question mark (?) adds an element of doubt.
(h) “Bears signature”, “bears date”, “bears inscription”: means in our opinion the signature, date, inscription or stamp is by a hand other than that of the artist.
9. SILVER, GOLD AND PRECIOUS METALS
Weights may only be accurate to within 5 grams. Weights shown as “(* oz)” are in troy ounces and usually rounded down to the full ounce.
10. THE FOLLOWING SYMBOLS MAY BE USED IN OUR AUCTION CATALOGUES
(a) (□) indicates a Lot with no Reserve.
(b) (✧) indicates a “Premium Lot”. For Premium Lots, you must complete the required Premium Lot preregistration application and deliver to us such necessary financial references, guarantees, deposits and/or such other security as we may in our absolute discretion require, as security for your bid. Our decision as to whether to accept any pre-registration application shall be final.
(c) (⦿) indicates items that have been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic material which may be subject to restrictions regarding import or export. The absence of the symbol is not a warranty that there are no restrictions regarding import or export of the item. We accept no liability for any Lots which may be subject to restrictions but have not been identified as such. Please refer to section A, paragraph 10 above.
(d) (⊕) indicates a Lot that may be subject to Artist’s Resale Right.
(e) (∏) indicates "Monumental". Lots with this symbol may, in our opinion, require special handling or shipping services due to size or other physical considerations. Buyers are advised to inspect the lot and to contact Olympia Auctions prior to the sale to discuss any specific shipping requirements.
(f) (W) indicates property stored and to be collected from off-site storage. Please note that property can only be released once payment has been received in full and cleared funds. If you are sending your own authorised agent to collect property from Olympia Auctions on your behalf, please provide a letter of authorisation, a copy of your paid invoice and photographic ID.
(g) (#) Book sales. Although these items are not free from VAT, Olympia Auctions is able to use the margin scheme and VAT will not normally be charged on the hammer price. Olympia Auctions must bear VAT on the buyer’s premium and hence will charge an amount in lieu of VAT at the standard rate on this premium. This amount will form part of the buyer’s premium on our invoice and will not be separately identified.
an enamelled porcelain plaque, Mollica Ceramiche, Naples, late 19th century, painted by the artist with a barefoot young woman leaning against a fishing boat, signed lower left 'AMollica', in its moulded ebonised wood frame with giltwood slip, plaque 21 x 17.5cm, overall 30 x 26cm
Achille Mollica ran the Mollica Ceramiche business together with his two brothers, Ciro and Alessandro, whilst also becoming known for his finely painted oils on canvas of genre and Orientalist subjects. Confusingly his death date is often quoted as 1885, despite known later dated works and exhibitions.
£200 - 300
A PAIR OF BERLIN (KPM) PAINTED PORCELAIN PLAQUES OF GENRE PORTRAITS, CIRCA 1900
after Christian Seybold (1695-1768), both probably painted by Franz Wagner depicting 'Old Man with Spotted Fur Cap', signed 'Wagner' and 'Old Woman with Green Headscarf', impressed KPM and sceptre marks, inscribed for the size '255x195', plaques 25.5x19cm, in probably original ebonised wood frames 42 x 36cm Commonly misattributed to Balthasar Denner (1685-1749) another painter of 'tronies' and an artist who greatly influenced Seybold, the oil on copper Seybold originals are held by the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (Nos.2094/5). These heads are also sometimes described erroneously as depicting Rembrandt's parents. For another KPM plaque of the old man and of the same size, signed 'F. Wagner', see Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 507. The porcelain painter Franz Wagner is recorded as active between 1894-1908 at 42 Starhemberggasse,Vienna IV (Waltraud Neuwirth, 'Porzellanmaler-Lexikon',Vol.II, 1840–1914, p.330).
£600 - 800
A BERLIN (KPM) PORCELAIN PLAQUE OF 'DIE FALSCHSPIELER', 1903
painted by Albert Scherf with the tenebrist scene of a pair of cardsharps and their victim after Valentin de Boulogne, signed lower right 'A Scherf', reverse impressed 'K.P.M.' under the sceptre flanked by letters and above incised dimensions '340-290', inscribed 'Falschspieler' and further dimensions in millimetres '344x290', in a reeded giltwood mount and ebonised frame 40 x 49.5cm overall
Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632) painted his 'Cardsharps' (Falschspieler) in circa 1614-15, obviously familiar with Caravaggio's treatment of the subject executed about twenty years earlier. Acquired in the mid 18th century by Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, displayed in the Royal Galleries of Dresden and still on display in the city at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (No.Gal.-Nr. 408), in the past the painting was indeed commonly misattributed to Caravaggio.
Albert Scherf (1876–1953) together with his brother Louis, another porcelain painter, were trained by Albert Schünze at the Lichte technical school of drawing, painting, modelling and ceramics, which had been established in the Lichtetal of Thuringia in 1862 under the auspices of the Prince of Sachsen-Meiningen. He is known particularly for his skill with chiaroscuro, a talent palpably displayed on this plaque.
£2,000 - 3,000
A MEISSEN FIGURAL POT POURRI VASE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the baluster urn relief moulded with a frieze of Bacchic revellers below a pierced neck, on a waisted socle flanked by three figures of putti, the oval base with formal leaf band, gilt line borders throughout, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, incised 1649, impressed 68 and 70, 15.5cm high
£120 - 180
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE SNUFF TAKER, CIRCA 1745
modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775) as a long-haired rustic standing before a tree stump holding an open gilt snuff box in his right hand, his left hand holding the pinch under his nose, wearing a black hat and neck-tie and yellow breeches, indecipherable impressed numbers, 18cm high, some restoration
Meissen produced a number of variants of this peasant figure: for another with a grape basket on his back, see Christie's, London, 28 November 2012, lot 116, and one as a grape-picker eating grapes at Christie's, London, 20 May 2014, lot 68. For another without basket, as here, see Christie's, London, 31 May 2012, lot 657.
£600 - 800
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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE JUG, DATED 1827
the globular body with fluted panels, decorated to one side with a weaver at a handloom above the legend 'Success to the Lancashire Weavers' and to the other with figures in a country house park, inscribed below the spout 'JB / 1827' within a floral wreath, with floral neck below a puce lustre rim, 22.5cm high
The falling incomes and difficult conditions of the Lancashire handloom weavers in the early 19th century led to demonstrations in April 1826 and attacks on the powerlooms seen as a threat to their livelihoods.
£300 - 400
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A PRATT WARE 'ADMIRAL NELSON / CAPTAIN HARDY' JUG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
moulded with the titles above busts of the figures flanked by stylised ships, with black line rims and down the front of the jug,, 16cm high
£100 - 200
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A CLARICE CLIFF 'BIZARRE' THREEPIECE CONDIMENT SET, 1930s
'Marguerite' pattern with moulded flowerheads and leaves, comprising a mustard pot and cover, a pepperette and a salt shaker, 8cm tallest
£100 - 200
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A CLARICE CLIFF 'BIZARRE' CONICAL SIFTER, 1930s
'Crocus' pattern, printed marks, 14cm high
£150 - 200
TWENTY-EIGHT RENE LALIQUE 'DAMPIERRE' GLASSES, CIRCA 1935 design introduced 1931, each clear glass body slightly tapering to a blue stained base moulded with a frieze of birds and a clear spreading foot, comprising eleven 10.5cm high, nine 8.5cm high and eight 7.5cm high, etched marks 'R.LALIQUE', three with rim chips
£700 - 1,000
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A VENETIAN GLASS DISH, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY
circular, the base of the shallow bowl with a band of blue cabling, a blue line border below the everted rim, 16cm diameter
£200 - 300
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A PART SET OF HERMES 'AFRICA' PATTERN PORCELAIN PLATES, CIRCA 2000
the borders decorated on green and yellow alternating panels with African fauna and/or flora, comprising two dinner plates centred by a cheetah and a zebra, six soup plates each centred by an elephant (one with rim chip), three dessert plates vacant to centre, and four side plates each centred by an ostrich, printed marks 'AFRICA', 'HERMES / PORCELAINE / PARIS' and 'PARIS / HERMES / FRANCE' (15)
£400 - 600
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A RUSSIAN CUP AND SAUCER, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, NICHOLAS II PERIOD, 1909 / 10 Gatchina Service (later addition), with the Imperial Eagle and gilt line borders, undersides with green Nicholas II ciphers above dates 1909 and 1910, saucer 14cm diameter
£200 - 300
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A RUSSIAN POTTERY NICHOLAS II CORONATION BEAKER, M.S. KUZNETSOV COMPANY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1897
slightly tapering, sea green glazed, moulded with text in Russian commemorating the Holy Coronation above the Muscovite arms and flanked by the ciphers of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna all within crossed laurel sprays, stamped mark M.S. Kuzenetsov / 1879 / 21, 12cm high
£200 - 300
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A RUSSIAN EASTER EGG, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
the white egg gilded with a cipher for Empress Alexandra Feodorova of her initials in interlaced Slavic script below the crown, suspension holes to top and bottom, 6cm high
£150 - 250
A RUSSIAN EASTER EGG, IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
the white ground with matt and burnished gilding of two Imperial ciphers of Empress Maria Feodorovna between stylised strapwork borders, 11cm high excluding later wood stand
Provenance: The Dickinson family of St Petersburg, thence by descent to the vendor.
Six Dickinson children, including three sisters, were born in late 19th century St Petersburg to English parents. Their father, whose family had been connected with Russia for three generations, ran the Phoenix Ironworks in the Viborg quarter and until 1905 the family lived at some ease in a large house nearby. The unrest and ecomomic crisis of the early 1900s however resulted in the complete failure of his investments, the family forced to depart for their mother's home in Lancashire. Pining for the country they considered home, by 1911 the three sisters had all returned to Russia, their aunt in St Petersburg finding them work as governesses.
Their stories are related in a diary kept from 1916-18 by one sister, Miss Daisy. This diary was edited by her daughter, the vendor's mother, and published as 'Miss Daisy's Secret Russian Diary' (edited by Muriel Delahaye, Troubador Publishing, Leicester, 2017). The diary opens at Easter 1916, recording the gift of the the diary itself, money and 'four small silver easter eggs'.
Another sister, Miss Ida, worked for Aylia and Alexander Pistolkors. Aylia was a sister of Anna Verubova, Empress Alexandra's beloved Lady-in-Waiting, and Alexander Pistolkors a stepson of Grand Duke Paul, the Tsar's uncle. Whilst the third sister, Miss May, spent most of her time on her Swedish/Russian employers' estate in Finland, the other two were busy in town or at the coast, pursued by a number of suitors. Ida in particular was a frequent visitor at Tsarkoe Selo. On 11th December 1916 Ida and Daisy were taken, somewhat unwillingly, to a supper with Rasputin at his flat on Gorokhovaya Street, Daisy's diary revealing that he repeated his prophecy 'If I am killed,... the Romanov family will also die.' Following Rasputin's assasination, on 31st December the diary records that 'In spite of all the upset about Rasputin Ida still received her Christmas card from the Tsarina', the book (ibid) illustrating this postcard, still in the family's possesion, showing the message: 'To Miss Ida / with Kisses / Greetings & Best Wishes for 1916 / Alexandra'. In one of her last surviving letters, written to Anna Verubova from captivity in Tobolsk, the Empress asks after both Anna's sister Aylia and the governess: 'Miss Ida is still with her I hope.'
By the start of 1918 the sisters had all managed to make their way back to Britain. Ida had been given permission to leave Russia in May 1917, after an interview with Lenin himself. Daisy and May remained, living through the danger and privations of revolutionary St Petersburg, until a meeting with Trotsky on 29th November meant they could make preparations to leave, finally getting away in mid December. Although Daisy later married, the other two remained spinsters, ending their days running a boarding house on the Lancashire coast at Cleveleys, their precious relics of their days in Imperial Russia passing eventually to the vendor's mother.
For a Russian gold chain with egg pendants and a Fabergé egg pendant with the same provenance, see Olympia Auctions, 'Jewellery & Watches', 21 November 2024, lots 318 & 319
For other Imperial Porcelain Manufactory eggs with the same strapwork borders see: Christie's, London, 26 November 2002, lot 116 and Rouillac, Château d'Artigny, 10 June 2018, lot 94
£800 - 1,200
A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD WITH PARCEL-GILT-SILVER OKLAD, MAKER'S MARK GS, MOSCOW, 1908-17
on panel, the oklad with engine-turned grounds and finely bright-cut engraved, with raised robes and applied with haloes with pierced fringe, maker's and 875 standard kokoshnik marks to halo and bottom edge, purple velvet backed with a wax seal monogrammed under a baron's coronet, 22 x 17.5cm excluding glazed wood kiot
‡ £700 - 1,000
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A RUSSIAN ICON OF ELIJAH AND THE FIERY CHARIOT, VILLAGE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
tempera, gilding and gesso on wood panel, with a silvered later oklad with foliate border and spandrels, 31 x 26.5cm
£300 - 400
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AN ICON OF THE ELEUSA (VIRGIN OF TENDERNESS), PROBABLY GREEK 18TH CENTURY
tempera and gesso on wood panel, the Holy Infant caressing the Virgin's chin and tenderly pressed to her cheek, 31 x 25.5 cm
£300 - 500
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A SPANISH POLYCHROMED AND MOULDED PLASTER 'ALHAMBRA' PANEL, GRANADA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
rectangular, with typical foliate-filled 'lazo' patterning surrounding a pair of medallions each centred by the Nasrid shield with motto 'There is no greater conqueror than Allah' (Wala ghaliba illa Allah), in its ebonised wood frame with giltwood slip, 32 x 45cm overall
£150 - 250
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A SPANISH ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF AN ARCH IN THE ALHAMBRA, GRANADA, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
an idealised scale reduction in polychromed plaster, relief moulded with intricately patterned foliate arabesques, strapwork and calligraphy including the repeated Nasrid motto 'There is no greater conqueror than Allah' (Wala ghaliba illa Allah), in (distressed) green velvet wrapped mount, 54 x 40cm overall
£150 - 250
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A WILLIAM IV SAMPLER, WORKED BY MARY SMITH, DATED 1836
the upper part worked with two sets of letters flanked by putti in cartouches, with foliate borders between, the lower section with a moralistic text above a house flanked by trees and further stylised foliage inhabited by a variety of birds and animals and a signature panel reading: Mary Smith, Aged 13 years, 1836, 30 x 28.5cm within a glazed satin birch frame 39.5 x 38cm overall
£300 - 400
23
A TOLEWARE STRONGBOX, CHUBB & SONS LTD., LONDON & WOLVERHAMPTON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
rectangular, gilt brass swing handle to lid, black ground with buff and bronze borders, inscribed to front 'IRENE EVELINE CROSS.', interior with its Chubb plaque, with its 'Detector' lock and two keys, 38cm long
£60 - 80
24
A GEORGE III SAILOR'S 'BUGBEAR' FLASK, DATED 1806 the coconut with all-over low relief decoration of two roundels flanked by feathered patterning, to the obverse with a naval fouled anchor and surrounding inscription 'MARY BRISON 1806' within a berried laurel band, the reverse with a star of six lozenges, the face with paktong-set eyes and removeable stopper centring the gaping mouth with filed teeth, mounted on a copper spreading foot with geometric borders and lattice pierced band, 16cm high
This bugbear may have been carved by the naval rating Robert Brison (Westmeath 1772-1840 Portsea) for his wife Mary (née Sibley, married in 1803 at St Mary's Portsea), whilst serving with the Royal Navy in the Caribbean onboard HMS Acasta. HMS Acasta was a 40-gun Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate, which saw much service in the West Indies; by 12 January 1806 she was anchored in Carlisle Bay, Barbados, afterwards involved in the battle of Santo Domingo.
£400 - 600
25
A COCO DE MER (LODOICEA MALDIVICA), SEYCHELLES, 20TH CENTURY
polished, well rounded and suggestively retaining some husk to crevice, mounted by two metal rods to a rectangular wood base, nut 33cm, 41cm high including stand
£600 - 900
26 (illustrated opposite)
A DONOR FIGURE, UPPER RHENISH, LATE 15TH / EARLY 16TH CENTURY
chestnut three-quarter block carved kneeling to sinister, a shoe showing under his robes, his torso twisted towards us, hands in prayer and bearded head slightly tilted, 71cm high
Provenance: Private London Collection; acquired from A. & E. Foster Ltd., 2007; The Boarsney House Sale, Dreweatt Neate, Tunbridge Wells, 18 September 2006, lot 231
£700 - 1,000
CESARE LAPINI (1848-1893): 'COM'È FREDDA'
a Carrara marble figure, Fratelli Lapini, Florence, dated 1889, carved as a young woman leaning against a rock, her lace-edged chemise slipping off her shoulders and breast as she dips her toes into the cold lapping water, oval base titled to front and incised to rear 'Prop:ta Fratlli / Lapini / 1889 / Firenze', 85cm. high
Provenance: Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst (1856-1927) of Montreal Park near Sevenoaks, Kent; by whom sold at a contents auction of the house circa 1926 to the vendor's great uncle.
A native of Florence, Cesare Lapini became a highly successful sculptor in the later 19th century. He sold both his own and others works to an international clientele from his workshop/gallery in the city, the business usually designated Fratelli Lapini (or Signori Lapini, ‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi, Pittori, Scultori e Architetti’, edited by Angelo De Gubernatis, Florence, 1889, pp.256/580), the firm apparently continuing to trade after his death, then usually designated Galleria Lapini, into the early 20th century. His similar bathing figure 'La Sorpresa' is well known, since oft repeated in both marble and alabaster, unlike the present rare model.
£8,000 - 12,000
FREDERICK THRUPP (1812-1895): ARIEL IMPRISONED IN A PINE TREE
a Carrara marble bust, probably 1840s, carved as a boy, his chest tied with pine branches, truncation signed to reverse 'Fredk Thrupp', on waisted socle, 55.5cm high
Thrupp's studio collection at the time of his death is still mostly intact, now held by the Torre Abbey Museum in Torquay, probably the largest single collection of a Victorian sculptor's work and a unique record of a professional sculptor's practices at the time. It seems at least two marble busts of Ariel were executed, since another, which presumably remained in the artist's possession, can be found at Torre Abbey (TORAG:SCM10), as well as a plaster cast. Thrupp exhibited 'Ariel Imprisoned in a Pine Tree' at the Royal Academy in 1844 (Catalogue No.1348) and again at the British Institution in Pall Mall in 1846 (Catalogue No.489).
£1,200 - 1,800
29
REINHOLD KÜBART (1879-1937):
MORGENSTRAHL
a German patinated bronze horse figure, probably Berlin, circa 1910, modelled as the warmblood Trakehner chestnut stallion, signed to table 'Reinhold Kuebart / 1910', 40.5cm high excluding marble plinth Reinhold Kübart trained at the Königsberg Art Academy under the guidance of Friedrich Reusch, continuing his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. Under his brother’s auspices, who was the architect at the Trakehner State Stud in East Prussia (now Yasnaya Polyana in Kaliningrad oblast, Russia), the sculptor was commissioned in about 1902 to model a three-quarter life-size figure of the famous stallion to be placed outside the recently expanded stud farm. This figure, together with another Kübart figure of the stallion Tempelhüter, were later taken by the Russians to Moscow.
£600 - 800
30 (illustrated online)
AFTER THE ANTIQUE: EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF MARCUS AURELIUS
a bronze patinated spelter figure, probably French, circa 1900, fixed to the black marble rectangular base 36cm long
£80 - 120
31
AFTER PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879): CHEVAL A LA BARRIERE, NO. 1 DJINN
a Soviet Russian cast iron figure, Kasli Foundry, Southern Urals, circa 1968, Cyrillic stamps, 40cm long
£100 - 200
32
A CHINESE SILVER MILK JUG AND SUGAR BOWL SET, WANG HING & CO., HONG KONG OR CANTON, CIRCA 1900
the bulbous bodies each chased with a vacant shield and cockerels and rocks beneath flowering prunus branches all on a matted ground, with gnarled branch-like handles, the interiors with traces of gilding, '90' 'WH' and artisan's mark, bowl15.5cm across handles; 446g
£500 - 700
33
A PERSIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL VASE, ISFAHAN, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
the ovoid body with a broad band of bird and foliate scroll flat-chasing including three arabesque panels alternating with applied enamel ovals, one painted with a view of the 'Si-o-se-pol' (or Allahverdi Khan Bridge, the thirty-three span bridge) at Isfahan, the other two panels of floral medallions, with applied foliate waved rim, on spreading foot, stamped in Farsi '84' and 'Zarif', 18cm high, 670g all in
£500 - 700
A PAIR OF IRANI VASES, RETAILED BY JAHRAMI, ISFAHAN, MID 20TH CENTURY
waisted octofoil form, finely decorated with birds and foliage surrounding a plain elongated arabesque panel to each alternate rib, applied foliate top rims and corded bases, stamped '90', 15cm high, 662g
£400 - 600
35
AN IRANI SALVER, ISFAHAN, CIRCA
1950
hexafoil, flat-chased with correspondingly shaped foliate medallion surrounded by a broad band of arabesque panels and flanking peacocks below a moulded rim, combined standard/workshop mark, 31.5cm diameter, 553g
£150 - 250
36
AN IRANI COFFEE POT (DALLAH), 20TH CENTURY
typical form, with milled borders to neck and lid, with bud finial, '84' and workshop marks to body, lid, spout and handle, 19.5cm high; together with an Irani bowl, Isfahan, 20th century, circular, everted corded rim, bulging sides with foliate panels, on three ball feet, '84' and workshop marks, 13cm diameter; 571g (2)
£250 - 350
37
AN IRANI CIGARETTE BOX, PROBABLY ISFAHAN, MID 20TH CENTURY
rectangular, slightly domed lid with foliate strapwork arabesque panel surrounded by further strapwork inhabited by beasts and birds, a repeat foliate motif to the sides, maker's and '84' stamps, 16cm long, 300g
£80 - 120
38
AN IRANI CIGARETTE BOX, MOHAMMED TAQI ZUFAN, ISFAHAN, THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
rectangular, the lid applied with the gilt Imperial coat of arms of Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty surrounded by finely worked floral strapwork, the sides with further strapwork and birds, gilt interior, '84' standard and maker's marks, 16cm long, 323g
This box could have been an Imperial presentation piece and/or may commemorate the coronation of Reza Mohammed Pahlavi as Shahanshah in 1967. For another box with the same applied arms and from the same renowned workshop of Taqi Zufan, apparently commemorating the coronation, see Chiswick Auctions, London, 22 April 2020, lot 163. For further discussion of Irani Imperial presentation silver and illustrations of a salver in the State Hermitage Museum applied with the same arms, see Daria Vasilyeva, 'A Silver Tray with Iranian Imperial Crest', Reports of the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, 2021,Vol. LXXIX, p. 200.
£200 - 300
39
IMPERIAL IRAN: A FRENCH SILVER AND GOLD BOX AND COVER, MAISON BOUCHERON, PARIS, CIRCA 1939
circular bun shaped plain silver body, the cover mounted in gold with the crown of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as Crown Prince of Iran, gilt interior, underside inscribed 'BOUCHERON - PARIS', French 18 carat gold and petite guarantie silver export marks and maker's mark for Helluin-Mattlinger, 8.5cm diameter
The marriage with Sunni rites in Cairo of Crown Prince Mohammad Reza (later Shah) of Iran and Princess Fawzia of Egypt (sister of King Fuad) on 15 March 1939 was shortly followed by another ceremony following Shi'ite rites in Tehran. These boxes were apparently given as commemorative presents to guests at the celebrations in Iran. For a pair of Boucheron boxes given to the Dutch Ambassador and probably his wife see Freeman's, Philadelphia, 29 May 2019, lot 240.
The specialist box makers Helluin-Mattlinger produced items for retail by Boucheron, as well as by Lacloche Frères and others, between 1935-1959.
£500 - 700
40 AN IRAQI NIELLO DECORATED CIGARETTE BOX, BAGHDAD, CIRCA 1960
rectangular, the lid decorated after an early Winston cigarette packet centred by an oval initialled HHB, the sides with typical river scenes including shrines, camels and boats, signed 'M'nawar'. 9cm long, 168g
£500 - 700
41
AN IRAQI SILVER AND NIELLO THREE-PIECE
TEA SET, PROBABLY BAGHDAD OR OMARA, CIRCA 1930
decorated with typical river scenes with boats, shrines, palms and animals, each piece with the same Arabic signature, the octagonally faceted bulbous teapot and cover and baluster milk jug also with geometric border below, the sugar bowl with scalloped rim and on three supports, teapot 27cm long; 788g
£700 - 1,000
42
AN IRAQI NIELLO DECORATED SILVER COFFEE POT, SIGNED NAHY, OMARA, CIRCA 1930
of typical 'dallah' form, with two niello river scenes, one with palm trees, dhow and the Lion of Babylon above the signature, the other with dhow and camel, the lid with niello foliage, the handle with 900 stamp and a further punch, 20.5cm high, 445g
£500 - 700
43
A PAIR OF IRAQI SWEETMEAT DISHES, PROBABLY BAGHDAD, MID 20TH CENTURY
oblong bowls with everted rims of a chased band of flowerheads within star-like ribbing, on plain rim feet, unmarked, 21cm long, 258g
£120 - 180
44
A PAIR OF IRAQI SWEETMEAT DISHES, PROBABLY BAGHDAD, MID 20TH CENTURY
shaped circular, the rims with triangular shaped panels of scroll piercing, on plain rim feet, 21cm diameter, 471g
£150 - 250
45
A PAIR OF SILVER STANDS, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, SULTAN ABDULHAMID II PERIOD (1876-1909)
circular, the wells and everted rims with concentric engine-turning, each on three leafy cast feet, Tughra and Sah marks, zigzag assay scrape, 15.5cm diameter; together with a pair of silver saucers, Ottoman Empire, Sultan Abdulhamid II Period (1876-1909), leaf pierced and engraved rims, cavetto with further foliate engraving, Tughra and Sah marks, 12.5cm diameter; 446g (4)
£150 - 250
46
A SILVER SAHLEP CUP, COVER AND SAUCER, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, SULTAN ABDULHAMID II PERIOD (1876-1909)
with basketweave ground and foliate strapwork, the baluster cup with a vacant cartouche, with a cast peacock to the openwork handle and another to the cover, with Tughra and Sah marks throughout, 12.5cm high, 337g
£300 - 500
47
A SET OF FOUR SILVER ZARFS, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, SULTAN MEHMED V PERIOD (1909-1918)
each almost hemispherical bowl engraved with a vacant oblong cartouche flanked by foliage and on a short spreading pedestal foot, all with tughra and sah marks, 5.5cm diameter; together with two Ottoman market porcelain coffee bowls, 5.5cm diameter; and a pair of silver glass holders, Ottoman Empire, Sultan Abdulhamid II Period (18761909), each with cylindrical sides pierced and engraved with flowers flanking a vacant cartouche and the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire, each on three openwork cast feet and with a cast scroll handle, tughra and sah marks, 7cm high; silver 240g (8)
£150 - 250
48
A SET OF SIX SILVER ZARFS, OTTOMAN EMPIRE OR SUCCESSOR STATES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the conical bowls and short pedestal feet with bands of waved engine-turning between waved rims, with Tughra and Sah marks, undersides with engraved scrolled initials JM, 5.5cm high, 204g
£120 - 180
49
FOUR OTTOMAN STYLE WEDDING MIRRORS, 20TH CENTURY
two shaped circular and two shaped oval, all with typical foliate chasing, three probably Turkish examples with suspension chains and each stamped '900', one Egyptian example with peacock finial, Cairo, circa 1960, 15-17cm
£200 - 300
50
A BOWL AND COVER AND TWELVE SMALL DISHES, TURKISH, 20TH CENTURY
all milled with palmette borders, the almost spherical bowl and cover with cast gourd and leaf finial and gilt interior, the reeded rim dishes 10.8cm diameter; all with '900' stamps, 771g (13)
£250 - 350
51 (illustrated online)
A SMALL EWER AND STAND, TURKISH, 20TH CENTURY
chased with curved lobing, the baluster jug with cast handle, '900' and 'M.Y.' stamps, 17.5cm diameter, 430g
£150 - 250
52
A EWER AND A TRAY, TURKISH, 20TH CENTURY
the baluster jug with curved flutes and cast handle, 20cm high, the shaped oblong tray with beaded rim and openwork foliate scroll handles, 23.5cm long, both with '900' stamps, 850g
£300 - 500
A RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT-SILVER MUG AND COVER, FRIEDRICH WILHELM SENGBUSCH, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1850
the baluster body with two shaped cartouches showing traces of engraved inscriptions surrounded by chased foliate strapwork borders on matted, punched or hatched grounds, with cast and chased branch-like handle, the domed cover with further strapwork below a cast flowering twig finial, '84', maker's and town marks to body and cover, body with zigzag assay scrape, 19cm high, 403g
For two other mugs by this maker, both with the same cast twig finials to the covers, see Christie’s, London, 8 June 2010, lot 194 and Wannenes, Milan, 5 July 2023, lot 107.
‡ £1,000 - 1,500
AN AMERICAN SILVER BUTTER COOLER, VINCENT LAFORME, RETAILED BY LINCOLN & FOSS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1855
comprising a bowl, liner and cover, the circular bowl with gadroon edged everted rim and ribbed spreading foot, the liner pellet pierced in a star pattern, the domed cover with two cartouches, one engraved with scrolling initials 'GWR & WCR / to / JMW', the other 'JMW / to / MCH / 1867', with surrounding chasing of acorn laden trailing oak branches beneath a cast leafy acorn finial, underside stamped 'LINCOLN & FOSS / PURE COIN BOSTON' and with gothic 'L' and eagle marks, 17.5cm diameter, 509g
Provenance: Dr Jonathan Mason Warren ('JMW', 1811-1867); gifted in 1867 to his daughter, Mary Crowninshield [Warren] Hammond ('MCH', 1841-1890), who had married Samuel Hammond IV (18351896) in 1858; thence by family descent to the vendor.
The Warren, Crowninshield and Hammond families may be seen as exemplars of what came to be called 'Boston Brahmins'. A plastic and reconstructive surgeon, distinguished for the first use of Rhinoplasty in the United States, Jonathan Mason Warren was born and died at 2 Park Street, Boston, marrying Annie Caspar Crowninshield in 1839. Typifying 19th century Boston's closely-knit Beacon Hill/Back Bay society, his daughter Mary and her husband Samuel Hammond lived at 116 Beacon Street. Opposite lived another daughter, Rosamund, married to Samuel's first cousin, Charles Hammond Gibson, at 137 Beacon Street, now the Gibson House Museum. See the following lot for another piece of Hammond family silver with Beacon Street associations.
£300 - 500
55
AN AMERICAN SILVER SALVER, HOWARD STERLING CO., PROVIDENCE RI, RETAILED BY RAND & CRANE, BOSTON, CIRCA 1900
hexagonal, plain excepting engraved scrolled initials GL above the date 1900 and raised border with beaded rim, stamped '6990', 'STERLING', retailer's name and maker's trademarks, 35.5cm widest, 702g
Provenance: Gift to Grace Learoyd (1874-1972) of Taunton, Mass, on her marriage to Samuel Hammond V (1859-1934) of Boston in 1900; thence by family descent to the vendor. The newly-married couple moved into a house at 194 Beacon Street, Boston, moving by 1921 to 193 Beacon Street, whilst also maintaining a property at Nahant, 'Castle Rock' 405 Nahant Road. See the previous lot for another piece of Hammond family silver with Beacon Street associations.
£300 - 500
56
AN AMERICAN SILVER CHRISTENING MUG, RETAILED BY HENRY PEAT BUCKLEY, NEW ORLEANS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
cylindrical, chased around a vacant cartouche with trailing flowers between beaded rims, double scroll handle, underside stamped 'H.P. BUCKL... / N.ORLEANS', 9.5cm high; together with an Edwardian silver Christening mug, Nathan & Hayes of Birmingham, Chester, 1907, cylindrical, stamped in high relief around the base with figures carousing outdoors below the engraved inscription 'H.A. HALL, / JUNE 4TH.
1911', 7.5cm high; 256g (2)
£100 - 150
57
A GROUP OF FIVE CONTINENTAL SILVER SMALL SANCTUARY LAMPS, PROBABLY ITALIAN OR SPANISH, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
one cup shaped with pale pierced rim above chased swags and lanceolate leaves on a matted ground and acorn pendant, Rome, circa 1800, 8.5cm long excluding swing handle; one bulbous below a scroll pierced rim, unmarked, 8.5cm high including applied scrolls to rim; one bucket form chased with ribs and flutes and pellet punched bands, stamped '5' 'CG' and indecipherable mark, 6.6cm high excluding swing handle and chain; one chased with alternate matted and plain lappets below a scroll foliate band and applied grotesque masks below the handle supports, unmarked, 5cm high excluding swing handle and chain; and one conical with basketweave decoration, '8' and indecipherable mark to fixed loop handle, 9cm high excluding suspension fitment; 272g (5)
£200 - 300
A DUTCH SILVER BEAKER, PROBABLY ANTHONY DE VOS, DORDRECHT, 1692
tapering cylindrical, engraved with a band of strapwork enclosing foliage and below with trefoil shaped scrolled foliage and pendent clusters of fruit between, the foot reeded below a band of chevrons, underside initialled AVO, date letter A, town and maker's marks and a zigzag assay scrape, 11.7cm high, 122g
£1,500 - 2,500
A DUTCH SILVER BEAKER, DIRK JANS FILENSIS, SNEEK, 1656
flared cylindrical, foliate strapwork engraved with a band above three shaped cartouches each with an oval engraved with a female figure and below with three birds each perched on a branch, corded and reeded foot with a cut-card formal leaf border, underside engraved with a man's and a woman's coat of arms hung from a branch centred by the date and initials WM 1656 GW, date letter E, town and maker's marks, 11cm high, 124g
£2,000 - 3,000
60
A CONTINENTAL BOX, MID 20TH CENTURY
shaped oval, the lid chased with scattered roses in high relief on a matted ground, the bombé sides similarly decorated between cast and applied roses, on scroll panel feet, gilt interior, stamped '800', 16cm long, 375g
£100 - 200
61
AN ITALIAN SILVER BOX, I.M.A. DI GUERCI & C, ALESSANDRIA, 1934-44
A FRENCH ELECTROPLATE AND GILT CIGARETTE BOX, HERMES, PARIS, MID 20TH CENTURY
rectangular, the lid applied with a gilt band imitating a luggage strap ending in an oval drop ring, cedar lined interior, stamped to side 'HERMÈS PARIS', 'Made in France' and maker's mark for the manufacturer
Ravinet d'Enfert et Cie of Paris, 19cm long
£200 - 300
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A FRENCH ART DECO SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SET, MAISON PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1925 designed by Jean E. Puiforcat (1897-1945), decagonal bodies on circular piédouches, with rosewood angular handles, the covers with elongated hexagonal rosewood blocks under angular straps, the coffee pot and teapot with bayonet fitting covers, the covered sugar bowl and cream jug with gilt interiors, each stamped to underside 'JEAN E PUIFORCAT', maker's and 950 standard marks, coffee pot 16.5cm high, 2311g all in
A teapot of this model, dated 1925, is illustrated in Françoise de Bonneville, 'Jean Puiforcat', Paris, 1986, p.141. Also see another set of the same model, sold Sotheby's, New York, 17 October 2008, lot 38.
£3,000 - 4,000
64 ⦿
A FRENCH ART DECO SILVER SAUCEPAN AND COVER, MAISON PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 1930s
designed by Jean E. Puiforcat (1897-1945), with bold scallop rims, the pan with ring-turned rosewood handle and on a scalloped rim foot, the cover with ring-turned rosewood knop above an applied scalloped edge platform, maker's and 950 standard marks, pan to underside additionally with 'JEAN PUIFORCAT / PARIS', 33cm long, 1555g all in
£700 - 1,000
65
A MEXICAN ART DECO SILVER STAND, JEAN PUIFORCAT, MEXICO CITY, 1942-45
dished circular, the rim with moulded band and boldly scalloped edge, stamped 'MADE IN / MEXICO', 'JEAN PUIFORCAT', 'STERLING' and maker's mark J.P an omega symbol between, 21cm diameter, 469g
Fleeing Nazi held Paris, Jean Puiforcat established a silver workshop in Mexico City in 1942, selling much of his output in America, through luxury retailers such as Saks, who had sold his Paris made designs pre-war.
£300 - 500
66
A DANISH MARTINI PITCHER, HANS HANSEN SILVERSMITHY, KOLDING, 1981
designed by Karl Gustav Hansen (1914-2002) in 1960, plain cylindrical with buffalo horn handle, model No. HH500, underside stamped 'ANNO / 1981', 'Hans Hansen', 'DENMARK / STERLING' and '500', 23.5cm high, 696g all in
£800 - 1,200
67
A SILVER DISH, S.J. PHILLIPS LTD., LONDON, 2009
hammer finished in the form of a Georgian knife tray with rounded ends and gently incurved sides, on rim foot, 41cm long, 1577g
£800 - 1,200
68
A SILVER AND GLASS CAFETIERE, BARKER, ELLIS SILVER CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1995
of typical French Press form, with cylindrical 'La Cafetière' trademarked heat resistant cylindrical glass liner, with silver ribbed domed cover, finial and rod screwing into the three-piece metal sieve, the silver frame with six ribs and domed foot, 25cm high, 690g weighable silver including composition handle
£500 - 800
69
A SILVER AND GRANITE REVOLVING CHEESE BOARD OR 'LAZY SUSAN', PAUL BELVOIR, LONDON, 1997
the grey stone with bevelled edge, its revolving silver mount with canted edge and plain rim foot, 31cm diameter
£500 - 800
A GEORGE V SILVER GOBLET, OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1919
hammer finished, the vase-shaped bowl with moulded rim, on a short pedestal of four lion masks with cloth drapes between and corded rims, the spreading foot inscribed to underside 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT MCMXX', 11.5cm high, 193g
£800 - 1,200
71
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER: A VICTORIAN SILVER DOUBLE BASKET, HUKIN & HEATH OF BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, 1880
the oval bowls each curled to one side and centred by the plain loop handle, 18.5cm long, 325g
Designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) in about 1879/80, model number 2223, the model more commonly found in electroplate, such as the example held by the Victoria & Albert Museum, No.M.14-1970.
£600 - 900
72
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (ATTRIBUTED): A VICTORIAN SILVER SUGAR BASKET AND SIFTER SPOON, HUKIN & HEATH OF BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, 1886
the basket with bulbous oval body with flutes around the sides emanating from bosses suggesting a buttoned cushion, with shaped and crimped rim and plain handle, the ladle with plain handle with curled terminal, the geometrically pierced bowl with crimped rim, basket 14.5cm high, 235g
£200 - 300
73 part
73
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER MARROW SCOOPS, A PAIR OF TODDY LADLES AND A PAIR OF SAUCE LADLES
one Thread pattern scoop, William Eaton, 1838, one scoop plain excepting shoulders, Thomas Hart Stone, Exeter, 1872, the pair Fiddle pattern toddy ladles engraved with a crest, A.B. Savory & Sons, London, 1839, and the pair sauce ladles engraved with a crest below curled ends, Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, London, 1889; 329g (6)
£250 - 350 74
A GEORGE I SILVER MARROW SCOOP, CHARLES JACKSON, LONDON, 1717
typical form, 24cm long,59g
£150 - 250
75
TWO PAIRS OF VICTORIAN SILVER ASPARAGUS TONGS, BOTH LONDON
both Fiddle pattern, one with retaining bar, A.B. Savory & Sons, 1861, 25cm long, the other without bar, Henry John Lias & Son, 22cm long; 293g
£200 - 300
76
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER ASPARAGUS TONGS, CHAWNER & CO., LONDON, 1845
Albert pattern, 26cm long, 204g
£100 - 150
77 (illustrated online)
A VICTORIAN SILVER SIFTER SPOON, HENRY JOHN LIAS & SON, LONDON, 1874
Bacchanalian pattern, the pierced fluted bowl with gilt interior, 15.5cm long, 65g
The rare, figural 'Bacchanalian' pattern appears to have been introduced by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell in about 1812 (pieces of this date are held by the Royal Collections) after designs for the company by the artist/designer Thomas Stothard (1755-34), earlier examples predominantly from Paul Storr's workshops.
£70 - 100
78 (illustrated online)
A VICTORIAN SILVER SET OF ELEVEN TEASPOONS, HOLLAND, SON & SLATER, LONDON, 1881
Bright-cut pattern including a vacant shield; together with a cased set of six silver coffee spoons, with shaped leafy terminals, A.J. Bailey, Birmingham, 1937; and another cased set of six silver coffee spoons, with rod-like stems and composition 'coffee bean' terminals, Mappin & Webb Ltd., Sheffield, 1953 (25)
£100 - 150
79
A VICTORIAN SILVER SET OF TWELVE TEASPOONS AND A PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS, JOHNSON, WALKER & TOLHURST, LONDON, 1888
in George II style with twisted branch stems and grape and vine leaf terminals, teaspoons 12cm long, 266g (13)
£150 - 250
80
A VICTORIAN SILVER SET OF TWELVE TEASPOONS, A CADDY SPOON AND A PAIR SUGAR TONGS, WILLIAM & CHARLES EDWARDS, LONDON, 1870 / 71
each with twisted and beaded stem and a Renaissance terminal of a bust of Bacchus on a volute, the sugar tongs engraved with a crest, teaspoons 12.5cm long, 284g (14)
£150 - 250
81
A VICTORIAN SILVER SET OF TWELVE TEASPOONS, A PAIR SUGAR TONGS, A CADDY SPOON AND A SIFTER SPOON, EDWARD PAIRPOINT, LONDON, 1872
each with twisted stem and terminal cast as a figure of Christ as Salvator Mundi, teaspoons 11cm long, 328g (15)
£200 - 300
82 (illustrated online)
A GROUP OF EIGHT ASSORTED SILVER TEASPOONS AND SUGAR TONGS
comprising: a George III pair sugar tongs, bright-cut decorated with scroll pierced arms, Thomas Tookey, London, circa 1775; a Dutch sifter spoon, with bright-cut shaped terminal and star pierced ribbed and shaped oblong bowl, 833 standard, no apparent date letter, Johan Casper Rennefeld, Amsterdam, mid 19th century; a George V set of three 'apostle' teaspoons and pair sugar tongs, typical form, Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, 1925; a Victorian pair sugar tongs, Kings pattern, John Round & Son, Sheffield, 1894; and a Victorian silver small 'Berry' spoon, typical form, Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1893; 201g
£80 - 120
83 (illustrated online)
ASSORTED CHRISTENING AND TABLE SILVER
comprising: a cased set of egg cup, spoon and napkin ring, Sanders & Mackenzie, Birmingham, 1960; a dessert spoon and fork, the stems with birds and foliage on a matted ground, Francis Higgins, London, 1901; a child's spoon and a child's pusher, with Art Deco style handles, London, 1947/56, a small bread fork with loaded decorated handle, Birmingham, 1894; a decorative preserve spoon with mother-of-pearl stem, Birmingham, 1894; and a pair small sugar tongs, Birmingham, 1924; weighable silver 192g (10 pcs)
£80 - 120
84
A MATCHED SET OF GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN TABLE SILVER, PREDOMINANTLY CHAWNER & CO., ALL LONDON, 1814-66
Fiddle pattern, plain, comprising twelve of each of the following: tablespoons, table forks, dessert spoons, dessert forks and teaspoons and three gravy spoons (one initialled) and a soup ladle, 3702g; together with twelve stainless steel dinner knives with Old English pattern silver handles and twelve dessert knives en suite, Strickett & Loder, Sheffield, 1977 (88)
£2,000 - 3,000
A MATCHED SET TABLE SILVER, VARIOUS MAKERS, LONDON & SHEFFIELD, 1899-1992
Old English pattern, complete for eighteen of each of the following: tablespoons, table forks, table knives with pistol grips, dessert spoons, dessert forks, dessert knives with pistol grips and twenty teaspoons, 4839g excluding stainless steel bladed knives (128)
£2,500 - 3,500
A SET OF GEORGE V TABLE SILVER, VINER'S LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1930/32
Sandringham pattern, engraved with the crest of Haydon of Woodbury, Devonshire, comprising: four tablespoons, eleven table forks, twelve dessert spoons, eleven dessert forks, twelve soup spoons, eleven teaspoons, four salt spoons, two mustard spoons, a butter knife and a preserve spoon; together with a pair of silver sauce ladles, Old English pattern, similarly crested, Josiah Williams & Co., London, 1932; 3606g (71)
£1,500 - 2,500
87
A CASE OF SILVER THREE-PIECE CONDIMENT SETS FOR EIGHT PLACE SETTINGS, ASPREY & CO. PLC., LONDON, 1985
cylindrical with moulded rims, complete for eight sets each comprising a pepperette, a salt cellar with spoon and a mustard pot with spoon, 4.5cm long, 505g excluding blue glass liners to cellars and pots, all in their burgundy rexine fitted case with printed label for Asprey's (41)
£600 - 900
88
A SILVER ARMADA DISH, ASPREY & GARRARD, LONDON, 2000
typical form with domed centre and reeded rim, Britannia standard, 25.5cm diameter, 653g, with its purple cardboard box
£400 - 700
89
AN IRISH SILVER STRAWBERRY DISH, ROYAL IRISH SILVER CO., DUBLIN, 1969
typical form, the gilt interior with a border of ribs below the waved rim, import marked Sheffield Assay Office, 1969, 25.5cm diameter, 680g
£350 - 450
90
A NEAR PAIR OF SILVER WINE COASTERS, BOTH BIRMINGHAM, 1968 / 70
the sides moulded below an everted gadroon rim, each wood bases turned around a silver boss, the earlier example Sir Richard Burbidge Bt for Harrods Ltd., the later example Barker, Ellis Silver Co., 14.5cm diameter
£100 - 200
91
A GEORGE V SILVER SMALL COFFEE POT, THOMAS BRADBURY & SONS LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1910
in George I tapering octagonal style, plain, 22cm high; together with a silver hot milk jug, John Charles Lowe, London, 1937, baluster body of oval outline, 17cm high; 755g including composition handles (2)
£300 - 500
TWO ENGLISH SILVER TASTEVINS, 20TH CENTURY
typical form with applied snake handles, one C.J.Vander Ltd., London, 1933, the other J.B. Chatterley & Sons, Birmingham, 1969, both 11.5cm long; together with a pair of Britannia standard silver miniature Armada dishes, typical form, with reeded rims and initials CR, maker's mark WH&S, London, 2005, 9cm diameter; and a Victorian silver beaker, plain slightly tapering, maker's mark G.E.B, Birmingham,1896, 8.5cm high; 498g (5)
£200 - 300
93
A GEORGE V SILVER-MOUNTED KUTTROLF TYPE DECANTER AND STOPPER, HUKIN & HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, 1912
the clear glass moulded with five channels for the liquid and ground to neck and faceted stopper, silver neck mount with a ribbed band, 26cm high; together with three silver-mounted whisky tot flasks, Hukin & Heath, Birmingham, 1906/07/13, typical plain glass conical form, star cut bases, plain silver neck mounts and lids, 11cm high (4)
£100 - 200
94
A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD., LONDON, 1932
shaped square, moulded rim, on four scroll feet, with presentation inscription and facsimile signature, 36cm wide, 1627g
£700 - 1,000
95
A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER SAUCEBOATS, ASPREY & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1924
oval, reeded rims, C-scroll handles and each on three shell-headed pad feet, underside stamped 'ASPREY / LONDON', 13cm long; together with a silver bowl, George Unite & Sons, Birmingham, 1913, circular bowl on three supports and with three loop handles applied to the rim, 12cm long; 320g (3)
£150 - 250
96 (illustrated online)
A GEORGE V SILVER DISH WARMER STAND, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD., LONDON, 1911
the shaped oval stand with applied scroll border, on four supports centred by the frame for the burner, with its electroplate spirit burner, 19.5cm; together with a Victorian silver cigar lighter, maker's mark indecipherable, Sheffield, 1877, in the form of a Roman oil lamp with snake handle, 13cm long; and a silver 'silent butler' (ash butler), E.J. Houlston Ltd., Birmingham, 1960, oblong, foliate patterned lid, shell thumbpiece, on leaf-headed pad feet, handle lacking, 10cm long; 635g excluding burner (3)
£300 - 400
97 (illustrated online)
A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD., LONDON, 1932
shaped circular, moulded rim, on three panel feet, engraved with presentation inscription and facsimile signatures, 25cm diameter, 598g
£250 - 350
98
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MILK JUG AND SUGAR BOWL SET, RICHARD RICHARDSON, SHEFFIELD, 1909
bellied rounded oblong, part lobed below engraved scrolling initials AFCH, with reeded rims and gilt interiors, sugar bowl 19cm long; 445g
£200 - 300
99
TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE V SILVER BUTTER DISHES
one pair plain circular, the everted rims applied with a ribbed border, with a single frosted and star-cut glass liner, William Hutton & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, 1925, 15.8cm diameter, the other pair in the form of scallop shells each on three ball feet, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1913, 12cm long; together with a pair of silver butter knives, William Batt & Sons, Sheffield, 1905, Old English pattern, with scrolled initials; weighable silver 495g (7)
£200 - 300
100
AN IRISH EDWARDIAN SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, JOHN SMYTH & SONS, DUBLIN, 1908
cup shaped, each on three shell-headed pad feet, the sugar bowl and teapot with reeded girdle, the latter and the hot water jug with cast swan finials and composition handles; together with a later silver milk jug, similarly girdled, supplied to match by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd., London, 1929; 1371g all in
£700 - 900
101
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER-GILT VASE, FRAZER & HAWS, LONDON, 1907
the baluster body chased with rose branches between fluting below a waved rim, cast and applied with three foliate cartouche headed feet, 11.5cm high, 118g
£80 - 120
102
A PAIR OF SCOTTISH EDWARDIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS, HAMILTON & INCHES, EDINBURGH, 1903
of oval outline, fluted between reeded borders, complete with detachable nozzles, 25cm high, loaded
£400 - 600
103
A PAIR OF IRISH EDWARDIAN SILVER BOWLS, JOHN SMYTH & SONS, DUBLIN, 1907
each in 18th century Irish style with typically chased scrolls and foliage between flutes and three lion-headed paw feet, 13.5cm diameter, 429g
Provenance: Professor Daniel John Cunningham (1850-1909) and Mrs Cunningham (1851-1929); thence by family descent to the vendors. See lot 112 for further details of Professor Cunningham.
£200 - 300
104
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER BOWL, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1905
in Carolean style, chased with a band of acanthus leaves and applied with caryatid scroll handles, 22.5cm long, 274g
£150 - 250
105
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SMALL ROSE BOWL, JAMES DIXON & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1907
the circular bowl with moulded girdle and rim, applied with C-scroll handles, on piedouche, 21cm long; together with an Edwardian silver small trophy cup, Hawksworth, Eyre & Co. Ltd., Sheffield, 1903, beaker form of similar pattern to the preceding piece, 12.5cm high; 548g (2)
£250 - 350
106
A PAIR OF ELECTROPLATE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, PROBABLY SHEFFIELD OR BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1900
the sticks with Neo-classical decoration, square bases rising to part lobed columnar stems, the probably associated branches each with a pair of angular arms, leafy sconces and detachable nozzles, 43.5cm high
£200 - 300
107
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER BASKET, WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD, 1904
shaped oval, pierced sides, stamped and applied foliate scroll border to everted rim, 28cm long, 262g
£100 - 150
108
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SALVER, MAPPIN & WEBB, SHEFFIELD, 1905
shaped circular, with engraved presentation inscription, moulded rim, on four pad feet, 30.5cm diameter, 782g
£350 - 450
109
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER BASKET, SYNYER & BEDDOES, BIRMINGHAM, 1901
shaped oval, gadroon rim interrupted by shells and acanthus, swing handle, sides pierced with foliate guilloche and vacant cartouches, on scroll foliate and shaped panel feet, 31.5cm long, 684g
£300 - 500
110
A VICTORIAN SILVER TEA KETTLE ON STAND WITH BURNER, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS , LONDON, 1897 in Regency style with gadroon borders, the compressed circular lobed body with everted rim and fixed scroll handle with ebonised central section, with two pins chained to the stand of three scroll supports on shell pad feet centred by the burner, 22cm high, 1877g all in
£800 - 1,200
111
A VICTORIAN SILVER SUGAR VASE, ATKIN BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, 1897 the vase with bands of geometric piercing embellished with wrigglework beneath a corded rim, on a short pedestal and square base, with blue glass liner, 16cm high with handle raised; together with an Edwardian silver sweetmeat tazza, the shaped circular shallow bowl with hammer-finished panels and scroll handles, on a baluster pedestal and spreading foot, James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, 1905, 11cm high; and a set of five silver demi-tasse spoons, Hanoverian Rattail pattern, initialled C, Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, 1929; 331g (7)
£120 - 180
112
AN IRISH VICTORIAN SILVER PRESENTATION CUP, EDMOND JOHNSON,
DUBLIN, 1891
in two-handled late 17th century style, engraved with an inscription above a band of alternate flutes and lobes, the base set with Edmond Johnson’s silver medal for the Trinity College tercentenary, the obverse with conjoined, draped busts of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria under ‘AB ELIZABETHA
AD VICTORIAM 1592-1892’, the reverse with the college seal, spreading foot with gadroon border, 29cm long, 1161g
The inscription reads: Presented to / Mrs Daniel J. Cunningham / in recognition of her husband's important services / as Secretary during the / Tercentenary Celebration of Trinity College, 1892, / by some of his Fellow Workers.
Provenance: Mrs Daniel J. Cunningham (Elizabeth Barnet Cumming Browne 1851-1929), who had married Daniel John Cunningham in 1878; thence by family descent to the vendors.
Professor D.J. Cunningham, a Scottish ‘son of the manse’, was a physician, zoologist and anatomist, known to many medical students for his Text-Book of Anatomy and his Manual of Practical Anatomy. Following medical studies and work at Edinburgh University, in 1883 he was appointed professor of anatomy at Trinity College Dublin, continuing to work from there for the next twenty years. He and his colleague, John Mallet Purser, ‘transformed the medical school in Trinity College, particularly the teaching methods and the provision of equipment and accommodation. Cunningham was an influential and popular teacher, as well as a powerful figure in college administration.’ (Dictionary of Irish Biography, www.dib.ie, accessed 02.08.2024) having displayed a ‘wonderful power of organization and management’ (Abstract of Minutes of the Royal Irish Academy) when acting as secretary of the Trinity College Dublin tercentenary celebrations. The family returned to Edinburgh in 1903.
£500 - 800
113
A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, MARSHALL & SONS, EDINBURGH, 1890 oval, each chased with waved bands of curved lobing below an engraved monogram DJC, pot 27cm long; 1105g including composition handle and wood finial to pot
Provenance: Professor Daniel John Cunningham (1850-1909) and Mrs Cunningham (1851-1929); thence by family descent to the vendors. See previous lot for further details.
£500 - 800
A VICTORIAN SILVER DISH, WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD, 1893
shaped circular, richly chased with foliage and scrolls on a matted ground surrounding a boss engraved with a crest, with scalloped rim, 30cm diameter, 505g
£250 - 350 115
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER DISHES, CHARLES STUART HARRIS, 1889
shaped oval, chased in Baroque style with flowerheads and scrolls on a matted ground, 27.5cm long, 552g
£300 - 500
116
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS, HAWKSWORTH, EYRE & CO. LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1890 the square bases, flared square section stems and vase-shaped sconces stamped with Neo-classical decoration between beaded borders, complete with detachable nozzles, 20.5cm high, loaded
£200 - 300
117
A VICTORIAN SILVER TRAVELLING LAMP, J. DREW & SONS, LONDON, 1888
of hemispherical section, the top engraved with initials HG hinging open and fitted with hinged hanging hooks, the flat front hinged from the top to act as a reflector and revealing a glass-set panel which cants from the base for further angle, set to the rear with a small Vesta compartment, the retractable stem for the sprung candle with screw-in striker base, 28cm high fully extended, 414g excluding glass but including spring and candle stub
J. Drew & Sons, with retail premises at 33 Piccadilly Circus and 156 Leadenhall Street, as well as works at Hatton Garden, specialised in travel accessories (Culme, pp.127/8).
£700 - 900
118
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER MILK CANS, BOTH LONDON
one of typical 'Guernsey' form, the bulbous body ribbed and girdled, the handles to domed cover and body wicker wrapped, gilt interior, William Hunter & Son, 1886, 15cm high, the other with crested bulbous body and bands of formal leaves to shoulder and lid, Daniel & Charles Houle, 1883, 13.5cm high; 656g all in
£300 - 500
119
A VICTORIAN SILVER SMALL CHAMBERSTICK, C.T. & G. FOX, LONDON, 1889
the circular base with geometric pierced gallery applied with four stylised foliate supports, C-scroll handle, the sconce as a leafy pedestal urn supporting the conical extinguisher and detachable nozzle, beaded borders throughout, underside inscribed for the retailer 'THORNHILL & CO. BOND ST. W.', 11cm long, 179g
£150 - 250
120
A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN NATURALISTIC SILVER 'THISTLE' CHAMBERSTICK, JAMES & WALTER MARSHALL, EDINBURGH, 1881
the base realistically modelled as a thistle leaf, the curled handle as its stem, the sconce as the flower, 15cm long, 108g
£300 - 500
121
A VICTORIAN SILVER SPIRIT FLASK, CHAWNER & CO., LONDON, 1877
flattened oval, with detachable beaker base and chained screw-on cap, to one side engraved with an achievement of arms and entwined initials CPA, to the other with the family's crest and a monogrammed A, 11cm long, 147g
The arms are those of Ainslie of Pilton, Edinburgh, the flask engraved for General Charles Philip de Ainslie (1808-1889), whose military career culminated in his appointment as a full general in 1877 and who added the 'de' to his surname by deed poll in 1878.
plain compressed baluster, the handle at right angle to the spout, the lid with reeded border and hinged spout cover, underside stamped for the retailer '.J.PARKES./.12.VIGO. STREET./.W.', 15cm high, 303g including turned wood handle and finial
£150 - 250
123
A VICTORIAN SILVER DRESSING TABLE BOX AND COVER, JACOBES J. OOSTERBAAN, LONDON, 1878
circular, the cover chased with a broad band of flowers and flanking scrolls on a matted ground, the base with similarly chased sides around a vacant oval and with velvet lined interior, 13cm diameter; together with a Victorian silver toilet jar and cover, Robert Stocker, London, 1887, circular, with corded rims, the cover with domed top from a probably older piece of German silver engraved with stylised leaves between the coats of arms and names of eight German noble families, the sides with contemporary engraving of repeated wreath motifs, 8.8cm diameter; 430g all in (2)
£250 - 350
124
A VICTORIAN SILVER TEA CADDY, WILLIAM COMYNS, LONDON, 1882
showing traces of gilding, oval, covered in foliate scroll and flowerhead flat-chasing on a matted ground, the lid with shaped cartouche monogrammed NW, 10.8cm long, 274g
£200 - 300
A VICTORIAN SILVER TEA CADDY, ANDREW CRESPEL, LONDON, 1861
shaped oval, in George III style, bright-cut engraved with foliate festoons and two vacant cartouches, bright-cut borders, flushhinged flat lid, 13cm long, 374g excluding ivory finial Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: SH4UGXT7
£250 - 350
126
TWO SETS OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER SALT CELLARS, BOTH LONDON
one set of four resembling Monteith bowls, bright-cut decorated, worn gilt interiors, Thomas Smily, 1875, 4.9cm diameter, the other set of four circular with crimped rims and each on three ball feet, Hukin & Heath, 1885, 4.7cm diameter; together with a set of four Victorian silver salt spoons, with twisted stems and openwork terminals, Reid & Sons, Newcastle, 1873; 187g (12)
£150 - 250
127
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED AMBER GLASS DECANTERS, HENRY WILLIAM CURRY, LONDON, 1872
each of flattened globular form with a ring handle to neck, reeded silver neck mount, and a cork stopper with silver mount with ball finial, 17.5cm high
£120 - 180
128
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED CLARET JUG, RICHARDS & BROWN, LONDON, 1872
the clear glass globular body with star cut base and short neck, the reeded silver handle with beaded mount to neck and plain mount to rim, the flat lid with a cast finial of a lion rampant holding a vacant shield, 23.5cm high
£250 - 350
129 ⦿
A VICTORIAN SILVER TANKARD JUG, D. & C. HOULE, LONDON, 1876
plain baluster body on spreading foot, beaded rims, step domed lid with openwork shell arch thumbpiece, leaf-capped scroll handle, 21.5cm high, 679g including ivory insulators to handle Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: GGHHMRZZ
£300 - 500
130
A VICTORIAN SILVER GOBLET, GEORGE ANGELL, LONDON, 1878
in George III style, the plain bulbous bowl with gilt interior, pedestal foot with beaded rims, 14.5cm, 220g
£150 - 250
131
A VICTORIAN SILVER BEAKER, ROBERT HENNELL & SONS, LONDON, 1878
tapering cylindrical, engraved with pendent trails of ivy between wrigglework strapwork borders filled with further ivy, 14cm high, 224g
bulbous, the flat-chasing of bands of continuous and panelled foliage of Indian inspiration, each with one panel engraved with the monogram SE, teapot 16cm long; 410g including ivory insulators to pot Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: 7G2JQSRD
£300 - 500
133
A VICTORIAN SILVER SMALL TEA KETTLE ON STAND WITH BURNER, JOHN CARRINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1878
the globular kettle flat-chased with a band of stylised foliage in panels flanked by further foliate bands, one panel engraved with monogrammed initials, the cover similarly chased below a bun finial, with swing handle, the stand on three curved supports ending in ball feet centring the frame for the silver burner, 23.5cm high, 689g
£300 - 500
134
A VICTORIAN SILVER BACHELOR'S TEAPOT, LAMBERT & CO., LONDON, 1889
George III style, bombé shaped oblong, with a band of lobing to the shoulder and a gadroon rim, on ball feet, 22.5cm long, 444g including composition handle and later bead to finial
£200 - 300
135
A VICTORIAN SILVER CAFE-AU-LAIT POT, F.B. THOMAS & CO., LONDON, 1883
part lobed tapering cylindrical pattern, 21cm high, 426g including wood handle and finial
£200 - 300
136
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING MUG, R. & S. GARRARD & CO., LONDON, 1864
engine-turned around an oval engraved 'K', on spreading foot, scroll handle, gilt interior, underside stamped 'GARRARDS / Panton Street / LONDON', 8.5cm high, 224g
£150 - 250
137
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A VICTORIAN SILVER TANKARD JUG, MARTIN, HALL & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1859
baluster, richly chased all over with scrolls and foliage around a cartouche with slightly later engraved monogram DJC, spreading foot and domed lid, gilt interior, 20.5cm high, 665g including ivory insulators to scroll handle
Provenance: Professor Daniel John Cunningham (1850-1909) and Mrs Cunningham (1851-1929); thence by family descent to the vendors.
This piece may have started life as a plain Georgian baluster tankard, the original marks perhaps removed when it was refashioned and subsequently sent for re-assay by Martin, Hall & Co. in 1859. See another Martin, Hall & Co. tankard jug apparently with George II marks to base and Sheffield 1856 marks to lid, Anderson & Garland, Newcastle, 8 December 2000, lot 1785 and another where there appear to be older marks under the marks to the base for Martin, Hall & Co., 1860, Adam's, Dublin, 28 August 2024, lot 185.
Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: M8B5QMS5
£300 - 500
138 (illustrated online)
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER MILK JUGS AND TWO BEAKERS
one baluster jug chased in George II style with foliage, diaperwork, scrolls and a vacant cartouche, on three mask-headed paw feet, Thomas Frederick & Henry Francis, London, 1854, 10.5cm high, one plain oenochoe jug, H.J. Lias & Son, London, 1872, 11cm high, one tapering beaker engraved with ferns around a vacant cartouche, gilt interior, Thomas Smily, London, 1878, 9cm high, and one tapering beaker engraved with a bird flying towards an oak branch, gilt interior, maker's mark J&HH, Birmingham, 1777, 8cm high; 466g
£200 - 300
139
A VICTORIAN SILVER PEDESTAL CUP, RICHARDS & BROWN, LONDON, 1863
the ogee body chased with foliate scrolls around two vacant cartouches and applied with leaf-capped reeded scroll handles, the pedestal interrupted by a rocaille everted band, further chasing to the beaded rim foot, 19.5cm high, 408g
£200 - 300
140
THREE PAIRS OF VICTORIAN SILVER NAPKIN RINGS
one pair with twin filigree and bead borders, each with an applied vacant oval, William Hutton & Sons, London, 1889, one pair with openwork strapwork and an initialled lozenge, Martin, Hall & Co., Sheffield, 1873, and one pair with bright-cut fern and flowerhead decorated and scrolled initials, apparently no maker's mark, London, 1888; together with a pair of Victorian silver egg cups, Edward Barnard & Sons, London, 1842, each as a joined double cup with scroll piercing; 202g (8)
£120 - 180
141
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SALT CELLARS, D. & C. HOULE, LONDON, 1874
in Neo-classical taste, the oval bowls with flat-chased husk swags above lobing, applied with angular handles and acanthus above pair of bird's legs supports, 10cm long; together with a Victorian silver salt cellar, Simeon Greenberg, Birmingham, 1862, cauldron form, beaded rim, decorated with three scallop shells each applied with a Renaissance dolphin support, with blue glass liner, 5.5cm diameter; 312g (3)
£180 - 220
142
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHAMBERSTICKS, R. & S. GARRARD & CO., LONDON, 1875
dished circular, with urn-shaped sconce and C-scroll handle with thumb depression, engraved with a crest to the well, conical extinguisher and detachable nozzle, rim foot stamped 'R. & S. GARRARD PANTON St LONDON', 17cm long, 442g
£300 - 400
143
A VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL SILVER INCENSE BOAT, THOMAS THOMASON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1877
navette shaped, the flat top with one half hinging open, on a hexafoil pedestal, engraved overall in Puginesque style with stylised foliate trefoil and quatrefoil motifs on matted grounds, 15cm long, 191g
Thomas Thomason had been a foreman for John Hardman & Co. in Birmingham, leaving to form a rival ecclesiastical supply company, on occasion apparently plagiarising designs Pugin had executed for his former employer.
£120 - 180
144
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED LEMONADE JUG, RICHARDS & BROWN, LONDON 1872
the plain glass body faintly twist moulded, with reeded neck mount, the domed lid with bifurcated handle, 24cm high
£300 - 400
145
TWO VICTORIAN BRIGHT-CUT ENGRAVED SILVER MUGS, BOTH EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1870 / 1883
the earlier example slightly tapering cylindrical and with oval cartouche monogrammed ECH flanked by bunches of ferns between laurel leaf borders, spreading foot with beaded border, gilt interior, 11cm high, the later example with a vacant roundel flanked by foliage-filled roundels and stylised foliate swags beneath a formal leaf border, 9cm high; 448g
£250 - 350
146
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER SALT CELLARS, MACRAE & GOLDSTEIN, LONDON, 1871
shaped triangular, each with gilded circular dish with broad arabesque surround of foliage and green man masks on a matted ground and beaded rim, on ball feet, 9.5cm long, 262g
£120 - 180
147
THREE VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HORN BEAKERS AND A FLASK
all with glass bottoms, comprising a pair of beakers in sizes with reeded neck mounts and initialled shields, Thomas Johnson, London, 1867 / 68, tallest 9.5cm, a blond horn beaker with plain neck mount and applied shield engraved 'EJ / 1876', Thomas Smily, 1872, and a conical flask with plain base mount and neck mount with hinged bun cap with twist closure, Elkington & Co., 1875, 26.5cm high
£180 - 220
148 (illustrated online)
THREE PIECES OF VICTORIAN SILVER, ALL LONDON
comprising an oval tea caddy chased with flowers and scrolls around two vacant cartouches, the domed lid with urn finial, Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, 1888, 11.5cm high, a pedestal sweetmeat basket, the ribbed navette body chased with foliate strapwork around four vacant ovals, with swing handle and spreading ribbed oval foot, Martin, Hall & Co., 1872, 15.5cm long, and an Irish type bowl with gilt interior, beaded and scallop rim above curved ribs and beading, on three grotesque mask headed paw feet, 12.5cm diameter; 581g
£300 - 400
149
A VICTORIAN COROMANDEL WOOD DRESSING CASE, J.C. VICKERY, LONDON, 1864
the brass bound case with monogrammed roundel to lid, the blue velvet lined interior fitted with nine glass boxes or jars with plain silver covers and with lift-out tray over a void, a stationery compartment concealed in the lid and base with concealed sprung drawer, 28.5cm long
£150 - 250
150
A VICTORIAN SILVER SUGAR VASE, RICHARDS & BROWN, LONDON, 1872
circular, the openwork sides of stamped acorn laden oak branches and a vacant cartouche, on leaf-headed scroll panel feet, applied rim and cast openwork swing handle with foliage and flowerheads, 16cm high with handle raised, 216g including blue glass liner
£150 - 250
151
A VICTORIAN SILVER SALVER, HENRY WILKINSON & CO. OF SHEFFIELD, LONDON, 1871
engraved with a crest surrounded by a band of scroll foliage and diaperwork panels, the rim pierced between ribs and within a scalloped edge, on four volute feet, 26cm diameter, 581g
£350 - 450
152
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SMALL BUCKET, JOHN WILMIN FIGG, LONDON, 1866
the tapering cylindrical glass body frosted and cut to simulate a coopered pail, with plain base and neck mounts, 14.5cm high with handle raised; together with a pair of Victorian silver tongs, Francis Higgins, London, 1864, formed as bird claws on feathery stems, 14cm long (2)
£200 - 300
153
A VICTORIAN SILVER SPIRIT FLASK, ALFRED TAYLOR, BIRMINGHAM, 1862
the ovoid body with vacant shield surrounded by overall scroll foliate engraving, with fluted screw-on cap, 12.5cm long, 86g
£80 - 120
154
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER SPIRIT FLASKS, BOTH LONDON, both plain, one flattened bottle shaped, with screw-on cap, the detachable beaker base stamped for the retailer 'ASPREY / 166 / BOND St.' beneath a crown, Abraham Brownett, 1868, 12cm long, the other flattened oval, the screw-on cap with twist top for a droplet only, underside stamped for the retailer F. West (formerly Palmer), maker's mark T.D, 1839, 11cm long; 249g
£200 - 300
155
A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN NOVELTY SILVER SALT CELLARS, CARTWRIGHT & WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM, 1864
each modelled as a coopered bucket, 5cm diameter; together with six Victorian silver salt spoons, Samuel Smily, London, 1870, with rod stems and knopped terminals; 234g (12)
£200 - 300
156
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER FIGURAL PEPPERETTES, JOHN SEPTIMUS BERESFORD, LONDON, 1878
in Renaissance style, showing traces of gilding, each shaped square plinth base set with a cast cherub balancing on one leg holding up the globe pepperette which unscrews to a gilt interior, P.O.D.R. lozenge for 1874, 10cm high, 187g
£150 - 250
157
A VICTORIAN SILVER MUSTARD POT WITH ITS SPOON, HENRY JOHN LIAS & SON, LONDON, 1869
egg shaped, on three scroll supports ending in paw feet, applied to the sides with scrolls, lid with ball finial, bright-cut engraved with wrigglework and leaf borders, crested, the spoon with twist stem and volute terminal, 10cm high, 118g excluding blue glass liner
£150 - 250
158
A VICTORIAN SILVER SALVER, MARTIN, HALL & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1864
later engraved with scrolled initials GE within a contemporary engraved foliate strapwork roundel, with up-curved rim pale pierced below an applied beaded border, on three decorated panel feet, 20cm diameter, 307g
£150 - 250
159
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING MUG, HENRY HOLLAND & SON, LONDON, 1858
chased with a scene of a young girl feeding chickens outside a cottage flanked by a vacant scroll cartouche to the side, on scalloped piédouche, scroll handle, 10.5cm high, 155g
£150 - 250
160
A VICTORIAN SILVER SALVER, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS FOR RETAIL BY ELKINGTON & CO., LONDON, 1858
dodecafoil, the vacant hexafoil centre surrounded by arabesque panels of incised foliate strapwork on a linear ground, moulded rim, on three scroll panel feet, 30.5cm diameter, 812g
£500 - 700
161
A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND, HENRY WILKINSON & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1850
the shaped oval stand with leafy rim including two vacant cartouches, on foliate shaped panel feet, supporting two lobe cut bottles with silver neck-mounts and foliate covers, 20cm long, weighable silver 219g
£150 - 250
162
TWO ENGLISH SILVER SMALL PAILS, BOTH LONDON
one tapering cylindrical example flat-chased with a wide feathery band and applied with a single drop ring, gilt interior, Rawlings & Summers, 1837, 9cm high, the other realistically modelled as a coopered bucket, the swing handle with turned wood section, gilt interior, Alexander Macrae, 1870, 13.5cm high with handle raised; 384g all in
£200 - 300
163
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING MUG, REILY & STORER, LONDON, 1848
chased to the front with a young boy harvesting grapes flanked by vines and a tree, piédouche chased with foliate scrolls, gilt interior, 10.5cm high, 149g
£150 - 250
164
A VICTORIAN NATURALISTIC SILVER CHAMBERSTICK, HENRY WILKINSON & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1844
the shaped base (probably loaded) of convolvulus flowers and leaves rising to the curled handle, stem and sconce of further convolvulus, with leafy conical extinguisher set to front, 9.5cm high
£300 - 400
165
NATURALISTIC SILVER: A VICTORIAN TOAST RACK AND A VICTORIAN LETTER RACK, BOTH BIRMINGHAM,
the toast rack with seven reeded bars centred by a leaf, the rectangular base frame wrapped with leafy tendrils,Yapp & Woodward, 1850, 13.5cm long, the letter rack (or toast rack) of seven stylised leaf supports with branch-like handle and four ball feet, Willmore & Co., Birmingham, 1844, 15.5cm long; 279g (2)
£200 - 300
166
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN NATURALISTIC SILVER SALT CELLARS, ALFRED SWEET PATERSON, BIRMINGHAM, 1864
each ribbed bowl as a stylised waterlily flower on short stem and domed foot formed as three lily pads, 7cm diameter; together with four Victorian silver salt spoons, maker's mark J/AR in trefoil, Birmingham, 1852, each twisted stem with leaffilled trefoil terminal; 230g (8)
£150 - 250
167
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER TAPERSTICKS
one with hexagonal base rising to a ribbed stem and octagonally faceted sconce, with detachable nozzle, Henry Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield, 1846, 10cm high, the other with foliate decoration and shaped circular base and baluster stem, Aston & Son, Birmingham, 1858, 8.5cm high; 124g
£150 - 250
168
THREE VICTORIAN SILVER SMALL CHAMBERSTICKS, ALL LONDON
one oval with bright-cut foliate rim and applied with a snake entwined around the sconce, its tail forming the handle, Reily & Storer, 1846, 10cm long, one circular, with beaded borders, the sides flat-chased with paterae and matted ground borders, complete with chained extinguisher and detachable nozzle, C.T. & G. Fox, 1854, 11cm long, and one plain ovate with cylindrical sconce and flat shaped handle, Edward Barnard & Sons, 1885, 18.5cm long; 335g
£300 - 500
169 ⦿
octagonally faceted bottle shaped on piédouche of conforming outline, engraved with panels of flower sprays and two vacant cartouches surrounded by strapwork, applied cast scroll rim, lid with cast flower finial, maker's mark JM in oval punch, 28cm high, 908g including ivory insulators to silver handle
Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: U9SRXVTK
£600 - 800
A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN SILVER EWER, PROBABLY JOHN MURRAY, GLASGOW, 1857
170
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PIERCED SILVER SALT CELLARS AND A MUSTARD POT, ALL LONDON, 1840 / 44
scroll foliate pierced and with vacant shields, the earlier salt cellars with scroll rims and on rocaille headed volute feet, Edward Barnard & Sons, 8cm diameter, the mustard pot with reeded rim and on stylised foliate panel feet, Joseph Angell & Son, 9.5cm long; 272g excluding blue glass liners
£150 - 250
171
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER WAITERS, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1852 / 53 engraved with bands of Rococo foliate scrolls below applied rims of shells and scrolls, each on three scroll panel feet, 19cm diameter, 457g
£300 - 400
172
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SHELL DISHES (OR SALT CELLARS), DANIEL & CHARLES HOULE, LONDON, 1855
fluted shells with gilt interiors and rocaille rims, on cast openwork pedestals of further rocaille work, 10.5cm long, 417g
£300 - 500
173
A VICTORIAN SILVER BUTTER VASE, COVER AND STAND, THOMAS BRADBURY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1856
shaped circular, the ogee vase and decafoil stand with scroll pierced panels and applied gadroon rims, the domed and pierced cover with cast flower finial, 28cm diameter, 451g excluding its frosted glass liner
£300 - 500
174 ⦿
A VICTORIAN SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SET, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1849
the spherical or ovoid bodies each engraved with two vacant roundels flanked by flower and foliate festooned ledges, on piédouches, with cast scroll moulded rims, the pots with cast flower spray finials, the milk jug and sugar bowl with gilt interiors, coffee pot 28cm high; 2176g including ivory insulators to pots
Ivory Declaration Submission Reference:YAVXZVUR
£1,200 - 1,800
175
A VICTORIAN SILVER SALVER, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1849
engraved with a band of scroll foliage, moulded rim applied with an openwork border of cast scroll foliage, on four openwork panel feet, 34cm diameter, 960g
£500 - 700
176 ⦿
A VICTORIAN SILVER EWER, WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1840
baluster, engraved with an owl crest within a flanking band of scrolls, foliage and diaperwork panels, the domed lid with cast flower finial, gilt interior, 25cm high, 605g including ivory insulators to silver hand
Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: PALR1T4J
£500 - 700
177
A VICTORIAN SILVER BUTTER DISH, COVER AND STAND, WILLIAM CUMMING, LONDON, 1843
octagonal, the tapering body with angular handles and lightly domed cover engraved with stylised strapwork motifs to each facet, gilt interiors, the dish-like stand similarly engraved, 17.5cm wide, 544g
£300 - 500
178
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER MUSTARD POTS, BOTH LONDON, 1847
one octagonal example engraved with strapwork, the lid similarly engraved to the canted sides below a crest, with blue glass liner (apparently fixed), Reily & Storer, 9.5cm long, one cylindrical on shaped foot, strapwork engraved, the lid additionally engraved with a crest, with blue glass liner, C.T. & G. Fox, 9.5cm long; together with an Old English pattern mustard spoon, initialled, London, 1847 (3)
£200 - 300
179 ⦿
A VICTORIAN SILVER HOT MILK JUG, WILLIAM MOULSON (MOULSON & WILLIAMS) FOR LAMBERT & RAWLINGS, LONDON, 1846
baluster, engraved with Rococo foliate scrolls surrounding alternate vacant and floral cartouches, with auricular moulded lid, 16cm high, 384g including ivory insulators
Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: P6VFS96Y
£250 - 350
part
180
A VICTORIAN NATURALISTIC SILVER INKSTAND, WILLMORE & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1841
the handle and stand formed as two trails of lily pads supporting a blue cut-glass inkwell with leafy silver cover, 18cm long; together with a matched Victorian silver letter rack, Henry Hyde Aston, Birmingham, 1864, formed as a strand of seven leaf supports, on four leafy ball feet, 18cm long; weighable silver 205g (2)
£300 - 500
181
TWO SILVER CHRISTENING MUGS, BOTH LONDON
one Victorian example chased with shaped panels, to the front with a winter scene of a figure beside a brazier, to the sides with oval bosses, one vacant, one with worn crest and initials, Reily & Storer, 1848, 11cm high, the other William IV example with baluster body and short pedestal, chased with a rocaille cartouche engraved 'Antony' flanked by flowering foliage and scrolls, John James Whiting, 1833, 9.5cm high; 302g
£180 - 220
182
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT SUGAR VASE, C.T. & G. FOX, LONDON, 1847
circular, the tapering openwork sides of cast trailing roses against slender pales, corded waved rim and swing twisted ribbon handle, 14cm high, 157g excluding its blue glass liner
£200 - 300
183 ⦿
A VICTORIAN SILVER HOT MILK JUG, WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1839
the ribbed ovoid body engraved with floral pendants and acanthus leaves, the flush-hinged lid with cast flower finial, 15.5cm high, 433g including ivory insulators to silver handle Ivory Declaration Submission Reference: KJMZXDJG
£300 - 400
184
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER SHELL SALTS, THOMAS HUGHES HEADLAND, LONDON, 1844
scallop form, the interiors engraved with a crest and showing traces of gilding, each on three periwinkle shell feet, 8.5cm wide, 298g
£200 - 300
185
TWO ENGLISH SILVER SAUCEBOATS, BOTH LONDON
one William IV oval example chased with flowering branches on a matted ground flanking a crested and a vacant cartouche beneath a gadroon rim, with grotesque mask cast C-shaped handle, on three pad feet, gilt interior, William Knight, 1836, 14.5cm long, and one Victorian oval example ribbed below flower sprays and rocaille, on four cast foliate feet, Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd, 1888, 14cm long; 289g
£250 - 350
186
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER SALT CELLARS, WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1843
with shaped circular ribbed bowls gilded below rims of flowerheads on a matted ground, each on an openwork cast rocaille short pedestal, 9cm diameter; together with four silver salt spoons, John Wilmin Figg, London, 1876, with shell bowls and stems cast with mermen, mermaids and scrolls; 375g (8)
£300 - 400
187
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING MUG, JAMES CHARLES EDINGTON, LONDON, 1850
chased with four shaped arched panels with matted grounds and floral swags between, with a vacant cartouche to the front flanked by one panel applied with a pair of dogs, the other with a Medieval falconer surrounded by his birds and with dogs at his feet, rocaille chased shaped spreading foot, gilt interior, 11.5cm high, 194g
£300 - 500
188
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING MUGS, BOTH LONDON
one chased with a sylvan scene of a milkmaid and a dog above an applied footrim of shells and foliage, with leafy scroll handle, Reily & Storer, 1840, 9.5cm high, the other chased with a shaped vacant cartouche flanked by a sylvan scene of a girl and her dog chasing a pheasant above an applied rocaille footrim, with double scroll handle, Hayne & Cater, 1844, 10cm high; 355g
£400 - 600
189
A WILLIAM IV NATURALISTIC SILVER CHAMBERSTICK, JOSEPH WILLMORE, BIRMINGHAM, 1830
the base modelled as a cabbage leaf, the curled handle stem applied with two smaller leaves and ending in a leafy sconce and detachable scalloped sconce, 13.5cm long, 146g
£250 - 350
190
A WILLIAM IV SILVER FIGURAL CHAMBERSTICK, JOHN TEARE, LONDON, 1831
the circular base with foliate rim and ring handle with stylised leaf thumbpiece, the stem modelled as Harlequin holding above his head the urn-shaped sconce, 11cm high, 123g
£300 - 400
191
A GEORGE IV SILVER WINE FUNNEL, THOMAS COX SAVORY, LONDON, 1828
the detachable funnel on a bulged base with egg and dart rim and shell clip, 13cm high, 121g
£150 - 200
192
A GEORGE IV SILVER TOAST RACK, JOHN & THOMAS SETTLE, GUNN & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1827
the oblong base with seven scrolled bars centred by an oval ring handle above a crested oval flanked by foliage, on anthemion and paw feet, 16.5cm, 291g
£200 - 300
190
191
193
A MATCHED PAIR GEORGIAN SILVER BUTTER SHELLS, EMES & BARNARD, LONDON, 1816 / 27
scallop shell form, each handle with an applied gadroon, shell and leaf border and engraved with a crest, on three periwinkle feet, 17cm long, 333g
£500 - 700
194
A GEORGE III SILVER CHRISTENING MUG, EMES & BARNARD, LONDON, 1816
baluster, half lobed below a reeded band, with leafcapped reeded handle, gilt interior, 8.5cm high, 149g
£100 - 150
195
A SCOTTISH GEORGE III SILVER WINE FUNNEL, JOHN MCDONALD, EDINBURGH, 1809
the funnel of typical form with engraved scroll initial P and three ribs to neck, the detachable bowl simply pierced and with shaped clip, both with reeded rims, 15cm long, 133g
£150 - 200
196
A MATCHED SET OF THREE SILVER SALT CELLARS, LONDON, 1808 / 43
bellied oblong, the shaped everted rims applied with gadrooning interruped by shells and foliage, each on four shell panel feet, the earlier example maker's mark of Joseph Ash, the later pair mark of Edward Edwards, 10cm long; together with three silver salt spoons, London, 1828/40, Old English pattern, plain; 280g (6)
£180 - 220
197
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE COASTERS, ROBERT & SAMUEL HENNELL, LONDON, 1804
circular, each with sides pierced and engraved with a running foliate scroll and flowerhead motif between wrigglework borders and below a gadroon rim, turned wood bases, 14cm diameter
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 14 June 1979, lot 173
£700 - 900
198
TWO ENGLISH SILVER PAP BOATS, BOTH LONDON
typical form, one plain George III example, Robert & David Hennell, 1800, 13cm long, the other Victorian example with gilt interior and applied floral rim, John & Henry Lias, 1847, 12cm long; 125g
£150 - 250
199
A GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDY, WILLIAM VINCENT, LONDON, 1777
oval, the sides bright-cut with geometric rims flanking foliate and husk swags surrounding one vacant oval cartouche and one to front engraved with scrolled initials JIF, the flush-hinged lid with a further geometric border and a cast floral sprig finial, 12cm long; together with a George iii silver caddy spoon, John Thornton, Birmingham, 1804, shovel form, the bowl pierced with an oval of stars, some bright-cut decoration, 7cm long; 371g including perhaps later brass lock
£700 - 1,000
200
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE I SILVER TRENCHER SALTS, EBENEZER ROE, LONDON, 1714/15
decagonal baluster, engraved with a crest, circular wells, Britannia standard, 6.5cm wide, with two later clear glass liners; together with three George III silver salt shovels, Old English/Hanoverian pattern, one crested and one initialled, London, circa 1760/89/97; 251g (7)
£800 - 1,200
201
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER TOBACCO BOX, WILLIAMS LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1902
bulbous oval, compression opening, bright-cut around a vacant arabesque cartouche with scroll foliage on a hatched ground, 9cm long, 90g
£70 - 100
202
A GEORGE III SILVER VINAIGRETTE, SAMUEL PEMBERTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1809
oblong with canted edges, bright-cut and wrigglework decorated, the lid with a vacant oval flanked by fronds on hatched ground, the gilt interior with patera and frond pierced grille, 3cm long
£70 - 100
LOTS 203 - 253
Silver Smallwork from a London Private Collection, Part I
Parts II (a large assortment of Vesta Cases) & III to be sold Spring 2025
203
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT VINAIGRETTE, JOSEPH TAYLOR, BIRMINGHAM, 1814
pocket watch shaped complete with hinged bow, engraved front and back with rows of oak leaves on a dotted linear hatched ground, to the front with a vacant square cartouche, gilt interior with engraved and hinged grille, 4.5cm long
£150 - 250
204
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER VINAIGRETTES, BOTH BIRMINGHAM
both with foliate thumbpieces and gilt interiors with foliate engraved hinged grilles, one rectangular with canted corners applied with a vacant shield surrounded by engraved scroll foliage, Willmore & Co., 1939, 4cm long excluding suspension ring, the other shaped oval with 'tartan' engraving, Edward Smith, 1854, 3.5cm long
£120 - 180
205
THREE VICTORIAN SILVER VINAIGRETTES, ALL BIRMINGHAM
all with vacant cartouches, engraved decoration and gilt interiors with hinged grilles, one in the form of a purse with chains joined by a ring, John Tongue, 1864, one shaped rectangular with suspension ring, Alfred Taylor, 1856, and one rectangular with suspension ring, David Pettifer, 1854, 2.5cm long
£150 - 250
206
THREE VICTORIAN SILVER VINAIGETTES, ALL BIRMINGHAM
all with suspension rings and gilt interiors with engraved grilles, one shaped oval and with foliate engraving, Francis Clark, 1846, one shaped oblong, foliate engraved and initialled MS, George Unite, 1858, and one oval engine-turned example, initialled, Nathaniel Mills, 1863, 3cm longest excluding suspension ring
£150 - 250
207
A GEORGE III SILVER SNUFF BOX, MAKER'S MARK INDECIPHERABLE, LONDON, 1819
rounded rectangular, with banded reeding, initialled thumbpiece and gilt interior, 5.7cm long; together with a Victorian silver snuff box, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1853, oblong, engine turned around a vacant foliate cartouche, gilt interior, 7.8cm long (2)
£120 - 180
208
A VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX FITTED WITH A CYLINDER MUSIC MECHANISM, BOX PERHAPS THOMAS WISE, LONDON, 1838
rectangular, engine-turned and with vacant shield, applied foliate rim, gilt interior apparently later fitted with a Swiss two air cylinder music movement, with key, maker's mark '•TW', 10cm long
£400 - 600
209
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOXES, BOTH BIRMINGHAM
both with gilt interiors, one rectangular with rounded ends, engraved with a crest and bands of engine-turning, the ends with scroll leafage, Nathaniel Mills, 1847, 8cm long, the other of similar outline, engine-turned around a vacant oval, George Unite, 1879, 5.7cm long
£150 - 250
210
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOXES, BOTH BIRMINGHAM, 1840
both covered in scroll foliate engraving and with gilt interiors, one rectangular with initialled cartouche RWS, Neustadt & Barnett, 7.4cm long, the other shaped oblong and initialled RW, Edward Smith, 8.6cm long,168g
£200 - 300
211
A VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, 1838
rectangular, engraved 'David Bennie', with applied foliate border and rims, the sides and base with banded reeding, gilt interior, 8cm long
£200 - 300
212
A VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, WILLMORE & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1842
rectangular, engine turned top and base, lid with applied foliate thumbpiece and an engraved presentation inscription to Edmund George Graham Esq of 1844, reeded sides, 7.3cm long
£100 - 150
213
A VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, FRANCIS CLARK, BIRMINGHAM, 1843
rectangular, flush-hinged lid and base with linear hatched ground scroll foliate engraving, the lid with vacant cartouche, the bulged sides with flower and leaf chasing on a matted ground, gilt interior, 8.3cm long
£120 - 180
214
A WILLIAM IV SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX, NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, 1835
oblong, the lid engraved with a presentation inscription surrounded by an applied floral border on matted ground, the bulged sides with a similar border and acanthus to the corners, engine-turned base, gilt interior, 9.5cm long, 189g
The inscription reads: Presented to William Butt Esqr., Solicitor, by the reformers of Ryde, Brading & Neighbourhood as a testimonial of their approbation of his zeal and ability in addressing their claims at the Revising Barristers Court for the County of the Isle of Wight. Held at Ryde on the 5 & 6th Oct. 1835.
£150 - 250
215
A VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX, GEORGE UNITE, BIRMINGHAM, 1877
shaped rectangular, the lid with presentation inscription in an oval cartouche surrounded by engraved flowers and foliage, the sides and base with panels of similar engraving, gilt interior, 10cm long, 178g
The inscription reads: Presented to H.W. Hayward as a mark of esteem and regard by the staff of the Refreshment Department of the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. A parting gift.
£150 - 250
216
A WILLIAM IV SILVER TABLE SNUFF BOX, NATHANIEL MILLS, BIRMINGHAM, 1833
rectangular, the lid set with a medal of cattle and horses surrounded by the legend 'BOLTON CATTLE FAIR SOCIETY / ESTABLISHED A.D. 1832' on an engine-turned ground surrounded by a band of foliage and scrolls on a matted ground, the bulged sides with further cattle and horses and farm scenes, engine turned base, gilt interior with presentation inscription, 9.5cm long, 232g
The inscription reads: Presented by the members of the Bolton Cattle Fair Society to James Knowles Esqr., Honorary Secretary, as a mark of their esteem and respect for his disinterested exertions, April 9th, 1834.
£300 - 400
217
FIVE VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASES
all oblong and hinging open to the top edge, one scroll foliate engraved around a snake and bird motif above scrolled initials PD, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1852, one with foliate trellis around the monogram NB, George Unite, Birmingham, 1867, one with raised roses and fluted triangular panels, maker's mark W.N, Birmingham, date letter poorly struck, one engine-turned around a vacant roundel, Robert Thornton, Birmingham, 1874, and one of plain pocket fitting form, Chawner & Co., London, 1881, 9.4cm longest; 209g
£300 - 400
218
A VICTORIAN SILVER COMBINED CIGARETTE, SLOW MATCH AND VESTA CASE, H.W. & L. DEE, LONDON, 1871
oblong section rectangular, covered in engineturning excepting a vacant roundel, flush hinged lid to gilt interior inscribed for the retailer 'P. MORRIS & Co. 22.NEW BOND ST.' below the wick cylinder with slide extender, one side with slide to reveal the striker and to act as a douter to the wick and hinged to the gilt match compartment below, 9.8cm long excluding suspension ring, 198g all in
£200 - 300
219
A VICTORIAN SILVER COMBINED CIGARETTE, SLOW MATCH AND VESTA CASE, EDWARD STOCKWELL, LONDON, 1884
oval section oblong, ribbed, flush hinged to the gilt interior, to one side with metal striker hinging to gilt match compartment, to the back with wick cylinder and chained stopper, 9.2cm long, 146g all in
£200 - 300
220
A VICTORIAN SILVER COMBINED
CIGARETTE AND VESTA CASE, H.W. & L. DEE FOR ASPREY, LONDON, 1870
rectangular, covered in engine-turning excepting a roundel engraved with entwined initials FK, the case hinged from the back to a gilt interior divided into a narrow and larger compartment, with engraved cartouche 'ASPREY 166 BOND St. & 22 ALBEMARLE St.', one side of the case with striker and hinging open to the gilt match compartment, 8.2cm long, 96g
£200 - 300
221
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASES AND A SEALING WAX CASE, ALL LONDON
all plain, one rectangular cigarette case with concealed opening via the front panel to the sprung hinged lid, gilt interior, S. Mordan & Co., 1881, 8cm long, one rounded oblong cigarette case with push button spring opening, gilt interior with sprung retainers, one inscribed for the retailer 'LAMBERT, COVENTRY STREET', Brownett & Jones, 1877, 8.8cm long, the rectangular case with gilt interior with hinged taper compartment to rear, Stuart Clifford, 1881, 8.6cm long; 277g
realistically modelled as a dairy can of the period, oval, with swing handle and pushpiece to the lid, the gilt interior with textured striking surface to the inner lid, 6cm high
£300 - 400
223
A VICTORIAN SILVER TOBACCO BOX WITH VESTA COMPARTMENT, ALFRED FULLER, LONDON, 1886
rounded oval, plain excepting engraved monogram HN to lid, compression opening to the gilt interior, set behind the flush hinge with a hinged striker over the gilt match compartment, 8.6cm long
£150 - 250
224
THREE VICTORIAN SILVER TOBACCO BOXES, ALL LONDON
all with gilt interiors, one oval engine-turned around a vacant shield, compression opening, Benjamin Barling & Sons, 1855, 7cm long, one plain rounded oval excepting an engraved crest and motto, maker's mark rubbed, 1874, 10.5cm long, and one rounded oblong, plain excepting an engraved crest and motto, compression opening, H.W. & L. Dee, 1873, 10.5cm long; 237g
£180 - 220
225
A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN SILVER PIPE CASE, JOHN SANDERSON & SON, EDINBURGH, 1883
the tapering stem with suspension ring and fitted with a detachable clearing rod, the bowl hinged from the top and engraved with monogrammed initials HHC, 15cm long; together with another silver pipe case, Joseph Lindner, London, 1866, plain form containing a clay pipe, 13.5cm long (2)
£250 - 350
226
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER CIGAR CASES, BOTH THOMAS JOHNSON FOR ASPREY, LONDON, 1854 / 56 both of the same rounded oblong form, the earlier example engraved with borders and arabesque panels of scrolled leaves and flowers, the lid with vacant roundel, the later example plain excepting a crest, with gilt interior, both stamped to interior 'ASPREY / 166 / BOND STt.' beneath a crown, 14cm long, 359g
£300 - 400
227
A VICTORIAN SILVER CIGAR CASE, YAPP & WOODWARD, BIRMINGHAM, 1845
rounded oblong, the lid engraved with a scene of a pair of dogs chasing a stag beside a lake below a vacant oval, all-over engraved with foliate panels and borders on engineturned or linear hatched grounds, 12.3cm long, 156g
£200 - 300
228
A VICTORIAN SILVER CIGAR CASE, JOHN LINEGAR, BIRMINGHAM, 1876
oblong and moulded for four cigars, engraved with the crest and motto of Jardine, Scotland, monogrammed initials GCJ and panels of stylised foliage on a linear hatched ground, the gilt interior with T-shaped retainers, 14cm long; together with a Victorian silver ashtray, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1863, coffin shaped, with two bars across the top acting as cigar rests, sides scroll foliate engraved around a vacant shield, 10cm long; 211g (2)
£200 - 300
229
A VICTORIAN SILVER DOUBLE CIGAR CONTAINER AND A SINGLE CONTAINER, BOTH LONDON
the double container plain excepting an engraved monogrammed C motif, with sprung hinge and frosted gilt interior, inscribed for the retailer 'W. THORNHILL & Co. 144 NEW BOND St. W.', Edward Stockwell, 1884, 13cm long, the single engine-turned container pulling open to reveal retailer's inscription 'BRYANT & Co. REGENT St.', Thomas William Dee & Sons, 1861, 12.7cm long; g (2)
£200 - 300
230
A VICTORIAN SILVER SOVEREIGN CASE, PITTWAY BROTHERS, LONDON, 1885
cylindrical, plain excepting an engraved crest and motto, unscrewing to a frosted gilt interior with sprung coin holder within a cylinder pierced and engraved with a scale calibrated in fives for up to forty sovereigns, 8.8cm long
typical spherical form surmounted by screw-in ring of 'flames' surrounding the wick, P.O.D.R. lozenge for 1880, 7cm high, weighted
£100 - 150
232
A VICTORIAN SILVER STRING BOX, WILLIAM COMYNS & SONS, LONDON, 1888
formed as a sphere chased with grotesque masks surrounded by scrolls on a matted ground, the top half with bun finial with aperture for the string, on three ball and claw footed fluted legs headed by cast ribbon-tied husk pendants, 11.5cm high, 158g
£150 - 250
233 ⦿
FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER CHILDREN'S RATTLES, ALL BIRMINGHAM
typical form with knopped stems, whistles to one end with suspension rings and teethers to the other, one suspended with six bells and carved coral teether, George Unite, 1840, one with five bells and coral teether, maker's mark indistinct, 1885, one with three bells and coral teether, George Unite & Sons, 1884, and one with six bells and mother-of-pearl teether, maker's mark indecipherable, 1885, 12.5cm longest
£200 - 300
234 ⦿
A VICTORIAN SILVER POSY HOLDER, WILLIAM ROBERT SMILY, LONDON, 1863
showing traces of gilding, trumpet shaped, with a beaded rim set below with coral cabochons and chain swags and engraved to the body with a band of anthemions above a further band of coral cabochons, the stem engraved ‘Clelia Howson’ surrounded by three sprung legs contained by a sprung terminal, 11.5cm long
See another posy holder, of the same pattern but set with turquoise cabochons, sold in this room, 25 May 2016, lot 470, marked for Macrae & Goldstein, 1867.
£400 - 600
235
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER CHATELAINES, BOTH LONDON
one with cartouche to clip of basket-work, hung with five rope twist chains interrupted by ribbed beads and ending in swivel Albert clasps, inscribed for the retailer 'JOHN COOPER. 41 St. JAMES'S STRt.', H.W. & L. Dee, l871, 26.5cm long, one of 18th century form, cast with figures to the hinged cartouches on the clip, hung with five belcher chains ending in Albert clasps, Thomas Johnson, 1878, 26cm long; 300g
£200 - 300
236
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER CHATELAINES, BOTH LONDON, 1873
one with shaped oval cartouche to clip pierced and engraved with shells and foliage around an engraved coat of arms and initials RJ, hung with four belcher chains ending in Albert clasps, S. Mordan & Co., 24.5cm long, the other with a shaped openwork cartouche to clip foliate engraved, hung with five short belcher chains ending in decorative swivel Albert clasps, Thomas Johnson, 13cm long; 156g
£150 - 250
237 (illustrated online)
FOUR PAIRS OF ENGLISH SILVER BUCKLES
all with steel chafes, comprising a pair of George III shoe buckles, typical arched form, reeded, George Burrows, London, 1795, 7.2cm long, and the following all George Unite, Birmingham: a small pair with bright-cut foliate panels and another similar pair with ivy leaves, 1869 and 1881 respectively, 3.5cm long, and a pair plain cutcornered rectangular, 1884, 5.5cm long (8)
£100 - 200
238
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED BELT, HALL, SON & GOODE, LONDON, 1874
the black leather belt with frosted silver mounts of buckle and three sections of a loop flanked by panels with bold bosses, 80cm long
£100 - 200
239
A VICTORIAN SILVER NUTMEG GRATER, RAWLINGS & SUMMERS, LONDON, 1868
the steel convex rasp set against a reeded arched frame with flat back and crest engraved top, the base hinged for the powder, 12cm high
£180 - 220
240
A VICTORIAN SILVER NUTMEG GRATER BOX, ASTON & SON, BIRMINGHAM, 1858
rectangular, with engine-turned panels, the crested lid over the fixed steel rasp, the base hinged to the side for the powder, 4.2cm long
covered in engraved scrolled leafage on a linear hatched ground, unscrewing to reveal the detachable steel rasp, 4.2cm long
£180 - 220
242
ELEVEN GEORGE II SILVER WINE LABELS, SANDYLANDS DRINKWATER, LONDON, CIRCA 1745 / 50
each escutcheon shaped and with chain, the inscriptions bordered by fruit-laden trailing vines on a matted ground, inscribed for: BURGUNDY, CHAMPAGNE, CLARET, HOCK, MADEIRA, MARSALA, MOUNTAIN, PORT, RHENISH, SHERRY and WHITE WINE, maker's and lion passant marks only, 5.5cm wide
£1,200 - 1,800
243
A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III SILVER WINE LABELS, THOMAS PHIPPS & EDWARD ROBINSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
each rectangular bottle ticket with canted corners, reeded borders and chain, bright-cut for BRANDY, WHISKY, PORT, GIN and DRY SHERRY, maker's and lion passant marks only, 4cm wide
£300 - 500
244
A SET OF TWELVE WILLIAM IV SILVER WINE LABELS, WILLMORE & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1835-37 each bottle ticket with chain and shaped and matted as a vine leaf, pierced for the following: CLARET, MADEIRA, SHERRY, BUCELLAS, LISBON, MARSALA, BRANDY, TENERIFFE, PORT, BRONTE, RUM and WHISKEY, 7cm wide, 167g
£800 - 1,200
245
FIVE PAIRS OF GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN SILVER WINE LABELS
all with chains, one oblong pair stamped with a grape-laden vine border around inscriptions for RUM and BRANDY, John Thropp, Birmingham, 1825, one pair shaped oval with foliate border and pierced for SHERRY and PORT, Reilly & Storer, London, 1833, one pair as stylised openwork straps inscribed for PORT and MADEIRA, Rawlings & Summers, London, 1845, one pair foliate engraved shaped initials 'P' and 'S', Rawlings & Summers, London, 1858, and one canted rectangular pair reeded and inscribed WHISKY and BRANDY, Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham, 1886 (10)
£500 - 700
246
A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN SILVER BOTTLE COLLARS, GEORGE JOHN RICHARDS, LONDON, 1851 reeded rims, pierced for MADEIRA, PORT and SHERRY, 8.4cm diameter; together with two pairs of silver-mounted cork bottle stoppers, one pair stamped with leafy grapes below branch-like ring handles, William Gough, Birmingham, 1848, the other pair with plain disc surmount, Ephraim Tysall, London, 1884 (7)
£150 - 250
247
A PAIR AND A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN SILVER WINE LABELS
all with chains, the pair as openwork initials P and S for Port and Sherry, foliate engraved, Reily & Storer, London, 1857, the set of three as openwork curved cartouches for BRANDY, GIN and WHISKEY, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1879 (5)
£120 - 180
248
THREE VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SCENT FLASKS, ALL LONDON
one with red glass ovoid body, the push button hinged top covered in scroll foliate engraving excepting a vacant roundel, Francis Nisbet, 1856, 8.5cm long, one of ribbed clear glass, the push button hinged swirl-lobed top inscribed 'E.S.M. FROM CECIL', George Brace, 1887, 9cm long, and one as a small double flask of cylindrical clear glass with screw-on and push button rounded ends, Thomas Johnson, 1880, 8cm long
£100 - 200
249
A VICTORIAN SILVER DOUBLE SCENT FLASK, SAMPSON MORDAN & CO., LONDON, 1881 cylindrical with rounded ends, covered in engraved scrolled foliage on a hatched ground, each top with roundel monogrammed BH, one end hinged and opening to push button, the other end unscrewing, glass lined, 11cm long
£150 - 250
250
A VICTORIAN SILVER SCENT FLASK, FRANCIS HIGGINS & SON, LONDON, 1888 flattened conical, decorated all over with roses on a matted ground, an oval initialled AM, the ribbed cap hinging to a glass liner interior with ground-glass stopper, 15.3cm long
£150 - 250
251
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SCENT FLASKS AND ANOTHER TWO SILVER-MOUNTED SCENT FLASKS, ALL LONDON
the pair hob cut flattened circular glass, with screw-on silver bun covers, George Brace, 1877, 11.5cm high, one as a double flask formed as a decagonally faceted glass cylinder with silver-gilt end mounts, one with a sprung cap, the other with screw cover, both engraved 'HVD' and 'May 2nd' or '1858', maker's mark indecipherable, 1858, 14cm long, the last as a Patent scent flask/dispenser, the faceted glass of flattened oval form, the screw-on mount with hinged cover, Thomas Johnson, 1871, 15cm long
£150 - 250
252
A VICTORIAN NOVELTY SILVER 'RAILWAY SIGNAL LAMP' COMBINED VINAIGRETTE / SEWING COMPENDIUM, SAMPSON MORDAN & CO., LONDON, 1875
realistically modelled as a signal lamp, the front, simulating a door with clasp, set with a glass cabochon over (distressed) red foil, to the back with two hinged loop handles centred by a clip, decorated all over with scroll foliage inhabited by birds, the conical top with suspension ring hinging open to reveal a gilt gallery of pins surrounding a metal thimble over a lift-out rod comprising two cotton reels and tape measure, the base engraved with a crest and motto hinging open to a gilt interior with P.O.D.R. lozenge for 1873 and a detachable vinaigrette grille inscribed 'S. MORDAN & CO. LONDON', 6.5cm high
the rectangular clear glass bottle with chamfered corners, with silver screw-on cap, the silver base with lid hinging open to a gilt interior with scroll pierced and engraved vinaigrette grille, inscribed 'S. MORDAN & Co. MAKERS', 9.4cm high
£180 - 220
254
A VICTORIAN SILVER NOVELTY SCENT BOX, WILLIAM HORNBY, LONDON, 1900
the rectangular box with traces of gilding, mounted with a cast figure of a seated monkey perched on the front edge, the gilt interior fitted with two rectangular removeable scent flasks with angled top sides with hinged lids enamelled with a roundel in red or blue above silver-gilt stoppers, retailer's inscription to inside front rim 'KENDALL & CO., 17, RUE DE LA PAIX. PARIS.', 7cm high, 123g
Kendall & Co specialised in the sale of travel accessories, from premises in an iconic street for the luxury trade in Paris, many of their wares supplied by London manufacturers, including W.J. Hornby. Hornby was well known for making novelties and mounted goods, by 1900 listed at 19 & 21 Heddon Street, Regent Street.
£400 - 600
255 (illustrated online)
A GROUP OF SILVER SMALLWORK
comprising: a cased set of six Edwardian small buttons, each stamped with an Art Nouveau bust of a young woman, Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1902, 14mm diameter, case with printed label for the retailer Cahoon Paros of Belfast, a sovereign case, typical bulbous pocket watch form, engine turned, Birmingham, 1914, on a Victorian short fob chain with a variety of links and a metal associated T-bar, Samuel Smith, Birmingham, late 19th, and a tiny enamelled charm in the form of a cow bell; together with a group of buckles: a paste-set pair converted to brooches, a cut-steel pair and a paste-set belt buckle (8)
£150 - 250
256
A SILVER 'SNAIL' POMANDER, PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, 17TH CENTURY
the animal's head poking out from the bottom of its shell, the sides hinged from the base, one side pierced to retain an aromatic sponge and engraved to interior '.M.K.', the other solid side with concentric ribs concealing an interior originally with four dividers (lacking) for spices, two engraved 'P[o]urri' and 'Negel', with suspension ring, 3cm long
Provenance: dug up in the 1960s by the vendor's father on his allotment just outside Brighton, close to the Brighton to London road.
Pomanders were often suspended from the wearer's neck or girdle, used to hold scents and spices, also sometimes functioning as an amulet, warding against plague and other ‘miasma’ borne diseases. Although occasionally modelled as a skull or die, the normal pomander form is round, with compartments like orange segments. Snail pomanders are rarer, the form symbolic: ‘The ability of the snail to withdraw into its protective shell at times of danger or hardship resulted in its becoming the symbol of spring and resurrection. We know of the apotropaic use of snail amulets when plague was rife.’ (Launert, Edmund ‘Perfume and Pomanders: Scent and Scent Bottles through the Ages’, Potterton Books Ltd., 1987, p.22). See three similar silver snail pomanders held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, catalogued as 'scent cases' (Accession Nos.M.805-1926, M.806-1926 and M.128-1929) and one sold Sotheby's, London, 7 June 2007, lot 107.
oblong pocket-fitting form, engraved with a crest and motto for Porter of Troquain, Kirkcudbrightshire, interior inscribed 'W.H.P / from the / N.A.P.C / 1929', 9 carat gold, 8cm long, 70g
£1,200 - 1,800
258
A GOLD COMPACT, GERMAN, CIRCA 1930
shaped square, engine-turned, the top applied with an oval coat of arms below an untitled noble's coronet, 14 carat gold, stamped '585', maker's mark PA and another indecipherable mark, 6.4cm wide, 54g excluding metal retainer and cloth mesh
£1,500 - 2,000
259
A VICTORIAN GOLD PENCIL HOLDER, 1898, A SILVER PENCIL, 1950 AND FIVE GOLD PLATED PENCILS
the gold pencil with engine turned decoration and slide, 9 carat, Birmingham, 1898, the silver propelling pencil with engine turned decoration and button release, Birmingham, 1950, a gold-filled Everpoint Samson Mordan pencil, a goldplated Mabie Todd & Co. 'Fyne Poynt' pencil, a gold plated telescopic pencil, a rolled-gold Cross pencil and a gilt metal pencil (7)
£150 - 200
260
A FRENCH GILT-METAL SMALL CASKET WITH PIERTRA DURA PANELS, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the black ground floral rectangular panels probably Italian, the gilt-metalwork with beaded borders, on stylised leaf panel feet, distressed cream silk lining, 12cm long
the probably French 'mignonette' timepiece movement with integral key, the white dial with Roman numerals, the frosted plain oblong case with bun feet and swing handle, with its twin-doored faded leather case lined in green velvet and gilt stamped 'GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY Ltd. / 112. REGENT STREET LONDON. W.', clock 9.5cm high with handle raised
£200 - 300
262
A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS SMALL STRUT CLOCK, RETAILED BY HENRY RODRIGUES, LONDON, CIRCA 1868
the glazed circular silvered dial with black Roman numerals and oval gilt surround all engraved with scroll foliage, the opaque blue enamel bezel within an applied corded rim, on two ball feet, reverse with shuttered slow/fast, hand and winding apertures and engraved around the hinged easel strut 'M.G.L. from M.C.G. / June 1868' and to base for the retailer 'H. RODRIGUES . 42 PICCADILLY', the watch type movement engraved to the three-quarter plate 'No.42301', 10cm long
£200 - 300
263
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR WOOD MANTEL CLOCK, PARIS, CIRCA 1840
eight-day movement with silk suspension to the pendulum, gilt-metal decorated dial with white enamel and Roman numeral chapter ring, domed case applied below the dial with an ormolu flower-filled urn supporting butterflies and flower garlands, the base with formal leaf border above a vase flanked by merlions, on bun feet, 32cm high
£200 - 300
JAEGER LECOULTRE, ATMOS 'CINTREE', REF.5854: A SWISS GILT-BRASS SKELETON CLOCK, CIRCA 1980
'perpetual motion' temperature change driven annular torsion pendulum calibre 526 movement, Roman numerals and fleurs-de-lys to the simulated tortoiseshell lacquered chapter ring, bowed oblong case with further 'tortoiseshell' quarter columns to plexiglass panels, signed to door and movement, serial number 511297, 22.5cm high, in its brown leatherette signed box and with manual
£800 - 1,200
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