Silver, Works of Art & Objects of Vertu Sale
on Tuesday 25th May 2010
1. A LARGE INDIAN-COLONIAL IVORY INLAID WRITING BOX, PROBABLY HOSHIARPUR, PUNJAB, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
rectangular, with foliate panels within geometric borders and chequered bands, the slope front opening to two short drawers
58cm wide£800-1200
2. AN INDIAN COLONIAL EBONY DESK STAND, CEYLONESE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the rectangular top with simulated bamboo rim centred by a box with urn-shaped turned finial flanked by pen rests, further fitted with four turned urns and covers, a pair of glass inkwells, a pair of trays with pen depression covers and a rule, below with line moulded frieze drawer and sides and shaped apron
38cm wide £200-300
3. AN INDIAN-COLONIAL SADELI MOSAIC WORKBOX, BOMBAY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
decorated with typical fine geometric patterning, the rectangular lid opening to a rosewood underside and compartmented sandalwood interior, below with a sandalwood fitted drawer with baize lined slope
46cm wide including drop loop handles
£1000-1500
4. A PATINATED METAL AND GREEN AND WHITE STRIATED GLASS BOX, TIFFANY STUDIOS OF NEW YORK, 1899-1920
Grapevine pattern, rectangular, with beaded borders, underside stamped 'TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/42' -- 17cm wide£300-400
5. LOUIS RICHÉ (FRENCH 1877-1949): 'CHAT S'ÉTIRANT', CAST BY SUSSE FRÈRES OF PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
patinated bronze, base inscribed 'L. RICHÉ', with Susse circular foundry stamp, stamped 'M' and with inscription 'Susse Fs Edt. Paris', underside also stamped 'SUSSE FRERES'
18cm long
Although Riché was also responsible for models of dogs and the human figure, his favourite theme was cats, both domestic and wild. This model (Cat Stretching Out in English) was also cast in 1912 by the Goldscheider foundry (see Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century, Atglen, 1994, p.570).£400-600
6. CLOVIS MASSON (FRENCH 1838-1913): A MATCH HOLDER MODELLED AS A MOUSE NIBBLING AT AN EGG
patinated bronze, inscribed 'C.MASSON', mottled marble base with striker mounted to the side
10cm high overall
This model is more commonly found in a version where the mouse nibbles at two marble sugar cubes (see Christie's Amsterdam, 2nd April 2003, lot 383). £200-300
7. A BRONZE MODEL OF A COW, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1900
the yoked animal standing on elongated oval grassy base inscribed 'Malide'
21cm long£150-250
8. PIERRE LE FAGUAYS (FRENCH BORN1892): GIRL WITH A HOOP
a green patinated Art Deco spelter figure of a young athlete holding a large hoop, inscribed on the circular base 'Fayral'
40cm high excluding Belgian black marble base
Fayral was a pseudonym often used by Le Faguays. The poses and draperies of his figures were apparently inspired by the Hellenistic terracotta Tanagra figurines. Max Le Verrier, the artist and founder, is reputed to have produced probably all of his friend's work.£600-800
9. ANTON NELSON (FL. 1880-1910): SYLVIA
an Art Nouveau patinated spelter bust, titled base
44cm high£250-350
10. PIERRE FELIX FIX-MASSEAU (FRENCH 1869-1937): LE SECRET, CAST BY SIOT-DECAUVILLE, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
gilt bronze, the draped mysterious female figure holding a casket below her face, base inscribed 'Fix.Masseau' and with foundry stamp
28cm high excluding red mottled marble square plinth
Illustrated Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century, Atglen, 1994, p.319.£2000-3000
11. HENRY ARNOLD (FRENCH 1879-1945): PREMIERE OFFRANDE, CAST BY SUSSE FRERES, PARIS, 1920S
patinated bronze figure of a young woman holding a dove in one hand, circular base inscribed 'HENRY ARNOLD' and with Susse Frères stamp and inscription
32cm high excluding mottled marble plinth
Henry Arnold was a member of the 'Bande à Schnegg', a group of sculptors supported by Rodin, who wished to distance themselves from both the Academy and the avant-garde, pursuing simple and balanced forms.£2500-3500
12. EDWARD FRANCIS McCARTAN (AMERICAN 1879-1947): A PAIR OF FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS, CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, NEW YORK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
patinated bronze, each modelled as a young boy or girl holding aloft an amphora, base inscribed '© E. McCartan' and stamped 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y.'
42.5cm high
(2)£4000-6000
13. WALTER METTLER (SWISS 1868-1942): YOUNG GIRL BLOWING ON A BOWL
patinated bronze, circular base inscribed 'W. Mettler' and stamped 'H. Moser/Bern'
39.5cm high£1500-2000
14. A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT-BRONZE FIGURAL WALL LIGHTS, SWEDISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
each with a pair of scroll arms issuing from formal leafage and terminating in winged bird's heads supporting the drip-pans and sconces, above with a patinated winged cherub holding aloft the third sconce
41cm high
(2)£1200-1800
15. A CARVED IVORY CHRISTO VIVO, POSSIBLY ANTWERP WORKSHOP OF MATTHEUS VAN BEVEREN (1630-1690), FLEMISH, LATE 17TH CENTURY
the finely carved figure with rope tied perizonium, the head raised up to the left and speaking the last seven words, formerly mounted on a crucifix
48cm high
The attenuated limbs and forceful expression of this figure show strong affinities with the works thought to be produced by Mattheus van Beveren (Antwerp 1630 - Brussels 1690) and his workshop. Known for work in ivory, as well as stone and boxwood, the absence of signed or documented Corpus Christi by van Beveren makes attribution difficult. An ivory Pieta (Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, inv. no. 1754), attributed to van Beveren, shows similar elongation in the Christ figure. See also Sotheby's London, The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, 8 July 2009, lot 32, for a highly expressive boxwood crucifix attributed to van Beveren and Sotheby's London, 22nd April 1982, lot 266 for an ivory Corpus Christi similarly attributed.
Literature: La sculpture au siècle de Rubens, Musée d'Art Ancien, Brussels, 15th July-2nd October, 1977, p.198-199
£3000-4000
16. A CARVED LIMEWOOD PANEL, ANGLO-DUTCH, LATE 17TH CENTURY
rectangular, openwork carved with auricular scrolls hung with floral swags and centred by a vacant shield supported by winged defaced cherubs above a pair of crossed muskets and below a pair of crossed pistols
72cm high, 89cm wide£700-1000
17. A PAIR OF SILVERED BRASS BAROQUE STYLE ALTAR CANDLESTICKS, PROBABLY FLEMISH, 19TH CENTURY
the urns shaped sconces on fluted columnar stems, the triform bases with the Sacred Heart emblem and busts of the Virgin or Christ, on three scroll feet, 47cm high excluding prickets; together with another similar silvered brass altar candlestick, probably Flemish, 19th century, 60cm high excluding pricket (3)£150-200
18. A SILVER-MOUNTED CARVED WOOD BUTTENMANN FIGURE, SWISS, MID 19TH CENTURY
of typical form as an old peasant clasping a knarled stick in one hand and supporting the grape-basket strapped to his back with his other hand, the basket with silver hoops and straps and silver-gilt lining engraved at the rim with scroll foliage, the domed base with silver-gilt leafy rim mount
25cm high
These carved figures were apparently popular as drinking vessels with the wine guilds (Rebleutezuenfte) in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Alsace in the late 16th and 17th centuries. Examples of this period can be found at the Basle Historisches Museum and the Zurich Landesmuseum.£1600-2000
19. A LOUIS XV FRENCH PROVINCIAL SILVER SMALL CIBORIUM, MATHIEU BRUNOT, DIJON, 1736/37
the circular wafer holder with the Christ head and rayed nimbus to either side and hinging open in the middle, surmounted by a cross, the bulbous stem and oval foot with lobed borders, inscribed within the foot rim 'M. ROY. 1736'
10.3cm high, 120gr (3oz)£2000-3000
20. A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT-SILVER PEDESTAL BEAKER, FIGURATIVE MAKER'S MARK, POSSIBLY A BEAR, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1640
the bulbous bowl chased with leafy fruits and ribbon-tied swags, the hollow pedestal and bulbous base with scrolled foliage, 11.5cm high; together with an associated German parcel-gilt-silver cover, mid 17th century, foliate chased, with ball finial
130gr (2oz)
(2)£600-800
21. A GERMAN SILVER DISH, JOHANNES KILIAN, AUGSBURG, LATE 17TH CENTURY
shaped oval, chased with a scene of a figure fishing beside a village within a punch and beaded border and scroll lobes, showing traces of gilding
14cm wide across small scroll handles, 83gr (2oz)£600-800
22. A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT-SILVER DISH, MAKER'S MARK INDECIPHERABLE, AUGSBURG, LATE 17TH CENTURY
shaped oval, chased with a scene of a figure crossing a bridge beside a church within a scroll foliate border
12.5cm wide across small scroll handles, 62gr (1oz)
£600-800
23. A SOUTH AMERICAN SILVER LARGE BOWL, UNMARKED, 19TH CENTURY
circular, flat bottomed, with simply moulded rim
38.5cm diameter, 1033gr. (33oz)£200-300
24. A SOUTH AMERICAN SILVER MUG, 19TH CENTURY
with tapering cylindrical and bellied body, initialled at the rim P.J.F., on spreading foot, with cast scroll handle, French import mark, 16cm high; together with a South American silver basting spoon, unmarked, 19th century, with hammered bowl and flattened terminal, 36cm long
745gr. (23oz)
(2)£150-250
25. AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER DISH, MAKER'S MARK WH, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
oval, stamped and pierced with scrolled fruiting foliage centred by a plain oval applied with a pear, 800 standard
32.5cm long across end scroll handles, 264gr (8oz)£200-300
26. A CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, MAKER 'KH', SHANGHAI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
tapering cylindrical, each chased with a dragon against a matted ground and applied simulated bamboo handles, the teapot and sugar bowl cover with lobed button finials
teapot 15cm high, 796gr (25oz) including ivorine insulators
(3)£200-300
27. A GERMAN SILVER SALVER, PROBABLY J.D. SCHLEISSNER & SOEHNE OF HANAU, CIRCA 1900
plain circular, with stamped palmette motif rim, reverse with pseudo marks, 28cm diameter; together with a Continental silver cup and saucer, probably Belgian, circa 1900, circular, with stamped palmette motif rim, saucer inscribed, 800 standard, 13cm diameter; a set of twelve Dutch silver coffee spoons, circa 1930, with angular terminals, 835 standard; and a set of eleven Dutch silver coffee spoons, early 20th century, Beaded pattern, 835 standard
866gr (27oz)
(26)£120-180
28. A DANISH ART NOUVEAU SILVER BOWL AND COVER, GRANN & LAGLYE, COPENHAGEN, 1918
hammer finished, the compressed circular bowl with beaded rims and a band of stylised orotund symbols, the cover initialled EHC rising to a stylised patera with ebonised fillet
12cm diameter, 204gr (6oz)£150-250
29. AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER COFFEE POT, MAX GEDLITZKA, VIENNA, CIRCA 1900
in Secessionist style, the tapering body with stylised floral pendant and initialled below a noble's coronet, openwork silver scroll handle, 800 standard
19.5cm high, 485gr (15oz)£150-200
30. A COLLECTION OF FIVE PIECES OF INDIAN SILVER, UNMARKED, LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
all profusely chased with foliage and/or figures, comprising: a compressed circular bowl and cover, on pad feet, a cylindrical box with domed cover, a circular bowl chased with stylised leaves, a circular bowl with waved rim, and a circular salver with pierced rim
the salver 24cm diameter, 1019gr (32oz)
(5)£320-380
31. A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT-SILVER ART DECO 'TETE A TETE' TEAPOT, JEAN E. PUIFORCAT, PARIS, IMPORT MARKED LONDON, 1936
circular, with three gilt girdles, epsilon shaped rosewood handle, bayonet fitting cover with rosewood loop finial, stamped 'JEAN E. PUIFORCAT / MADE IN FRANCE'
10cm high, 366gr (11oz)
Jean Puiforcat designed this pattern in 1936. For an entire 'tête à tête' or 'tea for two' set of this design, see Françoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, Paris, 1986, p.131.£700-1000
32. A JUGENDSTIL LEMONADE JUG, WMF (WURTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with 'antique silver' finished electroplated Britannia metal mounts, the simply cut clear glass with a star patterned girdle and neck and domed lid with linear decoration, interior complete with electroplate mounted glass ice reservoir, stamped factory marks
39cm high
£150-200
33. A BURMESE SILVER FIGURAL BOX AND COVER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
finely chased as the monkey god Hanuman fighting Ravana's elephant
17cm long, 286gr. (9oz)£400-600
34. A GERMAN SILVER MODEL OF A COCKEREL, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
modelled in a crowing stance, with detachable head and hung with three chains, on a domed circular base decorated with farmyard scenes, 812 standard
18.5cm high, 298gr (9oz) Illustrated on front cover£250-350
35. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER CANDELABRUM, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1968
three trumpet form supports of differing heights joined by a textured stretcher and supporting irregularly soldered gilt wirework spherical shades
42cm high, 1248gr (40oz) including small wood feet
The Pearson Silver Collection has a pair of candelabra of this pattern and date, see: www.pearsonsilvercollection.com/devlin£1500-2500
36. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER CANDLE SNUFFER, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1969
the conical snuffer with a long plain stem and gilt pebble textured knob
26cm long, 99gr (3oz)£80-120
37. A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1970
the ribbon-tied textured box opening to reveal the silver bird sitting on an oxidised tree hung with hardstone leaved gilt fruit, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
10cm high£300-400
38. TWO TURTLE DOVES: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1971
the satin finished cylindrical cover lifting to reveal the birds in a gilded cage, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
9cm high
£300-400
39. THREE FRENCH HENS: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1972
the ribbon-tied trapezoidal lid of irregular cagework sheltering the fowl, each nesting on an enamelled panel of the tricolore, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
11cm long£300-400
40. FOUR CALLING BIRDS: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1973
the hexagonal ribbon-tied and textured box opening to reveal four squawking chicks nestling on oxidised branches, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
8.3cm high£300-400
41. FIVE GOLD RINGS: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1974
the string-tied satin finished rectangular box concealing five assorted rings against a green velvet backing, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
11.5cm long£300-400
42. SIX GEESE A-LAYING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1975
with satin finished circular cover concealing the nesting scene, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
8.5cm diameter
£300-400
43. SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1976
the chequered satin finished rectangular box opening to reveal a swan and cygnets serenely swimming on blue guilloche enamel, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
8.5cm wide£300-400
44. EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1977
with beehive-shaped circular cover over a scene of the milkmaids busy relieving a patient bovine's swollen udder, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
9.2cm diameter£300-400
45. NINE LADIES DANCING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1978
the satin finished triform domed cover over a scene of a ring of can-can dancers energetically high-kicking on a red guilloche enamel ground, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
9cm wide£300-400
46. TEN LORDS A-LEAPING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1979
the cylindrical cover over a joyous scene of coroneted lords, their translucent red enamel cloaks flying, leap-frogging over their peers and the green guilloche enamel ground, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original box with booklet
9.3cm diamter£300-400
47. ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1980
the holly-sprigged plum pudding cover over a scene of bagpipers ceremoniously walking a ring of battlements, with guilloche enamel grounds in two tones of green, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
9cm diameter£300-400
48. TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING: A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS' SURPRISE BOX, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1981
the domed circular cover over a scene of squatting African drummers about to thump the large drum, with green guilloche enamel ground, numbered 32 of an edition of 100, in original case with booklet
8.8cm diameter£300-400
49. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1968
with pebble-like texturing, the interior with three trembling and differently enamelled flowerheads, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
50. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1969
with vermiculated texturing, interior with the trembling silver head of a hare amidst an oxidised form, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
51. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1970
with star-burst patterned texturing, interior with a trembling fish amidst oxidised coral, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
52. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1971
with bark-like texturing, interior with a oxidised mouse trembling within a triangle of gilt cheese, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
53. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1972
with vermiculated texturing, interior with the trembling head of Punch bursting through a drum, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
54. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1973
with bark-like texturing, interior with a trembling patinated head of a hippopotamus with jaws agape, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
55. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1974
with swirled bark texturing, the interior with a kangaroo and its trembling silver joey on a patinated ground, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
56. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1975
with linear bark texturing, interior with two enamelled butterflies, one trembling, on a patinated ground of flowers, limited edition number 45
7.5cm high£200-300
57. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1976
honeycomb textured, interior with an oxidised trembling blackbird feeding two chicks a worm nestled within green enamel leaved branches, limited edition number 45
7.5cm high£200-300
58. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1977
with pock-marked texturing, interior with a trembling silver hummingbird feeding on an exotic pearl flowering plant, limited edition number 45
7.5cm high£200-300
59. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' COMMEMORATIVE EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1977
satin finished, interior with the Royal crown inscribed at the rim '1977 SILVER JUBILEE', limited edition number 90
7cm high£180-220
60. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1978
star patterned on a matted ground, interior with a trembling frog leaping from an enamelled pad on a guilloche enamel pond, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
61. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1979
with chequered texturing, interior with an articulated turtle swimming amidst oxidised rocks and an enamelled flower all on a translucent green enamel ground, limited edition number 45
7.5cm high£200-300
62. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1980
vermiculate texturing, interior with a patinated trembling 'Jack-in-the-Box' on a blue translucent enamel ground, limited edition number 45
7cm high£200-300
63. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1971
with linear textured finish, interior with a squawking chick on an oxidised ground
7cm high£150-250
64. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' EASTER EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1972
with linear textured finish, interior with a silver frog sitting on an oxidised pad beside an amethyst set flower, limited edition number 174
7cm high£200-300
65. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER 'SURPRISE' EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1971
with irregular silver cagework over a gilt ground, hinging open to reveal four quartz set flowers on patinated pads
7cm long£200-300
66. A SILVER-GILT 'SURPRISE' COMMEMORATIVE EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1981
satin finished, interior with the Prince of Wales feathers surrounded by white and green enamelled foliage on a silver ground inscribed '1981 . H.R.H. PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA', limited edition number 39
6cm high£180-220
67. A PARCEL-GILT AND OXIDISED SILVER 'SURPRISE' COMMEMORATIVE EGG, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON 1986
the cover with silver wedding bells on a gilt matted ground, with oxidised foliate base, interior with a coroneted Cupid amidst enamelled thistles and a bee symbolising the recently granted arms of Ferguson, commemorating the marriage of H.R.H. Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, limited edition number 39
6cm high£180-220
68. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER PEPPER GRINDER, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1968
the cylindrical matted body with plain rim below a gilt textured spherical knob
15cm high£300-400
69. A SET OF FOUR PARCEL-GILT-SILVER SALT OR PEPPER SHAKERS, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1969
conical, with a broad band of gilt pebble-like texturing below the plain tops
10cm high, 474gr (15oz)
(4)
£400-600
70. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER MUSTARD POT AND SPOON, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1971
tapering circular, with a broad band of gilt pebble-like texturing below the plain lid, the gilt spoon with textured stem
5.3cm diameter, 107gr (3oz) excluding blue glass liner
(2) £120-180
71. A SET OF EIGHT PARCEL-GILT-SILVER WINE GOBLETS, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1968
tapering cylindrical, the hammer finished bowls with gilt interiors, the stems and spreading feet textured
18.5cm high, 1721gr (55oz)
(8)£1000-1500
72. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER JUG WITH STIRRER, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1969
of stylised tapering cylindrical form, applied below the plain slanted top with a broad band of irregular diaper patterned gilt wirework on a gilt matted ground, gilt interior, the stirrer parcel-gilt part textured
jug 26cm high, stirrer 31cm long, 863gr (27oz)
(2)
Illustrated in Twenty-Five Years of Stuart Devlin in London, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1985, p.60£800-1200
73. A SET OF EIGHT PARCEL-GILT-SILVER BEAKERS, STUART DEVLIN, LONDON, 1968
almost cylindrical, each applied with a broad band of irregular gilt wire over a matted gilt ground below a plain band, gilt interiors
14cm high, 2351gr (75oz)
(8)£1200-1800
74. A SILVER SIX-PIECE CONDIMENT SET, J.B. CHATTERLEY & SONS LTD., LONDON, 1937-41
circular, with waved gadroon rims, each on three hoof feet, mustard pots 8cm wide across handle; together with a silver three-piece condiment set, Mappin & Webb Ltd., Sheffield, 1946, circular, with moulded rims, each on three hoof feet, mustard pot 7cm wide across handle
594gr (19oz) excluding blue glass liners (one missing)
(9)
£220-280
75. A SILVER MENORAH, A. TAITELBAUM & SON, LONDON, 1949
of typical form, the tapered square stem with Star of David finial, the stepped base with beaded borders and a band of husk swags hung from ovals, 24cm high; together with a set of six Edwardian silver Kiddush cups, Jacob Fenigstein, London, 1905, elongated baluster bodies with pricked decoration, with bulbous stems, 9cm high; and a pair of Edwardian silver Kiddush cups, Jacob Fenigstein, London, 1904, the bowls engraved with foilage around a vacant cartouche, knopped slender stem, with beaded borders, 8.5cm high
561gr (18oz)
(9)£250-350
76. A SILVER SALVER, A.E. POSTON & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1937
shaped circular, plain except for a moulded rim, on four pad feet
25cm diameter, 508gr (16oz)£150-200
77. A GEORGE V SILVER SPICE TOWER, JOSEPH ROUND & SON LTD., LONDON, 1923
the spire finial surmounted by a sphere, the spice box with filigree sides, hinged door and a bell suspended from each corner, on double knopped stem and spreading base
24.5cm, 216gr. (6oz)£150-250
78. A PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU GEORGE V SILVER BUD VASES, WILLIAMS (BIRMINGHAM) LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1912
the slender waisted bodies of incurved square outline applied with pierced C-scroll handles, 11.5cm high, loaded
(2)£80-120
79. A PAIR OF SILVER VASES, MAPPIN & WEBB LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1967
of slender cylindrical form on spreading bases, 18cm high, loaded; together with a silver caster, Charles S. Green & Co. Ltd., Birmingham, 1971, of girdled baluster form with pointed cone finial, 16cm high, 84gr (2oz)
(3)£100-150
80. A SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS, CHARLES S. GREEN & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1964/68
the oblong bowl with Celtic pattern rim, volute feet and serpent handles, the plain tongs with claw-like grips, bowl 17cm across end handles, 270gr (8oz); together with a silver wine coaster, maker's mark CSR Ltd., London, 1970, circular, the sides pierced and engraved with a band of waved leafage, turned wood base, 13.5cm diameter; and a silver cigarette box, Sanders & Mackenzie, Birmingham, 1964, rectangular, the engine-turned lid with vacant cartouche, cedar lined, 15cm long
(4)£150-250
81. A VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE BELL, HORTON & ALLDAY, BIRMINGHAM, 1892
the almost hemispherical scroll pierced body on three paw feet
12cm wide£200-300
82. A GEORGE V SILVER POT POURRI BOAT OR BESAMIM BOX, NATHAN & HAYES, BIRMINGHAM, 1916
modelled as a medieval incense boat with scroll foliate pierced covers, one side hinged, terminating in rams heads, on spreading hexafoil foot
9cm long, 189gr (6oz)
This boat appears to have been modelled after the Ramsey Abbey incense boat in the Victorian & Albert Museum (No. M.269-1923), a rare mid 14th century English silver-gilt object. According to The Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmiths' Trade Journal of December 1912: 'In the endeavour to produce goods of a special character, Mr George Nathan used to the utmost of his knowledge of styles and design, gathered from the various art collections... so that, today, one of the special features of Nathan and Hayes' output is their clever reproductions of ancient classic cups, vases, etc.'£80-120
83. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SUGAR BOWL, JAMES CHARLES LOWE, LONDON, 1902
circular, pierced below the gadroon rim with scroll foliage, 17cm wide across handles; together with a Victorian silver mustard pot, A. & J. Zimmerman, Birmingham, 1890, oval, decorated with bands of foliage, 7.5cm wide
204gr (6oz) excluding blue glass liners
(2)£100-150
84. AN EDWARDIAN SCOTTISH SILVER HOT MILK JUG, EDWARDS & SONS, GLASGOW, 1905
plain bulbous body with Green Man mask spout, coin-set lid with volute thumbpiece
11.5cm high, 319gr (10oz) including ivory insulators£100-150
85. A SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA SET, ATKIN BROTHERS (SILVERSMITHS) LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1941
the bulbous bodies with moulded rims, on scroll and bun feet, teapot and hot water jug with urn finials and ivory insulated silver handles, sugar bowl and milk jug with gilt interiors
1792gr (57oz)
(4)£500-700
86. A GEORGE IV SILVER MILK JUG, MAKERS MARK POORLY STRUCK, PROBABLY JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1826
compressed melon shaped, chased with matted ground panels of pheasants amidst foliage and a crested and a vacant cartouche, scroll handle, gilt interior
16cm wide, 229gr (7oz)£150-200
87. A SILVER SWEETMEAT DISH, E.W. HAYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, 1945
circular, applied at the rim with a shallow stylised gallery, on ribbed spreading foot
21.5cm wide, 341gr (10oz)£60-90
88. A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER SALT CELLARS, JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1912
circular, with an openwork balustrade above plain sides, on four ball feet
6.5cm diameter, 108gr (3oz) excluding blue glass liners
(2)£80-120
89. A VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISH, COVER AND HANDLE, MARTIN, HALL & CO. LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1899
elongated octagonal, crested cover, gadroon borders, with reeded loop handle
27.5cm long, 1198gr. (38oz)£500-700
90. A PAIR OF SILVER ENTREE DISHES, COVERS AND HANDLES, WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1933/37
oval, with gadroon borders, covers initialled F
2902gr (93oz)
(2)£700-900
91. A GEORGE V SILVER TEAPOT, THOMAS BRADBURY & SONS LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1918
in George III style, shaped oblong, with a lobed girdle, on ball feet, 14.5cm high; together with a George V silver hot water jug, Reid & Sons, London, 1910, oval baluster, on pad feet, 21.5cm high
1228gr (39oz)
(2)£300-400
92. A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER SALT CELLARS, GEORGE ALDWINCKLE, LONDON, 1872/1880
circular, initialled, each on three rams headed paw feet, 5.5cm diameter; together with a silver mustard pot, D. & J. Wellby Ltd., London, 1913, tapering cylindrical, 7cm high; and another silver mustard pot, William Neale & Son Ltd., Birmingham, 1926, faceted circular, 5cm high
395gr (12oz) excluding a blue glass liner
(6)£120-160
93. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SWEETMEAT DISHES, HORACE WOODWARD & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1894
shaped circular, each pierced with diaper or foliate shaped panels below a foliate stamped rim, 16cm diameter; together with a George V silver sweetmeat dish, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., Sheffield, 1921, shaped circular, moulded sides, on four pad feet, 19.5cm diameter
550gr. (17oz)
(3)£150-250
94. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER TEAPOT, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1904
the squat baluster body with swirled flutes at intervals, on four shell-headed pad feet, 15cm high; together with an Edwardian silver teapot, James Deakin & Sons, Chester, 1902, with scroll and flowerhead decoration and gadroon rims, on a short pedestal foot, 15cm high; and a Victorian silver Christening mug, Edward Barnard & Sons, London, 1888, part lobed, scroll handle, 9cm high
1135gr. (36)
(3)£250-300
95. A VICTORIAN SILVER CRUET STAND, GEORGE JOHN RICHARDS, LONDON, 1853
oval, engraved with scroll foliage, on openwork panel feet, wood base and central handle, the matched bottles with one original silver cover and two plated covers
29cm high£120-180
96. A SILVER MILK JUG AND SUGAR BOWL, MAKER'S MARK RCP, LONDON, 1977
with reeded rims, baluster jug and hemispherical bowl
jug 10cm high, 362gr (11oz)
(2)£100-150
97. A PAIR OF SILVER CAFE-AU-LAIT POTS, C.J. VANDER LTD., LONDON, 1969
plain tapered cylindrical
20cm high, 1101gr (35oz) including wood handles
(2)£300-400
98. A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER SAUCEBOATS, R.F. MOSLEY & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1932
faceted oval, each with scroll handle and on three pad feet, 19cm long; together with another pair of George V silver sauceboats, Viners Ltd., Sheffield, 1933, oval below shaped rims, each with plain pad feet and handles, 14cm long
697gr (22oz)
(4)£180-220
99. A GEORGE V SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, S.J. PHILLIPS, LONDON, 1924/25
comprising a teapot, hot water jug and sugar bowl, in George II style, flat-chased with a band of masks and foliate strap and diaperwork
hot water jug 25cm high, 1675gr. (53oz) including wood finials and handles
(3)
£500-700
100. A SILVER CIGARETTE BOX, A.E. POSTON & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1947
rectangular, engine turned lid with a vacant cartouche, cedar lined, 14cm wide; together with a rosewood box with silver electrotype set lid, Continental, circa 1930, rectangular, with a 17th century tavern scene, blue velvet lined, 13.5cm wide; a Dutch silver pill box, early 20th century, oval, the lid with a tavern scene, 833 standard, 6.5cm wide; a Dutch silver pill box, early 20th century, engine-turned rectangular, 833 standard, 5cm wide; and a Victorian silver Vesta case, Henry Pope, Birmingham, 1899, scroll foliate engraved and initialled, 3.5cm high
(5)£150-200
101. A SILVER MODEL OF A GROUSE, CARRINGTON & CO. LTD, LONDON, 1964
realistically modelled, underside stamped 'CARRINGTON & CO. LTD. / LONDON / 190 REGENT STREET'
13cm high, 614gr. (19oz) Illustrated on front cover
£300-400
102. A VICTORIAN SILVER STAND AND COVER, HENRY WILKINSON & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1867
with a later diaper cut glass cylindrical biscuit barrel, the foliate strapwork engraved silver cover with stamped flowerhead finial, the base with pierced scroll gallery, beaded rims and loop handles
14cm high, 353gr (11oz) cover and base only£400-600
103. A GEORGE V SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA SET, JAMES DIXON & SONS LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1924
in Regency style, the almost hemispherical bodies with stiff leaf rims and short pedestal feet, with pine cone finials and cast lion mask roundel terminals to the handles
hot water jug 19.5cm high, 1527gr. (49oz) including ebonised handles
(4)£500-700
104. A VICTORIAN SILVER TEAPOT, JOHN NEWTON MAPPIN FOR MAPPIN & WEBB, LONDON, 1896
compressed circular, crested above a girdle, silver handle, domed lid with button finial, 23cm wide; together with a silver milk jug, Sir Richard Burbidge for Harrods Ltd., London, 1933, plain compressed circular, initialled C, 12.5cm wide
595gr. (19oz) including ivory fillets
(2)£150-200
105. A GEORGE IV SILVER MILK JUG, JOHN WALTON, NEWCASTLE, 1826
compressed circular, with applied flowerhead and leaf rim, reeded handle, interior with traces of gilding
15cm wide, 197gr. (6oz)£80-120
106. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER BASKET, C.S. HARRIS & SONS LTD., LONDON, 1907
in George III style, oval, bright-cut engraved and pierced with a band of husk swags and ovals set with alternate urns or star motifs, on a pierced rim foot, with openwork swing handle
35cm long, 752gr (24oz)£300-400
107. A SILVER TRAY, MARTIN, HALL & CO. LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1927
plain rounded oblong, with gadroon rim
67cm wide across end handles, 3515gr. (113oz)£1000-1500
108. A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER, MAPPIN & WEBB LTD., LONDON, 1910
shaped circular, engraved with a band of scroll foliage, the moulded border cast and applied with a rim of scrolls and leafage, on three shaped panel feet
35.5cm diameter, 1168gr (37oz)£350-450
109. A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER, PAIRPOINT BROTHERS, LONDON, 1925
shaped circular, plain excepting moulded rim, on three pad feet
31cm diameter, 1018gr (32oz)£300-400
110. A MAGNIFYING GLASS GLOBE DESK TIMEPIECE, SWISS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, ON A VICTORIAN SILVER STAND, CHARLES BOYTON, LONDON, 1892
the white enamel dial with Roman numerals interrupted by subsidiary moon phase seconds, day and date dials and month aperture, the eight-day single barrel keyless wind movement with lever escapement, 10.5cm high over suspension ring, the stand with crescent shaped support on a spreading circular base, 15.5cm high, loaded base
(2)
The present vendor inherited this timepiece and stand as a set and it is probable they were originally sold together, since Charles Boyton (later Charles Boyton & Son) were manufacturing wholesalers who supplied a variety of luxury retailers such as Harry Emmanuel of 18 New Bond Street and Mappin & Webb's Poultry branch (John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, Vol.1, p.55).
For a similar globe desk timepiece, with the subsidiary dials but without the month aperture, see Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 12th February 2008, lot 100, sold for a hammer price of £1,000.£800-1200
111. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN ELECTROPLATE THREE-PIECE CONDIMENT SETS, DESIGNED BY DR CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) CIRCA 1878, FOR HUKIN & HEATH OF BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1882
each with plain cut-cornered triangular bases with a pair of plain supports at each corner, centred by a hemisphere topped handle, with faceted cut glass spherical containers, two with silver mounts for mustard, two with silver pepperette mounts, Hukin & Heath, London and Birmingham, 1884/1890, and two with electroplate pepperette mounts, stand undersides with P.O.D.R. lozenge for 1878, stamped 'DESIGNED BY / DR C. DRESSER', Hukin & Heath mark and numbered 1882, and retailers stamp 'HARDY BROTHERS / SYDNEY'
12cm wide
(2)£800-1200
112. A SET OF EDWARDIAN SILVER POSTAL SCALES, GEORGE BETJEMAN & SONS, LONDON, 1905
the rectangular base with canted sides, the balance pivoting on bell-shaped openwork supports behind the set of five silvered brass weights of 1/2 to 4 ounces
16cm wide, loaded
Although silver Edwardian and Victorian spring operated postal scales appear quite regularly, balance type scales in silver are rarely seen. For another set of balance scales on a glass base see Christie's South Kensington, The James Walker Collection of Silver and Vertu, 13th July 2006, lot 341, sold for £1,800 hammer.
George Betjeman & Sons were perhaps the largest fancy goods manufacturers in the world at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th centuries. Supplying luxury goods traders such as Asprey, it is stated (The Stationery Trades Journal, 31st January 1894) 'that Betjeman's is one of the few firms possessing the necessary machinery for putting a log of wood in at one end of the factory and turning it out as a highly-finished dressing case at the other, every portion of it being manufactured by them'. Their large works in Pentonville Road (noted by a scion of the family, the late poet laureate Sir John Betjeman, in his blank verse autobiography 'Summoned by Bells') is listed as making a bewildering array of objects, often desk and dressing table accessories, including in 1879: blotting books, inkstands and letter balances. (John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, Vol.1, pp.43/44) £800-1200
113. A VICTORIAN SILVER SMOKER'S COMPENDIUM, HARRISON BROTHERS & HOWSON, LONDON, 1888
the rectangular body with a compartment for cigarettes set into the lid and a cedar lined compartment below, flanked by an oblong cigar lighter to one side and an open compartment for Vestas to the other, on ball feet
18cm wide£800-1200
114. A GEORGE V SILVER-GILT TOILET SET, D. & J. WELLBY LTD., LONDON, 1916/19/26
flat chased with a variety of Chinoiserie scenes, comprising a large cut-cornered rectangular pin cushion on wrythen feet, an octagonal pot and cover, a cut-cornered rectangular box with hinged lid, a hand mirror, a pair hand brushes and a further brush, in original fitted case with 'D. & J. Wellby Ltd/Garrick Street/London' printed label
pin cushion 19cm long, 529gr (17oz) pot and box only
(7)£700-900
115. A GEORGE V SILVER-GILT PORRINGER AND COVER, D. & J. WELLBY LTD., LONDON, 1927
circular, flat-chased with Chinoiserie scenes, with bun finial, scroll handles and a rim foot
15.5cm wide, 431gr (13oz)£200-300
116. A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER TOILET BOTTLES, D. & J. WELLBY LTD., LONDON, 1913/15
the octagonal bodies flat-chased with chinoiserie scenes, with screw-in covers, sliding bases
16cm high, 743gr (23oz) including cork to covers but excluding glass liners
(2)£600-800
117. A VICTORIAN SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, WILLIAM HUNTER, LONDON, 1843, WITH MATCHING COFFEE POT, DANIEL JOHN & CHARLES HOULE, LONDON, 1862, AND A SMALLER POT, MARTIN, HALL & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1863
all chased with panels of a flower on a matted ground and one crested and one monogrammed panel, cast foliate rims, the pots with cast flower finials and ivory insulators to the silver handles
coffee pot 25.5cm high, 2940gr (94oz) all in
(5)£700-1000
118. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS, HARRISON BROTHERS & HOWSON, SHEFFIELD, 1896
the square bases, flared square stems, urn shaped sconces and detachable nozzles with beaded borders and bands of husk hung paterae
29cm high, loaded
(2)£700-900
119. A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD., LONDON, 1909
stamped with borders of formal foliage and patera, each with twin scroll branches, the waisted square stems on spreading square bases
28cm high, loaded
(2)
£400-600
120. A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS, ELKINGTON & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1902
in George II taste, square bases with in-curved corners and similarly profiled double knopped stems, detachable nozzles
20cm high, loaded
£300-500
121. A GEORGE V SILVER SKINNERS COMPANY COMMEMORATIVE SALT, CARRINGTON & CO., LONDON, 1910
modelled after the 17th century original salt, waisted octagonal, the rim with four volute supports and engraved 'Coronation 1911 The Gift of the Skinners Company', underside with 'No. 216'
14cm high, 497gr (16oz)£150-200
122. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MUFFIN DISH, ATKIN BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, 1909
circular, the cover partially covered with swirled fluting, the base with built-in hot water reservoir and screw-in silver plug
19cm diameter, 847gr (27oz)£200-300
123. A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM IV SILVER SALT CELLARS, HENRY WILKINSON & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1836
the openwork foliated 'Gothick' style bodies on similar spreading bases, 6.5cm high; together with four Victorian parcel-gilt-silver salt spoons, Yapp & Woodward, Birmingham, 1848, in naturalistic style, with daisy flower bowls and stems terminating in a leaf
430gr. (13oz) excluding shaped blue glass liners
(8)£400-600
124. TWO GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT STANDS, LONDON, 1784/86
both oval with beaded rim and on panel feet, earlier example showing traces of a vacant cartouche, maker's mark indecipherable overstriking another, 19cm wide, the later example without maker's mark, 17.5cm wide
325gr (10oz)
(2)£120-160
125. A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SALT CELLARS, EMES & BARNARD, LONDON, 1828
circular, crested, with gadroon rims, each on three formal leaf headed anthemion decorated pad feet, interiors showing traces of gilding
8.5cm diameter, 204gr. (6oz)
(2)£300-400
126. A GEORGE IV SILVER MUSTARD POT, WILLIAM EATON, LONDON, 1821
with a part lobed compressed circular body and cover with shell and gadroon rim between, shell and formal foliate handle, gilt interior, 11cm wide; together with a Victorian silver mustard spoon, William Eaton, 1838, Fiddle, Thread and Shell pattern
225gr. (7oz) excluding clear glass liner
(2)£250-350
127. A VICTORIAN SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, HAYNE & CATER, LONDON, 1852
the faceted baluster bodies engraved with strapwork panels including one crested and one vacant, on scroll and shell panel feet, the teapot with cast flowerhead finial and silver handle insulated by ivory fillets
teapot 21.5cm high, 1426gr (45oz) all in
(3)£400-600
128. A GEORGE III SILVER MUSTARD POT, THOMAS WALLIS, LONDON, 1802
oval, part fluted, wrythen finial
10.5cm long, 132gr. (4oz) excluding clear glass liner£200-300
129. A GEORGE III SILVER MUSTARD POT, HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON, 1786
plain oval except for bright-cut wrigglework borders and beaded rims
10.5cm long, 110gr. (3oz) excluding blue glass liner£400-600
130. A GEORGE V SILVER INKWELL, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, BIRMINGHAM, 1922
of capstan form, with reeded borders, glass ink reservoir, loaded, 15cm diameter; together with a George V silver milk jug, Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1919, Queen Anne pattern, 14cm long; and a George V silver sauceboat, Alexander Clark & Co. Ltd., Birmingham, 1934, Art Deco oblong form, on spreading rim foot, 18.5cm long
343gr (11oz) excluding inkwell
(3)£150-250
131. A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SALT CELLARS, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, LONDON, 1770
circular, each with waved gadroon rim, on three pad feet
6cm diameter, 82gr. (2oz)
(2)
£100-150
132. A GEORGE III SILVER WAX JACK, HENRY CHAWNER, LONDON, 1793
with reeded rims, the almost spherical wirework body with detachable top section, on a spreading foot, with a detachable snuffer
278gr, 278gr (8oz)£800-1200
133. A PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEFFIELD PLATE SAUCE TUREENS AND COVERS, CIRCA 1815, WITH VICTORIAN SILVER LINERS, WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD, 1897
oblong, with gadroon rims, scroll handles, bun feet and oval patera finials, the plain liners on quatrefoil pierced rims
22cm wide across handles, liners only 456gr (14oz)
(2)
£200-300
134. A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SHEFFIELD PLATE ENTREE DISHES, COVERS AND HANDLES, CIRCA 1810
cushion shaped, with gadroon rims, the covers initialled JJ, each piece numbered
30.5cm long
(4)
The initialls JJ are for Captain John Jones of the British East India Company. A native of Swansea, he retired there before 1792, building the mansion of St Helen's, just to the west of the city centre. The house was later demolished and the site is now covered by the St Helen's cricket ground. Archival material on the sea captain is held by Glamorgan Records Office. £300-500
135. A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SHEFFIELD PLATE WINE COASTERS, CIRCA 1820
circular, with a band of alternate flutes and lobes below an applied foliate rim, with turned wood bases
15cm diameter
(4)£200-300
136. A GEORGE III SILVER THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SET, ROBERT & SAMUEL HENNELL, LONDON, 1811
the part lobed oblong bodies with gadroon rims and ball feet, teapot 26cm wide; together with a pair of George III silver sugar tongs, Peter, Ann & William Bateman, London, 1802, wrigglework engraved
1120gr (36oz) including teapot handle and finial
(4)£500-700
137. A GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT-SILVER DISH, WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1815
circular, engraved with armorials within a gilt Rococo cartouche, the wide gilt rim chased with scrolled foliage on a matted ground in historicist Carolean style
22.7cm, 248gr (7oz)
The arms are those of Lloyd quartering Graham, Ligonier and another for Lloyd of Leaton Knolls, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, for John Arthur Lloyd (1787-1864), second son of Edward Lloyd and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Graham of Hockley Lodge, co. Armagh, and co-heiress of her maternal grandfather, Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680-1770).
John Arthur Lloyd succeeded to the Lloyd estates at Leaton Knolls and elsewhere upon the death of his elder brother Francis, building for himself a new house on the Shropshire estate. He was educated at Cambridge and his London residence was sometime at Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square. A serious collector of manuscripts and books, in 1822 he was elected a member of the exclusive Roxburghe Club, which boats only 40 members at any one time; it was founded in 1812 and is the oldest society of bibliophiles in the world. John Arthur Lloyd died unmarried in 1864, when he was succeeded by his brother Charles Spencer Lloyd (1789-1876).
The bibliographer Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) (Reminiscenes of a Literary Life, John Major, London, 1836, vol. I, p. 396), described Lloyd as 'a gentleman in all respects qualified by his scholarship and attainments - and, above all, by his unwarped and unwarpable attachment to the Bibliomania...
The grounds of the Leaton Knolls mansion were provided with pleasant walks and 'in no place in the county [of Shropshire] is there to be seen such a fine collection of rare shrubs and choice forest trees [including] an extensive and valuable collection of the conifera tribe, with their curious and varied foliage' (Samuel Bagshaw, History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire; comprising a general survey of the county, Samuel Harrison, Sheffield, 1851, pp. 141-142). The mansion was demolished as surplus to requirements in 1955.
£500-700
138. A GEORGE III SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SET, WILLIAM BURWASH, LONDON, 1813/14
comprising a teapot on stand, a coffee biggin on stand with burner, a milk jug and a sugar bowl, part lobed crested bodies with gadroon rims, all pieces inscribed to underside
coffee biggin on stand 27cm high, 2694gr. (86oz) including wood handles and an ivory finial but excluding wood based teapot stand
(6)
The inscriptions read: 'From Captn. & Mrs. Henry Matson to their Affectionate Friend Mrs. Woodhouse. Octr. 1814.'
The crest is that of Woodhouse.
Captain Henry Matson, RN, of Conduit Street, Hanover Square, London and Walmer, Kent, came from a naval family (brother of Rear Admiral Richard Matson and cousin to Vice Admiral John Harvey), entering the service in 1796. His successful career saw him capturing French ships in 1805 and 1807. He was put out of commission in 1810, retiring on half pay. His twenty-two year old wife died, shortly after the gift of this tea and coffee set had been made, on 18th March 1815. Henry Matson lived on until May or June, 1827 (The Gentleman's Magazine, London, April 1815, p. 374 & Jan.-June 1827 Supplement, p.644/645).£2000-3000
139. A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER PEPPERETTES, JABEZ DANIELL & JAMES MINCE, LONDON, 1767
baluster with reeded borders, one cover with missing finial, 11cm high; together with a George V silver mustard pot, Thomason & Haseler Brothers Ltd., London, 1911, cylindrical pale and diaperwork pierced body, blue glass liner, 7cm high; a pair of Edwardian silver salt cellars, Faraday & Davey, London, 1903, three footed cauldron form, blue glass liners, 5cm diameter; and a silver salt cellar, Joseph Gloster Ltd., Birmingham, 1920, almost hemispherical, on stepped rim foot, 5.5cm diameter
333gr (10oz)
(6)£150-250
140. A GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDY, JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1798
of oval bucket form, engraved with wrigglework bands of formal foliage and two vacant ovals, with a reeded swing handle above the centrally flush hinged twin lids
16cm wide, 486gr (15oz)
For a similar John Emes caddy of 1807, belonging to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, fourth daughter of George III, see Christie's, London, Property from the Estate of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 26th January 2006, lot 60.£700-1000
141. A GEORGE III SILVER GOBLET, JOHN DENZILOE, LONDON, 1778
the bowl later chased with scrolls, flowerheads and leafage on a matted ground surrounding a vacant cartouche, with a waisted stem and reeded spreading foot, gilt interior, 14.5cm high; together with a Victorian silver goblet, Henry Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield, 1869, the bowl chased with floral swags, scrolls and bosses and showing traces of an earlier inscription, the slender knopped stem spreading foot with beaded borders, 18cm high
397gr (12oz)
(2)£200-300
142. A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER GOBLETS, PETER GILLOIS, LONDON, 1783
the crested bowls on knopped stems and spreading bases with beaded borders
15cm high, 356gr (11oz)
(2)£400-600
143. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SWEETMEAT DISHES, C.S. HARRIS & SONS LTD., LONDON, 1897, ONE OVERSTRUCK R. & W. SORLEY OF GLASGOW
navette shaped, each decorated with husk swags over pale piercing below a foliate and stiff leaf rim, on a pierced spreading pedestal feet
18cm long, 383gr (12oz)
(2)£150-200
144. A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SWEETMEAT DISHES, TIFFANY & CO. OF NEW YORK, CIRCA 1902
dished circular, hung with flowerheads over spiralling pale piercing, with bow-tied ribbon handles and stiff leaf borders, on spreading pedestal feet
12.5cm wide, 263gr (8oz) excluding blue glass liners
(2)
£150-200
145. A GEORGE III SILVER MILK JUG, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, LONDON, 1801
the part lobed oval body with two laurel wreath vacant cartouches, reeded rim and handle, gilt interior
11.5cm high, 208gr. (6oz)£120-160
146. A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT, CHARLES CHESTERMAN II, LONDON, 1812
moulded oblong, bright-cut engraved with two vacant cartouches, a band of foliage, stiff leaf and wrigglework borders, on ball feet, with silver handle
28cm long, 607gr. (19oz) including ivory fillets£250-350
147. A VICTORIAN SILVER COFFEE POT, JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM FOR WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD, 1888
the part lobed oval body with a band of formal bright-cutting below the waisted neck, silver handle
22.5cm high, 662gr. (21oz) including ivory finial and fillets£180-220
148. A GEORGE II SILVER MILK JUG, THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1746
the baluster body engraved with armorials and exuberantly chased with scenes from Aesop's fables of the Bear and the Bees and the Dog in a Manger, with serpent entwined scroll handle, on a cast rocaille spreading foot, scratch weight '6=12'
13cm high, 193gr. (6oz)£600-800
149. A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS, T., J. & N. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, 1838/52
shell pattern, crested bases and detachable nozzles -- 28cm high, loaded but with silver underside (4)£1800-2200
150. THREE SILVER MUSTARD POTS
one plain oval with reeded rims, lid rising to an urn-shaped finial, angular handle, W.H. Haseler Ltd., London, 1901, 11cm long; one oval with two bands of palework piercing, domed lid, scroll handle, James Dixon & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, 1900, 11cm long; and one plain bell-shaped, lid with onion dome finial, angular handle, with loaded base and fixed blue glass liner, Sydney & Co., Birmingham, 1918, 9cm wide
225gr. (7oz) excluding loaded example and two blue glass liners
(3)£150-250
151. A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTREPIECE CANDELABRUM, ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1856
the massive scroll triform base with testimonial inscription, the stem of two entwined vine branches supporting a central wirework bowl and three scrolled fruit-laden arms terminating in candle sconces with detachable nozzles
61cm high, 3324gr (106oz)
The inscription reads: Presented to Francis Wyley Esqr. of this City, as a mark of respect from the shareholders of the Coventry Corn Exchange and as a Testimony of his zeal and activity in performing the duties of Honourary Secretary to the said company, Coventry, January 19th, 1857.
Francis Wyley (1810-1888), was a well known business man in Coventry, an alderman and in 1860 mayor of the city, founder together with his brother of the manufacturing chemists Messrs Wyleys & Co. The family lived in the medieval Coventry Charterhouse, south of the city centre.
Following years of complaints about fairs and street markets in Coventry, in 1855 a council committee approved the founding of a company to build a covered exchange. A site in Hertford Street was found and the elaborate Italianate Corn Exchange opened in 1857. The building included a hall seating up to 2000 people and a series of popular concerts was started, including in its inaugural year Charles Dickens mounting the stage to read from his Christmas Carol. (W.B. Stephens (Editor), A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8, 1969 and British Medical Journal, 3rd November 1888, p.1027)
£1800-2200
152. TWO GEORGE III SILVER PEPPERETTES, BOTH THOMAS SHEPHERD, LONDON, 1778 & 1779
the first of typical baluster form but with later foliate chasing, 15cm high; the second plain baluster, 13.5cm high
196gr. (6oz)
(2)£150-200
153. A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE DISHES, COVERS AND HANDLES, WILLIAM TROBY, LONDON, 1811
oblong, crested, with gadroon borders, the bases with shells to the corners, with foliate and reeded loop handles, all components numbered
29.5cm long, 3803gr (122oz)
(2)£2000-3000
154. A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE DISHES, COVERS AND HANDLES EN SUITE WITH THE PRECEDING LOT, WILLIAM TROBY, LONDON, 1812
29.5cm long, 3824gr. (122oz)
(2)£2000-3000
155. A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT, AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1740
the tapering cylindrical body initialled ADC between bands of Rococo foliate flat chasing, the cover similarly decorated below a pine cone finial, with cast foliate spout
23cm high, 897gr. (28oz) including contemporary fruitwood handle£2000-3000
156. A WILLIAM IV SILVER TEAPOT, WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1834
circular, flat-chased with a band of anthemion motifs below a cast border of trailing convolvulus on a matted ground, the ivory handle with serpent supports
18cm high, 1022gr (32oz) all in£500-700
157. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SUGAR BOWL, THOMAS BRADBURY & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1903
of matching pattern to the preceding teapot, with entwined serpent handles
11cm high, 540gr (17oz)£150-200
158. A WILLIAM IV SILVER MILK JUG, WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1837
of similar pattern to the preceding two lots but with differing cast border of leafage
10cm high, 386gr (12oz)£150-200
159. A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET, ANN ROBERTSON, NEWCASTLE, 1810
oblong, bright-cut engraved with a band of stylised fruit-laden vines below wrigglework borders and a gadroon rim, with swing handle, on rim foot, scratch weight '25„18'
31.4cm long, 781gr (25oz)£600-900
160. A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SNUFFERS TRAY, NO MAKER'S MARK, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1745
elongated oval, crested, flat-chased with a band of scroll foliage below a fluted rim and scalloped edge
19cm long, 106gr (3oz)£350-450
161. A GEORGE III SILVER TOAST RACK, BURRAGE DAVENPORT, LONDON, 1780
the oval base with beaded rim above a band of pierced guilloche, with five wirework longitudinal divisions centred by a beaded ring handle, on ball and claw feet
25cm long across looped end handles, 269gr (8oz)
£350-450
162. A GEORGE IV IRISH SILVER MUG, EDWARD POWER, DUBLIN, 1826, RETAILED BY JOHN TWYCROSS
the bulbous body chased with a band of scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, scroll handle
9cm high, 213gr (6oz)
Illustrated in Douglas Bennett, Collecting Irish Silver, Souvenir Press, London, 1984, p.96, pl.XIII
At this date, the retailer John Twycross, is listed at 69 Dame Street, Dublin. Although this mark is also found ascribed to Edward Twycross, it appears that John Twycross was head of the firm, as well as being a Warden and sometime Master of the Dublin Goldsmiths Company.£500-800
163. A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER, WILLIAM PEASTON, LONDON, 1750
shaped circular, engraved with armorials within a foliate Rococo cartouche, with moulded, scroll and shell rim, on four pad feet
34cm diameter, 994gr (31oz)
The arms are those of Rogers of Netherthorpe, co. York impaling Hodgson.£1000-1500
164. A QUEEN ANNE SILVER TAZZA, NATHANIEL LOCK, LONDON, 1702
circular top and trumpet foot with embossed ropework rims, pricked to the centre with contemporary initials 'EL / B / SA', underside later engraved with the crest of Guinness
23.5cm diameter, 389gr (12oz)£2000-3000
165. A GEORGE III SILVER PEPPERETTE, ELIZABETH MORLEY, LONDON, 1811
egg-cup shaped, reeded rims, domed cover with ball finial, 10.5cm high; together with a pair of Victorian silver pepperettes, William Aitken, Chester, 1900, oval baluster, the bellies with a band of leafy panels, 8cm high
144gr. (4oz)
(3)£120-180
166. A GEORGE I SILVER KITCHEN PEPPER, THOMAS YORKE, LONDON, 1721
of typical plain cylindrical form with scroll handle and simply pierced cover
8cm high, 77gr. (2oz)£300-500
167. A QUEEN ANNE SILVER KITCHEN PEPPER, WILLIAM FLEMING, LONDON, 1710
of typical plain cylindrical form with ring handle and simply pierced cover
7.5cm high, 64gr. (2oz)£300-500
168. A COMMONWEALTH OR CHARLES II SILVER SPOUT CUP, MAKER'S MARK ONLY CS TWO PELLETS ABOVE AN ARROW IN PALE DOWNWARDS BETWEEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1660
plain slightly tapering cylindrical with fixed crescent shaped cover over half the top, broad scroll handle at right-angles to the curved spout, underside with probably contemporary initials WS, interior with four filtering holes at spout
7.5cm high, 178gr. (5oz)
Although this maker's mark is unrecorded in Jackson, it has been found on a piece with marks for London, 1659, a repoussé decorated caudle cup and cover, with cast caryatid handles, noted as sold Sotheby's London, 27 November 1941, lot 147 for £220.
See Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, World Publishing, 1971, figs. 567 & 569, p. 284, for similar spout cups and a reference to a 1689 cup with wicker-bound right-angled handle, where, as in this example, half the top has a simple fixed cover.
Probably used by invalids needing liquid sustenance, spout cups, also found made of pewter, glass or earthenware, are often thought in addition to have been used for consuming posset or syllabub. The posset, made with hot milk and spices, curdled with wine or ale, or the creamy syllabub flavoured with sack, would separate and the spout allows the user to enjoy the liquid lying at the bottom of the cup.
PROVENANCE:
With H.R. Jessop Ltd., 3 Motcombe Street, London, January 1980.£3000-4000
169. A CASED SET OF ITALIAN TABLE SILVER, MAKER'S MARK DM, VENICE, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
with trefid terminals, comprising six spoons, six knives, six three-pronged forks, three teaspoons, and three coffee spoons, in original tooled leather fitted box with sloped top and canted front lined with red baize and floral papers
case 29cm high, 829gr (26oz) excluding steel bladed knives
£1200-1800
170. A SET OF DANISH SILVER-COLOURED-METAL FLATWARE, COHR, FREDERICIA, CIRCA 1960
of plain modernist design, comprising eight of each of the following: tablespoons
table forks (one missing)
table knives with stainless steel blades
dessert spoons
dessert forks
dessert knives with stainless steel blades
large cake forks
small cake forks
butter knives
pickle forks
all stamped COHR STERLING DENMARK
2267gr (72oz) excluding all knives
(79)
£1000-1500
171. A CASED SET OF TWELVE FRENCH PARCEL-GILT-SILVER TEASPOONS AND A PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS, EMILE PUIFORCAT, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with gilt bowls, the openwork stems of husk drops, terminals with a grotesque mask and foliage, reverse with a mask applied to the bowl and terminal initialled NB, in original gilt tooled leather case with matching initials, trade label 'MELLERIO / 2. BOULd. RASPAIL / PARIS'
case 31cm wide , 313gr (10oz) £150-250
172. A SET OF JESMOND PATTERN TABLE SILVER, H. FISHER & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1958
comprising:
six tablespoons
twelve table forks
eleven table knives with stainless steel blades (plus one electroplate example)
twelve dessert spoons
twelve dessert forks
twelve dessert knives with stainless steel blades
twelve soup spoons
twelve fish forks
twelve fish knives
twelve cake forks
twelve cake knives
twelve teaspoons
twelve grapefruit spoons
and two pairs of salad servers, a pair of fish servers and a pair of sauce ladles
6493gr (208oz) excluding steel bladed knives
(158)£2500-3500
173. A SET OF CONTINENTAL SILVER KNIVES, MIDDLE EUROPE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
the faceted handles with bun terminals, with modern stainless steel blades, comprising fourteen dinner knives and six dessert knives
(20)£200-300
174. A SET OF TEN FRENCH SILVER TEASPOONS AND A PAIR SUGAR TONGS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with wrigglework decoration and slender square section stems, 800 standard; together with a set of six German silver-gilt ice-cream shovels, circa 1900, with spiral twist stems, 800 standard; and six German silver tea knives and six forks, early 20th century, with bound reeding, 800 standard
573gr (18oz)
(28)£120-180
175. A COLLECTION OF GEORGIAN FIDDLE PATTERN TABLE SILVER, ASSORTED MAKERS, LONDON, 1807-1824
crested, comprising six tablespoons, six table forks, six dessert spoons, a pair of sauce ladles, a salt spoon and an initialled basting spoon; together with a Victorian silver soup ladle, London, 1855, Fiddle pattern, crested
1613gr (51oz)
(23)£500-700
176. A MATCHED SET OF OLD ENGLISH PATTERN TABLE SILVER, LONDON AND PROVINCIAL, 1804-1834
reconditioned, comprising: three tablespoons initialled B (Robert Gray & Son, Edinburgh, 1804), six table forks (William Eaton, London, 1833), six dessert spoons initialled B (Francis Howden, Edinburgh, 1809), six dessert forks (William Eaton, London, 1834) and six teaspoons (five Dorothy Langlands, Newcastle, circa 1810 and another maker's mark overstruck, lacking town mark), in a modern fitted case
1213gr (38oz)
(27)
£300-500
177. A SET OF SIX GEORGE V SILVER FISH KNIVES AND SIX FORKS, MAPPIN & WEBB LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1934
Old English Rat-tail pattern, in case; together with a set of six Victorian tea forks and five knives, Elizabeth Eaton & Son, London, 1856, with silver tines, blades and fillets and mother-of-pearl handles, in associated case; and another tea knife, with close-plated blade and mother of pearl handle
fish knives and forks only 507gr (16oz)
(24)£200-300
178. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SOUP LADLE, HOLLAND, ALDWINCKLE & SLATER, LONDON, 1907
Hanoverian pattern, crested, the stem later bent round into a C shape; together with a Victorian silver soup ladle, maker's mark George Adams for Chawner & Co. of London, remaining marks all apparently erased, Fiddle pattern, initialled, the stem similarly later bent right round; a Victorian Scottish silver strainer ladle, John Muir Jnr., Glasgow, 1841, single struck Queens pattern; and two pairs of Fiddle pattern sugar tongs, both London, 1811 and 1820, both pairs initialled
687gr (22oz)
(5)£150-200
179. A SET OF SIX GERMAN SILVER FISH KNIVES AND SIX FORKS, KOCH & BERGFELD, BREMEN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
initialled W, with Jugendstil foliate stamped stems and engraved blades and tines; together with a pair of German silver fish servers, early 20th century, similarly initialled, with geometric Jugendstil decoration; and a set of ten and two similar German silver cake forks and two cake servers, early 20th century, with openwork rose leaf and flower stems,one snapped; all 800 standard
1068gr (34oz)
(40) £180-220
180. A DANISH SILVER SERVING SPOON, GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, 1945-1951
Cactus pattern, designed by Gundorph Albertus; together with a Danish silver serving spoon, A. Fleron, Copenhagen, 1897, with Viking inspired decoration; and a pair of Danish silver decorative spoons, V. Christesen, Copenhagen, 1874/78, with stylised Aztec mask terminals
259gr (8oz)
(4)
£120-180
181. A SET OF GERMAN TABLE SILVER, BRUCKMANN & SOHNE, HEILBRONN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
decorated with stylised foliage and monogrammed AM, comprising twelve tablespoons, twelve table forks and eleven table knives with stainless steel blades, 800 standard
1780gr (57oz) excluding knives
(35)£300-500
182. A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV SILVER FRUIT FORKS AND SEVEN KNIVES, AARON HATFIELD, SHEFFIELD, 1820
with silver tines and blades and ivory handles; together with a matching pair of George IV fruit knives, maker's mark T•R unrecorded, Sheffield, 1824; and an unmarked matching fruit fork
(18)
£120-180
183. A SET OF THIRTY GEORGE III SILVER PISTOL-HANDLED KNIVES, MAKER'S MARK AG PELLET BETWEEN AND TG PELLET BETWEEN (SOME OVERSTRUCK), CIRCA 1760
with leaf-capped filled handles engraved with two crests and scimitar type steel blades, ten with 10cm long handles, twenty with 9cm long handles; together with a pair of George III silver pistol-handled table knives and twenty-six dessert knives, circa 1760, of similar form, some crested, one dessert blade missing
(58)£600-900
184. A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN SILVER TABLESPOONS, GEORGE ADAMS FOR CHAWNER & CO., LONDON, 1842
Fiddle Thread pattern, crested; together with a pair of William IV silver dessert spoons, William Eley, London, 1830, Fiddle Thread pattern, initialled A; and a pair of Victorian silver tablespoons and a pair of teaspoons, William Rawlings Sobey, Exeter, 1839/40, Fiddle pattern, initialled G
813gr (26oz)
(12) £200-300
185. FIDDLE THREAD PATTERN GEORGIAN TABLE SILVER, PREDOMINANTLY HYAM HYAMS, LONDON, 1823, REMAINDER VARIOUS MAKERS, ALL LONDON, 1813-36
comprising:
twelve tablespoons (all Hyams)
twelve table forks (eight Hyams)
twelve dessert spoons (six Hyams)
twelve dessert forks (eight Hyams)
twelve teaspoons (six initialled WW)
pair salt spoons
a basting spoon
a soup ladle
a sauce ladle
a butter knife
a pair of sugar tongs
4592gr (147oz)
(67)£2500-3500
186. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SOUP LADLE, WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS LTD., LONDON, 1904
Old English pattern; together with a Victorian silver cake knife, John Gilbert, Birmingham, 1853, the silver blade engraved with scrolled foliage and foliate stamped loaded handle, 28.5cm long; a pair of later decorated George III silver berry spoons, Langlands & Robertson, Newcastle, 1780, initialled A, typically decorated; and a silver strainer ladle, late 18th century, Old English pattern
427gr (13oz)
(5)£180-220
187. A CANTEEN OF DUBARRY PATTERN TABLE SILVER, ATKIN BROTHERS (SILVERSMITHS) LTD, SHEFFIELD, 1939/41
comprising:
six tablespoons
twelve table forks
twelve dessert spoons
eleven dessert forks
eight teaspoons
twelve soup soups
twelve ivory handled fish forks
twelve ivory handled fish knives
pair of ivory handled fish servers
twelve mother-of-pearl handled tea forks
(John Sanderson & Son Ltd.)
twelve mother-of-pearl handled tea knives
(John Sanderson & Son Ltd.)
pair of sauce ladles
a pair of sugar tongs;
together with following with stainless steel blades and ivory handles:
twelve dinner knives
twelve dessert knives
pair of meat carvers
pair of game carvers
a steel;
and a set of nine electroplate coffee spoons
all fitted in the original Queen Anne style walnut side table, bow fronted, with two drawers, on shell-headed cabriole legs, with ivorine trade label 'Maple & Co. Ltd. / London, W.1.'
weighable silver 3770gr (121oz)
(153)£2500-3500
188. A GEORGE II SILVER TODDY LADLE, MAKER'S MARK ?B, LONDON, 1752
with shaped and lipped bowl and turned fruitwood handle, 34cm long; together with a George III silver toddy ladle, unmarked except for lion passant to stem, late 18th century, with oval coin silver bowl set with a further coin and part twisted whalebone handle, 37.5cm long; and another George III silver toddy ladle, maker's mark ?M, London, 1789, with lipped circular bowl and part twisted whalebone handle, 20cm long
(3)£80-120
189. A SET OF NINE ELECTROPLATE FIGURAL KNIFE RESTS, PROBABLY FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
each formed as an elongated ram, goat, pig, cow, rabbit, fox, bear or two cats
9.5cm long
(9)
For a similar set of twelve knife rests, catalogued as in the manner of Christofle, see Christie's South Kensington, 2nd March 2010, lot 130, sold for £250.£80-120
190. A VICTORIAN SILVER FIVE-PIECE CHRISTENING SET, MARTIN, HALL & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1878
comprising a napkin ring, an egg cup, an egg spoon, a dessert spoon and a dessert fork, all engraved with bright-cut scrollwork, in original leather case
152gr. (4oz)
(5)£100-150
191. A VICTORIAN SILVER VESTA CASE, WILLIAM J. HOLMES, BIRMINGHAM, 1899
oblong, bright-cut scroll foliate engraved around a vacant cartouche, with suspension ring, 4.5cm long; together with a German silver pill box, J.D. Schleissner & Soehne of Hanau, early 20th century, oval, decorated with floral filled baskets, gilt interior, 3.5cm long; a silver pill box, early 20th century, plain oblong with gilt interior, 4.3cm long; and a Victorian pierced silver decorative spoon, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1895, the bowl cast with openwork figures and scroll foliage, the stem with a similarly worked panel and a suspension hook, 19cm long
145gr (4oz)
(4)£80-120
192. A VICTORIAN SILVER NOVELTY VINAIGRETTE, GERVASE WHEELER, BIRMINGHAM, 1839
formed as a scroll foliate engraved bag with swing ropetwist handle, the lid also with initials 'ASG', gilt interior with scroll foliate grille
3.5cm wide £150-250
193. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER NOVELTY TRINKET BOX, WILLIAM COMYNS & SON, LONDON, 1901
in the form of a miniature Rococo table of serpentine outline, the top with an 18th century scene of lady in a swing chatting to two gentlemen under a tree, below with a frieze drawer opened by a hinged handle to reveal a blue velvet lined interior, on leaf capped cabriole legs
17.5cm wide, loaded£100-150
194. A GEORGE III SILVER COMFIT BOX, SAMUEL PEMBERTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1791
circular, the cover bright-cut engraved with a ribbon-tied lozenge, 2.3cm diameter; together with a silver thread box, probably English, circa 1700, circular, with ropetwist rims, the cover with pierced rotating disc, 2cm; a George III small silver box, John Shaw, Birmingham, 1807, plain oblong, hinged lid, gilt interior, 3cm long; a silver pill box, maker's mark rubbed, London, 1924, circular, with piqué placé tortoiseshell set cover, 4cm diameter; and a Continental silver-coloured-metal pill box, late 20th century, hexagonal, hinged lid, stamped '925', 3cm wide
(5)£120-180
195. A GROUP OF SIX ENGLISH SILVER SMALLWORKS
comprising: a Victorian chamberstick, S. Blanckensee & Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1894, plain sconce on a foliate stamped heart-shaped base, 9.5cm wide; a Victorian chamber taperstick, Samuel Joseph, London, 1892, openwork cast scroll foliate circular base on three ball feet, 8.5cm wide across ring handle; a Victorian miniature chamberstick, William Comyns & Sons, Birmingham, 1891, plain circular, 4.5cm wide across ring handle; an Edwardian miniature milk churn pepperette, Saunders & Shepherd Ltd., Chester, 1902, realistically modelled, 3cm high; an Edwardian desk seal, Sampson Mordan & Co., Chester, 1908, flared hexgonal, the canted top applied with an enamelled four-leaf clover, 5.5cm high; and a Victorian architectural inkwell, Francis Howard, Sheffield, 1894, modelled as a squat brickwork tower, with conical lid, 10.5cm high
(6)£150-250
196. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER DICKENS FIGURES OF MR PICKWICK AND SAM WELLER, ROSENTHAL, JACOB & CO., LONDON, 1889
each with a suspension ring and standing on an oval base
4.3cm high excluding ring
(2)
The figures are modelled as 'Mr Pickwick Addresses the Club' after the original magazine illustration by Robert Seymour and 'The First Appearance of Mr Samuel Weller' after the original magazine illustration by Phiz (Halbot K. Browne).£80-120
197. A DUTCH SILVER MINIATURE MORTAR, ARNOLDUS VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1740
of typical bucket form with twin lugs after the bronze full size examples, the sides with cast foliate decoration
2.7cm high £200-300
198. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER NOVELTY BOOKMARK, CRISFORD & NORRIS LTD. OF BIRMINGHAM, CHESTER, 1904
shaped and engraved as a hand with pointing finger, pierced with a heart-shaped page clip, the cuff hung with chains ending in a cross, anchor and heart symbolising respectively 'Faith', 'Hope' and 'Charity'
7cm long excluding chains£100-150
199. A GEORGE III GOLD-CASED PERPETUAL CALENDAR FOB SEAL, UNMARKED, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1800
the oval cushion engraved with the days of the week, the swiveling heptagonal cone above engraved with the days of the month secured by the screw-in suspension ring, with a grey chalcedony matrix initialled JM for Joseph Mellor of Hartshorne, Derbyshire, 3.8cm high; together with a black-edged handwritten copy of the 'Preliminary Reference to the Death of Mr Joseph Mellor of Hartshorne, Written for the Funeral Sermon Preached at the Penn Lane Chapel, Melbourne, Derbyshire on Sunday Evening 17th November 1861' by Henry Calloway, New Church Minister.
(2)
Provenance:
Joseph Mellor of Hartshorne (probably 1769/1771-1861).
The accompanying document sympathetically describes Mellor's sudden death at an extremely advanced age, his spiritual life's journey from birth in the Established Church, 'domestic trials' with Wesleyan Methodists and a final twenty years of happiness in the New Church only marred by difficulties of attendance because of lameness, deafness and the distance of the Chapel.
Thence by direct family descent.
£800-1200
200. A GEORGE III SILVER 'CHURCHWARDEN'S' PIPE, JOSEPH TAYLOR, BIRMINGHAM, 1809
the bowl engraved with two crests, the slender stem of four screw-in sections
49.7cm long
Silver pipes of this form, following clay pipe examples, seem to be a late George III period phenomenon and make rare appearances. According to the Society of Clay Pipe Research an insulating liner may well have been inserted into the bowl, mitigating to a certain extent the problem of silver's heat conducting property. Certainly one example exists with an ivory mouthpiece (Birmingham Assay Office collection), also Joseph Taylor, 1811, which according to the accompanying label was: 'The official Pipe of one of the Presidents of the "Smoking Society" founded 1790.' Given the difficulties of using and maintaining these pipes, it seems likely they were primarily smoked 'ceremoniously'. In common with a pipe shown in Felix van Tienhoven's article (SCPR 68, Autumn Winter 2005, pages 36-38) this assay office pipe has a spacer placed halfway down the stem, although other pipes omit this feature. For another Joseph Taylor pipe, 1810, missing three stem sections, see Christie's South Kensington, 29 March 2009, lot 148.
£600-900
201. A VICTORIAN SILVER GREAT EXHIBITION COMMEMORATIVE NOTEBOOK, NATHANIEL MILLS & SONS, BIRMINGHAM, 1850
the cover engraved with a view of the Crystal Palace on an engine-turned ground framed by scrolled foliage, the reverse inscribed 'Annie / 9th July 1851' against a geometric patterned ground, containing six ivory note sheaves, the first with contemporary inscriptions, attached contemporary silver propelling pencil
7cm wide excluding suspension chain
The obverse of the first ivory sheaf inscribed in pencil: 'With M Beachcrofts / best love / 10th July 1851' and in smaller script between lines: 'to annie hunter', the reverse inscribed: 'Anna Hunter Beachcroft / 21 Orsett Terrace / Hyde Park' and to side: 'Left Aps? 10th July 1851'
Anna (or Annie) Hunter Beachcroft, née Wood, was married to Robert Beachcroft on 6th July 1851 in her hometown of Ayr, Scotland. She must have come down to London shortly afterwards, staying in her father-in-law's house in Orsett Terrace and visiting the exhibition on the 9th and/or 10th of July. Her husband was a solicitor, becoming a partner in Maberlys & Beachcroft, sometime of 17 Kings Road, Bedford Row, Holborn. It would appear that the notepad was a sweetly topical wedding present or memento from her new brother-in-law, Matthew Beachcroft.
(National Archives, PROB 11/2238, National Archives, PROB 11/2259, and the International Genealogical Records)
Something like 6 million people visited the exhibition (a third of Britain's population at the time) - they had never seen the like and Charlotte Brontë describes the awe felt by many in a letter: 'Yesterday I went for the second time to the Crystal Palace... It is a wonderful place - vast, strange, new and impossible to describe. Its grandeur does not consist in one thing, but in the unique assemblage of all things. Whatever human industry has created you find there, from the great compartments filled with railway engines and boilers, with mill machinery in full work, with splendid carriages of all kinds, with harness of every description, to the glass-covered and velvet-spread stands loaded with the most gorgeous work of the goldsmith and silversmith, and the carefully guarded caskets full of real diamonds and pearls worth hundreds of thousands of pounds... It seems as if only magic could have gathered this mass of wealth from all the ends of the earth - as if none but supernatural hands could have arranged it thus, with such a blaze and contrast of colours and marvellous power of effect. The multitude filling the great aisles seems ruled and subdued by some invisible influence. Amongst the thirty thousand souls that peopled it the day I was there not one loud noise was to be heard, not one irregular movement seen; the living tide rolls on quietly, with a deep hum like the sea heard from the distance.
Although items could not be bought at the exhibition itself, there was an emporium specially opened on Regents Street for the purpose and memorabilia must also have been available from other outlets. Vinaigrettes and card cases were also produced by a number of Birmingham firms before the exhibition opened, showing similar views of the Crystal Palace.
£600-900
202. A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT MEDALLION, JOHN HOLLOWAY, LONDON, 1791
the obverse with a relief bust of Edward VI wearing the Garter chain below the legend 'EDWARDUS SEXTUS R' and above the initials GS for the artist Guillaume Scrots, the reverse engraved with a presentation inscription
5.6cm high including fixed suspension ring
The inscription reads: 'Presented / BY / DAVID PIKE WATTS / ESQUIRE / to / MATTHEW COTTON / ESQUIRE'
David Pike Watts (1754-1816), a wealthy and philanthropic London vintner, was uncle to the artist John Constable. Residing in Portland Place, he was involved in a number of charitable works, including becoming a governor of Christ's Hospital by the early 1790s. It is likely this medallion is connected with that institution, since the school was founded by Edward VI. In 1809 Watts purchased Ilam Hall in Derbyshire and a very fine posthumous monument to him by Sir Francis Chantrey can still be seen in Ilam's parish church.
Guilliaume (or William) Scrots (Flemish active 1537-53) worked for Henry VIII and his son, producing a variety of royal portraits. Many portraits of Edward VI are attributed to him. For a very similar depiction of Edward, see the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, itself apparently after a portrait by Scrots, in the Royal Collections.£300-400
203. A GEORGE III GILT COPPER SNUFF BOX, LONDON OR BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1815
rectangular, with a vacant roundel, engine-turned top and base, reeded sides and applied scroll foliate rims, interior with pseudo marks including one apparently 'WE'
8.3cm long
£250-350
204. A GEORGE III SILVER MEDAL, UNMARKED, LONDON, CIRCA 1805
in the form of an artist's palette, the obverse with stamped inscription within a berried laurel wreath, the reverse with an inscribed scroll laid over an artist's implements, in original red leather covered and green velvet lined case
6.3cm high
The inscriptions read: 'TO / Miss Hellicar / MDCCCV / For a Drawing / of Flowers' and: 'THE / HONORARY / PALLET / OF THE SOCIETY / FOR PROMOTING / ARTS / MANUFACTURES / AND / COMMERCE'£400-600
205. A GEORGE III GILT COPPER SNUFF BOX, LONDON OR BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1820
rounded rectangular, engine-turned, the lid applied with a roundel of hounds on a stag, applied foliate rims and thumbpiece, interior with pseudo marks
7cm long
£200-300
206. A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER CHILD'S WHISTLE, PROBABLY SPANISH COLONIAL, LATE 17TH CENTURY OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
the bowed whistle centred by a finely detailed mermaid blowing a horn above six rings for bells (bells missing)
10cm long
Although similar whistles were produced in Naples, the weight and quality suggest a Spanish provenance, the lack of any marks pointing to a South American origin.£1200-1800
207. A CONTINENTAL SILVER SCENT BOTTLE OR MINIATURE SCHRAUBFLASCHE, UNMARKED, PROBABLY DUTCH OR BALTIC, POSSIBLY HAMBURG, LATE 17TH CENTURY
the hexagonal canister engraved to each panel with a tulip, scrolled foliage or flowers, the screw-top with suspension ring, interior with additional screw-in dispenser
5.5cm high excluding ring£400-600
208. A GEORGE III TWO-COLOUR GOLD TOOTHPICK BOX, ALEXANDER JAMES STRACHAN, LONDON, 1818
elongated rectangular, the lid chased with shells and flowerheads within a formal foliate border, the sides and base engine-turned
7.7cm long
Stachan is held by many to have produced the best boxes in the Regency period and although gold (as well as silver) snuff boxes with Strachan's mark appear reasonably regularly, gold toothpick boxes appear to be very rare. £1800-2200
209. AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX, VENICE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
circular, the cover engraved with an architectural roundel surrounded by leafy sprigs within a guilloche border, with sides and base with wrigglework borders
6.7cm diameter£600-800
210. THREE CONTINENTAL SILVER BOXES
comprising: a Dutch spice box, late 19th century, rectangular with in-curved corners, filigree overlay lid and bright-cut sides, 833 standard, 3.7cm high; a German novelty box, probably Hanau, import marked Edward Thompson Bryant, London, 1895, in the form of a salt box of hemispherical outline, die stamped decoration, 4.8cm high; and a German novelty box, probably Hanau, import marked Samuel Boyce Landeck, Sheffield, 1899, in the form of a cottage with hinged roof surrounded by a picket fence and a boy and a dog, 6.5cm high
(3)£180-220
211. FIVE CONTINENTAL SILVER MINIATURES
comprising: a German model of a swing, probably Hanauer Silberwaren Manufaktur, import marked Saunders & Shepherd Ltd., London, 1906, with a winged cherub on the seat, 8cm high; a German model of a shoe, probably Hanau, import marked Edward Thompson Bryant, London, 1900, of 18th century inspiration, 12cm long; a German model of an armchair, probably Hanau, import marked Theodor Hartmann, London, 1902, in 18th century style, 5.5cm high; a German model of a chair, probably Hanau, import marked John George Smith, London, 1898, in 18th century style, one leg missing, 6cm high; and a model of a horse and carriage, probably Dutch, late 19th century, one wheel missing, 9cm long
(5) £200-300
212. A VICTORIAN SILVER CHATELAINE, LAWRENCE EMANUEL, BIRMINGHAM, 1899/1900
the openwork top section cast with a cherubim amidst scrolls and applied to rear with a hinged clip, with three chains, 21.5cm long; together with a Victorian silver sliding implement case, maker's mark rubbed, Birmingham, 1898, scroll foliate engraved, with pencil, button hook, cuticle pusher and folding steel blade, 5cm long excluding suspension ring; and a silver combined pen, pencil and knife, Francis Wade of Birmingham, circa 1900, the scroll foliate engraved cylinder with crown and Union Jack sliders, stamped 'STERLING SILVER', 8.2cm long
(3)£150-200
213. AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SLIDING TAPER HOLDER, S. BLANCKENSEE & SONS LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1904
the elongated cylinder with triangular foliate slider, terminating in a scroll finger ring, 20.5cm long; together with an Edwardian three-piece manicure set, Francis Wade, Birmingham, 1905, the steel nail file, tweezers and cuticle pusher with silver handles and scroll foliate engraved cylindrical covers all suspended from a ring, each 7cm long; a small crochet hook, Francis Wade, Birmingham, 1912, 4 1/2 size, with silver handle and scroll foliate engraved cylindrical cover, 8cm long; and a Victorian silver retractable button hook, Abraham Danziger, Birmingham, 1888, in the form of a dumbbell, 4cm long
(4) £100-150
214. A GEORGE IV SILVER WINE LABEL FOR CLARET, JOHN REILY, LONDON, 1825
escutcheon form, pierced designation, shell, foliage and scroll border, 5.5cm wide; together with a George III silver wine label for Madeira, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1818, oblong, engraved designation, diaperwork border, 4cm wide
(2)£70-100
215. A VICTORIAN SILVER TRAVELLING APPLE CORER, JOSEPH WILLMORE, BIRMINGHAM, 1841
with an octagonally faceted screw-in handle
11cm long£300-400
216. A VICTORIAN SILVER ENGRAVED 'CASTLE TOP' VINAIGRETTE, NATHANIEL MILLS & SONS, BIRMINGHAM, 1854
shaped oblong, the lid engraved with the Scott Monument on an engine-turned ground, base with scroll foliage and a vacant cartouche, gilt interior with grille missing
4.8cm wide
The memorial to Sir Walter Scott in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens was officially inaugurated in 1846.£300-400
217. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER CARD HOLDERS, LINDSAY & PAISLEY, GLASGOW, 1900
each in the form of a crest of a hunting horn with triple bow tied cords on a banner motto 'SPERNIT PERICULA VIRTUS', engraved to reverse '18th. Nov. 1900.'
6.5cm wide
(2)£100-150
218. A VICTORIAN SILVER BOER WAR COMMEMORATIVE NOVELTY CARD HOLDER, SAUNDERS & SHEPHERD LTD. OF LONDON, CHESTER, 1899
finely modelled as three Lee-Metford rifles leant up against each other, each rifle stamped 'LEE-METFORD', with P.O.D.R. No. for 1899
8cm high
At the outbreak of the Boer War, British manufacturers responded quickly to the patriotic fervour that gripped the country, producing a large variety of commemorative wares, often in ceramic. For an 1899 Saunders & Shepherd teaspoon with the same model of a Lee-Metford used as the stem and the bowl inscribed 'Souvenir of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1900', see Pieter Oosthuizen, Memorabilia of the Boer War, Ashanti Publishing, 1987, p.119. Saunders & Shepherd Ltd. are also credited with a souvenir silver vesta case enamelled with 'a Gentleman in Kharki' (copywrited to the Daily Mail), Birmingham, 1899 (see John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, Vol.1, p.404). Although rapidly being replaced by the Lee-Enfield, the Lee-Metford was still in service with many units during the Boer War.£100-150
219. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY PEPPER GRINDERS, JOHN GRINSELL & SONS, BIRMINGHAM, 1885
of typical waisted form with plain silver rim mounts
8cm high
(2)£600-800