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Click here to subscribeA cast brass coal shovel and poker designed by C.F.A. Voysey, probably manufactured by Thomas Elsley Ltd, with heart shaped shovel, the handle with ball finial, unsigned 62.5cm. long (2). Literature Karen Livingstone C.F.A Voysey Arts and Crafts Designer, V&A Publications page 260 catalogue number 338 for comparable fire tools illustrated.
Small Third Reich Patriotic Flag, being an early NSDAP party rally flag produced for a spectator. Canvas type flag in the colours of the Imperial German flag (black, white and red) with central black swastika. Mounted onto its original pole with gold painted top finial. Generally in good condition.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK, THIRTY HOUR, LONG CASE CLOCK, marked: W. Williams, Merthyr, having broken swan neck pediment with eagle and ball brass finial, arched aperture flanked by reeded pillars, the waist with moulded rectangular door, having ebony inlaid outline and shell inlaid motif, flanked by canted angles, on an ebony outlined panel base and bracket feet. Arch painted face with floral decoration and Roman numerals above date aperture. Thirty hour movement striking on one bell. The face: 16.5 x 12 inches approx. 84 inches high approx. CONDITION REPORT: A little dry and lacking in patination, face has had some re-touching, crack through pediment, vertical crack through door, horizontal crack through panel base.
A late 18th century Dutch silver covered bowl, bearing marks for Province of Holland, S'Gravenage (The Hague) city mark, crowned O (no duty paid mark), and a maker's mark depicting a cockerel, the body with wrythen lobing raised on everted foliate feet, gilded interior, the cover with pineapple and leaf finial, engraved with an armorial, 18.5cm, 19.23oz 17½ x 14½cm (7 x 5in)
A silver cafe-au-lait set, by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, Sheffield 1918, comprising a slim baluster shaped coffee pot the upper body with a decoratively engraved band below a moulded edge, domed cover with bell finial, wooden scroll handle, 22.5cm high, crested, together with the companion hot milk jug, 28.68oz (2) In good condition but rtaining pins for one handle loose with one missing
A pair of George III silver tea caddies and a matching sugar box, by Pierre Gillois, London 1761, each of bombé shape, the shoulders embossed with anthemion scrolls, standing on four cast scrolled feet, the covers concave fluted with spire finials, the one of larger dimension (15cm high) than the companion pair (14cm high), each with engraved monogram, 28.15oz (3) Each has a repair around the finial seat otherwise in good condition
A single George III silver tea caddy, by Pierre Gillois, London 1766, of bombé shape, the shoulders and edges embossed and chased with scrolling flowers and standing on four scrolled feet, the cover similarly decorated with berry finial, engraved with batwing crest, 14.5cm high, 10.76oz Small solder repair evident inside one shoulder
A George III three piece silver tea set, by John Emes, London 1803, comprising: a teapot of hemispherical form, with sack weave and husk decorated borders below a flared collar enclosing a flush hinged cover with basket of fruit finial, angular ivory handle and anthemion decorated spout, 13cm high together with the companion two handled sugar bowl, 9cm high and the milk jug, 8cm high, each piece engraved with armorials and crests, 48.34oz (3)
A Victorian silver three piece tea set, by Martin, Hall & Co, Sheffield 1858, comprising:- a teapot raised from a circular foot, the lower body embossed with festoons, the upper body panelled and engraved with scrolling leaves below a scrolled edge, the hinged domed cover with bird finial, insulated scroll handle, initialled, 21.25cm high, together with a large companion sugar basin and matching milk jug, 45.86oz (3)
A four piece silver teaset, by William Hutton & Son, Sheffield 1927, comprising:- a teapot of compressed rectangular shape standing on four ball feet below a gadrooned edge, with hinged cover and ebonised handle and finial, 15cm high, together with the matching hotwater jug, 23cm high and the companion milk jug and sugar basin, uninscribed, 59.88oz (4)
A large silver cup and cover, by The Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Company, London 1912, of vase shape, the foot decorated with stiff leaf design, the upper body with anthemion, scroll and beaded band, between two entwined snake handles, the cover with stiff leaf design and border below a bud finial, inscribed 'Presented by The Tenantry of The Danyrallt and Church House Estates to Miss Yseulte Lloyd Peel on her marriage with Mr Nevill Cressett Thursby-Pelham, Welsh Guards April 29th 1920', 45.5cm high, 106.49oz
A pair of Edwardian silver cups and covers, by The Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Company, London 1908/1910, each of vase shape, the foot decorated with stiff leaf design, the upper body with anthemion, scroll and beaded band, between two entwined snake handles, the cover with stiff leaf design and border below a bud finial, inscribed 'Presented to Miss Yseulte Lloyd Peel by The Tenantry of The Danyrallt Estate upon her 21st Birthday as a Token of their High Esteem and Regard' October 17th 1910', 30cm high, 69.75oz (2)
A rare 19th century bronze projection timepiece, the drum head with pierced chapter ring with glass back, sliding finial to the top, internal reflector strip and with oil burner reservoir mounted to the backplate, the mechanism housed within the rectangular base, slow/fast adjustment lever to the reverse, numbered '77' 23½cm (9in)
A Victorian silver teapot,by David Crichton Rait, Edinburgh 1841,of half fluted circular form on four leaf capped paw feet, with waisted neck and foliate borders, leaf capped scroll handle and bud finial, 16cm to top of handle, anda similar George III silver cream jug and two-handled sugar bowl,by Emes & Barnard, London 1816,gilt interiors, crested,64oz (3)
Lots 104 to 134The Douglas Sweet Collection of Silver SpoonsMr Sweet started his collection of spoons by giving his wife a birthday present of a spoon. This acted as a catalyst for him collecting examples from the 17th and 18th centuries with an emphasis on the Sweet family of silversmiths through to trying to amass as many examples of picture-backs that he could find. His wife hopes that the sale of the collection gives an opportunity to collectors both young and old to buy a piece of it and to continue her husband’s enthusiasm for collecting.A Charles I West Country/London silver seal top spoon,by John Greene I of Salisbury, London 1637,with a Salisbury ‘B’ type seal, faceted stem, the finial with traces of gilding, prick-dot initialled, EO’ over ‘EC’ over ‘63’,16.8cm long, approximately 1.4oz weighable silverLiterature: See pp.16, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31 in ‘Salisbury Silver and its Makers, 1550-1700’ by Tim Kent, published by The Silver Society, Spring 1993, where Mr Kent
A late 16th century provincial silver maidenhead spoon, HBmaker's mark only struck in bowl, NH conjoined?, possibly for Nicholas Hodge of Bodmin,with a small v-shaped rat-tail to the back of the bowl,15.8cm longThe maidenhead finial is found on spoons made in London and the provinces. David J E Constable notes in ‘The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons’, 2012, p.44. No. 13, that ‘Many surviving wills and inventories contain reference to spoons of the maidenhead', so this is original terminology. Thomas Dare (d.1580) a merchant of Taunton, had several dozen.Also see page 101 in ‘West Country Silver Spoons and Their Marks’ by Timothy Kent, published by J H Bourdon-Smith, London 1992, where a possibly variation of this mark is mentioned and illustrated.We would like to thank Tim Kent for his help in cataloguing this lot and also lots 25, 27 and 150.
A George III silver sugar vase and cover, HBpossibly by Philip Freeman, London 1775,of half fluted vase shape on pedestal circular foot with beaded borders and bright cut friezes, with laurel leaf swags and foliate oval bosses, the pull-off cover with twisted flame finial, crested, 17cm high
A George II silver caster, HBmaker’s mark unclear, London 1755,of baluster form on circular foot, the pierced domed cover with baluster finial,11cm high, anda George III silver mustard,maker’s mark unclear, London, possibly 1790,of plain oval form with reeded borders, 6.5cm high to thumbpiece, 4.1oz excluding blue glass liner (2)
A set of four George III silver salts,maker's mark unclear, possibly for Robert Makepeace, London 1795,of circular form on pedestal circular feet with reeded borders, crested with motto above,7cm high, 8.5cm diameter, anda George II silver caster,by Samuel Wood, London 1742,of baluster form on circular foot with moulded girdle, the pierced domed cover with baluster finial,15.5cm high, 18.5oz (5)
A Victorian silver vinaigrette,by George Unite, Birmingham 1846,of shaped rectangular form engraved with scrolling foliage, monogrammed, the gilt interior with grille pierced with scroll work,3.5cm long, anda late Victorian silver propelling pencil, the finial of flat cut foiled quartz,8.75cm long (2)
A George III silver coffee pot,possibly by James Sutton, London 1780,of elongated baluster form on circular foot with beaded borders and pineapple finial, monogrammed and inscribed 'The gift of the Mayor and Corporation of Boston to Tho:s Waite, 1781',30.5cm high to top of finial, 28.9ozAccompanied by a copy of the Council Minute books from 19th June 1781, indicating Thomas Waite was a former Mayor of the Corporation of Boston, and the coffee pot was presented to him at the conclusion of his term of office.
A Victorian silver matched four-piece tea and coffee set,comprising:the coffee pot,by John Samuel Hunt, London 1865,the teapot,by Thomas White, London 1879,the two-handled sugar bowl and cream jug,by Robert Harper, London 1864/77,of engine turned baluster form with strap work decoration to covers,20.5cm high to top of coffee pot finial, 65.9oz (4)
A Charles II silver two-handled porringer and cover,possibly by Robert Phillips, London 1662,of baluster form, the body and cover chased with a lion and a unicorn amongst foliage, with female mask capped scroll handles, prick-dot engraved 'RT' over 'RT', 15cm high to top of finial, 17ozSworders would like to thank Dr David Mitchell for kindly helping identify the possible attribution of the maker's mark.
A large Queen Anne silver caster,by Andrew Raven, London 1704,of cylindrical form on gadrooned circular base with moulded girdle, the pull-off upper section with pierced domed cover and baluster finial, engraved with coat of arms*, the base with initials 'B' over 'W*C',19cm high, 12.6oz* The arms are those of Colby or Harrison impaling another, possibly Simpson.
A Commonwealth silver two-handled porringer and cover,by Francis Leake, London 1658,of baluster form, the body and cover chased with foliage, with female mask scroll handles, the domed cover with spool shaped finial, later engraved with coat of arms*, 15cm high to top of finial, 26.2oz* The arms are those of Swinburne of Pontop Hall, Durham and Capheaton, Northumberland.
A Charles II provincial silver two-handled porringer and cover,by Marmaduke Best, York 1674,of baluster form, the body and cover chased with foliage, with female mask scroll handles, the domed cover with spool shaped finial, later engraved with coat of arms*, later gilt interior, 14.5cm high to top of finial, 13.5oz* The arms are those of Wormley; the main branch was based at Hatfield, Yorkshire.
A Victorian silver three-piece coffee set,by Hunt & Roskell, London 1875,of vase shape with waisted necks on pedestal circular feet with egg and dart borders, decorated with foliate swags and additional bands of foliage against matted backgrounds, the coffee pot with pineapple finial, the reeded scroll handles terminating in bifurcated foliage, with vacant cartouches, stamped 'HUNT & ROSKELL, LATE STORR & MORTIMER', '7002' on base of coffee pot and '7001A' on two-handled sugar bowl and cream jug, all with gilt interiors, 22.5cm high to top of coffee pot finial, 36.2oz (3)
A VIENNA PORCELAIN GARNITURE VASE AND COVER, late 19th century, the high domed pierced cover with open wreath finial, the slender ovoid body with two high angular handles and painted in polychrome enamels by C. Heen with "Aurora and Cephalus" on a gilt highlighted cobalt blue ground, on a waisted socle fixed to a square section base, signed, inscribed, blue shield, 13 1/2" high
AN OAK LONGCASE CLOCK signed Jas. Gray, Edinburgh, the eight day movement with anchor escapement striking on a bell, arched 12" brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, silvered centre chased with birds on branches, secondary dial and calendar aperture, signature roundel to arch, the case with scrolled pediment with brass finial and rosettes on turned fluted columns, arched door with marquetry shell patera, panel base and bracket feet, 85 1/2" high
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