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Lot 494
λAn 18th century French gold-mounted writing set/necessaire, circa 1770, comprising: a gold- mounted clear glass bottle, and ear pick/scraper, a pencil and knife, with ivory handles/sheaths, a writing tablet and a silk covered calendar, dated 1770, in a velvet lined skin covered case decorated with flowers, height 6.5cm.
Lot 805
Manner of Jackson & Graham - an exhibition quality antique coromandel display cabinet, with inlays in holly, lemon wood, ebony and ivory, circa 1870, of large breakfront form, canted corners with three glazed doors with original brass locks stamped Chubb and Sons, makers to Her Majesty, the cabinet veneered in coromandel wood with satinwood stringing and borders and inlaid columns with ebony, ivory and satinwood scroll and anthemion detail (with replacement interior shelves) 181 x 107 x 42 cm
Lot 486
VICTORIAN ROYAL WORCESTER PART DINNER SERVICE comprising two lidded soup tureens, two larger lidded tureen and two ashets, moulded with bamboo leaves and stylised bamboo handles on an ivory ground, with moulded and gilded feet, impressed mark to base and pat. no. B365, puce 'William Whiteley Universal Provider' mark, one of the tureens with damaged handle
Lot 407
WILLIAM III SILVER TANKARD maker's mark of crowned initials 'I.H', London 1695, of plain form with reeded borders, volute thumb piece on a double-doomed hinged lid, scroll handle with ivory insulators, handle piece stamped with the maker's mark, the body engraved with heraldic crest, approximately 658g, 16cm high Note: This piece has been altered at a later date. The top rim of the body has been modified to form a lip and the lid has been altered to extern the corresponding rim to cover it. There are no hallmarks present on the lid, which are usually present on tankard of this period. These may have been hammered off in the process of altering the lid. Many tankards of this period feature a single-domed lid with a flat top but double-domed lids are recorded so the shape of this lid is likely original. The handle has likely been cut cleanly in two places and the ivory insulators added at the same time as the alterations were made to the lid and top rim. This is likely to convert it for a new use later in its life, which has been recorded in other examples of this period. It is McTear's view that although alterations have been made to this piece it retains many of its original features and no attempts have been made to strike it with other hallmarks other than the set it originally recieved when it was first made. During the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning for the eighteenth century a silver tankard such as this would have been passed around guests or higher members of the household to drink from, or only for the singular use of the head of the household. Alongside large dishes and candlesticks it would have been one of the main displays of silverware of the wealthy classes during this period. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the vast wealth it created among many aristocratic families it changing dining habits, the way wealth was displayed to guests and the quality of new holloware that could be purchased. As the seventeenth century progressed the use of a single silver tankard became obsolete. Still prized as precious pieces of family silver both in terms of physical value, age and ancestral narrative many tankards were converted to be more ergonomically used during this period. This mainly included adding lips (such as on this example) or spouts and also changes to the covers to accommodate the new design. They were then usually used as hot water or sauce jugs to be used alongside the large selection of newly designed holloware of eighteen and nineteenth centuries dining tables, as their shape most closely mirrored these jugs.
Lot 453
COLLECTION OF SMALL SILVER ITEMS including a George V baby rattle with ivory hoop and mother of pearl teether, maker Adie & Lovekin Ltd, Chester 1916, 11cm long; another baby rattle with two doves supporting a whistle and five bells on a bone handle, a large stamp holder in the form of an envelope, a silver cased scent bottle and a set of four French early 20th century menu holders, each depicting a different classic grace (8)
Lot 105
A William IV crossbanded and inlaid mahogany spinet with gilt metal mounts, ebony and ivory keys before a fretwork and inlaid main panel for 'S J Noble, 14 Abbingdon Street, London', two small frieze drawers, the whole supported by six brass capped turned and reeded legs on brass castors, 86 x 172 cms, 64 cms deep
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