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Click here to subscribeA VICTORIAN TORTOISESHELL TEA CADDY, the domed lid and serpentine front inlaid in mother of pearl and wire with stylised foliage, the divided interior with a pair of tortoiseshell covers, on vegetable ivory feet, 20cm w ++Veneers on the lid cracked above the hinge, minor chips around the skirt but in good overall, unrestored condition
A VICTORIAN TORTOISESHELL TEA CADDY, with double cavetto front and domed lid outlined with wire stringing, the divided interior with a pair of covers, on vegetable ivory feet, 13cm h, 19.5cm w ++The lid detached but the hinges complete. One or two minor old knocks, chips and a crack in the back but a good example of fine, well coloured shell. The gilded copper finial an old replacement. One of the four feet an old stained wooden replacement.
AN ENGLISH TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER signed on the silvered dial Robt Roskell Liverpool 869/50195, with subsidiary seconds dial and Up/Down sector, roman chapters and blued steel Breguet hands, the movement with spotted plates, chain fusee, Earnshaw detent escapement with helical blued steel spring and Dent staple balance in brass bowl with moulded bezel, 11cm diam, gimbled in brass-mounted mahogany case with ivory roundel numbered 869, 16cm w, 17.5cm h, c1820 ++In good original condition and going order, the case also in fine condition with a minor horizontal shrinkage crack in the top, the ivory roundel cracked but original
A MUGHAL IVORY-INLAID FALL-FRONT CABINET, GUJARAT OR SINDH, decorated with stylised flowerheads, the fall front with cypress trees and flowering plants, the interior with pierced and red or green-stained ivory panelled drawer fronts, 31cm; 57 x 35.5cm, c1700 A very similar cabinet was sold, the property of a lady, Sotheby's Art of the Islamic World, 28 April 2004, lot 171. ++Some possible minor old repairs, slight warping of the flap but in overall very good condition and free from any sophisticated modern professional restoration
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE, fitted with drawers and opposing blind drawers with ivory lozenge keyplate and brass drum handles, on channelled trestles with leaf carved and reeded stretcher, 72cm h; 143 x 71cm ++A few old scratches and marks to the top and the odd minor loss to beading etc
A collection of silver mounted, silver coloured and plated items, comprising: a late Victorian embossed and pierced silver mounted ivory page turner by H. Matthews, Birmingham 1899, 39cm (15.25in) long; a German silver coloured embossed circular dish by Bruckmann & Sohne, post 1886 .800 standard, 26cm (10.25in) diameter; a smaller Continental dish, stamped '900'; a pair of silver on copper twin branch candelabra; and a plated sugar tongs Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A late Victorian silver mounted ivory parasol handle, Birmingham probably 1893, with an engraved loop handle, a cat's eye knop, an embossed silver mount and a knobbly ivory shaft, 7.75in long loop down (the loop handle unmarked); and a gilt mounted clear facetted glass double ended scent bottle by Sampson Mordan & Co., stamped mark (2) Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A collection of walking sticks and canes, including examples with handles of ivory inlaid with pewter, carved with a snarling animal and two with silver coloured mounts; and a Victorian tiger's eye, ivory and silver mounted parasol handle, London 1884 (6) Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A mixed collection, including: a silver mounted ivory page turner, London 1903; another with a rabbit's foot handle, Birmingham 1937; a Continental silver handled paper knife, import marked for Chester 1903; a presentation engraved octagonal inkwell, Sheffield 1926; a silver mounted perpetual calendar, Birmingham 1932; another calendar, Birmingham 1905; a two-compartment stamp box, Birmingham 1901, presentation engraved (lacking the glass); and other items Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A 19TH CENTURY CEYLONESE CENTRE TABLE circular top inlaid with various exotic specimen woods, central ivory panel, alternating inlay in the form of peacock feathers or a flower head, greek key edge, turned central column and tripod legs terminating in peacock heads, 43" diameter (deficiencies) (see illustration). Note: The table bears a label beneath stating the following 'Table made in Ceylon for the Hon.ble. Gerald Chetwynd Talbot (grandfather of Charles He ... Chetwynd Talbot). This is the exact replica of the table at Windsor Castle'. Hon. Gerald Chetwynd-Talbot (1819-1885) was Private Secretary to the Governor General of India 1856. The table is being sold by a direct descendant. Refer to office for estimate.
A set of six George III steel, two prong tableforks and six with matching steel knives, with green stained ivory handles, c.1770, together with a pair of continental small plates, probably hyponic Spanish, a late 18th century/early 19th century Finnish vodka bowl, with engraved sides, three modern tot beakers, a Chinese pepper and a South America two handled dis. (lot)
Miscellaneous modern silver: a large flared beaker, a cigarette box, a pair of small sauceboats, a desk letter spike, a pepper grinder, a mounted ivory pepper mill, a mounted wooden pepper mill, an octagonal mustard pot (blue glass liner), a napking ring, a dish, a small enamelled compact, and a American infuser spoon, 21oz weighable silver. (lot)
Three rattles/teethers: a George III childs teether, with double tapering body, whistle at one end and coral at the other, marks worn/distorted, London 1805, an Edwardian embossed rattle with eight bells, dependant, an ivory teething ring and a coral stick at the other end by Crisford & Norris, Birmingham 1908, and a miniature Victorian gold rattle, with engraving, two bells and a coral teether, unmarked, the latter 1.4in (3.6cm) long. (3)
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