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An American late 19thC novelty silver plated napkin holder, by James Walker Tufts of Boston, modelled as a wheelbarrow, the ring with foliate scroll and cornucopia engraving, central vacant reserve, impressed marks, and a further novelty napkin ring holder, modelled as a goat pulling a cart, the ring with floral and foliate engraving, vacant circular reserves.
Cased set of six silver coffee spoons Sheffield 1937 Maker Viners Ltd, another set with flattened terminals Birmingham 1939, set of six silver handled pastry knives, silver napkin ring, silver box with enamel plaque 'Ramsey', pencil and two other itemsCondition Report:Approx silver weight 5.8ozt (181 grams)
TWO SILVER SHIP’S NAPKIN RINGS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY from Elder, Dempster’s Abosso & Elmina, hallmarked Sheffield, 1915 & 1911 and with enamelled company flag; together with a silver vesta case from Elder, Dempster’s Jebba, hallmarked Sheffield, 1902; a circular silver pill box, hallmarked Birmingham, 1920, with enamelled arms on the lid for the Orient Line’s Orvieto; an Elders & Fyffes silver and enamel spoon; and a plated menu holder of the Orient Line(6)Abosso was built in 1912 for the Liverpool – West Africa service but her career was cut short when she was torpedoed by U-43 west of Fastnet on 14th April 1917. The engine-room damage from the torpedo prevented the ship from being stopped and she circled for over an hour at almost full speed before finally sinking; 65 lives were lost; Elmina was built in 1906 and scrapped in 1949; Jebba was built in 1896 as the Belgian Albertville but acquired by Elder, Dempster in 1898. On 18th March 1907, she was wrecked on the Devon coast when homeward bound from West Africa but all aboard her were saved by bosun’s chair to the nearby cliff top; Orvieto was built in 1909 for the Orient Line’s Australian service, laid up in 1929 after twenty years of service and scrapped in 1931.Enamel loss on Elmina napkin ring.
A BAG OF ASSORTED ITEMS, to include an EPNS purse, decorated with a floral pattern and engraved cartouche, fitted with a chin handle with finger ring, an EPNS chain mail purse with chain handle, a small white metal chain mail coin purse, a white metal hammer effect napkin ring, and a leather case travel clock, manual wind movement (condition report: clock winds, sets and is ticking at time of cataloguing although time keeping has not been tested, we cannot guarantee the working order of the clock, all pieces have some general wear, wear to the leather case of the travel clock)
A Maelzel metronome in pyramid form wooden case, a Schweig Mueller & Co Art Deco frosted blue glass centerpiece stand, circa 1930s, moulded with cherubs to support, Registered number 756470, 16.8cm high (chip to base), a Capodimonte figure of an architect, from La Medea range, 17cm high, four Noritake napkin rings with Art Deco portraits against a lustre glaze, circa 1930s, and a Sooty 1950s eggcup made by Keele St. Pty. Co. (8)Condition: Napkin ring with lady in orange costume - upper rim with 5 fine chips, lower rim with 1 fine chip, scratches to decoration.Napkin ring with lady in green hat - upper rim with 1 fine chip and minute paint loss, bottom rim with 2 fine chips, scratches to decoration.Napkin rings with gentleman in top hat - one with minute chip to upper rim, minute paint loss to bottom rim, scratches to decoration. The other with small amount of paint loss to upper rim, and some scratches to decoration.
Pair of George IV silver Old English Pattern table spoons, each initialled "H P", by William Seaman, London, 1823; set of 3 Rat Tail coffee spoons, by West & Son, Sheffield, 1915; napkin ring, 2 bottle tickets "Brandy" and "Sherry", and a bread fork with an embossed filled handle, (a/f), weighable 224grs. (9)
Gold jewellery, comprising 18ct gold Religious pendant on 9ct gold chain, 9ct gold Religious brooch and a 9ct gold stone set brooch, silver napkin ring and silver jewellery including bangles and brooches and a collection of costume jewellery and compact mirrorsCondition Report: 18ct approx 3.26 grams9ct approx 5.64 gramsSilver approx 60 grams
A Sheffield silver panel-sided sugar bowl: h. x 7cm Sheffield 1933, a Birmingham silver oval napkin ring Birmingham 1954, a pair of Georgian Edinburgh silver sugar tongs: l. x 15cm, a Victorian London silver toilet bottle top, a pair of Sheffield silver sugar tongs, a provincial silver sauce ladle tip clipped and a Parker Rollalite plated lighter with original box a/f silver weight 253g (a lot)
A Quantity of Silver and White Metal Jewellery, including a byzantine link necklace, a fancy link bracelet, two charm bracelets, various bangles, a locket on chain, a vesta case, an enamel Mickey Mouse brooch etc; together with a Silver Egg Cup, Spoon and Napkin Ring, in a fitted caseJewellery and vesta - 315.1 grams. Egg cup, spoon and napkin ring - 77.0 grams.
A sterling silver napkin ring by Bernard Instone (1891-1987), Birmingham 1925, with hammed finish with detailed wirework and blue cabochon, with original box, 4.3cm length, width 1.9cm, 3.2cm depth, boxed weight 85g, silver weight 18.7g. (LC16396) Condition: The napkin ring is in perfect order, the box is tired. PACKING & SHIPPINGLet us take the hassle of sorting out packing and shipping from you. Mark Hill Auctions is delighted to be able offer the buyer an in-house packing and shipping service for this lot. We use UPS for shipping and all packages are sent insured with a tracked service. We do not ship without insurance. We do not use any other service such as Royal Mail, FEDEX or DHL.Please see below for estimated packing and shipping prices: UK (Estimated): £14.00 USA (Estimated): £25.00 EU (Estimated): £20.00 R.O.W. (Estimated): £38.50In addition to these packing and shipping estimates, insurance will be charged as described below.INSURANCE We only ship with insurance. Insurance costs 1.5% of the total of the hammer price plus buyer’s premium and any applicable VAT, so you can work this cost out yourself when you have won a lot and received your invoice. As such, the price for insurance will be added to the above estimates if you request your item(s) to be shipped.HOW TO REQUEST SHIPPING To request packing and shipping, please wait for your invoice to arrive by email and click on the ‘Request Postage’ button on your invoice, or contact us by email at admin@markhillauctions.com requesting packing and shipping for your lot(s). The actual packing, shipping and insurance cost will then be added to your invoice and your invoice will be resent to you for payment.VAT All above quoted packing, shipping and insurance prices will have VAT added at 20%.IMPORTANT When you request your lot(s) to be packed and shipped, you understand and agree that you are committing to pay for packing and shipping because, in order for us to give you an accurate cost, we need to pack the lot(s) to ascertain the final weight and size. By doing that, we have already incurred cost by spending time and using materials to pack your lot(s). Therefore this charge must be paid, even if you later decide to collect your lot.Please note that this packing and shipping service is undertaken entirely at the buyer’s risk. Whilst we are careful and experienced and take the utmost care to pack items as well as we can, we cannot be held responsible for any damage to, or loss of, items packed and sent to you. By paying for our in-house packing and shipping service, the buyer agrees that any items are sent entirely at their own risk and that no compensation can be offered by us for any loss or damage. Lots must be paid for in full before they will be packed and released.MULTIPLE PURCHASES The estimates above are for this lot only. If you buy multiple lots from this auction, they can be combined where possible into one or more packages - size, shape and weight permitting. For these packages containing multiple lots, you will receive a discount of 17.5% of the total of the applicable quotes listed for those lots.IMPORT DUTIES When your item(s) arrive in your country, import duties & taxes and other service charges may be payable before goods are released to you. These duties, taxes and charges vary for each country and are entirely your responsibility and must be paid by you. Please note that we have no way of knowing what they will be. If you do not pay these charges, your item(s) will be returned to us.
The campaign group of four awarded to Captain D. J. R. Simson, Royal Navy, who was killed by a German sniper on 23 May 1940 while serving aboard H.M.S. Keith at Boulogne when the port was infiltrated by German troops; he also received a posthumous 'mention'Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Capt. D. J. R. Simson. R.N.); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, these in box of issue and with named Condolence slip, extremely fine (4)M.I.D. London Gazette 27 August 1940.David James Robert Simson was born on 7 September 1892, later studying at Osborne and then Dartmouth, taking the King's Medal. He was promoted Midshipman on 15 January 1910 and served aboard Russell and Lancaster in the Mediterranean and with Lion during her first commission. Later being further advanced Sub-Lieutenant on 15 April 1913, during the Great War he served on the destroyer Acasta and battleship King George V at the Battle of Jutland.From March 1918 he first held command on Usk. Simson was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on 15 January 1923, Commander on 30 June 1928, and between 1929-30 was the Executive Officer at the boys' training establishment at Shotley. After this time he returned to serving aboard destroyers and commanded, among other vessels, Vanquisher in the Mediterranean, Valorous in the Home Fleet, and between 1934-35 the cruiser Cumberland in China. During the Naval Review in 1935 Simson commanded Thanet before commanding Vivien and Winchelsea and from May 1936 the new destroyer Grenville. He was promoted Captain on 30 June 1936 and was later placed in command of Codrington from 24 August 1939 until 26 November and was then in charge of Keith from 15 February 1940.On 10 May 1940, the Germans launched their invasion of France and the Low Countries. That day Keith and her sister Boreas escorted the light cruisers Arethusa and Galatea as they carried bullion from the Dutch port of Ijmuiden to the United Kingdom for safe keeping. On 12 May, she returned to the Hook of Holland in the Netherlands to evacuate Allied troops. After the destroyer Whitley had to be run aground on 19 May when she was damaged by German aircraft, she was scuttled by Keith. Keith was one of three destroyers on 21 May that evacuated 468 civilians from France. Two days later she was in Boulogne-sur-Mer, loading British troops at the Gare Maritime to be evacuated and was attacked by German troops who had infiltrated the port area. Simson was shot by a sniper and several crew members and a dozen soldiers were also killed.He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Keith sailed for the UK immediately afterwards and was later active during Operation Dynamo. She was sunk off Dunkirk by German air attacks on the morning of 31 May 1940.Brigadier W. A. Fox-Pitt, who served as commander of the 20th Guards Brigade to defend Boulogne and was subsequently awarded a D.S.O., wrote to Simson's brother, Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Simson on 20 August 1946:'My only means of communication with England during the battle was through H.M. Ships so that if there was no destroyer in, I was completely out of touch. The last destroyers left Boulogne during the night of the 23/24th and I was out of touch with England until H.M.S. Keith came in about 3p.m. By this time I had ordered a withdrawal into a closer perimeter round the Harbour in order to prevent the Germans getting round my northerly flank and cutting us off.I went aboard the Keith and had a conference with Simson and discussed the situation and sent off certain signals explaining the progress of the battle. I also had a very welcome cup of tea and gave one of the officers a letter to post for me in England. We were both pretty certain then that it was a waste of life to continue to hold Boulogne as my casualties were mounting pretty rapidly.However, a signal arrived while I was on board from the Prime Minister saying "You will evacuate all non military personnel (Pioneer Corps etc), the 20th Guards Brigade will fight it out". I then left the Keith and went and saw my Battalion Commanders and gave further orders for holding the town. I was away about two hours and then returned to the Keith, for further orders. While on board I received the signal telling to evacuate. As it was getting late I went ashore immediately to get my orders out and understood that the destroyers would put out and come back again after dark for the evacuation. I had only just left the ship when the air attack started and during the attack Simson was killed. The destroyers left the port as soon as they could and I continued with my arrangements for evacuation. I did not know that Simson had been killed until the destroyers came in later. Condor of the Whitshed, was then left in command of the Flotilla. Just before dark the destroyers came in again and I was told that I must evacuate immediately. This meant putting my plan in motion very quickly, but eventually all the troops were evacuated by about 2 a.m. on the 25th.My recollections of your brother are pretty vivid. I found him most helpful in concocting signals to England. He was at all times thoroughly calm and collected and very quick to grasp the situation on shore. He realised the importance of the destroyers as my only link with Dover, and I fear it may have been for this reason that he stayed in the port so long, as the destroyers were a very tempting target. I don't remember the Germans being within small arms range of the Keith at the time of the air attack, but the aircraft were machine gunning as well as dropping bombs. The real battle between the destroyers and the land targets took place later when the destroyers completely silenced the Germans for the rest of the night and I saw a German tank knocked out by one of their guns myself.'Sold together with the following archive comprising:i)The handwritten letter to Mrs Simson from Admiral Sir B. H. Ramsay, dated 25 May, written from Dover expressing his deepest sympathy upon his death.ii)Officer's bicorn hat, epaulettes and sword belt in named tin, together with Greatcoat Epaulettes.iii)Two sets of his pre-Second World War miniature medals, with riband bars.iv)Silver Oar rowing prize for the VIIIth Flotilla Officers Race 1925 H.M.S. Venturous, silver napkin ring and silver clothes brush.v)Letter to his wife and that to his brother from Fox-Pitt, besides photographs and assorted calling cards (5), newspaper cutting, Blue Lists (2), The List 1940, black armbands (2), besides a four leaf clover and lucky heather.…
A Victorian silver christening set, comprising mug with swirling gadrooned belly, and gilt interior, napkin ring, fork, spoon and knife with weighted pistol handle, all monogram engraved, total weight 9.52toz without knife, Walter & John Barnard, London 1895, in original silk and velvet fitted case from William Angus and Sons, of Liverpool. Slight variance in years though a seqeuntial run of years from Q-R.
Silver and silver plated items to include the following hallmarked silver: a cased pair of napkin rings, two further napkin rings, a pepper pot, 7 x silver lidded glass jars and two spare silver lids, a pill box, teaspoon (total weighable silver 327 grams) and a capstan inkwell, silver handled cake slice and silver mounted hand mirror and hair brush. Silver plated sugar sifter, napkin ring and inkwell top. (21)

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