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Lot 8
A SILVER PIN BROOCH TO COMMEMORATE THE 1894 ALBION COLLIERY DISASTER engraved with a detailed scene of the colliery, flanked by raised flowers either side, inscribed 'A SOUVENIR ALBION COLLIERY DISASTER JUNE 23rd 1894', complete with case for A Fuhrer Treorchy & Pentre, hallmarks for Birmingham 1894 Provenance: by family descent, consigned Cardiff office Auctioneer's Note: Cilfynydd is a village just South of the town of Pontypridd in South Wales. In the Victorian era it was an archetype Welsh pit village built around the Albion Colliery which was sunk in 1884. Before there was no settlement of note, just a few scattered farms supporting a population of less than 100. Within a few years of coal production starting, terraced houses clung to the valley hillsides running north-south in a series of parallel rows and the local population had grown to over 3,000. There was a school, several chapels, pubs and a workmen's hall forming the traditional building blocks of a typical tight-knit community. But the Albion survives in the memory of more than just the local population. It is more widely remembered for the devastating explosion which took place there in 1894, a disaster which claimed the second worst loss of life in any British colliery accident, only the Senghenydd explosion of 19 years later took a greater toll. For 7 years after the colliery was opened, Cilfynydd flourished until disaster struck in June, 1894. Like many collieries in South Wales, the Albion's coal produced large amounts of fire-damp, a highly inflammable gas. On Saturday, 23rd June, 1894 at around 3.50pm two loud explosions were heard at the surface of the colliery. Dust, debris and smoke rushed out of the two shafts and men at the surface were blown over. No one knew for sure how many men were underground initially. It took until the inquest later that summer, for the authorities to establish that 290 men and boys had been killed out of 295 working underground. Such a traumatic event could have killed the village but, with remarkable resilience, the people rebuilt their shattered lives and by September 1894 the pit was back in full working order producing nearly 45,000 tons of coal a month. It was to stay at the heart of the community until its closure in September 1966. The box for the brooch is marked for Adolph Fuhrer who was a well-known south Wales valleys jeweller Condition Report: slightly misshapen at back, original and commensurate with age
Lot 415
Back To The Future - a 2015 issued Perth Mint made commemorative 1oz Silver Proof Coin. The coin featuring a DeLorean Time Machine to front, with enamel decoration. Housed in its original presentation DeLorean light-up model (the coin housed in the engine bay). Complete with certificate, within its original box. Mint, as new.
Lot 100
A collection of assorted silver and silver plate, the silver comprising a Victorian silver bowl in the George III style, a rose bowl, a christening mug, a cigarette box and a vesta case, total weighable silver 17oz 13dwt, 549gr, the silver plate comprising an egg coddler, a pedestal bowl and a number of bottle stoppers (one tray)
Lot 14
A collection of assorted silver and silver plate, the silver comprising an octagonal caster, a pair of bud-vases, filled, a pepperette, a salt-cellar, a silver mounted glass dish, a Thai silver and niello cigarette box and a silver mounted glass pepper grinder, weighable silver 6oz 2dwt, 190gr, the silver plate comprising a sovereign case, a dish and a pepperette (qty)
Lot 388
An Edwardian silver mounted ebony and ivory conductors baton, a copper hunting horn, a cloth bound volume of C. Dixon, Game Birds and Wild Fowl together with a tray of assorted items including commemorative crowns, Japanese Meiji period ivory box, Chinese blue and white box and a Continental porcelain box, etc (four pieces and one tray)
Lot 401
A brass microscope by Henry Crouch, London model 4058 in a mahogany case together with a tea-caddy, an inlaid walnut box, a pair of field binoculars, assorted spectacles, various commemorative items including corgi state coach for the queens silver jubilee, a Japanese lacquered box and an Edwardian china tea set
Lot 465
THE HISTORY OF MAN IN FLIGHT, a set of fifty silver medallions each depicting a famous event within aviation history, by John Pinches, each stamped on the edge UK 0290, and with London hallmarks between 1972 and 1976, 39.8gms each, encapsulated in a plastic case and set into a presentation album with a further album of information, in a box case.
Lot 49A
A collection of silver and silver plate, the silver comprising a silver pill box, a silver mounted cut glass dressing table jar and a Victorian silver pepperette, weight of silver 1oz 11dwt, 80gr, the silver plate comprising three wine labels, engraved for 'Sherry'; 'Claret' and 'Madeira', chains lacking
Lot 69
A collection of silver and objects of vertu, comprising a Victorian spiral-fluted scent bottle, 14.5cm long, a pill box, the hinged cover enameled with pansies, an articulated fish ornament, a George III silver table spoon later chased as a berry spoon and a patch box with enameled cover, the inside of the cover fitted with a mirror, stamped 'Sterling', total gross weight 6oz, 186gr (5)
Lot 70
Four items comprising an oblong silver cigarette case with engine-turned decoration and Greek-key border, engraved internally with an inscription, an oblong Chinese export silver match box holder by Wang Hing, the cover applied with a dragon, a mother of pearl card case and a Chinese mirror, weight of silver 3oz 18dwt, 121gr (4)
Lot 8
A collection of assorted silver, including a cigarette-box, a bowl with pierced border, a cream jug, three differing napkin rings, a three-piece condiment set with Celtic style border, two differing vases, a pair of salt-cellars, a pair of small candlesticks, filled and a silver-mounted glass vase, weighable silver 13oz 16dwt, 429gr (one tray)
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