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Click here to subscribeA vintage retro mid 20th Century desk top office envelope filing box having a red leatherette finish and single sectional drawer with cobalt blue interior, the front the of the drawer having tooled silver lettering reading ' Official Envelopes various sizes suitable for official and legal documents'. Measures 18 cm high x 42 cm wide x 30 cm deep.
A charming antique Edwardian ladies hallmarked silver Hair Curler / Curling Iron box. Decorated with a floral motif to top, and carrying hallmarks for William Comyns & Sons, London. Date letter rubbed, but likely circa 1904 / 05. The interior features a fold-out stand for the curler, with a burner section to the lid. A rare Edwardian curio. Measures 5 x 8 x 4cm.
A late 19th Century George Nathan & Ridley Hayes neoclassical silver box of rectangular form having repousse decoration to the lid of Bacchanalian dancers / classical figures / muses each with a different object including one Centaur, with acanthus leaf decoration to the sides. Hallmarked Chester 1902. Weight 228g. Measures 16.5cm wide.
A pair of 19th century Victorian silver hallmarked napkin rings with engraved foliate decoration. Hallmarked London 1878 ( C ) and 1880 ( E ) by Holland, Son & Slater ( John Aldwinckle & James Slater ) in original leather retailer box by Hogg & Shaw Goldsmiths & Jewellers 52 Market St, Manchester. Weight: 58g
An Elizabeth II silver dressing table box by Adie Brothers, Birmingham 1962, with engine turned lid, on three feet, together with a set of four George III silver tea spoons, 1804, a small silver scent box with 925 import mark, a silver pill box, 2002, and a badge, combined weighable silver 73 g
A George IV silver mustard pot by Joseph Biggs, London 1825, of bulbous form with embossed foliage and floral motifs, on four paw feet, with clear glass liner, weight 153 g with linerCondition report: surface scratches and wear commensurate with age, small dents and bruises, one deeper bruise to the front (left side of the cartouche), possible repair to the finial, the box is not original, the liner cannot be removed so cannot be checked 100% for condition, it feels a bit loose inside.
A Victorian silver tray by Henry Charles Freeman, London 1901, together with a small rectangular tray with embossed acanthus scrolls (unmarked), a Victorian silver heart shaped box by Mathew John Jessop, a small silver lidded cut glass jar, and a silver mounted comb, the large tray and box 459 g
An early 20th century French silver purple guilloche enamel pill box, the hinged lid set with seed pearls to the border, enclosing a gilt interior, stamped 900, 90g, 7cm x 4.5cmCondition report: damage to the enamel at the back corner/side of the box, loss of enamel to the other side of the back corner, surface scratches to the lid and underside, the box makes a creaking sound when you close it
Boxes and Objects - Pym Roland. (Illus). Cinderella. A concertina form Peepshow book, c.1947; a compass set in fitted leather case; an unusual embroided purse; ebony backed hand mirrors; a small travel case c1950s; a vintage vanity travel case; a Coronation commemorative pen terminating in a crown; silver plated flatware; a metal cash box; etc.
Boxes & Objects - a WWI trench art twin handled vase made out of a shell, with a Womens Auxiliary Army Corps Cap Badge mounted to front; a silver plated rose bowl, plinth base; an unusual set of 5 unusual condiment spoons the bowls & finials made from Ethiopian 1 Birr coins; candlesticks, flat aware; a Japanese lacquer; a Japanese painted writing box; an Italian Sorento musical jewellery box ; an Italian Sorento tray etc.
A collectors' lot to include plated vesta case, floral heart-shaped porcelain trinket box, a wood snuff box with inlaid brass bird, horn snuff box, spoons, tape measure, two small folding rules, one made from boxwood and the other bone, silver-topped press moulded glass sifter, square green glass bottle with white metal collar, Beswick Beatrix Potter 'Jemima Puddleduck' and a tin of old British and world coins, etc.
A group of nine shipping-related commemorative wares including two Continental silver bowls, a wooden dish with plaque inscribed 'Timber ex H.M.S. Arethusa', a wooden desk weight inscribed 'Original wood from deck of Dufferin', a Steamship Company Speciality Supply glass paperweight, a cigarette case with plaque inscribed 'H.M.S. Renown', a salt with plaque inscribed 'H.M.S. Lancastria', a small trinket box with plaque inscribed 'R.M.S. S.S. Arcadian' and a Lamport & Holt Line green floral printed saucer dish (9). CONDITION REPORT Some surface wear throughout, as you can imagine, heavy tarnishing to the cigarette case and the metal pieces. The only bit of enamel that is damaged is on the H.M.S. Lancastria salt, where there is a small loss to the band, otherwise general surface wear. Provenance: this lot is from a private collection in Surrey and the vendor's father taught at Liverpool Maritime College many years ago.
A mahogany cased six place setting cutlery set comprising knives, forks, teaspoons, dessert spoons, soup spoons and serving spoons, an oak cutlery box containing a partial set of plated flatware, a boxed set of plated servers, two boxed sets of flatware, a hallmarked silver handled cake slice and various other items of flatware.
White metal openwork pomander (vinaigrette) Chinese, late 19th/early 20th Century elaborate form for a Buddhist client, form similar to Sino-Tibetan amulet box (gau), pattern repeated equally on both sides with an overall design in silver scroll work and flaming orbs, with standing figure of Guanyin standing on clouds, two dragons hold the suspension chains with archaic form clasp of demon head on vase, container 6.5cm tall, total length with suspension chain and clasp 13cm (Chinese silver marks on the underside of the pomander and on the clasp)
Four pieces of jewellery Chinese, early 20th Century consisting of a white metal chatelaine with two small tools, two butterflies and a fish connected by a French Indo-China Piastre silver coin dated 1907, as part of a woman's neck ring, Miao tribal group, neck ring 14cm wide, total piece 29cm long, a necklace with carnelian and agate beads connected with rock crystal beads all on gold silk cord, Tibet or China, late 19th/early 20th Century, 44cm, doubled, total length 88cm, a jade necklace with 96 matched light green beads with Chinese white metal clasp, early 20th Century, 28cm doubled, total length 57cm, and a Tibetan gau amulet silver box, gilt back with front inlayed with silver wire, turquoise and coral, Tibet U-Tsang province, Lhasa with white metal chain, late 19th/early 20th Century, 6.5cm wide Reference: Vanishing Beauty, Asian Jewellery and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Press, 2016 Provenance: Originally from a family collection in Oxford. Collected by their ancestors who lived in China in the 1920s/1930s as members of the Foreign Service
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