A good rosewood and cut mother-of-pearl sewing box, circa 1840, of rectangular form with elaborate interior, the lid and front inlaid with cut mother-of-pearl within pewter lines, the interior with lift-out compartmentalised tray in yellow silk and paper with gilt tooled red morocco gilt tooled lids and fittings including a pair of needle books, and complete with a set of eight mother-of-pearl reels with bone stems and bases, a silver thimble and thimble guard, the tool card with two mother-of-pearl handled tools and steel scissors, the lid interior in yellow ruched silk with a conforming morocco tooled frame, when opened revealing a further small tooled morocco frame with a photograph of a young woman, presumably the original owner. 30.5 x 22.5 x 12.5 cm.
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A French black leatherette and metal mounted rectangular sewing box for a child, titled in silver paint to the lid ""Mercerie"" (Haberdashery) within a tooled border, the fully fitted interior with tools and threads stitched within the lid, over a fitted tray with embroidery frame, beads, reels and other accessories, 35.5cm x 26.5cm x 10.cm.
A fine Regency tortoiseshell and ivory mounted sewing box of sarcophagus form, the fluted slightly domed lid with a central white metal tablet engraved with a squirrel standing by a tree stump, the lid with concave border edged in ivory, over curved sides with canted corners, the front fitted with a drawer edged in ivory, the sides with rope form ivory ring handles and mounts, raised on well-carved bracket form feet terminating in claws, the lid interior lined in blue silk and fitted with a mirror, the conforming lower section compartmentalised and lidded with a complete set of eight ivory reels with domed engine turned tops, a fixed double reel below a lid, a tool lid with silver handled scissors complete with sheath, needlebook, fitted pincushion, an ivory inset fitted with a fine ivory acorn form tape measure (lacking tape), an ivory thimble and a further recess, and a further lid, lacking drawer pin, 23cm x 17cm x 14cm.
A mid-19th century French ebonised sewing box of rectangular form, the lid and front with brass line inlay and with a cartouche initialled ""C.D."", the lid interior fitted with a mirror, over a shallow tooled red velvet tray with five continental silver tools, including scissors and an English silver thimble, 22cm x 15cm x 9.5cm, with key.
A French Palais Royal style grand piano mahogany sewing box, circa 1840, the hinged lid with ebony and bone inlaid keyboard and line inlays, Gothic style gilt escutcheon and raised on five turned and tapering ebonised legs, the interior with mirror lined lid over a green velvet flush fitted tray with four mother of pearl silk winders in mirror compartments (two a.f.), a cut glass scent bottle, silver handled stiletto and a replacement ivory thimble, lacking two pairs of scissors, bodkin and needlecase, the tray flanked by a silver wire embroidered pincushion over a glazed compartment, formally fitted with a musical box movement, complete with silk squab, 30.5cm x 21.5cm x 16.5cm.
A French Palais Royal style grand piano mahogany sewing box with cylinder musical box, circa 1840, the flame veneered lid inlaid with a boxwood and ebony keyboard, the sides mounted to the front with gilt brass escutcheon and two plaques, one featuring musical trophies, raised on five turned and tapering ebonised legs, the interior with mirror lined lid over a pink velvet flush fitted tray with three mother of pearl silk winders (two replaced), a cut glass scent bottle, silver stiletto handle, silver needlecase, matched, shield mounted silver thimble (misshapen), lacking two pairs of scissors, bodkin and tweeze/earspoon, the tray flanked by a wire embroidered pincushion over a compartment fitted with an inoperative cylinder musical box with key and stamped ""6938"", 30cm x 18.5cm x 16.5cm.
A rare WWI French silver thimble, in original box, the thimble with leaf border cartouche of a soldier firing his rifle, signed ""F. P. Lasserre"" flanked by further panels of a male machinist and a woman sewing, the cardboard box printed within the lid ""le DE Dela Guerre - Somme 1916"", box a little weak to top section. (2)
A good rosewood and cut mother-of-pearl sewing box, circa 1840, of rectangular form with elaborate interior, the lid and front inlaid with cut mother-of-pearl within pewter lines, the interior with lift-out compartmentalised tray in yellow silk and paper with gilt tooled red morocco gilt tooled lids and fittings including a pair of needle books, and complete with a set of eight mother-of-pearl reels with bone stems and bases, a silver thimble and thimble guard, the tool card with two mother-of-pearl handled tools and steel scissors, the lid interior in yellow ruched silk with a conforming morocco tooled frame, when opened revealing a further small tooled morocco frame with a photograph of a young woman, presumably the original owner. 30.5 x 22.5 x 12.5 cm.
A French black leatherette and metal mounted rectangular sewing box for a child, titled in silver paint to the lid ""Mercerie"" (Haberdashery) within a tooled border, the fully fitted interior with tools and threads stitched within the lid, over a fitted tray with embroidery frame, beads, reels and other accessories, 35.5cm x 26.5cm x 10.cm.
A fine Regency tortoiseshell and ivory mounted sewing box of sarcophagus form, the fluted slightly domed lid with a central white metal tablet engraved with a squirrel standing by a tree stump, the lid with concave border edged in ivory, over curved sides with canted corners, the front fitted with a drawer edged in ivory, the sides with rope form ivory ring handles and mounts, raised on well-carved bracket form feet terminating in claws, the lid interior lined in blue silk and fitted with a mirror, the conforming lower section compartmentalised and lidded with a complete set of eight ivory reels with domed engine turned tops, a fixed double reel below a lid, a tool lid with silver handled scissors complete with sheath, needlebook, fitted pincushion, an ivory inset fitted with a fine ivory acorn form tape measure (lacking tape), an ivory thimble and a further recess, and a further lid, lacking drawer pin, 23cm x 17cm x 14cm.
A mid-19th century French ebonised sewing box of rectangular form, the lid and front with brass line inlay and with a cartouche initialled ""C.D."", the lid interior fitted with a mirror, over a shallow tooled red velvet tray with five continental silver tools, including scissors and an English silver thimble, 22cm x 15cm x 9.5cm, with key.
A French Palais Royal style grand piano mahogany sewing box, circa 1840, the hinged lid with ebony and bone inlaid keyboard and line inlays, Gothic style gilt escutcheon and raised on five turned and tapering ebonised legs, the interior with mirror lined lid over a green velvet flush fitted tray with four mother of pearl silk winders in mirror compartments (two a.f.), a cut glass scent bottle, silver handled stiletto and a replacement ivory thimble, lacking two pairs of scissors, bodkin and needlecase, the tray flanked by a silver wire embroidered pincushion over a glazed compartment, formally fitted with a musical box movement, complete with silk squab, 30.5cm x 21.5cm x 16.5cm.
A French Palais Royal style grand piano mahogany sewing box with cylinder musical box, circa 1840, the flame veneered lid inlaid with a boxwood and ebony keyboard, the sides mounted to the front with gilt brass escutcheon and two plaques, one featuring musical trophies, raised on five turned and tapering ebonised legs, the interior with mirror lined lid over a pink velvet flush fitted tray with three mother of pearl silk winders (two replaced), a cut glass scent bottle, silver stiletto handle, silver needlecase, matched, shield mounted silver thimble (misshapen), lacking two pairs of scissors, bodkin and tweeze/earspoon, the tray flanked by a wire embroidered pincushion over a compartment fitted with an inoperative cylinder musical box with key and stamped ""6938"", 30cm x 18.5cm x 16.5cm.
A rare WWI French silver thimble, in original box, the thimble with leaf border cartouche of a soldier firing his rifle, signed ""F. P. Lasserre"" flanked by further panels of a male machinist and a woman sewing, the cardboard box printed within the lid ""le DE Dela Guerre - Somme 1916"", box a little weak to top section. (2)
Hornby Dublo 3-Rail Locomotives And Other Items including EDL2 Silver King, EDL7 0-6-2T LMS 6917 (both G boxes F-G) Duchess of Atholl (F-G) two Suburban coaches (in P boxes) and a few loose wagons; also included in this lot an Exley 6-wheel LMS brake/3rd coach, various Trix Twin Railway LMS coaches and a box of lineside buildings (qty)
Dinky Five Waterline Ships 2xHMS Effingham, HMS Nelson, Dunkerque and HMS Hood (generally G-E, a few signs of fatigue) together with a Chad Valley Cunard jigsaw puzzle No.534 (unchecked, boxed) a Dissection Puzzle of England & Wales in wooden box (unchecked) and a Britains 7225 Queens Silver Jubilee set (boxed) (8)
Dinky Five Waterline Ships 2xHMS Effingham, HMS Nelson, Dunkerque and HMS Hood (generally G-E, a few signs of fatigue) together with a Chad Valley Cunard jigsaw puzzle No.534 (unchecked, boxed) a Dissection Puzzle of England & Wales in wooden box (unchecked) and a Britains 7225 Queens Silver Jubilee set (boxed) (8)
Hornby Dublo 3-Rail Locomotives And Other Items including EDL2 Silver King, EDL7 0-6-2T LMS 6917 (both G boxes F-G) Duchess of Atholl (F-G) two Suburban coaches (in P boxes) and a few loose wagons; also included in this lot an Exley 6-wheel LMS brake/3rd coach, various Trix Twin Railway LMS coaches and a box of lineside buildings (qty)
A Victorian boxed set of six silver teaspoons, with matching sugar tongs and a caddy spoon with a shell shaped bowl, Sheffield 1879, makers marks for Jehoiada Alsop Rhodes & Barber, the spoon terminals with wreath borders surrounding vacant cartouches, fitted in original leather box, total silver weight 5.9 ozt
English Milled Coins - Elizabeth II - 1999 Scotland - Royal Mint Proof Silver Piedfort 1 PoundDated 1999, piedfort. Obv: profile bust with ELIZABETH II D G REG F D and date legend. Rev: Scottish lion with ONE POUND legend; in Royal Mint capsule and box of issue, with certificate. S. 4591. 79.79 grams total. [No Reserve]Proof FDC.
Roman Silver Anthropomorphic Dice Pair1st-2nd century AD. A matched pair of cast anthropomorphic gaming dice, each formed as a crouching nude figure with looped arms and hands on the hips; punch-marked with a single point to the top of the head, two on one thigh and three on the other, four to the underside of the buttocks, five to the chest and six to the back; one with male genitalia, the other female; offered in a Victorian period card pill-box marked `Mr. F.C.W.`. Accompanied by a print of an email from Judith Swaddling, British Museum (referring to a similar pair in the BM collection, acquisition number 1851,0813.125; see also British Museum reference 1980,0401.2 for another pair) and a print of an email from the original vendor who submitted them to the Dorset auction (where the present vendor acquired them). 6.83 grams total, 28mm including box (1"). Ex Somerset, UK collector; acquired Yeovil Auction Rooms, Yeovil, UK, sale (lot 337, with copy of the listing); formerly with a Dorset gentleman. Accompanied by a Goldsmiths` Company XRF Assay Report (1st August 2014). [2]Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Viking Gilt-Bronze Box Brooch with Entwined Animals8th-9th century AD. A hollow-cast drum-shaped brooch with central cell to the upper face, red bead insert; the outer sidewall with lattice hatching, three dividing panels with knotwork motif; the upper face with beaded border and tribrach, three S-shaped animals in Salin`s Style III; pin and catchplate to the reverse. See MacGregor, A. et al. A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections (Roman Iron Age, Migration Period, Early Medieval), Oxford, 1997, item 1.9; Rydh, H. Dosformiga Spännen från Vikingatifden, Stockholm, 1919; Thunmark-Nylén, L. Vikingatida Dosspännen – Teknisk Stratigrafi och Verkstadsgruppering, Uppsala, 1983. 35 grams, 48mm (2"). Property of a 19th century collector; thence by descent. Drum brooches (also called ‘box brooches’, Swedish Dosspännen) were a Scandinavian fashion of the Viking period, beginning in the late 8th century AD and featuring Oseberg style gripping-beast motifs. They remained popular throughout the period into the 11th century AD. They are especially associated with the island of Gotland, the crossroads of trade and traffic in the Baltic where a variety of cultural influences were felt. Occasional examples occur elsewhere in the area of Scandinavian power, plausibly associated with the movement of brides from Gotland to foreign homelands. The earliest (8th century) examples are high-quality multi-part castings with lavish use of gold, parcel-gilding and silver; by the later Viking age they appear in bronze and gilt bronze. The original artistic motifs also evolve into more geometric forms with increased use of knotwork. As a type, they are characterised by their discoid upper face divided into symmetrical quarters often with openwork detail; cords and faux-ropework to the edges are a consistent feature of the design. Some feature a separate cast upper plate, and on others it is the baseplate which is separate, as on the present example. Occasionally the central knop is also a separate casting. It has been suggested that drum brooches were used to hold small valuables, although this seems improbable – these were normally suspended from the girdle or necklace for display. They were most probably used to fasten the triangular shawl or mantle which covered the upper body, in the dress fashion which included the heavy hängerok dress which was worn outside the undershift; the hängerok was often of rich fabric with embroidered borders, and the metal jewellery and glass beads were used to add richness to the costume. It may be this type of brooch (or the tortoise form) which was referred to by the Arab traveller Ibn Fadlan when he mentioned that Rus women wore on their chests drum-shaped brooches of iron, copper, silver or gold, whose decoration indicated the wealth of their husbands. Extremely fine condition. Excessively rare, museum quality.
A Baccarat cut glass rectangular trinket box, a round Baccarat cut glass tinket pot with white metal top decorated with butterfly's and flowers, an early 20th century French crystal perfume bottle in a black velvet pouch and three further cut glass and crystal trinket pots with silver tops with silver marks.
A pair of hallmarked silver teaspoons with golf ball terminals, a further hallmarked silver spoon with terminal modelled as a female golfer in full swing, three further silver teaspoons and a Canadian sterling silver and enamel decorated spoon also two pairs of silver plated sugar tongs, a butter knife, a small fork and a trinket box.
A silver rectangular table cigarette box, wooden lined within, the cover initial engraved, London 1924, three silver circular dishes, each mounted with a silver coin to the centre and a silver circular dish, commemorating The Queen's Silver Jubilee 1952-1977, combined weight of weighable silver 367 gms.
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