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Click here to subscribeA French red tortoiseshell and engraved brass Boulle sewing box of small format, circa 1870, of cut corner rectangular form. The lid and sides with engraved cut brass scrolls, leaves and other devices, the silk and velvet lined interior with tool provision to lid with silver gilt needle case, scissors, stiletto and bodkin, the lower section with thimble holder, thimble and drum form pin cushion, 13.5 x 8 x 5.4cms. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
A silk embroidered fitted box, second half of the 17th Century, of rectangular form, the corners bound in now dull silver lace wire, the front with a panel of a gentleman and lady with stringed instrument in a garden landscape with a church or castle beyond and a hound nearby below a narrow panel of a hound chasing a rabbit. The sides and back with similar panels incorporating figures, flowers, buildings, insects, a leopard, a lion, a mother and three children. The lid with a descending angel with a bearded man beside a mother and child below a sun, a stag, fish, a snake and other animals amid the trees and flowers. The lid interior in stitch 'buttoned' blue silk centred by the original mirror in gilt lace wire frame fitting within a blue silk moulded border with swivel securing catches. The base section in conforming blue silk with two shallow back compartments and fitted to the left with various compartments and a pin hinge lid to other compartments and one of two drawers. On later turned feet, marbled base paper, 34.5 x 28.5 x 20cms. A box with a near identical interior but in green is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired in 1939 from the Percival Griffiths Collection (39.13.4a-aaa) illustrated English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1580-1700 'Twixt Art and Nature' Pages 162-165. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
A complex walnut and paper decorated sewing and games, toilet and writing box, Vienna 1802, in a fine state of preservation. For a video of this box with expert commentary, see: bit.ly/sewing_box The rectangular walnut box inset with panels of pierced pressed paper on a duck egg blue ground, the lid with four bone roundels to the corners, oval steel escutcheon. The lower section of the box compartmentalised and lined with marble paper with five removable fitted boxes and a pair of glass inkwells with silver plated tops. Each box with insets of pressed and pierced paper comprising a rectangular box between the inkwells with a drawer containing a toothbrush and a tongue scraper, a further rectangular box with tray top fitted with bone lucet, bone bodkin and ivory salve box, over an end drawer containing a two part steel and brass sewing clamp with detachable pin cushion top, ivory thimble and a sliding platform with six numerical needle tubes. The front with three square boxes each with a drawer one containing six dice and a complete set of thirty two miniature playing cards, (4.2 x 2.5cms), another fitted with a tray with circular bone box labelled 'Rouge S.F.', and with miniature brush, the last containing a circular cardboard box labelled 'Denten Pulver'. The plinth incorporating a secret compartmentalised drawer with internal latch and the following fittings, sliding top pin box, bone tambour hook, folding rule in three parts, a slate over five printed cards, a steel corkscrew, an almanac in gilt decorated leather cover dated 1802, a pair of multiple thread winders, a pair of steel and gilt scissors, a pencil, a bone ribbon threader, a bone cylinder needle case, a matching cylinder container with fitted slate scribe, a single blade folding knife with tortoiseshell guards, and a set of steel knitting pins in original paper wrap. The lid fitted with two secret shallow drawers, one containing two bundles of envelopes in original paper wraps over a printed chart of clothing and accessories, the other a quill, sealing wax, a ruler and a compartment for wafers. The lid interior with central framed mirror within conforming paper panels, borders and medallions, 23 x 17 x 7.2cms. For a video of this box, see: https://bit.ly/sewing_box Ivory Self-declaration Submission Reference Number TAH2TWDF
A rare sample box of gold, silver and other metallic threads on wooden reels, 'Giorgio Adamo Beckh', Nuremberg, circa 1750, the rectangular box covered in green book cloth, the front with brass push catch. The interior lined in original blue paper, the lid with two printed labels, one depicting the Virgin Mary standing astride an anchor within a leaf decorated frame and inscribed 'Fabrica Privilegiata di Lametta e Tirato d'oro e d'argento - Giorgio Adamo Beckh in Norimberga', the other with a crowned figure of justice flanked by Nubians in feather skirts and head dresses, one holding arrows, the other a bow, within a leaf scroll frame and inscribed 'Fabrica Privilegiata di Giorgio Adamo Beckh a Norimberga'. The lower section with four divisions inscribed in ink with A to M and further inscribed 'Silvered and Yellow Plate/Silvered and Yellow Wire/Coloured Plate/......', the reels over remnants of ribbons, and comprising thirty two reels most with thread, the front compartment containing paper skein holders, 20.5 x 11.2 x 3.2cms. This box appears to be a sample box for a travelling salesman. The labels in Italian coursly translate 'Privileged Factory - sharp blade to draw with gold and silver'. To create the metallic threads the appropriate metal was beaten into wafer thin sheets and then cut with a carefully prepared knife, the strip was then wrapped around the cotton thread. The label inscriptions probably equate to a 'guild mark', a 16th Century manuscript held by the Penn libraries (Ms Codex 1542) includes a pasted in receipt dated 1747 for silver and textiles with a print of St. Anthony on the back which is the Fabrica Privilegiata mark of a Milanese merchant Giacomo Gilardi, founder in 1689 of a wire factory in Allersberg (referred to as Allerspergo), Germany, about 15 miles south of Nuremberg. Although manufactured in Germany, the label text is for the Italian market, the addition of ink text describing and identifying the reels in English indicates it was perhaps intended for sale to English speakers on the Grand Tour. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
A unique pair of contemporary gold mounted silver knitting needle protectors commissioned from Justin Richardson, Canterbury, each in the form of an otter with jewelled eyes and each grasping a gold crab, each 4.6cms, linked by chain and hook, London 2012 by Justin Richardson, one engraved 'Stephanie', the other 'Suzanne', in box. From the collection of the late Sue Read
Four needle cases and books, comprising a bead work covered cylinder form example initialled within the geometric pattern 'SDV', 9cms, another cylinder example bound in coloured silks and silver wire, 12.5cms, a Tunbridge ware needle book in floral mosaic and cube work with internal chequered boards, 8cms, and a silk example with mother of pearl spine from a fitted box. (4) From the collection of the late Sue Read
A red leather needle packet box of sarcophagol form, raised on brass ball feet, the front with exuberant leaf cast swivel hook, the lid with a raised tablet stamped in gilt 'Superior Silver Eyed Needles', within four gilt flower head bosses. The lid interior with monochrome printed silk panel of a cherub in a sea chariot pulled by dolphins, the lower section in original duck egg blue paper, 5.8 x 3.2 x 4.5cms. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
A late 18th Century bodkin and quill pen case, with outer box, the oval section cardboard case bound with silver wire and containing a bone bodkin and a quill pen with bound wire collar, 8cms, the outer oval cardboard case covered in coloured floral printed paper, the interior with clearly visible print '1762 Ball at Simpfon's', outer case, 8.7cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 4
Thimbles and thimble cases, comprising an English silver thimble and four continental silver examples, a Dreema engraved to frieze 'CP and EP 1912-1937', two Dorcas, sundry base metal thimbles, four leather thimble cases, a wooden egg form thimble case, a brass bucket form example for a chatelaine, and a mother of pearl and abalone shell thimble box, two pieces lacking, 3.7cms. (qty) From the collection of Enid Riley Part 4
A good Norwegian silver and enamel thimble by Askel Holmsen, the stone top over an enamel scene of a Sami in a sled pulled by a single reindeer in a snow set landscape, marked to interior apex '9255/pliers and compass mark/2', in original cardboard box 'R. Jwersen.... Bergen', together with a silver thimble. (2)
Seven silver thimbles, comprising an American example, the frieze with cottages either side of a bridge, unusual brass inset top, stamped 'Sterling', a French thimble in original cardboard box, a hallmarked thimble for 'The Secession of Hong Kong 1997', three American thimbles and a silver gilt example with floral enamel frieze. (7)
A mixed lot - sewing, comprising a pair of mother of pearl reels with silver end mounts, 2.7cms, two mother of pearl disc form waxers, a mother of pearl circular box with leaf decorated lid, 3.2cms dia., a similar vinaigrette with floral pierced centre, 3.6cms dia., a bone lucet, 8.2cms, a pair of scissors, and a bone cylinder tape measure with flower head mother of pearl top, reduced printed tape. (9) From a distinguished UK Private Collection
A mixed lot - sewing, comprising a cardboard needle and thimble case, 9.5cms, a wooden owl thimble case, a small gilt frame, an oval tin box containing bone shuttle, a gilt monocle, pin paper, three mother of pearl handled folding knives, one in the form of a leg and shoe, 5.5cms, a silver handled stiletto and a silver scissor sheath. (11)
A rare Tunbridge ware burr yew wood, inlaid and print decorated writing box incorporating a drawer fitted for artists materials and another for sewing with label for 'Dunnetts Toy and Tunbridge Ware Repository ......', the sloping top with oval colour print titled internally 'Telemachus Relating His Adventures To Calypso' within quartered yew panels and multiple borders. The lid interior in original pale pink paper over a tray fitted with two inkwells with silver plated tops, stamp slant and pen dish before a hinged writing surface in original tooled velvet, the lower section in conforming paper with oval printed label 'Dunnetts Toy and Tunbridge Ware Repository No 3 Cheapside, London'. The sides with brass carrying handles, one fitted with a compartmentalised drawer with ceramic pallet, glass bowl and trays for paint cakes and other accessories. The other drawer fitted for sewing with compartments for reels, thimble, tape, complete with needle book, leather tool board with knife and tweezer earspoon and white wood silk winders, 37 x 32 x 16cms max. From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
An early Tunbridge ware burr yew wood and print decorated sewing and writing box, attributed to George Wise, of rectangular form the lid with a cut corner rectangular colour print titled internally 'Nursing of Bacchus From The Painting by Angelica Kauffman', within a characteristic black and gold Wise border within an outer crossbanded and line edged border. Oval boxwood escutcheon, silver plated side carrying handles, the compartmentalised interior with tray, two box form pin cushions, multiple reel, pair of gold and silver cylinder drizzling boxes and a few other accessories. One end fitted with a drawer with cloth lined adjustable writing slope, provision for inkwells and a selection of later paints, 32 x 24.2 x 13cms. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
Victorian rosewood vanity box, the rectangular box bound with brass opening to reveal a velvet hinged interior panel to the lid, an assortment of silver plated containers and a Victorian silver cannister above another tier housing razors and another tier, the box fitted with a Bramah lock, 29cm wide
George VI silver presentation scroll box, London 1944, maker Mappin & Webb, the hinged lid engraved "This Box contains a Scroll presented to The Rt Hon Viscount Ullswater GCB on his 90th Birthday by 81 Peers who were his colleagues in the House of Commons during hi Speakership 1905-1921. 1st April 1945", the blue velvet lined interior containing a rolled scroll inscribed "To the Rt. Hon. Viscount Ullswater G.C.B. Dear Lord Ullswater, We hope that it may be a pleasure to you, in connection with your 90th birthday, to receive the heartfelt congratulations of the signatories who were members of the House of Commons under your Speakership, 1905-21, and are now your colleagues in "another place". We rejoice to think that you have now attained so venerable an age in health and strength, surrounded by the goodwill of very many friends and cheered by the memories of long service faithfully performed. We and many others, will always hold your name in high honour and affection for your dignified and kindly occupancy of the Chair of the most famous Assembly in the world." this paragraph above the signatures arranged in alphabetical order, together with a hand written letter on House of Lords headed notepaper indicating that the scroll contains David Lloyd George's "last autograph", 20cm wide, 6.5cm high, 10cm deepProvenanceThe Hon. William Lowther bought the Campsea Ashe High House Estate in 1883 and where the family lived until the death of his son James William Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons 1905-1921, 1st Viscount Ullswater, in 1949. Thence by descent.
Prince George, Duke of Kent interest, a silver cigarette box, the engine turned lid with central crowned crest centred with a capital G surround by the royal motto ""HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE", the engine turned lid interior with handwritten style engraving "John from George Canada July 28- September 14 1941", the John mentioned in the inscription is John Arthur Lowther (1910–1942) who was Private Secretary to Prince George, Duke of Kent and was killed in the same air crash as him in 1942, 14cm wide, 4.5cm high, 9cm deepProvenanceThe Hon. William Lowther bought the Campsea Ashe High House Estate in 1883 and where the family lived until the death of his son James William Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons 1905-1921, 1st Viscount Ullswater, in 1949. Thence by descent.
A sterling silver and 18ct gold 'spider cuff' bangle, by Tiffany & Co. Ltd,of torque form, with a raised spider webb design, and an applied 18ct gold spider. Signed Tiffany & Co. 925 750. Drawstring Tiffany pouch, no box or papers. Interior dimensions 58.00 x 40.42mm approximately, 38mm wide, 89.61g Condition ReportLight surface marks commensurate with its age. No damage.
A sterling silver and 18ct gold gemstone 'Etoile' ring, by Tiffany and Co. Ltd., c.2002,of graduated bombé form. Graduated cabochon gemstones, to include pink tourmaline, peridot and sapphires, rub set in gold collets, scattered across the head, to a plain shank. Signed and marked 925 and 750. Head 9.50mm wide, 16.11g. No box or papers.Finger size M½ LEBuying this second-hand gemstone ring could save up to 0.42 tonnes of CO2e compared to buying new.Condition ReportNoticeable scratches and marks.Abrasion to the peridot. Slightly less to the pink tourmaline.
A gentlemen's stainless steel Omega 'Constellation' chronometer quartz strap watch, c.1980,ref 1333, with a 34mm case. A circular silvered dial with raised silver and black batons and hands, with a centre second sweep and date aperture at 3.00. A brushed hexagonal bezel to a tonneau shaped case, with recessed observatory back. A black lizard strap, probably after market, with Omega buckle. This case has not been opened. No box or papers.Condition ReportNot running but as this is a quartz model it may require a new battery.Scratches and marks consistent with its age.Glass scratched. Dial showing deterioration.Winding claw worn at the centre.
A gentlemen's stainless steel Rolex 'Oyster Perpetual Air-King Precision' automatic bracelet watch 5500, c.1972, with a 34mm case. A silvered dial, silver and luminous batons, with a centre second sweep, with an Oyster link bracelet. Serial no. 3011209. Calibre no. 1520. Case no. 1002. Paperwork, no case or boxBuying this second-hand wristwatch could save up to 0.8 tonnes of CO2e compared to buying new.Condition ReportCurrently running although no guarantee as to time keeping or continued running.Scratches to the glass.Scratches to the bezel, case case and bracelet.Wear to the bracelet.The curved ends to the bracelet appear to dip at the edges of the case.Significant scratches to the bracelet and clasp.
A ladies' stainless steel Tudor 'Princess Oysterdate' automatic bracelet watch, c.1976,with a 25mm case. A blue dial, raised silver batons and hands, centre second sweep and date aperture at 3, with a stainless steel bracelet. Model no. 852999, serial no. 9240/0, Steelinox bracelet. Tudor case and papers, no outer boxBuying this second-hand wristwatch could save up to 0.8 tonnes of CO2e compared to buying new.Condition ReportWinds and ticking although no guarantee as to continued running.Hands adjust correctly.Crown screws back into place.Glass scratched.Bezel, case and bracelet scratched.Movement to the links of the bracelet.Case dirty.Clasp scratched and scuffed but closes well.
A ladies' 18ct white gold diamond set Rolex 'Cellini' mechanical bracelet watch, c.1960,a 22mm square case with a silvered dial, raised silver batons and hands. A row of eight cut diamonds, all four claw set to the bezel, to an integral Milanese bracelet, with a concealed clasp and a side lock. Import hallmark London 1969. Case signed Montres Rolex S.A. no. 527 and 52, calibre no. 1600. 176mm long, 55.01g. No box or papersBuying this second-hand wristwatch could save up to 0.8 tonnes of CO2e compared to buying new.Condition ReportWinds and ticking but no guarantee as to time keeping or continued running.Hands adjust and move correctly.Glass scratched.Dust, fluff, etc. to the dial.Distortion to the bracelet at the clasp end.
Malcolm Appleby: The Trafalgar Medal, irregular shape being the outline of Nelson in a bicorn hat, the obverse engraved with HMS Victory in full sale, the reverse with the Battle of Trafalgar 'Together in Mortal Combat', hallmarked, signed Malcolm Appleby and marked SCM to the lower edge for Sim Comfort Associates who commissioned the medal for the Trafalgar bicentennial. In Sim Comfort Associates box of issue, number 51 from an edition of 500. With a copy of the article discussing the commissioning of the medal in The Medal, No.49, 2006 pp59-67. Malcolm Appleby was awarded the Gold Award for engraving and Silver award for modelling for this medal by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 2006. *CR: As issued. *BP 22.5% (18.75% plus VAT) plus a lot fee of £8 inc. VAT on each lot.
A Waterford Farming Society medal awarded for Yearling Heffer, 2nd Prize, 1857, in R. Heaton and Sons case of issue. An engraved silver plaque 'Sam Chestnut Horse Buried Dec 31st 1859', 5.7cm (unmarked. A large bronze Chester Society of Natural Science Memorial Prize, 1884 Presented to Alfred Osten Walker, 6cm. A silver gilt N.E.H.S. award engraved 'Awarded to C. Engelman Ltd for Collection of Carnations 1928', hallmarked for Birmingham 1924, In a Fattorini case of issue. A British Goat Society bronze award engraved to the reverse 'Awarded to Mrs D.A.Hayes for best exhibit at Hockley Show, 1932, 5.2cm, in J.A. Restall case of issue. And a National Horse Association of Great Britain silver award for the best shod horse, Char Valley 1939, 4.5cm in Mappin and Webb case of issue. 5 medals. *CR: Mixed condition, Waterford medal box distressed. *BP 22.5% (18.75% plus VAT) plus a lot fee of £8 inc. VAT on each lot.
A British six shot 'pepperbox' percussion revolver, fluted cylinder 3 in., London Company proof marks, scroll engraved frame with retailer's details 'J. PRATT, PRINCES STREET, EDINBURGH', bar hammer engraved with chevrons and a star, sliding safety bar, chequered grip with vacant silver escutcheon, engraved steel butt trap; in a fitted case with combined bullet mould/loading rod, pistol powder flask, ebony wad box, and nipple key, Pratt trade label to lid - possibly later.
Silver Arts & Crafts design silver drum shaped two handled box and cover. The dome cover with fluted finial, the body decorated with repousse bullions and egg and dart bands. London hallmarks for 1909 inscriped 'J Henry Watherston, 42 Old Bond Street' to the base, makers marks rubbed. 16 troy ozs approx, 14cm diameter, 10cm high approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Some dinks and dents in places, but overall good. Hallmarks good, makers mark rubbed. the lid fits wee and is quite tight.
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