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A GEORGE IV SILVER SNUFF BOX, LEADSAM AND VALE, BIRMINGHAM, 1824 Rectangular, the hinged engraved cover centred by a cartouche inscribed ‘Mr John Bunten’, gilt interior, the interior of the cover inscribed ‘A tribute of respect from the subscribers to the fund for behoof of the Kilmarnock Operatives 1826-7’, engraved body7,5cm wide, 69g
A GEORGE III SILVER AND CUT-GLASS CRUET SET, ROBERT GREY AND SON, EDINBURGH, 1818 The circular frame with a reeded band raised on King’s pattern supports, gadrooned base on scrolling foliate feet, the central carrying handle modelled as griffins, fitted with four vinegar bottles and stoppers, a salt and pepper shaker, a sugar caster and a mustard bottle, all silver mounted27,5cm high, 825g all in (9)PROVENANCEThe Clayton Holliday CollectionSold: Stephan Welz & Co October 2019, lot 373 (9)
A GEORGE V SILVER CIGARETTE BOX, MAKER'S MARK S.P.O., LONDON, 1935 Rectangular, the hinged cover and body with engine turned decoration, cedar lined interior compartments, the interior of the cover engraved ‘To Bobby with love from Heather 6.7.37’5cm high, 20,5cm wide, 9cm deep 700g all in
BRONZE CEREMONIAL VESSEL, CAMEROON A large fish with its mouth wide open held aloft by a half figure of a man cut off at the waist; details appear in the scales of the fish, the linear qualities of the fin tail and around the wide mouth, and the features of the human face, the two rest on a small oval base with open ends and curled sides which acts as a base to steady the sculpture but could also suggest a boat with a fisherman bringing home a fantastic catch, brass/bronze cast using the lost wax technique 1.42 kg, 31cm high PROVENANCEClayton Holliday CollectionFor the Stephan Welz & Co October 2019 auction, Clayton Holliday provided a biography “In his own words” for the catalogue as Stephan Welz & Co was auctioning his silver. For this sale we are concerned with a few of his African art pieces. As a trained archaeologist with a Fine Arts degree and 17 years of museum experience, in the Mandela Bay Museum (then George VI), Holliday understood the importance of collecting data and hence provided detailed provenances and dates for the pieces, recordings he knew were essential for both present and future histories, he knew too that memory is fallible, so he wrote the relevant facts on small labels which he attached to each piece. Many were acquired in the late 50s when he was working in Zambia, while it was still Northern Rhodesia and predates the independence Zambia in 1964. For one piece he provided more in curled sheets of paper rolled into the body of the bronze Ceremonial Vessel (Lot 422). It was not acquired in the field but at an antique market in 2016 and lacked collecting or any other data so Holliday set out to find out the object’s identity, place of origin, date and possible meaning. The previous owner had cleaned it with Brasso and removed the patina so there was little to be learnt from the surface. Initially Holliday thought the vessel was Asante from Ghana as “cast and decorated examples come from the region and were made in the lost wax technique. The fish motive is used in gold weights and a fish balancing on the head is also well known … I believe it was used as a ritual drinking vessel.” A colleague, Basil Brady, then sent photographs and texts to three individuals who were experienced in bronzes from Africa. One replied that it came from Cameroun and that it is very old. In May 2017 Moustapha (from Cameroun) examined the bronze carefully and concluded that “this brass vase came from west Cameroun next to Ngombe Tikar (Baukine District), from the Merima a small tribe, who used the vase during the initiation of the new in the tribe to grant the king Meriam more power and good luck. It is very old”.
Three boxes of assorted china, glassware and other items, to include: set of eight clear and frosted glasses, crystal glass lamp, dessert bowls, Royal Albert Paragon Kensington part-tea service, Old Willow pattern lidded dishes, Jasperware, mirror, silver dressing set, one other dressing set, wooden box and clocks, together with two pictures and two framed decorative floral tiles.
A small quantity of hallmarked silver items, comprising: silver collared decanter, another vessel with silver game bird stopper, two small dishes, one with pierced decorated and a vesta case, various dates and makers, together with two EPNS shell design dishes.
A collection of coinage and medals, to include: silver Aston Villa Works Association medal 1912 and one other, similar, King George specimen coin set 1948, WWII Defence, 1939/45 medals and ribbons and a small quantity of loose coinage, some pre-war.
A mixed collection of silver, to include a toast rack, hallmarked Sheffield, H.8 W.7.5; a silver hand mirror with broken glass; a silver clad brush; a pierced silver mustard and salt decorated with birds in a forest and having blue glass liners; a silver coin dish; a silver salt without liner; together with two silver plated napkin rings (qty)
A Victorian silver box, repousse decorated with a Classical scene of satyrs and figures and repeating floral motifs, Chester 1899, makers mark rubbed, H.2.5 W.12.3 D.5cm, together with a Danish silver comb cover (no comb), decorated with figures in courtyard scene, H.1.4 L.13cm, total weight approx 4.5 troy oz (2), some holes to box
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