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Click here to subscribeA brass pocket snuff box, in the form of a book, 6cm high, a brass oval tobacco or snuff box inscribed Fred May Bromham 1904, 7cm wide, a white metal filigree box, 10cm wide, a cast metal vesta case as a Turk holding a gun, 8cm high, a silver plated vesta case, 5cm high, a porcelain pipe tamper as a lady's leg, 6cm high, together with a horn decanter label inscribed "Sherry". (7)
An Edwardian oak three-bottle Tantalus, with silver-plated nickel mounts and side carrying handles, the three square section spirit decanters enclosed behind a pair of hinged lids with inset carved panels opening to reveal a fitted interior partially stocked with three drinking glasses and release button for a single base drawer fitted with various compartments and lift-out cribbage scoreboard, 36cm wide, 33cm high.
An early 20th century oak desk stand, of stepped oblong form with silver plated mounts and carrying handle, the top with two wrythen fluted clear glass ink wells and pen tray on a single drawer base 29cm wide, together with a set of oak and brass postal scales inscribed Parkins and Grotto, 24 and 25 Oxford Street with chased pans and nest of three brass weights to the serpentine base, 21cm wide. (2)
A George III silver two handled sugar bowl, by Joseph Angell, London 1816, of oval form with half fluted decoration, gadrooned border, leaf capped handles, raised on four paw feet, gilt interior, length 20.5 cm, weight 9.5 oz, monogrammed with coronet. Monogram of Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1826 -1914).
A French silver part canteen of cutlery, by P.D.R, Minerva 950 standard, circa late 19th century, of plain form with a reeded border, comprising sixteen table spoons, six dessert spoons, six tea spoons, nine table forks, six dessert forks, nine table knives, six dessert knives (both with replacement Walker & Hall blades), monogrammed to one side and initialled the other, weight of weighable silver 84 oz. Monogram of Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1826 -1914). Edmund was the son of 5th Prince Gustavus Batthyany-Strattmann, a wealthy and landed Hungarian nobleman whose passion was race horses, winning the Derby in 1875. Edmund was a competitive yachtsman with "Flying Cloud" and he and his unmarried younger brother Gustavus were the last in the male line of Count Ludwig Batthyany (1696-1765). He had a stud near Driffield and employed John Woodcock to manage it; by descent from the Woodcock family.
An Edwardian silver presentation salver, London 1907, of circular form with a Chippendale border, raised on three scroll feet, diameter 25 cm, weight 20 oz. "R. C. Lowish, from Followers of , Lord Yarborough's Hounds, season 1907 -1908". The Brocklesby Estate is owned by the Pelham family who came to Lincolnshire in 1565 and the Estate is now owned by the Eighth Earl of Yarborough.
Of East Yorkshire Regimental history: An Edwardian silver presentation salver, by Henry Wilkinson, Sheffield 1903, of circular form with a shell and scroll border, raised on three scroll feet, diameter 33 cm, weight 28 oz. "2nd Vol. Battn. E. York Regt., presented to, Captain Mortimer, on the occasion of, his marriage, by past & present, Officers of the Battalion, 7th June 1904". James Mortimer enlisted as a private in 1888, rising through the ranks to be a Captain who lead a company of Driffield men in 1900 during the Boar War. He married Dora Woodcock in 1904. In 1915 he was promoted to commander of the 5th Yorkshire Regiment as a Lt Colonel and fell on the 15th September 1916 on the Somme with his brother in law Captain Frank Woodcock. A plaque was raised by their wives to commemorate them on the Sledmere Cross, which Sir Tatton Sykes had converted as a lasting memorial of the men who fell in the 5th Yorkshire's during the Great War. The September battle of the Somme is remembered as the first instance of a tank being used in action. There were an estimated 1 million causalities, on both sides, during the July - November 1916 Battle of the Somme.
A George III silver vinaigrette, by William Sumner, duty mark, makers mark, lion passant to lid and makers mark to the body, of rectangular form with shell and scroll cast border and engine turned decoration, opening to reveal a gilt pierced grill, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, initialled.
A William & Mary silver tankard, by Jonathan Madden, London probably 1698, of slight tapering form with reeded neck and S scroll handle, original ornate floral cartouche with later applied monogrammed panel, height 12 cm, weight 10 oz. Monogram of Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (1826 -1914).
A George II cast silver pair of candlesticks, by John Jacob, London 1755, each on stepped square base with shell-cast corners, with spiral-twisted stems and spool-shaped socket, with detachable nozzle, the base and nozzle, marked underneath, on socket and nozzle, height 25 cm, weight 44 oz. See Christies, lot 413, 16 November 2017 for a similar pair. Jacobs was a Huguenot silversmith who first entered his mark on the 3rd May 1734 at Hemings Row, near St. Martin's Lane, his second mark (this one) was entered on the 20th June 1739 and he moved to Spur Street, Leicester Fields on the 7th July 1760. He made mainly roccoco candlesticks and hollow-ware.
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