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Lot 3012

Islamic Coins, Arab Sasanian, ‘Abd Allah b. Amir (80h), silver drachm, SISTAN 80h, wt. 3.94gms. (SICA p.31), cleaned, brilliant extremely fine

Lot 3152

Foreign Coins and Medals, Malta, John de la Vallette (1557-1568), silver 2 tari, undated, arms of the Grand Master quartered with those of the Order, rev. head of St. John on a charger with base, wt. 5.76gms. (RS.83), surface scratches on obverse and reverse, toned, very fine and rare *ex Restelli Collection, NAC Zurich Auction 58, April 2011, lot 95 ex Carlo Crippa, Milan 1960s

Lot 3089

British Coins and Medals, Victoria, proof crown in pure silver, 1847, edge plain, ‘Gothic’ bust l., rev. crowned cruciform shields (S.3883; ESC.291A [R6]; Bull 2580), nearly as struck, a brilliant Proof with reflective surfaces showing scattered abrasions but almost none touching the portrait, with a blush of delicate pinkish gold toning Very little is known or has been recorded about this unusual piece, struck not in the standard silver alloy but in nearly pure silver, which surely accounts for the noted abrasions in a softer metal than was the norm: doubtless mistaken over the years for the usual Gothic issue, and consequently not well handled when being examined. In English Silver Coinage, Alan Rayner simply noted that it was made for presentation purposes, giving no other detail. But was it really? Was it more likely a trial striking made to test the alloy? The rarity rating of R6 suggests that only 3 or 4 pieces are known. If this was in fact made for VIPs, wouldn’t there be more? If a trial piece, that sounds about right. Lacking documents, we will likely never know for certain. Of course, the crown preceded the Gothic-style florin, first struck in 1851, bearing the obverse legend of the crown but with the date not moved to the reverse, as on the crown. And here we encounter a curious controversy that may, possibly, have begun with the legend used on the crown, where the national name in Latin is abbreviated just slightly, so as to fit the space. On the florin, this was further abbreviated to just ‘brit’ for 1851, then changed to ‘britt’ beginning in 1868. Again, space did not permit the name in full. But the first abbreviation used on the florin was technically incorrect, as C. E. Challis points out (A New History of the Royal Mint, page 511): ‘Wyon had had to proceed under the watchful supervision of the queen and the prince consort, and visits to Osborne and Buckingham Palace had been necessary before the queen gave her approval. On one point there was later public controversy: the doubling of the T of BRITT in the inscription on the obverse. Here the classical scholarship of the chancellor himself had saved the Mint from error, but lesser minds failed to understand the application of the Latin rule that the final consonant of an abbreviation should be doubled when necessary to indicate the plural.’ Victoria’s bronzes first struck in 1860 all use the proper BRITT abbreviation. The two versions appear only within the Gothic florin series, and the legends are perfectly proportional on the Gothic crowns, but at some time beginning in the late 1840s the ‘controversy’ briefly occurred. Was young Victoria part of it? Was Prince Albert? Both provided ‘watchful supervision’, Challis declared. Was this ‘pure silver’ Gothic crown one of the VIP pieces shown to the royal couple? Was it a trial piece specially minted in pure silver for their inspection? Could it be that Victoria herself held this very coin, upon which her approval rested? After all, she was the ultimate VIP.

Lot 3060

British Coins and Medals, George III, pattern crown in silver, 1817, by William Wyon, the ‘Incorrupta’, draped laur. head r., date below, rev. crowned shield of arms, with Latin legend INCORRUPTA FIDES VERITASQUE (‘An Untarnished Faith’) surrounding, edge plain (ESC.229 [R4]; Bull 2029; L&S.159), certified and graded by PCGS as Proof 65, evenly toned in shades of russet grey, a couple of ancient shallow nicks on the king’s cheek, otherwise close to FDC, very rare and a classic British crown Named for the first word of the legend on its reverse, which features an unusually bold and crisp image of the royal shield, this is one of a pair of classic patterns conceived and engraved by William Wyon, who at the time was an under-engraver at the Royal Mint. Linecar and Stone comment rightfully that the large shield of arms occupying the centre of the reverse of this coin bears more than a little resemblance to the shield engraved in the middle of the seventeenth century by Thomas Simon. It also broke the tradition of a cruciform royal crest seen during much of the previous two centuries on crowns. Wyon’s portrait of the aged king was also an extraordinary feat of engraving. It differs from his portrait engraved for the Three Graces crown, which is simpler and sharper looking, but here we see King George perhaps a bit more lifelike and wearing an elegant drape around his neck. Curiously, while the lengthy obverse legend fits perfectly around the portrait on the Three Graces coin, here it seems a bit ‘busy’ and, as Linecar and Stone point out, it ends buried in the king’s drapery: this is unusual, they describe, ‘bearing in mind the mathematical accuracy of the designs of William Wyon which set a standard rarely equalled before or since his time’. But the design was not accepted, and in the following year, 1818, a simpler and more compact portrait was mated with Pistrucci’s St. George motif, to produce 5-shilling coins for commerce. The issued coin appeared for a scant three years, when the king suffered most from his mental imbalance; he passed away probably never having seen examples of his ‘New Coinage’ and surely never having laid eyes upon any of Wyon’s majestic patterns. *ex F Willis, Glendidning 7/10.1991, Lot 465 Dr. Rees Jones, Spnk 19/11/1996, Lot 200

Lot 3007

Islamic Coins, Arab Sasanian, ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Ali (c. late 60hs) silver drachm, SK = Sijistan, 66h (frozen date), wt. 2.73gms. (A.26N), cleaned, brilliant extremely fine *ex Baldwin’s Islamic Coin Auction 27, lot 4

Lot 3135

Foreign Coins and Medals, Egypt, The Opening of the Suez Canal, large silver medal of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, 1869, by Louis-Oscar Roty (1846–1911), draped figures of Labour offering a jar to the seated Commerce who holds aloft a torch, distant aerial panorama of the canal beyond, rev. legends, named cartouche on oak spray: THOMAS SUTHERLAND MP ADMINISTRATEUR, Sphinx and pyramid below, 60mm., extremely fine with rich grey tone *ex Glendinings, 26 March 1942, lot 157 ex Baldwin’s vault Sir Thomas Sutherland (1834-1922) was MP for Greenock between 1884 and 1890, thus dating the medal to those years. He started working for P & O SNCo in 1852 at the age of 18 and was sent East in 1854 to Bombay. He soon moved on to Hong Kong and by the time he was 26 years of age he had become superintendent of P & O’s Japan and China agencies, and had been appointed a member of the Hong Kong legislative assembly. It was whilst he was P & O’s Agent that, in 1864-65, he formed the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank [HSBC] - the first bank in China. He served as a director on its provisional board, then deputy chairman. He was recalled to London in 1866, where he worked his way up in P & O and was appointed Chairman in 1880, retiring in 1915. As a member of parliament he played a key part in the development of the Suez Canal. His discussions led to the ‘London programme’, which ‘conceded the main demands of the shipowners: a British committee based in London to deal with canal problems’ and ‘seven British directors selected from the shipping and mercantile communities’. He was appointed a director of the Suez Canal Company and in 1903 became one of three vice-presidents. He was created a KCMG in 1891 and a GCMG in 1897, and became a knight of the Order of St John and a member of the Légion d’Honneur. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the City of London, and the University of Aberdeen honoured him with an LLD in 1892.

Lot 3010

Islamic Coins, Arab Sasanian, al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra (c. 75-79h), silver drachm, GRM= Kirman, 78h, wt. 3.88gms. (SICA 1 no, 304; A.31), cleaned, brilliant extremely fine

Lot 3109

Irish Coins, Ireland, George II, proof farthing, 1737, struck in silver, laureate bust l., reads GEORGIUS, rev. crowned harp, date below (S.6608; D&F.559), a hint of double-striking on reverse with ghosted numerals to date, good extremely fine, steel grey tone, extremely rare With old dealer’s ticket.

Lot 3107

Irish Coins, Ireland, James II, Civil War Coinage, ‘gunmoney’ silver proof shilling, May 1690, laur. bust l., rev. crown on crossed sceptres (S.6582DDD), good very fine and extremely rare

Lot 4

A PAIR OF GRAHAM RUTTLE COFFEE CUPS AND SAUCERS, a wedgwood lifestyle silver plated corkscrew and bottle stopper, various ornaments, plates, oval photo frame etc. (a lot)

Lot 123

A PAIR OF SILVER-PLATED HELMET-SHAPED SAUCE BOATS, each with scroll handle and three pad feet; another small plated gravy boat; a pair of serpentine shaped oval silver plated entree dishes, covers and handles; a rectangular silver plated entree dish cover and handle; and another oval ditto with bead edge. (7)

Lot 160

A CUT CRYSTAL URN AND COVER, on stem base, with vase shaped finial, 13.5" (34cm)h; together with a circular silver plated salver and eleven silver plated forks. (13)

Lot 243

A 19TH CENTURY LONG CASE CLOCK FACE, the arched dial with moon phases and shipping scenes, above circular dial with Roman numerals, painted with castles and large houses to the spandrels; another similar by Armstrong of Manchester, with silver moon phases to the arch and river landscapes, Roman numerals, subsidiary dial for seconds and date aperture, both 20in (51cm)h x 14in (34cm)w. (1)

Lot 341

AN 19TH CENTURY ADAMS STYLE SILVER PLATED CANDLE STICK, various silver plated plates, assorted glass including a Nailsly ruby glass flask. (a lot)

Lot 111

A PAIR OF SILVER PLATED BALUSTER SHAPED, SPIRAL REEDED TABLE CANDLESTICKS, each 11.25" (28.5cm) high; together with a plated punch bowl with stag-head handles; a cased pair of silver plated fish servers with ornate handles and pierced blade and prongs; and a rectangular two-handled silver-plate and monogrammed tray, 20" (51cm) wide. (6)

Lot 161

THREE SIMILAR TWO BRANCH THREE LIGHT SILVER PLATED CANDELABRA. (3)

Lot 326

Parcel of mixed silver items including a twin handled sugar basin, napkin rings, spoons etc

Lot 325

Cased set of six silver tea knives together with a cased silver spoon and tong set

Lot 293

Silver charm bracelet and charms

Lot 313

Parcel of silver charm bracelets

Lot 310

Parcel of mixed silver items including dressing table containers with silver contents, pin dishes etc

Lot 324

Cased Birmingham silver twin handled cruet set

Lot 131

Polished wood biscuit barrel, sterling silver collared glass decanter etc

Lot 274

Vanity case and collectable contents including white metal and silver items, Continental watch case, vestas, watches etc

Lot 116

Silver Crest kitchen food mixer and sundry good kitchen equipment

Lot 315

Silver footed bowl with London hallmark, 7.9 troy ozs

Lot 312

Twin handled Birmingham silver trophy cup, 9.24 troy ozs

Lot 74

Six various silver teaspoons and Georgian spoon a/f (7) 146g

Lot 78

A silver card case and a silver sovereign case, 41g

Lot 176

A Francis Powell silver gilt embossed lidded glass dressing table pot and a cut glass bottle with silver lid (2)

Lot 20

A pair of William Comyns and Sons silver pierced bon-bon dishes, wavy form rim, marked London 1892, 11.5cm diameter, 175g

Lot 2

A Josiah Williams & Co. silver engraved trophy for "The Jeffries Cup", bat wing and acanthus leaf twin handles, turned finial, Sheffield 1914, 679g, 31cm tall

Lot 31

An Asprey silver sandwich box (Birmingham 1922)m 14.2cm x 13.2cm x 4cm, 545g

Lot 98

A set of five James Deakin & Sons silver teaspoons, Sheffield 1908, 67g

Lot 71

A pair of Isaac Solomon silver serving spoons monogrammed handles, Dublin 1758, 141g

Lot 51

A Hester Bateman silver caddy spoon shell bowl, brightcut detail to handle, London 1789, 8g

Lot 87

Three Victorian silver dishes with pierced detail including pen tray, 144g

Lot 167

A Thomas Streetin silver collared glug glug decanter with stopper, London 1891

Lot 141

A Barker Brothers silver sauce boat with wrythen edge, acanthus scroll handle, shell form feet crested Chester 1913, 269g

Lot 14

A William Neale & Son Ltd. silver snuff/tobacco box, monogrammed P.M.W., Birmingham 1929, 9cm long, 82g

Lot 45

A pair of silver US dollar coin dishes, 10cm diameter, 98g

Lot 179

An Ackroyd Rhodes, Manoah Rhodes & Sons Ltd., three piece silver teaset, simplistic design, ebonised knop and handle, London 1908 & 1909, 700g

Lot 156

A pair of Birmingham silver gents hair brushes dated 1928, monogrammed

Lot 153

A set of six Hammond, Creake & Co. silver seal top coffee spoons, cased, Sheffield 1923, 73g

Lot 511

A box of miscellaneous including a pink glass dressing table set, brass travel inkwell, silver plated tankard etc.

Lot 69

A Birmingham Turner & Simpson silver book mark with London crest and Birmingham silver letter opener by J.B. Chatterley & Sons, 1956 and fork (3), 60g

Lot 108

A Roberts & Belk silver three piece tea set with treen finial and handle, Sheffield 1938, 886g

Lot 164

A pair of William Hutton & Sons Ltd silver napkin rings in fitted case, Birmingham 1918, 60g and another cased pair

Lot 242

Cased proof set of 1969 New Zealand Cook commemorative coin issue including silver dollar

Lot 120

A J H Worrall, Son and Co Ltd, silver half body scent bottle cut glass lower half, Birmingham 1910 lid a/f

Lot 152

A Viners Ltd set of silver grapefruit spoons, Sheffield 1950 cased, 181g

Lot 37

A silver weighted capstan ink well, Birmingham, 1908 (dented)

Lot 40

A silver bon-bon dish, lattice form, Birmingham marks rubbed, 37g

Lot 36

A silver stirrup cup Tessiers Ltd., London, 1966, 108g

Lot 47

A Lady's silver compact, Birmingham 1939, deco form, 6.5cm diameter

Lot 126

A silver twin handled dish on ball and claw feet, Birmingham 1910, 141g

Lot 122

A pair of silver candlesticks dated Birmingham 1906 with weighted bases, 15cm tall

Lot 216

A quantity of plated ware including toast racks, mustard, berry spoons, over head swing handle baskets, silver spoon etc

Lot 166

A pair of Tapio Wirkkala Finnish silver candlesticks, 328g

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