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Click here to subscribeA GEORGE I SILVER CRUET STAND, LEWIS CUNY, LONDON, 1716 with octagonal frames for two bottles and tops and for a small caster, with scroll supports between and handle, Britannia standard, the probably later 18th century glass bottles with contemporary silver tops (unmarked), the baluster octagonal silver caster (London, 1727) with badly struck maker's, town, date, and lion passant marks to body only 17.5cm long, 839gr (27oz)
A GEORGE V SUGAR CASTER, WILLIAM COMYNS & SONS LTD, LONDON, 1927 in late 17th century style, lobed borders, bayonet cover, 19.2cm high; together with three silver milk or cream jugs: the first helmet-shaped, later engraved, Godbehere & Wigan, London, 1798, 12cm high; the second, baluster, chased with flowers and foliage, John Muns, London, 1765, 9.3cm high; the third oval, Ollivant & Botsford Ltd, Sheffield, 1906, 6.5cm high 526gr (16oz 18dwt) (4)
A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT COFFEE SPOONS AND A PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS, ELKINGTON & CO. LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1889 each struck with a figure in historical costume and foliage, the terminals engraved with the initials LW in monogram, Patent Office Design Registry No.105810 for 1888 217gr (6oz), excluding fitted case with Elkington's label as retailers
ROYAL: A SCOTTISH SILVER PRIZE BOWL, HAMILTON & INCHES, EDINBURGH, 1961 the otherwise plain body engraved with the royal arms, the arms of the Royal Company of Archers and an inscription, 20.2cm. diameter, together with the following related items: a copy of Ian Hay's The Royal Company of Archers 1676-1951, Edinburgh and London, 1951; a pamphlet, The Queen's Body Guard for Scotland Royal Company of Archers, List of Members, 1980; a photograph by E.R. Yerbury & Son, circa 1963, of Colonel A.D. Vickers, the recipient of the above bowl; and a scrap book containing photographs, letters, Press cuttings and other related ephemera of the Royal Company of Archers, 1951-1966, including photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family; also an inscribed silver quaich, 'Presented to Mr. & Mrs. Angus Douglas Vickers on the occasion of their marriage by the Tenants of Tulloch & Brae Moor Estates 1937,' maker's mark G&C, Birmingham, 1933, 21cm over handles (6) 736gr (23oz 13dwt), excluding ebonized wood plinth for the first The inscription on the first reads: 'Queen's Body Guard for Scotland / Royal Company of Archers / The Queen's Prize / 1963 / presented by / Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II / to the winner / Colonel a.D. Vickers, T.D., D.L. / at Holyrood House / on 2nd July 1963' Angus Douglas Vickers of Tulloch Castle, Dingwall and Phyllis Maud, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Norton Francis were married in the bride's native city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
SIX SILVER TABLESPOONS, LONDON, 1726-1801 comprising five Hanoverian pattern including two rat-tail and another with laceback bowl, some engraved with initials and dates (1764 and 1769), bottom marked, 1726 to circa 1765, and one Old English pattern, maker's mark badly struck, 1801 328gr (10oz 10dwt)
A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER BON-BON DISHES, WHITING MFG. CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1900 die-stamped and pierced, oval, the centres engraved with the initials EBD, 16.8cm; together with two American silver bowls, plain circular, 20th century, 12.2 and 16.6cm diameter, the larger stamped 'P. REVERE PATTERN' 720gr (23oz) (4)
A GEORGE III SILVER GRAVY SPOON, MARY & ELIZABETH SUMNER, LONDON, 1789 Old English pattern, later initialled; together with a pair of silver sauce ladles, Old English pattern, later initialled, Richard Crossley, London, 1812; and a silver marrow scoop, crested, maker's mark badly struck, London, 1790 250gr (8oz) (4)
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE SILVER, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY, Bright-cut pattern: two tablespoons, one Eley & Pierrepont, 1777, the other George Wintle, 1804, both London, and a teaspoon and a pair of Irish salt spoons; single struck King's pattern: a dessert spoon and three mustard spoons; and Old English pattern: a dessert spoon and four teaspoons 324gr (10oz 8dwt) (14)
A GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISH, WILLIAM BENNETT, LONDON, 1807 shaped oval, the border engraved with a coat-of-arms, motto and crest below the applied gadroon rim 40.7cm wide, 1251gr (40oz) The arms are those of Farrer quartering Loxham with a label of difference for Oliver Farrer of the law firm, Farrer & Co., whose obituary was published in The Gentleman's Magazine, London, in March 1866 (p. 435): 'Jan. 1. At 66, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in the 80th year of his age, Oliver Farrer, Esq., of Ingleborough, Yorkshire. 'The deceased was the second son of the late James Farrer, Esq., who died in 1820, by Frances, daughter of William Loxham, Esq., and uncle of James Farrer, Esq., late M.P. for South Durham. He was born at Manchester in the year 1786, received an early education at a private school, and subsequently entered Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1806, and proceeded M.A. in 1809. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1812, and was a magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and also a magistrate for the counties of Westmoreland and Lancaster. He was co-proprietor of the estate of Ingleborough, with his brother, the late J.W. Farrer, Esq., and was a director in the Law Life Assurance Society, the Provincial Bank of Ireland, and several other long-established joint-stock banks in the city of London, and always took an active part in the management of their affairs. He died unmarried, and was interred in the family vault in Clapham churchyard, Yorkshire.' A silver soup tureen and cover, Richard Sibley, London, 1833, engraved with the same coat-of-arms, crest and motto is in the Farrer Collection. This celebrated group of antique silver was bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 1946 from the estate of William Francis Farrer (1858-1924), formerly a partner in the law firm of Farrer & Co., solicitors to the royal family, of which his father, Sir William James Farrer (1822-1911) had been chief partner.
A GILT BRASS INCENSE BURNER, ENGLAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY turned brass, in the form of an Mughal rosewater sprinkler, in six sections joined by screw attachments, incised and gilded with dense floral design in the style of Bhuj silver, the underside and top finial pierced 29cm high This rosewater sprinkler accurately reproduces the proportions and decorative detail of the celebrated silver work of Oomersi Mawji of Bhuj, Cutch. The construction and the fact that it is made of turned brass however suggest that it is of European and, most likely, British manufacture. Elkington and Co. is the best known British firm producing replicas of Indian silver at this time and the Cutch style was particularly popular. For a near identical example previously sold in these rooms, see 10 April 2014, lot 127
A COLLECTION OF NEW YORK YACHT CLUB BROOCHES AND PAIR OF EARRINGS comprising: 9 carat and enamel signal flag brooch spelling 'Betty', Benzie, Cowes, hallmarked London; a silver gilt and enamel anchor brooch for the New York Yacht Club, Tiffany & Co; a gold and enamel triangular swallow tailed burgee brooch, Benzie, Cowes; a pair of gold and enamel earrings each depicting a burgee of pennant and swallow tail shape respectively; two other enamel brooches (7)
AN ELIZABETH I SILVER SEAL-TOP SPOON, WILLIAM CAWDELL, LONDON, 1598 the terminal engraved with the initials IL 17cm long Provenance: The Collection of Charles Chichele Oman (1901-1982), author and Keeper of the Department of Metalwork at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Acquired from Biggs of Maidenhead, as per tie-on label.
A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND MILK JUG SET, PAUL STORR FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, LONDON, 1814 oblong, each body and short pedestal foot with a band of lobes, engraved above with the initials WO below the Ogilvy crest, applied with shell interrupted gadroon rims, leaf-capped reeded scroll handles and gilt interiors, stamped No.284 milk jug 21cm wide, 803gr (25oz 16dwt) Provenance: The Earls of Airlie, by descent. The intials and crest are for Walter Ogilvy, de jure 8th Earl of Airlie (1733-1819).
A GEORGE III SILVER CREAM JUG, THOMAS HAYTER, LONDON, 1805 helmet-shaped, bright-cut, reeded handle, 9cm high; together with a silver mustard pot, engraved and crested cylindrical, C.T. & G. Fox, London, 1837, 7.5cm high, and a crested silver Fiddle pattern mustard spoon, Mary Chawner, London, 1837; a small silver teapot, oblong, fibre handle and knop, William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London, 1910, 10.7cm high; and a small silver rose bowl, lobed circular, Fenton Brothers Ltd, Sheffield, 1900, 14.3cm diameter 738gr (23oz 14dwt) all in, excluding blue glass liner for the mustard pot (5)
A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN SILVER CASTERS, NATHAN & HAYES OF BIRMINGHAM, CHESTER 1904 in early 18th century style, baluster, each with a band of fluting below the applied girdle, each bayonet fitting cover engraved and pierced with scrolls below the girdle and diaper above, with girdled ball finials 20.5cm high, 612gr (19oz 13dwt)
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS, George Ashforth & Co., Sheffield, 1781 the square bases stamped with tassel-hung drapery swags rising to columnar stems with a band of ribs below further drapery and capital sconces, complete with detachable nozzles, beaded borders throughout 29cm high, loaded
A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER VASES, CIRCA 1890 each chased with four large flowerhead roundels between a variety of lobed and formal foliate borders, French boar's head mark, apparently no maker's mark, Russian import mark for St. Petersburg 1882-1898 22cm high, 1012gr (32oz 10 dwt)
A SET OF TWELVE RUSSIAN PARCEL-GILT-SILVER AND NIELLO TEASPOONS, VASSILY SEMENOV (OR SEMYONOV), MOSCOW, 1862 AND CIRCA, RETAILED BY SAZIKOV the bowl backs decorated with vacant scroll cartouches surrounded by an exuberance of flowers and foliage, in fitted oak case (damaged) with printed Sazikov label 13cm long, 358gr (11oz 10dwt)
A SCOTTISH SILVER GRAVY SPOON, MAKER'S MARK BADLY STRUCK, EDINBURGH, 1797 Beaded pattern, engraved with a crest; together with a Scottish silver desert spoon, Hanoverian pattern, Daniel Ker, Edinburgh, 1758; and a Scottish silver toddy ladle, later monogrammed, Francis Howden, Edinburgh, circa 1800 158gr (5oz) (3)
THREE SILVER BOXES, INDIA AND SRI LANKA, 19TH/20TH CENTURIES the largest of rectangular form, with rounded corners, decorated with peacocks and mythical lions amidst scrolling foliage, another of rectangular form with cushioned ends, the lid with scrolling animal and foliate decoration, the smallest with acanthus and prunus motifs, 5.8 x 14.5 x 8.5cm and smaller (3) Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1960-66 in India by the vendor while working in development assistance.
A SCOTTISH VICTORIAN SILVER FREEDOM CASKET, HAMILTON & INCHES, EDINBURGH, 1874 rectangular, the lid chased with three roundels surrouded by thistles on a matted ground and formal foliate border, the central roundel engraved with the presentation inscription, the flanking roundels applied with the cast and chased arms of the Earl of Airlie and the arms of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the front applied with the openwork initial A (for Airlie) interlaced with the date 1875 flanked by chased arms matching those on the lid and all on a chased scrolling thistle border above the engraved names of the Provost and Bailies of the burgh, the sides applied with lion mask drop-ring handles, applied to the corners with cast openwork scroll supports capped by gryphon masks, wood lined base with blue watered silk lining 29cm long The presentation inscription reads: The Freedom of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the certificate of which is enclosed in this casket, was unanimously conferred by the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Dundee on The Right Honorable David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, Earl of Airlie, Baron Ogilvy of Alyth & Lintrathen, K.T., in respect of his eminent position and public services and in testimony of their appreciation of the cordial and equitable manner in which his Lordship granted a supply of water from Lintrathen to the town of Dundee. Dundee 2nd September 1875. Provenance: David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie (1826-1881); thence by descent.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY seated in padmasana on a double lotus throne, his hands in bhumisparsa and dhyana mudra, his robes, eyes and lips inlaid with copper and silver, with elongated earlobes, tightly curled hair and domed usnisa with bud finial, loose sealing plate, mantras in Tibetan script on the reverse 34cm high Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired from Spink and Son, London, 29th August 1997 (a copy of the Spink invoice is sold with this lot).
A SILVER TIMEPIECE SNUFF BOX, MID 18TH CENTURY the unmarked box probably German, cartouche shaped, double lidded, the main lid covering the snuff compartment, the top lid opening to reveal the English watch with silver dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minute indicators, the verge fusée movement with square baluster pillars, dial and movement signed Decharmes, London, with later key 7.2cm wide
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS, WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON, 1811/12 circular, the applied gadroon rims interrupted by shell and scroll and hourglass motifs, the stems with apertures for snuffers below lobed urn-shaped sconces, with three detachable nozzles (one lacking), the C-shaped leaf-capped handles complete with four conical extinguishers, the dished bases, nozzles and extinguishers all engraved with the Ogilvy crest below a Baron's coronet 17.5cm long, 1586gr (50oz 19dwt) Provenance: The Earls of Airlie, by descent. The crests are those of David Ogilvy (1785-1849), Baron Ogilvy (later 9th Earl of Airlie). These chambersticks were probably ordered for his new household, following Lord Ogilvy's marriage to Clementina Drummond on 7 October 1812, see lots 373 and 374PLEASE NOTE The catalogue illustration for this lot is misleading – one chamberstick is lacking a nozzle and one extinguisher is lacking a finial.
A GIRL ARRANGING HER HAIR, MANDI, PUNJAB HILLS, 19TH CENTURY gouache with silver on paper, with old catalogue entry, possibly Maggs Bros., 170 x 205cm together with A Painting of a Prince Meeting a Holy Man, Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, gouache on paper, laid on card, gold painted border, 167 x 103mm (image) (2)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SALVERS, PAUL STORR FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, LONDON, 1810 shaped circular, each engraved with Ogilvy coat of arms below a Baron's coronet, the applied gadroon rims interrupted by shell motifs, on four formal foliate and panel feet 26.5cm diameter, 1428gr (45oz 18dwt) Provenance: The Earls of Airlie, by descent. The arms are those of David Ogilvy (1785-1849), Baron Ogilvy (later 9th Earl of Airlie).
FIDDLE PATTERN TABLE SILVER, VARIOUS MAKERS, LONDON, 1810-1848 mostly variously crested and initialled, comprising: three tablespoons, seven table forks, two dessert spoons, six dessert forks and a pair of sugar tongs; also an Old English pattern dessert spoon, London, 1838 1113gr (35oz 15dwt) (20)
A BIDRI HUQQA BOTTLE, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1800 alloy inlaid with silver, of bell-shaped form, the ribbed sides decorated with scrolling foliage, standing on three block feet 23.5cm high Provenance: Private collection, London, acquired at auction in London about 20 years ago.
Photography - Motorsport - an interesting collection of pre-war photographs, albums and loose, various motorcycles, vintage racing cars and touring, some annotated, including Tazio Nuvolari Driving Auto Union Silver Arrow No.4 to victory at Donnington in 1938; Dunlop Cup 1936, Donnington Rally 1937, Beggars Roost 1937, Doverhay, Melbourne Corner, Twick Riding Display, The New Vincent HRD, Comotti's Winning Darraq, Brackenbury's Lagonda, Changing a BMW Back Axle in the Pits, others, negatives for Donnington Grand Prix 1938 (the last Grand Prix to be held there before the war and therefore the last before the modification of the track in the 1970's), etc
Naval History - an early 20th century rectangular teak desk stand, reclaimed and crafted and from timbers of H.M.S. Queen Mary, canted and shaped rectangular silver plaque inscribed H.M.S. Queen Mary, Heligoland 1914, marks for Frederick Moore Wenborn, London 1992, flanked by two cut glass wells, the front with a dished aperture for pens, carrying handle, 31cm wide, c.1920 Provenance: Ink ms. label to verso inscribed, Presented to T. Sidney Smith by Captain J. Firth R.N.R. In command [of] M.F.A. Muritai. Supply Ship to the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. August 1914 to Feby 1915. Note The inkstand was made from part of the wrecked deck fittings taken from H.M.S. ''Queen Mary'' on her return to Scapa Flow from the Helligoland Battle, Nov. 1914. The ship was afterward sunk during the Battle of Jutland.
Coins, Kingdom of France, silver ecu of Louis XV 1764 mm L (Bayonne), F; silver ecu of Louis XVI 1779 mm cow/sceptre (Pau), privy mark garb, AF pitted; Spanish Empire, Mexico, 4 reales pillar reverse, Philip V mm Mexico City 1739, F; Malt silver 6 tari Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt 162(8?)6, F. [4]
Fraternal Benefit Order - Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes - a silver gilt President Knights Chapter medal, Presented to Bro. Percy Grange R.O.H. For services rendered as President 1940 [Nottingham K.C.J.], red silk ribbon cased, with RAOB Nottingham War Memorial Life Member medal; Brother Percy's Roll of Honour sash, inscribed from his previous lodge 30/4/34 St Albans L'ge No. 296; an ROH ceremonial collar, Presented to Bro. R. Clark (raised Sept 5th 1937) by St. Albans L'ge No. 296, 21. 8. 39, apron, sash and cuffs en suite; etc
A collection of silver commemorative crown sized coins, mainly in original packaging, including qty. UK proof Britannias, various dates; 2006 UK silver proof piedfort, boxed; UK silver proof Entente Cordiale 2004; UK silver proof 2003 Coronation anniversary; UK Victoria centenary silver proof;1972 UK silver Wedding silver proof, Gibraltar D-day with reproduced 7/6/1944 Daily Mirror; Canada silver proof 1oz $5 2013 & Guernsey Great War 2014 commemorative £5 silver proof no. 1060/3500 (15)
Postcards, Transport, Aviation, including Bristol Fighter, Rollason Aviaton Co., Supermarine Rolls-Royce S.6. (7), Comper "Swift"(3), WW1 military aeroplanes, Imperial Airways Passenger Saloon Silver Wing Service De Luxe, Croydon Aerodrome By Night, Main Booking Hall at Croydon Aerodrome, further civil airplanes and some airships; ships (5); South African Cricket Team 1935; some topographical; b/w aviation photographs, various (album)
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