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Click here to subscribeA Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1852, rectangular form, the front with a view of the Palace, scroll borders, scroll borders, engine-turned decoration, the reverse with similar decoration, and with a cartouche with later chased decoration, length 9.8cm, approx. weight 2oz.
A matched pair of 18th century silver presentation tobacco boxes, one by Edward Cornock, London 1712, the second, by James Phipps I, London 1773, plain oval form with a raised pull-off cover, each engraved with an armorial shield, the earlier example engraved to the underside 'Haycock of Reading', the latter engraved 'Ann Heycock', length 10cm, approx. total weight 9oz. (2) The arms are those of Heycock. Provenance: Britain-Defining The Interior, Bonhams, New Bond Street, 3 June 2015, lot 91. Bonhams footnote: Joseph Heycock was an apothecary in Reading, through the engraver mistakenly used the wrong spelling. Joseph left his estate and this box to his younger brother Nicholas (1679-1763). Ann Heycock (1711-1788), was Nicholas's eldest daughter and it is though her brother John (1711-1803), of East Norton Leics, that these boxes then passed through five generations to the vendor at Bonhams.
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, The Law Courts Dublin, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1848, rectangular form, the front with a view of The Law Courts with the River Liffey, embossed foliate scroll decoration, on a matted background, scroll borders, the reverse with similar decoration, and with a vacant cartouche, length 8.8cm, approx. weight 1.5oz.
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' vinaigrette, Abbotsford House, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1838, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised view of the House, the interior with a silver-gilt pierced and engraved foliate scroll grille, foliate scroll borders, the sides and base with reeded and engine-turned decoration, the base with an initialled cartouche, length 4.1cm, approx. weight 0.8oz.
A Victorian silver engraved vinaigrette, Old Black Friar's Bridge, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1846, rectangular form, the hinged cover with an engraved scene of the bridge with St. Paul's in the background and ships in the foreground, the interior with a silver-gilt pierced and engraved foliate scroll grille, scroll borders, the sides and base with reeded and engine-turned decoration, the base with a vacant cartouche, length 4.6cm, approx. weight 1oz.
λA George I silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff mull, unmarked, circa 1720, waisted tapering oval form, the front and back with an inlaid foliate scroll cage-work cartouche, engraved with an armorial, the hinged cover inlaid with birds and foliate scroll decoration, height 5cm. Provenance: sold in these rooms, 19 October 2006, lot 1654. The shield is that for Stanley of Derbyshire.
A George III Channel Islands silver two-handled christening cup, maker's mark IH with a crown above, unidentified, Guernsey circa 1754, circular form, beaded scroll handles, engraved 'MDR don de son Payain & Mavaine D.D.L & S.L.P, 1754', height 6.5cm, approx. weight 72.3oz. Provenance: Phillips, New Bond Street, July 2000, lot 268.
A Victorian silver naturalistic vesta case, by Robert Dick, Birmingham 1883, modelled as eight branches in a cigar case form, length 5cm, plus another silver vesta case, by William Neale, Chester 1896, of similar form, with embossed decoration, approx. total weight 1.6oz. (2)
A Victorian silver Garibaldi rowing prize arms badge, by P. Firmin and Son, London 1864, oval form, foliate ribbon and reed border, applied with a portrait bust of Giuseppe Garibaldi and dated '1864' also applied 'GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI GUERRA D'ITALIA 1859, TO COMMEMORATE HIS ENTRY INTO LONDON, APRIL 11TH.', on a matted background, with a cartouche inscribed 'Won by RATCLIFFE-PICK, Oct.er 18th. 1864', the reverse with three ring attachments, length 18.4 cm, approx. weight 6.9oz. Provenance: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 13th July 2006, lot 233. This badge was originally one part of a 4-part prize (coat, badge, cash and Freedom of the Thames), in the sculling race at the City, Southwark and Lambeth Apprentices Regatta held on 18/10/1864. There were five entries for the event; Ratcliffe-Pick of Thames Bank beat C. Parker of Westminster by 3½ lengths in the final with two of the other entrants not completing the race. This was an annual meeting to commemorate Garibaldi's arrival in London where, on the 11th November 1864, the Illustrated London News records he was greeted by a crowd of 500,000 people. The next day he was given the honorary Freedom of the City. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was one of the heroes of the struggle for the unification of Italy. Active in the 1848 uprising and an elected deputy in the Roman Assembly, he proclaimed Victor Emanuel king of a united Italy in 1860, at that time holding the rank of general in the Piedmontese army, but it would not be until 1870 that he would see his old adversary, Pope Pius IX, defeated and Rome liberated to become capital of a unified country. London apparently shut down for three days when he visited the city in 1864, already feted for his exploits four years earlier when with his 1,000 volunteers, he had landed in Sicily, intent on marching on Rome to liberate it from the reactionary Papacy.
A George III silver snuffer's tray, by John Carter, London 1773, shaped oblong form, beaded border, leaf and bead capped scroll handle, engraved with a crest and motto, on four claw and ball feet, length 18.5cm, approx. weight 5.9oz. The coronet and crest is that for the Scottish Lord Sinclair, Baron of Ravenscraig.
A Victorian silver engraved 'castle-top' card case, Warwick Castle, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1844, rectangular form, the front with a view of the castle, engraved foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar scroll decoration and a vacant cartouche, length 10cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
A James II silver Waits' badge, unmarked, dated 1688, oval form, the centre with the arms of Wakefield, engraved around the rim 'Wakefield Waits 1688', with two ring attachments, length 12.6cm, approx. weight 2oz. Provenance: The Oakwood Collection, Centuries of Style, Christie's, London 17th November 2009, lot 230. This Waits' badge was worn around the neck of one of the town Waits, corporation minstrels or musical watchmen who sang the hours of the night and warned the towns people of fire and other dangers in "rude rhyme". The Waits would have played every morning and night and at all major feasts. They supplemented the gratuities and stipends they received from the townspeople and council by playing at weddings. They received the badge on their appointment to the office, having provided two sureties for the safekeeping of the badge. The badges were returned to the council upon death or dismissal from the office.
A set of six George III silver 'picture-back' Old English pattern teaspoons, maker's mark W.C, for William Chawner, London circa 1775, the reverse of the bowl with a heart, and 'BRITISH' within an oak-leaf and acorn border, the terminals with scratch initials, approx. weight 2.8oz. (6) Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 28-29 November 2006, lot 473.
A George IV silver raised relief snuff box, Mr. Pickwick, by John Linnit, London 1852, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a scene from Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, of Mr Pickwick addressing the club (probably after the print by Seymour which formed the front-piece of the Pickwick Papers printed in 1837), silver-gilt interior, the interior initialled 'J.B to G.M', '1852', the sides and base with engraved foliate scroll decoration, length 9.3cm, approx. weight 6.2oz. Provenance: purchased in these rooms, A Private Collection of British Silver Snuff Boxes, 25th April 2006, lot 111.
A George III presentation silver telescopic toasting fork, maker's mark unidentified, London 1800, wooden cylindrical handle with a ring terminal, with two telescopic sections, inscribed 'To St. John Fagg bart in remembrance of Mrs Ann Macaree ob. 28 July 1803 a.78', length fully extended 56cm.
A William IV silver 'castle-top' vinaigrette, Dryburgh Abbey, by William Phillips, Birmingham 1836, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised view of the Abbey ruins, the interior with a pierced and engraved foliate scroll grille, foliate scroll borders, the sides and base with engine-turned decoration, the base with a vacant cartouche, length 5cm, approx. weight 1.9oz. Provenance: Objects of Vertu, The property of the Late Diana Keggie, Christie's South Kensington, London, 30th November 2005, lot 78.
A George III silver mustard pot, by John Watson, Sheffield 1806, rectangular form, pierced and engraved with a Greek key girdle, scroll handle, engraved and gadroon borders, the hinged cover with a ball finial, initialled, with a later blue glass liner, height 9cm, approx. weight 3.7oz.
λA George II Scottish silver mounted tortoiseshell snuff mull, circa 1733, waisted oval form, with alternate panels of decoration, the hinged cover with a plain thumb-piece, the base inscribed 'Job Rawlinson 1733', engraved cipher, height 5.8cm. Provenance: sold in these rooms, 31st October 2007, lot 1233G. Previously with How of Edinburgh.
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case, Arundel Castle, by George Unite, Birmingham 1858, rectangular form, scroll borders, the front with a raised scene of the castle, on a matted background, within foliate scroll decoration, the reverse with similar decoration and with a cartouche engraved 'SD, from her father, Quebec August 21,1860', length 10.2cm, approx. weight 2oz.
A William and Mary / William III silver nutmeg grater, maker's mark AP, London circa 1690-1700, tubular form, engraved foliate decoration, the pull-off cover opens to reveal a grater, length 7.2cm, approx. weight 0.9oz. Provenance: Phillips, New Bond Street, October 1992, lot 31.
A late 19th century American silver vesta case, apparently unmarked, shaped rectangular form, hinged cover, the front embossed with classical figures in a woodland setting, the reverse engraved with a coastal scene and 'Golden Gate', length 6.8cm, approx. weight 1.3oz. Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, May 1997, lot 206.
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' snuff box, Bamburgh Castle, by David Pettifer, Birmingham 1848, rectangular form, the hinged cover with a raised view of the castle, silver-gilt interior, foliate scroll borders, engine-turned sides and base, length 7.8cm, approx. weight 4.1oz. Provenance: purchased in these rooms, A Private Collection of British Silver Snuff Boxes, 25th April 2006, lot 123.
A Victorian silver 'castle-top' swing-handled basket, by Yapp and Woodward, Birmingham 1845, fluted circular form, the centre embossed with a scene of Windsor Castle, the swing-handle inscribed 'L.M. Godfray', diameter 14.2cm, approx. weight 4oz. Provenance: The James Walker Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 13 July 2006, lot 184.
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