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Click here to subscribeA pair of George III provincial silver fiddle pattern sugar tongs,by Christian Ker Reid, Newcastle, c.1800,bright cut engraved, anda pair of Victorian Scottish silver fiddle pattern sugar tongs,possibly by Robert Scott, Glasgow 1841,the shell nips decorated with scroll work, monogrammed,both 15cm long (2)
A pair of silver café au lait pots,by Graham Watling of Lacock, London 1970,of hammered elongated baluster form, the pull-off covers with wooden baluster finials,24.5cm high 33oz (2)Graham Watling (1930-1996)Watling studied silversmithing at Loughborough College of Arts and registered his mark in 1959. After seventeen years spent teaching arts and crafts, the National Trust offered him a workshop and house in Lacock, Wiltshire in 1972 He had a successful business there making smaller domestic wares. He died in 1996 and his children, Jane and John, have taken over the workshops where they design and make jewellery.
Two miniature silver models of Piglet and Eeyore, by Sarah Jones, London 1989, piglet 3.5cm high (2)Sarah Jones is well known for her small decorative silver which is held in numerous private collections including those of the Royal Family. She says that a great deal of her work is influenced by nursery life, which was a result of a happy childhood.
A silver snowdrop egg,by Peter Nicholas, London 1990,with pull-off cover to reveal a bunch of parcel gilt snowdrops, inscribed '1st June 65 to 1st June 90, love, Liz',5.5cm highPeter Nicholas worked for Stuart Devlin before setting up on his own. He specialised in spinning, carving and 3D design.
A silver three-branch candelabrum,by Wallace C Smythe, Sheffield 1990, applied with pierced fretwork panels, 53cm high, 73oz Wallace Smythe was born in 1910 at Dinnington, Sheffield. Aged 14, he won a scholarship to a local School of Art where he studied for the next two years. Then, in 1927, he started his career at Mappin & Webb, ultimately becoming Head of Design. He produced designs for homewares as well as special commissions. Later in his career he became a lecturer at Chesterfield College of Art whilst remaining a freelance designer. He was still actively silversmithing into his 90s.
A Edwardian novelty silver pincushion, modelled as a cow,by Levi & Salaman, Birmingham 1906,5.5cm long,a silver matchbox holder,by Crisford & Norris Ltd., Birmingham 1906,of rectangular form, decorated in relief with a stag and two fawns,4.3cm long,a silver spring-action sovereign case,maker's mark worn, Birmingham 1902,3.5cm diameter, anda silver napkin ring,by Barnard & Sons Ltd., London 1876,of engraved circular form, 4cm diameter (4)
A collection of 19th century American coin silver flatware,comprising:six fiddle pattern teaspoons,by Curtis, Candee Stiles, Woodbury, CT,six shaped old english pattern teaspoons,by WE Taber, Providence, R.I.,four fiddle pattern teaspoons,by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, R.I.,six large shaped old english teaspoons,by N Arnzen, a pointed old english pattern teaspoon,by Geer Terry, Enfield, CT,another unmarked,another two teaspoons,one by D T Goodhue, Boston, MT, the other by N Geffroy, Newport, RI,a fiddle pattern tablespoon,by Curtis & Stiles, Woodbury, CT,in addition three Colonial fiddle pattern tablespoons,majority monogrammed,15.9oz
Two late 19th/early 20th century silver miniatures,import hallmarked, modelled as a wheelbarrow and a lamplighter, a metalwares miniature coffee grinder and a model of a gentleman fly fishing,a modern silver box with swing handle,import hallmarked, anda modern silver miniature of a gnome fishing,3.25cm high (6)
A Victorian silver vesta case,by Clift Alexander Mawer Clark, London 1894, of oblong form with press action to cover, crested, monogrammed and inscribed,4.8cm long,another silver vesta,by Sampson Mordan, London 1885,of plain rectangular form,4cm long, anda silver box,by George Unite, Birmingham 1873,of engine turned shaped rectangular form, probably converted to a vesta, with strike mechanism to base,4.25cm (3)
A Victorian silver travelling inkwell,by Sampson Mordan & Co. Ltd., Chester 1898,of reeded cylindrical form with bayonet cover, gilt interior, 5cm high,a Victorian silver card case,by Henry Williamson Ltd., Birmingham 1897, Needham's Patent,of rectangular form with sliding action, foliate engraved, with applied circular cartouche, monogrammed,8.5cm long, andan unmarked silver posy holder,with trailing vine decoration,12cm long (3)
An 18th century silver apple corer,unmarked,with tubular handle, engraved 'M*A to M*G' to base,11.5cm long,a silver caddy spoon,by Frank Cobb & Co. Ltd., Sheffield 1936,with bright cut decoration,6.5cm long, anda silver shovel caddy spoon,maker's mark unclear, London 1921,lacking wooden handle,5.5cm long (3)
An Edwardian silver novelty card case,probably by William Hornby, London 1905,of oblong form with spring cover, with internal spring clip to one side and unusual internal holder to other side, gilt interior, with ring attachment, engraved with armorial with coronet above to one corner,7.5cm long
A Victorian novelty silver menu holder,by Samuel Jacob, London 1897,modelled as a jockey racing,10.5cm wide, 5cm high,a George III silver caddy spoon,by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1802,with bright cut decoration and filigree work to centre of bowl,8.25cm long, anda small silver filigree book cover,in the 17th century style,5cm long (3)
An Edwardian silver card case, by Colen Hewer, Chester 1906,of rectangular form with engraved scrolling foliage surrounding a vacant shield-shaped cartouche, gilt interior,10cm long,a Chinese export silver card case,with maker's mark WHL unidentified, 90 and Chinese character mark, Canton c.1875-1900, of rectangular form, the front decorated in high relief with courtly figures seated with attendants in a garden with a building in the background, the reverse with Chinese characters 'Fu Lu Shou Kang Ning' (luck, longevity and prosperity), in a bamboo landscape, monogrammed within a shield shaped cartouche,10.5cm long, andan early 20th century Indian Colonial silver card case,probably Madras,of shaped rectangular form decorated in high relief with deities against a matted background, the shield-shaped cartouche inscribed’ M.Hardinge 1912’,10.2cm long (3)
A George IV silver snuff box,by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1822,of reeded rectangular form with scrolling foliate thumbpiece, the cover applied with a cabochon amethyst and paste cluster, with inscription to interior 'A present from the Hon.ble Bootle Wilbraham Esq. (scratched across) to John Diamond, May 4th 1830' and monogrammed 'JD', gilt interior,6.5cm long
A William IV silver vinaigrette,by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1835,of rectangular form, engine turned with reeded sides and foliate thumbpiece, monogrammed within rectangular cartouche, with foliate pierced grille, gilt interior, 3.25cm long, andanother Victorian silver vinaigrette,by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1847,of shaped rectangular form, with linear decoration to cover and base, and engine turning to sides, foliate thumbpiece, monogrammed within shield-shaped cartouche, pierced foliate grille, gilt interior,3.2cm long (2)
A 19th century Scottish silver-mounted horn vinaigrette, the hinged cover set with citrine and decorated in high relief with trailing thistles, with geometric pierced pull-off grille, with applied vacant shield cartouche, gilt interior, with ring and chain attachment, 5cm, anda novelty ivory whistle, modelled as a dog,5.2cm long (2)
An Indian silver 'jungle pattern' bowl,probably Lucknow, c.1900,of circular form on pedestal circular foot, decorated with an array of jungle animals, a cockerel and a hen, a figure climbing a tree and two figures seated on an elephant, with foliate pierced rim,22.5cm diameter, 19cm high, 28.45oz
An Edwardian silver-mounted porcelain scent bottle,maker's mark unclear, London 1903,of teardrop shape, decorated with a scene of a courting couple,3.75cm long, anda Victorian silver vinaigrette,by Francis Clark, Birmingham 1845, of shaped rectangular form with bands of engine turning, vacant rectangular cartouche, gilt interior with foliate engraved and pinprick pierced grille, ring attachment,2cm long (2)
A Victorian silver and enamel vesta,by George Heath, London 1887,of plain rectangular form, the hinged cover enamelled with a greyhound standing in a landscape, , andanother silver vesta,by Henry Matthews, Birmingham 1911,of plain oblong form applied with a greyhound, with ring attachment,4.8cm long, 2.4oz (2)
Two George III silver vinaigrettes,one possibly by William Ellerby, London 1813,of rectangular form, with foliate frieze surrounding a vacant oval cartouche, the grille with foliate piercing within a lozenge frame, gilt interior, 3.5cm long,the other one by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1790?, with raised trailing vine border surrounding engine turning and applied rectangular cartouche, monogrammed, with engine turned base and ropework sides, with foliate pierced grille, gilt interior, 4cm long (2)
A George III silver snuff box,by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1816,of rectangular form, the cover and sides with raised trailing vines, with reeded band to centre, the base engraved with trailing vines surrounded a vacant rectangular cartouche, gilt interior, 5.25cm long, 1.65oz approximately
A Victorian silver 'York Minster' castle-top vinaigrette,by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1842,of rectangular form, the cover with high relief view of the south-east aspect of York Minster, the base with shield-shaped cartouche surrounded by engine turned decoration, the sides with engine turning and foliate borders, the gilt interior with a foliate pierced grille, monogrammed,4.75cm long
A Georgian diamond set floral cluster,later mounted as a ring. Cushion cut and old European cut diamonds, all in silver cut down collets surrounded by cushion-shaped eight cut diamonds with diamond set leaves. Later gold gallery, trefoil shoulders and plain shank. Marked 18ct.Finger size N
An early 19th century Chinese export silver caster,by Yatshing, Canton,of half fluted campana shape on pedestal circular foot with gadroon borders, the screw-off cover with bud finial, gilt interior,9cm high, anda Chinese silver mustard,stamped mark 'WH90' for Wang Hing and a character mark for 'Chen Fu' in Chinese,of naturalistic form with prunus decoration, 5cm high, 5.7oz (2)
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