An enamel, gold, silver gilt and amethyst desk seal, unmarked, probably Austrian, circa 1900, inventory no. 505675, the tapering cylindrical handle with white guilloche enamel between rose gold laurel borders and topped by a facet-cut amethyst, a silver gilt collar and cushion, the circular cornelian matrix engraved with a royal crown above an axe, 6cm (2 1/4in) high Provenance: Anonymous vendor, Sotheby's Billingshurst, 13th August 1997, lot 2195. The crown and axe possibly of Norwegian origin.
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An ivory handled silver desk seal, unmarked, the handle Dutch, late 17th century, the mount circa 1800, the handle, formerly for a knife, carved with Susanna and the Elders, the tapering silver collar engraved with arches and brickwork with petal edging, the oval agate matrix engraved with a crest and a motto Sursum Quaero , 12cm (4 3/4in) high Provenance: Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 17th September 1997, lot 211. The crest recorded for Affleck, Balfour, Clogston, Dorannan, Farquhar, Gloag, Howison, Jarret, Kinloch, Lempriere, Mansell, Norwood, O'Donovan, Pole, Richards, Streeter, Trivett, Widworthy and others. No record of the motto: which may be adopted, discarded or changed at will.
A silver Hanoverian pattern table service by Sharman D. Neill Ltd., Sheffield 1915, engraved with a D , comprising: Eighteen table forks Ten table spoons Eighteen dessert spoons Eighteen dessert forks Twelve soup spoons One soup ladle One sauce ladle One gravy spoon by Atkin Brothers, Sheffield 1918 5041g (162.1 oz) Together with the following with xylo or ivory handles and steel blades: Eighteen table knives Eighteen dessert knives Six piece carving set In a fitted canteen box
An Edwardian silver shaped oval basket by Mappin & Webb, London 1909, the swing handle cast and chased with a quatrelobed reserve, flowers and foliage, the rim of C-scrolls and flowers, the sides pierced with flowers and scrolls, an interlaced band beneath, on a pierced oval flared foot, 38cm (15in) long, 1670g (53.7 oz)
A pair of late Victorian silver presentation vases and covers by Harris Brothers, London 1896, ogee baluster, each with a bud finial to the ogee domed cover embossed with an acanthus band and husk swags and patera, twin leaf capped scroll handles, embossed with oval wreaths hung from tied ribbon with husk swags, a husk and acanthus broad band beneath, on domed bases, engraved with an armorial and presentation as a prize for the Essex Hunt Races, 39cm (15 1/2in) high, 3587g (115.35 oz), on ebonised socles (drilled for use as table lamps) T he shield and crest of erased stag head for GREEN but the ermine and motto are unrecorded for this name.
A late Victorian silver shaped oval twin handled tray by Henry Wilkinson & Co., London 1894, the twin moulded handles with beaded outline and issuing from foliage, a beaded rim, engraved with a foliate band, scroll foliage and fruiting vine swags, engraved with a crest, a motto Nunquam Non Paratus and a monogram OJ , on four foliate short feet, 72.5cm (28 1/2in) long, 3606g (115.95 oz) This famous motto is associated with JOHNSTON/ JOHNSTONE above and below Hadrian's Wall. That neatly fits the monogram and is stronger evidence than the incongruent crest.
Three similar late Victorian silver navette baskets by William Comyns & Sons, London 1891, with shaped applied cast flower and scroll rims, the sides pierced and scroll embossed, on cast openwork bases, one 34cm (13 1/2in) and two 18.5cm (7 1/4in) long, 1065g (34.25 oz)
[Motor racing interest] An Irish silver Celtic pattern twin handled trophy by Alwright & Marshall Ltd, Dublin 1933, with Celtic knot handles, bosses and bands, a central device of wings over a spoked wheel, on a spreading foot, presentation engraved, 26cm (10 1/4in) high, 1276g (41.05 oz) The inscription reads: Irish Motor Racing Club- Phoenix Park Car Races 1933- Fastest Speed, 2000 c.c. Class Presented by W. T. Cosgrave, Esq., T.D. Won by C. G. Neill (Bugatti)- 78.3 m.p.h.
A Victorian silver pedestal punch bowl by Dobson & Sons (Thomas William Dobson & Henry Holmes Dobson II), London 1878, embossed with a band of oval paterae panels hung from swags and pendant laurel, half reeding and on a domed foot with a further paterae and husk swag band, 26cm (10 1/4in) diameter, 1164g (37.4 oz)
A Victorian silver gilt claret jug and pair of goblets by John Septimus Beresford, London 1873, the jug with a shaped spout and rim, a foliate and beaded decorated high loop handle, the ovoid body with flowers or foliage in embossed shaped panels, on a circular pedestal foot with a similar band with beads, 33.5cm (13 1/4in) high, the goblets 17cm (6 5/8in) high, 1189g (38.25 oz)
A Victorian silver four piece baluster tea and coffee service by Robert Hennell III, London 1871, stamped for Ollivant & Botsford, Manchester as retailers, the tea and coffee pots with chased ball finials to the domed covers with a chased band, leaf-capped double scroll handles, embossed quatrefoil reserves with a beaded outline on foliate panels, on cartouche and scroll feet, the tea pot 25.5cm (10in) long, the coffee pot 25.5cm (10in) high, 2816g (90.55 oz) gross
A Victorian silver circular salver by William & Henry Stratford, Sheffield 1869, with a beaded rim, the incurve engraved and embossed with a band of patera, the centre engraved with decorative bands and floral swags, on three cast bracket feet, 31.5cm (12 1/2in) diameter, 933g (30 oz)
A Victorian silver four piece baluster tea and coffee service by Robert Hennell III, London 1854, the tea and coffee pots with foliate knop finials to the domed covers, leaf-capped double scroll handles, a shaped broad band with interlaced scrolls, scroll foliage and bead drops on a matted ground, on acanthus and scroll feet, the tea pot 24cm (9 1/2in) long, the coffee pot 25.5cm (10in) high, 2403g (77.25 oz) gross
A Victorian silver ewer of classical inspiration by Edward & John Barnard, London 1853, with a leaf thumb piece to the dome centred cover, a trefoil shaped rim, the high loop handle with ivory insulators and a mask terminal, the body engraved with classical horse-drawn chariots on a matted ground with an anthemion band above and lotus band below, 31cm (12 1/4in) high, 737g (23.7 oz) gross
A large Victorian silver shaped circular salver by Edward & John Barnard, London 1852, with a pierced scroll foliate and flower rim, engraved with an armorial, a crest and a motto Forward within a border of scroll framed flower panels, on four shell and scroll bracket feet, 57cm (22 1/2in) diameter, 4630g (148.85 oz) Engraved with the shield of SWYFT, historically recorded as the precursor of that used by the fifteenth century SWIFT family of Rotheram, Yorkshire and Allergill, co. Durham, and their descendent Irish peers. The crest is a rebus unrecorded with either design of shield.
A Victorian Irish silver cream jug and sugar bowl by John Smith, Dublin 1879, embossed with floral swags in 18th century taste, on lion mask and paw feet, engraved with a monogram JMP , the jug 14cm (5 1/2in) long, the bowl 12cm (4 3/4in) diameter, 262g (8.4 oz)
A pair of George IV silver entree dishes, covers and handles, maker's mark WE , London 1823, the reeded loop handles with foliage and shell centres, the covers and bases with gadrooned borders, engraved with a crest, nos. 2 and 4, 30cm (12in) long, 3726g (119.8 oz) Several makers used th WE mark at this period. The crest of Addington, Bawtre, Bennet, Berkhead, Birmingham, Boweman, Brooke, Brownlow, Buckton, Bush, Catty, Chetwynd, Clebury, Cox, Crutenden, Darrell, Fleming, Frank, Frewke, Garnham, Gifford, Hands, Hat, Kidd, Leveson, Litton, MÊll, Mar, Meredyth, Morton, Outram, Pritchard, Rigby, Robley, Ruthven, Sapcotes, Sargent, Shales, Stratford, Sweeting, Traherne, Ward, Wethered, and Worrall.
A George IV silver rectangular inkstand by Joseph Angell I, London 1822, with gadrooned rims to the cover of the two cut glass cylindrical inkwells, a quill holder between, the base with pen rests, a gadrooned rim with shells and flowers, on four scroll and paw feet, 24cm (10 1/4in) long, 738g (23.75 oz) weighable
A George IV silver oval tea pot by Solomon Royes, London 1820, with an oval foliate finial to the lobed dome centred cover, a leaf-capped scroll handle, the half lobed body centred by heart shaped reserves, on shell and scroll supports with paw feet, 30.5cm (12in) long, 734g (23.6 oz) gross
A pair of late George III silver rectangular entree dishes, covers and handles by Samuel Roberts, George Cadman & Co., Sheffield 1816, the moulded scroll handles, with foliage and shells, the gadrooned rims with shells and foliage at intervals, 33cm (15in) long, 3856g (123.95 oz)
A matched George III silver navette snuffers tray and snuffers, the tray by Peter, Ann and William Bateman, the snuffers by Charles Godwin, each London 1802, the tray with a reeded border and engraved with a floral band, 24.5cm (9 3/4in) long; the snuffers box engraved with a foliate band, 17cm (6 3/4in) long, 226g (7.3 oz)
A George III silver navette pedestal sugar basket by Peter Podio, London 1797, with a swing handle, an engraved fruiting vine between threaded borders, prick outline facets beneath, on a shaped oval conical foot with engraved bands, the interior gilt, engraved with a crest, 16.5cm (6 1/8in) long, 288g (9.25 oz) The crest of COOK of London.
A George III silver oval pedestal sauce boat by James Young, London 1790, with a moulded high loop handle, a threaded rim, an engraved arched foliate and flower head band, on an oval pedestal base with a bright-cut border, engraved beneath W.E , 21cm (8 1/4in) long, 368g (11.85 oz); and an electro-plated example en suite (2)
A George III silver twin handled cup and cover by Walter Brind, London 1776, with a vase finial to the waisted domed cover, moulded high loop handles and later embossed with vacant reserves, rocaille work, flowers and foliage, on a circular pedestal base, the interior gilt, 28cm (11in) high, 797g (25.65 oz)
A pair of early George III silver oval sauce boats by William & James Priest, London 1764, with leaf-capped double scroll handles , gadrooned rims, a quilted girdle, engraved with a crest, on oval quilted bases, 17cm (6 3/4in) long; with a pair of old English shell bowl sauce ladles by Richard Crossley, London 1784, 786g (25.25 oz) gross Two different maker's marks. Grimwade notes that the mark given for William & James Priest (the letters divided by a cross) is not in the register but was taken from a tankard of 1768: presumably entered shortly after James Priest's freedom of the Company in July 1764. The second mark here is probably another unregistered mark of the partnership. The erect boar's head crest recorded for BROOKSBY, CAMPBELL, DELMEGE, GORDON, INGILBY, JONES, KIRK, LASHMAR, LOFTUS, LUNDY, MIDDLETON, NEWTON, O'QUINN, RAYMENT, REASON, ROBSON, SWINHOE, TERY, WEALE, WHICHCOTE and WROTTESLEY.
A Scottish silver Hanoverian pattern part table service by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh 1922, engraved with a crest, comprising: Twelve table forks Twelve table spoons Twelve dessert forks Twelve dessert spoons Twelve tea spoons Two sauce ladles Two gravy spoons, 3832g (124.2 oz) In an oak fitted canteen box by Hamilton and Inches for the complete service, the brass name plaque engraved with a crest and a motto Vigila et Ora T he crest of erased stag head for GREEN but the ermine and motto are unrecorded for this name.
A Chinese export silver sugar basin and cover by Sun Shing (SS, a chop mark, 90), Canton and Hong Kong, circa 1790-1915, late 19th century, with a bamboo form finial to the flat cover, the twin scroll handles of bamboo form, the body embossed with scenes with figures and pavilions beneath trees, 14cm (5 1/2in) wide, 218g (7 oz)
An Indian silver coloured hemispherical footed bowl, stamped STR.SIL , circa 1920, pierced and embossed with oval panels of elephants divided by scroll foliage, the domed circular foot embossed with a scroll foliate band, 22cm (8 3/4in) diameter, 620g (19.95 oz)
A pair of George II English provincial silver ogee baluster tea caddies by Isaac Cookson, Newcastle no clear date letter, with cone finials to the domed covers, the bodies chased with scrolls, rocaille work and flowers, a rocaille band beneath, the domed circular bases with rocaille bands, 15cm (4in) high, 475g (15.25 oz) Cookson was active from 1728 until his death in 1754.
A Russian silver coloured tapered circular tea pot by the 5th Artel, 1908-1926 Kokoshnik mark for Moscow, 84 zolotniks, with a conical finial to the domed cover, a stylised harp handle, a band of stylised foliage beneath the rim, the rest plain, 14.5cm (7 3/4in) long, 412g (13.25 oz) gross
A pair of Austro-Hungarian silver figural salt cellars, maker's mark WG (not traced), 1867-1872 .800 standard, town mark E? (Krakow), the twin handled hemispherical cellars held on the heads of standing fairies, on domed circular bases, 10.5cm (4 1/2in) high, 374g (12.05 oz)
A German silver small basket by Storck & Sinsheimer, Hanau (1874-1926), cast with a half figure of a youth blowing a shell horn, the ovoid body with an open work rim border, cartouches and foliage, on the open work scroll cast feet, 15cm (6in) long, 436g (14.05 oz)
A German silver oval sideboard dish, pseudo marks of Hans Kindsvater, Nuremberg, circa 1650, probably Hanau late 19th century, the well chased with The Finding of Moses after Veronese, the raised border with four portrait busts in roundels divided by fruit, the rim scalloped, marked to lower rim and with assay scrape, 37.5cm (14 3/4in) long, 586g (18.85 oz)
A German silver coloured parcel gilt tall wager cup on stand by Raco, post 1886 .800 standard, 20th century, modelled as a bearded 16th century man holding aloft the swinging cup, the stand with lower legs, on a circular grassy base, 37.5cm (14 1/2in) high, 1068g (34.35 oz)
A German silver coloured four piece tea and coffee service on a tray, maker's mark not traced, post 1886 .800 standard, the tea pot, coffee pot and sugar basin with eagle displayed finials, foliate loop handles, the bodies embossed with eagles displayed, scrolls and flower swags on a scroll engraved ground, on moulded circular conforming bases, the tea and coffee with bird head spouts, the tea pot 29cm (11 1/2in), the coffee pot 27cm (10 1/2in); the shaped oval tray with a plain centre and a conforming border with a scroll rim, 66.5cm (22 1/4in) long, 4416g (141.95 oz)
A Dutch silver five piece tea service, maker's mark 2.A over D.R (not traced), 1814-1953 1st standard (.934), circa 1920, each with a beaded and pierced galleried rim, an oval finial, the tapered oval body with a meandering flower and foliate band, on an oval pedestal base, spacers and kettle stand feet in ivory, comprising: a kettle on stand with burner, 39cm (15 1/4in) high; one tea pot 28cm (11in) long, the second 27cm (10 3/4in) long, a twin handled sugar basin and cover and a cream jug, 4752g (152.75 oz) gross
A set of four silver gilt small comports, apparently Victorian hallmarks erased, the shaped circular dishes embossed with female masks, shells, scrolls and flowers, the reeded centres with bosses embossed with shells, scrolls and leaves, the domed bases conforming, 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diameter, 954g (30.65 oz)
After Ferdinando de Luca, an Italian silver coloured group of an embracing couple, Naples post 1968 .800 standard, with an animal pelt over his knees and the woman with roses in her hair, signed in the maquette F. de Luca , on a marble plinth, 66cm (26in) high, loaded
An Italian silver coloured Cellini pattern table service for twelve by Ricci & C. S.p.A., Alessandria 1944-68, .800 standard, comprising: Twelve table forks Twelve table spoons Twelve dessert forks Twelve dessert spoons Twelve tea spoons A serving fork A serving spoon A soup ladle, 4106g (132 oz); Together with the following with steel blades and silver handles: Twelve table knives Twelve dessert knives
An Italian silver coloured Inglese pattern table service for twelve by Argenteria Schiavon Srl, Treviso, post 1968 .800 standard, comprising: Twelve table spoons Twenty four table forks Twelve dessert forks Twelve ice cream spoons Twelve tea spoons Twelve coffee spoons Two serving spoons Two serving forks A risotto spoon A pastry slice A lasagne slice A spaghetti tongs, 4748g (152.65 oz); Together with the following with steel blades and silver handles: Twelve table knives Twelve dessert knives
An Italian silver coloured four piece tea and coffee service by A. Cesa S. C., Alessandria, 1934-44, .800 standard, the tea and coffee pots with scroll and foliate finials, moulded and foliate loop handles, swirl lobed baluster bodies and each on four scroll feet, the tea pot 25.5cm (10in) long, the coffee pot 26.5cm (10 1/2in) high, 2088g (67.15 oz) gross
A pair of Italian silver coloured four branch five light candelabra by Arno Fassi, Milan, 1944-68 .800 standard, with campana shape capitals, acanthus drip pans, curved foliate branches, the stems each modelled with two playful putti, the square stepped bases with gadrooned and acanthus borders, each on four grotesque mask feet, 45cm (17 3/4in) high, 5256g (169 oz)
A set of three Britannia standard silver salt cellars by Bulgari Ltd (Sotirio Bulgari), London 1968, also stamped BVLGARI , compressed circular with lobed shoulders, the interiors gilt, 7.5cm (3in) diameter, 416g (13.35 oz), in a cloth cover box from Bulgari, Rome
An English provincial silver tapered beaker by Josiah Williams & Co. of Bristol, Exeter 1879, engraved in the Aesthetic taste with birds in a Japanese water landscape with bamboo, the interior gilt, 9.3cm(5 5/8in) high, 140g (4.5 oz) Please note: The size should read 9.3cm (3 5/8in) high
A Danish silver lidded glass preserve pot and spoon by F. Hingelberg, Aarhus, stamped marks, .925 standard, probably designed by Svend Weihrauch (1899-1962), with a twin loop finial to the slope sided and ring engraved cover, the clear glass base engraved with waved vertical lines, 10.5cm (4in) high; the spoon handle with a terminal panel with pierced rings, 14cm (5 1/2in) long, 104g (3.35 oz) weighable
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