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A Victorian hardstone mounted silver vinaigretteCirca 1850 of capstan form and foliate engraved , set with vari-coloured agates, the hinged cover set with an octagonal moss agate, opening to reveal a pierced gilt grill, with suspension chain and ring, the base engraved with initials, height 6.7cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of Scottish provincial silver flatwareComprising a toddy ladle by David Gray of Dumfries, four marks: unicorn head, G, fouled anchor, DG, a slat spoon by Joseph Pearson of Dumfries, three marks: fouled anchor, IP, stag's head, a pair of teaspoons by Edward Livingstone of Dundee, four marks: EL, heart, D, crowned heart, a pair of teaspoons by James Erskine of Aberdeen, three marks: thistle, IE, thistle, together with a teaspoon by Thomas Davie of Greenock, three marks: TD, anchor, oak tree, weight 3.4oz. (7)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Arts & Crafts silver Celtic-style necklace, attributed to Sybil DunlopOf open circular form set to the centre with a circular-cut citrine within open stylised foliage embellished with four green chalcedony cabochons, to a foliate and fancy-link chain, 54cm long, unsignedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Victorian silver and agate-mounted sewing casketCirca 1860, unmarked Of shallow rectangular form, the raised lid set with a panel of multi coloured agates set in geometric parquetry style and framed by six agate panels, opening to reveal a blue velvet interior fitted with engraved gilt metal sewing tools, height 2.5cm, length 11.4cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of silver 'Spirals' pendent earrings, Malcolm ApplebyOf abstract form with 'spirals' decoration and embellished with 18ct gold beads and gold tinted angled stripes throughout, 55mm long, Edinburgh 2000, maker's stampThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish 40-bore percussion double-barrelled travelling pistol by Joseph Harkom Edinburghcirca 1845Sighted rifled damascus steel barrels signed 'Joseph Harkom, 51 West Register St Edinburgh', signed foliate side locks, full stock with belt hook, chequered butt and foliate engraved steel mounts including trap, small rectangular silver escutcheon engraved 'GDP', stirrup ramrod, 13cm barrelsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two silver-mounted snuff mulls19th century, Both with floral chased lids, one centred by a facetted citrine, the other chased with thistles and set with a facetted crystal, the horn applied with a shield-shaped plaque inscribed 'Andrew Bennet, 14th April 1871', length 9.5cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Inverness: A George IV provincial silver and agate snuff boxBy Robert Naughton of Inverness, circa 1825 Two marks: RN, thistle Of rounded rectangular form, the base and lid set with veined brown agate panel, the sides chased with scrolling foliage and with floral-chased rims, height 2.3cm, length 6.2cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lignum vitae vase-shaped snuff mullMid 18th century The silver hinge decorated with thistles, 6cm high, a brass-mounted snuff mull, 19th century, decorated with horizontal ribbing and with lobed lid, 10cm long, together with a pewter-mounted hoof snuff mull, the lid stamped 'DURIE', length 8.5cm. (3)Footnotes:John Durie is recorded as working in Edinburgh circa 1830-1868. He specialised in producing pewter-mounted deer's hoof snuff mulls.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five silver and hardstone broochesTo include: A granite brooch within a silver scalloped frame, 60mm wide; a granite latin cross pendant, 63mm long; a brooch set with an octagonal-cut bloodstone within an open shaped silver frame, 45mma brooch of open domed circular form set with panels of agates, jasper and bloodstone, 48mm and an agate open circular brooch, 46mm, silver unmarked, (5) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish silver hot water jugEdinburgh 1822Of baluster shape engraved with crest and motto; and a small salver, Edinburgh 1848, engraved with initial and with a further engraved and moulded decoration, 25cm diameter. (2)Footnotes:With non-transferable CITES self-certification number: VG2VNKWHPlease be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A George III Scottish silver shoulder belt plate Royal Edinburgh VolunteersMaker's mark obscured, Edinburgh, circa 1780, Engraved with Royal Edinburgh Volunteers emblems of GIIIR crown, thistle and lion rampant, within belt and buckle border inscribed with Clan motto 'Gaidheal An Guailibh Cheile' 88mm high, gross weight 38.76g, with later pin fittingFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A composite King's Own Scottish Borderers 'Pipe Majors' uniform circa 1950Including, a white metal plaid brooch, the quote embossed with thistles and set with a cut glass 'stone', a fly plaid, a King's Own Scottish Borderers tunic with stay bright buttons and collar dogs, an engraved white metal mounted cross belt, the buckle stamped 'made in Hong Kong', a waist belt with King's Own Scottish Borderers buckle, kilt, a silver plated sporran the arched cantle with Celtic knot work white horse hair bag with twin black tassels, the cantle centred with a circular button engraved 'King's Own Scottish Borderers', mounted on a torso manakin raised on a plated base, (qty) (168cm high)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three silver-mounted snuff mulls19th century The first with scalloped silver mount, the lid set with a banded agate and a plaque inscribed 'Robert Yule', a larger example with plain silver mounts, together with a small example inscribed on the neck mount 'John McLaren, Balhaldie' , length 9cm.Footnotes:Balhaldie is located just north of Dunblane.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish provincial silver nutmeg graterPossibly by William Innes of Tain, early 19th century Two marks: WI, WI Of vase form and oval section, with domed cover and ball finial, opening to reveal a steel grater, gross weight 1.6 oz, height 7.2cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A tourmaline beaded necklace, Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh and an aquamarine beaded necklaceThe first: Designed as a line of vari-coloured tourmaline slices suspending rough crystal fragments to a beaten silver cube fastener, 42cm, Edinburgh 2001, maker's mark; the second a double strand of tumbled aquamarine beads with gem-set accents, 54cm long (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A George III silver badge for the Edinburgh Skating SocietyBy Dick & McPherson, Edinburgh, circa 1808, no date letter Oval, the overse engraved with a pair of crossed ice skates with their ribbons untied, the motto 'OCIOR EURO' in a banner above. Reverse engraved 'Edinburgh Skating Society' with the name 'Thos. Megget WS, 28th Dec. 1808', height 6cm.Footnotes:The Edinburgh Skating Club which generally met on Duddingston Loch or Lochend, originally styled itself as the 'Skating Society' and was the world's first figure skating organization and one of the very earliest sports clubs. Though no formal records exist before 1778, it was probably established at some time in the 1740's (and was possibly in existence for even a century before then). The Club's motto 'Ocior Euro' ('Swifter Than the East Wind'), a quotation from Horace's Odes, was an expression of the classical learning espoused by many of its members. Another manifestation of the period known as the Scottish Enlightenment, it was egalitarian by nature (though membership conferred certain social advantages). Those who were admitted were drawn from many walks of life and stratas of society. 18th Century Edinburgh saw a proliferation in the establishment of all sorts of social, intellectual and cultural clubs. The Musical Society of Edinburgh, with whom the Edinburgh Skating Club shared forty members, was established in 1728; The Easy Club (also known as the 'Free and Easy Club' in 1712; The Select Society in 1754; The Poker Club in 1762 etc. Members are listed in the Edinburgh Skating Club's records with their profession beside their name (where appropriate); many are gentry, but there are also 'Writers to the Signet' (solicitors), other lawyers, soldiers and surgeons, architects, bankers and merchants. It has been argued, quite plausibly, that skating represented a comprehensive embodiment of enlightenment principals:- members were admitted on merit; had to demonstrate skill to join; gained joy and fellowship through a harmless physical activity; communed with nature and, through practice, attained elegance, agility and poise. They endeavoured to 'skate together in concert'1 and to achieve the improbable feet of moving gracefully across ice at speed (thereby demonstrating man's triumph over the elements). By the mid-19th Century the Club had Royal patronage (firstly Prince Albert in the 1860's and then, after his death, the Prince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)).An initial list of thirty-nine members was complied by some amongst their number from memory and recorded in the Club's earliest extant minutes which are dated January 1778. These thirty-nine constitute the earliest known membership and, as they were already participating in the Club's activities, their names were minuted without any date for their admission. Their badges seem to have been undated accordingly (subsequent members were noted down in the minutes with a date for their election and often (though not always) their badges bear a corresponding date). The very first name on the list is 'Commissioner Clark Maxwell' (i.e. Sir George Clerk Maxwell (1715–1784), an enlightened landowner, Commissioner of Customs and a founder member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh). Another member of this exclusive early group of thirty-nine was 'Mr John Balfour, Bookseller' (being John Balfour (1715-1796), a partner in the printing/publishing firm Hamilton, Balfour & Neil and a key member of the18th-Century Scottish Enlightenment book trade). The emergence of this badge engraved for 'Mr Jas Ramsay' confirms the identity of another of the earliest members, which it was only possible for previous authors to speculate on. Ramsay appears as the last name on the first list as 'Mr Ramsay, Slater' (i.e. he ran a business specializing in roofing materials). This left doubt as to his identity and whether he was Alexander Ramsay (d.1787) or James.The National Museums of Scotland hold a handful of undated badges for the following early members: 'Mr Matt. Sandilands' (another on the initial list of thirty-nine members already admitted before 1778); 'Patrick Anderson' (admitted on January 19th 1778); 'James Dewar' [of Vogrie] (admitted on January 1789); and 'Thos. Hogg' (an unrecorded early member, (possibly Thomas Hogg (c.1720-84)) who had possibly ceased to skate before the 1778 list was compiled). A further undated badge for Andrew Bonar appeared at auction in 2012 2 (Bonar was elected to the Club in January 1784).In the early years, members were responsible for sourcing their own badges (sometimes called 'medals') and there is great variation in their appearance. Those belonging to Matthew Sandilands and Thomas Hogg are almost identical (though slightly smaller) to James Ramsay's badge here. All three have the same idiosyncratic spelling of 'Skateing'. A badge with the engraved date of '1792' belonging to 'Jas Home' corresponds to the admission date of Dr James Home (1760-1844) (Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University). We do not know from where these members obtained their insignia, however, a second badge belonging to James Dewar, also held by National Museums Scotland, has a date of '1801'. This badge has an Edinburgh hallmark and is struck with the maker's mark 'ID' (for the silversmith 'James Dempster'), which may give a clue to a possible maker for the early badges. A similar silver badge dated 1790 for the convivial club known as the 'Helter Skelter Club' (once thought purely to have been a fictitious creation of Sir Walter Scott) bears a 'PR' maker's mark for the Edinburgh silversmith Patrick Robertson, suggesting another possible candidate for the manufacture. It should also be noted that the badge here, along with the other oval badges of the very earliest members, is of an identical form and with highly comparable engraving to the known insignia of the silver members' badges of the 'Free and Easy Club' which also date to the 1770's and 1780's. These were certainly made by the same, as yet unidentified, silversmith.There are two celebrated paintings of Edinburgh Skating Club members from this earliest period: Gilbert Stuart's 'The Skater' (1782) [Fig 1] and 'Rev Walker Skating' (circa 1790's), attributed to Henry Raeburn [Fig 2]. Stuart's 'The Skater' is a portrait of William Grant (1750-1821) who, along with James Ramsay, was one of the pre-1778 members of the Edinburgh Skating Club. Rev Robert Walker (1755-1808) was admitted to the Club in January 1780. Both of these men would have owned similar medals to that here and they would have worn them whilst skating. In the Club's rules (as set out in 1865) any Member who did not wear their 'medal' whilst on the ice or at club meetings, dinners etc was liable to pay a fine of 2s. 6d to the Treasurer.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Irish silver-gilt Celtic Revival penannular broochDecorated with Celtic knotted scrolls, 57mm wide, the pin 91mm long, the reverse applied with design registration lozenge for 23rd July 1849, silver-gilt unmarked Footnotes:The design was registered by Messrs Joseph Johnson, 23 Wellington Quay, Dublin. It is a copied from a ninth-century silver penannular ring-brooch with an Ogham inscription on the reverse which was found near Virginia in County Cavan, and now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.Another example of the present brooch is in the Hull Grundy bequest in the British Museum [1978,1002.529].For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two clan brooches and a Walter Scott broochThe bronzed metal clan brooch with motto inscribed Per Mare Per Terras, 52mm wide, the other inscribed Virtue Et Larbore, 50mm wide, and a silver brooch depicting bust of Sir Walter Scott, 40mm, registration mark for January 1871, all metals unmarked (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian silver and agate vinaigretteBy James Fenton, Birmingham, 1857 The cover set with multicoloured agates and opening to reveal a pierced grille, 3.2 cm high, together with an agate-mounted pill box by T H Hazlewood & Co, Birmingham, 1909, of flowerhead form, the hinged cover set with various agates, diameter 4.7cm, weight 2.5oz. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of silver broochesTo include: A Celtic-style brooch decorated in relief with knots and bosses, 40mm diameter, stamped RA, Glasgow 1954; another similar brooch, 45mm diameter, stamped T.E., Edinburgh 1957; an engraved thistle plaid brooch set with purple paste, 51mm diameter; two broadsword brooches, 80mm and 70mm long; two axe brooches, one set with orange paste, 49mm long; a penannular brooch with ship decoration, 48mm wide overall, stamped S&Co, Chester 1957; three thistle emblem brooches; a Celtic-knot brooch set with an amethyst, 23mm diameter and three other brooches (15) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver-mounted yew wood quaichEarly 19th century, Unmarked, Of typical form with silver-lined bowl and rim engraved with crest of a boar's head, length 11cm, a silver-mounted mahogany quaich, 19th century, length 11.1 cm and a plain deal quaich, 19th century, length 11.6cm. (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Aberdeen: A silver-mounted three piece horn cruet setBY William Dunningham of Aberdeen, circa 1910 Three marks: WD & CO, S, 925 Each piece with glass base, the pepper and mustard of tapering form with silver covers, the salt with applied silver shield, with two bone spoons, height 6.5cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Military interest: A George III silver snuff boxMakers mark RH, no date letter of rectangular form with reeded borders, the lid with initials, the base inscribed A Gift from Colonel Anstruther of the Loyal Tay Fencibles, height 2.5cm, length 7.2cm, weight 2.1oz.Footnotes:Colonel Robert Anstruther was colonel of the Tay Fencibles from 25October 1794 until 24th Sept 1808, when he left to become colonel of the Fifeshire Militia.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Victorian Scottish silver-mounted drinking hornsunmarked A pair of polished Highland cow horns, both surmounted by a ribbed silver collar to the drinking end, and an elaborately chased foliate mount to the other, the narrow neck circled by a Celtic motif and topped with a knopped thistle, embossed in high and low relief and inset with a cut rock-crystal, length 26cm. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver 'Spirals' bangle and ring, Malcolm ApplebyThe bangle with 'spirals' pattern and to the inner with 'foliate scroll' pattern with 18ct gold bead to the centre, and a similar 'spirals' ring, both stamped with maker's stamp, Edinburgh 2008 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two documentary silver-mounted snuff mulls19th century The larger engraved around the neck 'Andrw. Fyfe, Mason, Inverkeithing' and on the lid, 'From DJ to AF', the smaller example engraved around the neck, 'Peter Drummond, Mason, Crieff, No.35', and to the lid with masonic emblems , length 9cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver mounted skean dhuThomas Kerr Ebbutt, Edinburgh, 1954 The 9cm blade with single fuller and faceted back edge, etched 'Stainless steel', the hilt with basket weave decoration, the pommel set with a cut-glass 'stone' contained within a leather mounted scabbard.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A William IV silver and agate table snuff boxMakers mark apparently G&A, Edinburgh, 1834 Of cartouche shape, chased with scrolls and flowers, the cover set with a moss agate panel, the base later engraved with a depiction of a three masted streamer and the inscription:'TO EDWARD JAMES ESQ.QC, FROM JAMES B THOMSON, AS A SMALL TOKEN OF REGARD, AND ACKNOWLEGEMENT FOR THE MASTERLY DEFENCE, IN VINDICATION OF HIS CHARACTER, IN THE CASE OF THOMSON V INMAN, DECR. XXVI MDCCCLX', with gilt interior, height 3.2cm, length 9cm, weight 5.6oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver Inverness Luckenbooth brooch and a clan Robertson broochThe first: The engraved twinned heart brooch with safety chain, 29mm wide, stamped M&C INVSS, Edinburgh 1956; the second: The Robertson crest and garter brooch, 38mm wide, stamped P.G.W INS (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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