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Click here to subscribeAN ENGLISH SILVER GILT SPY GLASS the 1.5 inch telescope with single draw tube and tortoiseshell sleeved body, engraved Jas Long Royal Exchange London, 1781-1811 ++A few scratches and typical signs of light wear. Note: small old filled repair to a single chip on the tortoiseshell. No recent restoration or repolishing etc
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FOX`S PAW DESK SEAL with fox intaglio, motto FOR`ARD AWAY and (worn) inscription BICESTER HOUNDS 20th January 1895, by Walter Thornhill & Co Ltd, London 1897 and an EPNS mounted fox`s paw match or vesta case, the lid engraved HILLESDON MON FEB 3RD 1896 FROM RL (2) ++Both exhibiting signs of wear
A FRENCH SILVER GILT AND GUILLOCHE ENAMEL PARASOL HANDLE of flared and reeded shape, the top with a blue rosette in white border, 6.5cm h, maker`s mark indistinct, contemporary case signed for Templier & Hailingre... Paris, c1900 ++Enamel very slightly chipped on the edge, case rather scuffed and worn
A SWISS SILVER GILT AND MAUVE GUILLOCHE ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX with clockwork mechanism and feathered bird automaton enclosed by an oval lid painted with a view of Geneva in border of split pearls, the underside engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage, 9 x 5.5cm, apparently unmarked, c1900 ++A fine quality example with two minute edge knocks to the enamel in the sky on the oval lid, the mechanism sticking somewhat. The lid not rising or closing automatically but these faults appear to be only minor mechanical issues which could be easily rectified. No restoration or re-enamelling and a particularly good quality example
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE V SILVER MINIATURE SHOT FLASK with blued steel spring-dispenser, 7cm h excluding ring, by Grey & Co, Chester 1917 ++The interior lacking the closure or shutter from the interior but otherwise complete and in working order, a few light scratches and a minor dent but a most unusual example of early 20th c smallwork
THREE GLASS SCENT BOTTLES comprising a Victorian silver-mounted green flashed and cut glass scent bottle with flared and embossed silver cap, a Palais Royal blue opaline square bottle overlaid in engraved and pierced giltmetal and set with five circular miniatures painted with flowers and a continental giltmetal mounted porcelain `icicle` bottle, painted with a gilt medallion of figures on a lavender blue ground, giltmetal mount and finger ring, square bottle 10cm h, c1870 ++The lot in satisfactory condition, in need of cleaning
AN ASPREY TAN PIGSKIN DRESSING CASE double sided, with fitted interior and silver plated and enamelled jar and bottle tops, plated brass locks, 33cm w, mid 20th c ++In good condition with a few very minor scratches and scuff marks only. The interior with minor stains and some slight wear or chipping of the enamel
AN ENGLISH SILVER LEVER WATCH with enamel dial, subsidiary seconds dial and gold hands (one a giltmetal replacement) the movement with bright steel escape wheel, pierced balance cock and engraved foot, signed FRENCH top High Street Bristol, the case engine turned, casemaker Charles Muston, London 1822 ++The dial undamaged, the movement complete and in running order although in need of a clean, slight wear to the engine turning around the back
* JOHN VINE OF COLCHESTER (1808/9-1867) THREE PRIZE WINNING PIGS inscribed Smithfield Club... Show First Prize of £10, No299 George Beale of Frowlesworth Lutterworth Lester Silver Meadle to Breader, 49 x 59cm ++Tear with several cms of paint loss upper centre right but in otherwise finely preserved condition, unlined beneath a varnish discoloured with time, on the original stretchers in contemporary frame later gilt painted
COCONUT WARES. A SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT SHELL BEAKER incised with a floral trellis pattern, 10cm h, 19th c, a penwork decorated shell with arabesques, a similar S. E. Asian teapot and cover, vase and pair of cups, 19th c (7) ++Minor cracks and other faults but in generally good condition
WATERLOO MEDAL replacement silver straight bar suspender *CORP. GAVIN HAMILTON, 1ST BATT. 79th REG. FOOT [Cameronian Highlanders], with GENERAL BERTHIER`S [FOLDING] MAP OF FRANCE, engraving in contemporary outline colour by S Leigh, 1804, backed on linen, believed to have been presented by the Duke of Northumberland to Gavin Barham Hamilton in June 1851, laid down, framed (2) ++++
AN ENGLISH BRONZE SEXTANT with engraved silver inset scale and signed Chadburn & Son Liverpool 23227, `ladder` pattern frame, the index arm with locking screw and endless tangent screw adjustment, magnifier, DUPLEX PATENT horizon glass, ivory wedge shaped handle, telescopes and accessories, in fitted brass-mounted mahogany box with on the underside of the lid the engraved certificate of the Kew Observatory Examination, Class B, dated November 1892 ++In apparently good and complete original condition. Some of the metal parts showing moderate affects of damp storage. The mirror cracked and the lid with a few typical light scratches and stains
CRICKET. A SILVER-MOUNTED DOULTON WARE MUG applied with three reliefs of W G Grace designed by George Tinworth on an olive glazed ground, 13cm h, impressed mark, date 1882 and PODR mark for 29 December 1880, incised decorator`s initials of Annie Gentle, mount hallmarked Sheffield 1881 ++In fine condition
An eight-day marine chronometer with up/down indicator, Thomas Mercer, Maker to the Admiralty, London no 7784, in a coromandel case, circa 1865, bearing red marks Silver Medal 1867 and Hon. Mention 1876, in a rosewood case with brass stringing and edges and recessed handles, applied a monogrammed plaque HWH to the hinged lid and a circular shell plaque to the front inscribed Thomas Mercer London & St Albans 7744, the case 22.5cm (8.75") high, 20.5cm (8") wide, with Repair and Rate Certificate Nov 9th 1937 named Thomas Mercer and signed pp. Frank Mercer/see illustration
AN EDWARD VII BLUE MOROCCO LEATHER FITTED DRESSING CASE, the silk lined interior fitted with silver mounted requisites including seven glass jars in various sizes, etched with ribboned floral swags and pendants, matching spirit flask and plain bottle, two dressing brushes, two hair brushes and a hand mirror, clock, shoe horn, glove stretchers, button hook, rectangular tray and paper knife; grey leather requisites including jewellery case, sewing box, pin cushion, thread wallet, writing wallet and address book, initialled `FAP`, London 1908, marks for W & G Neal, 45cms x 32cms. See illustration
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CROCODILE SKIN DRESSING CASE with silk lined interior with some ivory fittings including two silver mounted glass bottles and a jar, a hair brush and a clothes brush, all engraved with crest, London 1930 with canvas outer cover, 51cms x 35cms. See illustration
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY GOTHIC REVIVAL SILVER, SILVER GILT AND GARNET CIBORIUM, CHALICE AND PATEN, by Frederick Denby Wray, London 1909, the chalice having a conical bowl held within a deep silver gilt calyx of inverted arch panels of raised trefoil tracery with floral crockets, the hexagonal tracery stem with large lobed knop, collet set with six garnet cabouchons, above a convex collar and pointed trefoil ogee arched tracery, on a hexagonal lobed and spreading foot raised on pierced diamond gallery and flange, 22cms high; the ciborium having a stepped domed cover with a bottonée cross collet set with a garnet cabouchon, the hemispheral bowl on conforming stem and base, 30.5cms high; a silver gilt paten engraved with the sacred monogram within a sunburst cartouche, 14cms diameter (London 1901), total approximate weight 53ozs. See illustration
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE COASTERS having beaded borders above pierced and engraved laurel swag decoration centred with an oval cartouche engraved with a cockerel crest, Sheffield date letter possibly for 1791, maker`s mark rubbed, 12.5cms diameter. See illustration
A GEORGE V SILVER `BROWNE MEMORIAL TROPHY` SHIELD, repousse decorated and engraved with a portrait cartouche, ribbon tied laurel swag and banner, finely engraved locomotive and the inscription `To Commemorate Sir Benjamin C. Browne Kt DCL JP and to encourage Technical Study and Proficiency in Locomotive Engineering`, all within a reeded and strapwork border, Sheffield 1917 maker Walker & Hall, total approximate weight 40oz, in excellent condition, 35.5cms x 46cms. See illustration
A GEORGE VI SILVER PERIOD FOUR PIECE TEA SERVICE of plain angular octagonal form, comprising hot water jug with pear wood handle, tea pot with similar handle, a twin grip sugar bowl and a milk jug, Sheffield 1936, maker Z B & S Ltd., for Barraclough & Sons, total approximate weight 54ozs. See illustration
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