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A set of twelve George II silver-gilt Rococo teaspoons, unmarked circa 1740, the reverse of the bowls with shell decoration, the terminals with asymmetrical foliate decoration, length 11.3cm, approx. weight 9oz. (12) ** Provenance: The Albert Collection, entry number 155. For an image of the spoons see, Butler, R, The Albert Collection, Broadway Publishing 2004, page 234.
A silver Sandringham pattern canteen for twelve, by E. Viner, Sheffield, various dates 1931-9, comprising: twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, twenty-four teaspoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve soup spoons, six table spoons, twelve grapefruit spoons, twelve table knives, twelve dessert knives, twelve fish knives and forks, with mother-of-pearl handles, twelve fruit knives and forks with stainless blades and tines, a pair of fish servers, a five piece carving set, four knife rests, two mustard spoons, two salt spoons, a pickle fork, two jam spoons, two butter knives, a pair of salad servers, a soup ladle, and a pair of sauce ladles, in a fitted wooden case with a hinged cover and pull out drawer, on four cabriole legs, approx. weighable 239oz.
Ancient Greece, Attica, Athens, silver Tetradrachm, 4th Century B.C., helmeted head of Athena to right, rev standing owl with facing head, letters to right, olive branch and crescent to left, 16.2gm (S. 2537). On a somewhat oval flan, but full face and virtually full owl, obverse very fine, reverse fine.
Enamelled "coin" reverses of William IV (5 - including a double-coin brooch), coloured on royal blue background; enamelled silver "half-sovereign" with Pistrucci`s St. George, 1821, all imitation coins; enamelled Crown, 1821, gilt St. George on Royal blue; and Halfcrown 1836, reverse, with engraved suspension loop.
Germany, Brandenburg-Prussia, a set of four silver miniature medals (1690), struck to commemorate the Coronation in Augsburg of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I (1678-1690-1711); obverses, equestrian figure, reverses, differing images, NON FLECTITVR, SIT PRIMO SECVNDVS, TERRET ET TERIT and ADE CORONAS CORONIS, each 17mm. Extremely fine, but with some discolouring. (4)
Afghanistan, Order of the Star, Second Class Set, Badge, openwork, a star within border, 45mm; and Breast Star, marked 585 with silver centre medallion, 90mm, with Sash, in case of issue. Virtually as issued, rare. This and the following three lots comprise the Foreign Orders awarded to Sir John Lovegrove Waldron, KCVO (1909-1975), Chief Constable of Berkshire Constabulary from 1954 to 1958 and Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1968 to 1972. In 1965, Waldron was responsible for organising the policing of the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, for which he was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1966 Birthday Honours. He was responsible for the policing of a number of Sate visits, for which he was presented with these awards.
Belgium, The Order of Leopold, Grand Officer`s Set, Badge and Breast Star, Civil Division, in silver, gilt and enamel, in cloth covered case of issue, by Tillander, virtually as issued; with a German medal, KRIMINAL POLIZEI, Berlin, numbered 001, 45mm; two presentation pewter tankards and a football trophy. (lot)
The Royal Medal of the Royal Society, awarded to Professor Harry Marshall Ward, 1893, struck in frosted silver and contained in glazed lunettes joined with a silver rim, by William Wyon, diademed "Penny Black" head of Queen Victoria left, rev standing figure of Sir Isaac Newton, REGINAE MVNIFICENTIA ARBITRIO SOCIETATIS, edge engraved, "Prof. Harry Marshal Ward M.A. F.R.S. 1893", 73mm (BHM 1885), contained in the original fitted case of issue. Mint state. Professor Harry Marshall Ward (1854-1906), botanist. The medal, one of two awarded in 1893, was "for his researches into the life-history of fungi and schizomycetes". Ward studied at the South Kensington Science and Art Department under Thomas Henry Huxley in 1874, before attending Christ Church College Cambridge in 1876, where he was funded by a wealthy fellow student, Louis Lucas. Ward graduated with a 1st class Honours degree in Natural Sciences in 1879. The British Government sent him to Ceylon [1880-82] to study the coffee rust disease which was affecting the island`s plantations, establishing him as a plant pathologist. In 1885 Ward was appointed Professor of Botany at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper`s Hill. He became a Fellow of the Linnaean Society [1886], a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society [1887], a Fellow of the Royal Society [1889] and was appointed Professor of Botany at Cambridge University [1895].
The Gehagan Society, a Georgian engraved silver member`s medal, GEHAGAN SOCIETY FOUNDED BY PLYCARPUS ANNO DOMINI 135, ROBT JOHNSON MOST SUBLIME LL 1804, the reverse with flowering sunflower, "We esteem most what is most concealed", London Hallmark 1803, maker ?????? HM & ??, 45mm, pierced and with suspension ring. £300-400 The origins of the Society are not known. St. Polycarpus (b. AD 69), was martyred in AD 155 (not 135) and he is know for his Epistle to the Philippians.
The Brotherly Society, a Georgian engraved silver member`s medal, by Hester Bateman, c 1780, two gentlemen clasp hands, standing within crowned vignette, THE BROTHERLEY SOCIETY on ribband above and LOVE AND UNITY below, floral scrolls to either side, the reverse engraved with monogrammed initials TIG, HB maker`s mark, 74.5 x 46.5mm (Reference: Davis, W. J. & Waters, A. W., Tickets and Passes of Great Britain and Ireland, 108/63, this piece), integral suspension loop.
A German silver box medal commemorating the Great Famin, 1816 and the Good Harvest, 1817, by Johann Thomas Stettner of Nuremberg, and containing 8 hand-coloured roundels (some still linked) with images and text, milled edge, 49mm (Pressler, E, Schraubtaler und Steckmedaillen 439; Erlanger 1179; Koch 2841; Forrer VIII, 221), contained in its original red leather case of issue.
India, The Marquess and Marchioness of Landsdown, Viceroy`s Presentation medal, in silver, 1888, by A. Wyon, awarded to Capt. A. B. Blaxland, conjoined busts right, rev armorial crest, named on edge, 51mm (Puddester 888.2, R2), in (damaged) case of issue. Good very fine, though obverse has been cleaned
A mixed lot of silver boxes and vesta cases, various maker`s and dates, including and octagonal, modern vinaigrette, an Edwardian box inset with a coin, a circular box with embossed cover, two circular boxes with inset tortoiseshell covers, three vesta cases, a circular box with engraved cover, and a continental box with hinged cover. approx. weight 5oz. (10).
Four silver English and continental modern boxes, mixed maker`s and dates, including a box in the form of a wooden truck, and embossed circular box, an engine turned circular box with enamelled cover and Northumberland Fusiliers, and a plain circular box, (4), approx weight 3oz.
Eight various silver sovereign cases, mixed maker`s and dates, including three circular with engraved and turned decoration, an Edwardian circular case with embossed Art Nouveau style embossed portrait of a lady, two plain oval double sovereign cases, and two with engraved foliate scrolls. (8). 7.5oz, (8)
A Victorian silver-gilt double sovereign case, by Henry Cook, Birmingham 1900, rounded rectangular form, with engraved foliate scroll decoration, monogrammed, wear to gilding, plus a silver sovereign case of circular form, engraved decoration, Birmingham 1912, approx. weight 2oz. (2)
A pair of presentation silver-gilt scissors, by G. Kenning and Son, London 1937, engrvaed foliate decoration and applied with the enamel badge of the Borough of Hendon, the reverse side inscribed, ` Borough of Hendon Subway under Watford Way Mill Hill opened by The Rt. Hon. Edward Leslie Burgin, L.L.D, M.P, Minister of Transport 9th July 1937`, length 12.5cm, in a fitted case
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