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Click here to subscribeA Georg Jensen sterling silver serving spoon, import mark for 1947, the leaf shaped bowl with scroll handle and beaded terminal, 14cm long, weight 1oz, along with a silver tea strainer, Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1910, the spherical strainer with scroll piercing, 16cm long, weight 2oz, and two further silver serving spoons and a silver plated example with heart shaped terminal (5)
A silver and tortoiseshell dressing table set, Birmingham 1923, comprising; a hand mirror, two hair brushes, a comb and two clothes brushes within fitted and silk lined case, along with a similar hand mirror, Adie Brothers, Birmingham 1926, a similar circular ring box, Birmingham 1923, two glass toilet jars with silver and tortoiseshell covers, and a similar hair tidy along with two further silver dressing table boxes (13)
A cased silver condiment set, each piece of pedestal form with two scroll handles, comprising; four salts, Chester 1908 and 1910, 4.5cm high, two pepperettes, Birmingham 1909 and 1910, 8cm high, and two hinged mustards, Birmingham 1910, 7.5cm high, along with four various condiment spoons, (some a/f) all within fitted, blue velvet lined case
A selection of silver and tortoiseshell mounted dressing table items to include: two hand brushes, two clothes brushes and a hand mirror, all Birmingham 1921, each with garland and bow decoration along with three glass, silver and tortoiseshell inlaid dressing table bottles and a ring box raised on four legs (9)
A silver chalice, GD & WS , London 1919, with lightly hammered finish and knopped stem, raised on a circular pedestal base, 14.5cm high, weight 8oz, along with a silver pedestal cup, Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1921, of plain form and bearing inscription, 17cm high, weight 9oz
A silver Art Deco bowl, London 1931, raised on a stepped circular pedestal base, 16.5cm diameter, weight 12oz, along with a small silver pedestal dish, W Neale & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1935, 11.5cm diameter, weight 2oz, and a silver miniature jug and cover, Sheffield 1945, of baluster form, with scroll handle and corked cover with Maltese cross finial, 8.5cm high (3)
A silver calling card case, W H Manton Ltd, Birmingham 1941, with engine turned design and thumb piece, gilt interior, 8cm x 5.5cm, weight 3oz, along with a silver snuff box, Birmingham 1897, of shaped rectangular form and with florally engraved design, 5.5cm x 3.5cm, 2oz, along with two sovereign holders including a double example and a vesta case (5)
A Victorian silver desk stand, Robinson, Edkins and Aston, Birmingham 1846, the shell moulded, shaped stand with a central baluster well flanked supporting a leaf and shell caster stick and snuffer, by a glass and silver mounted jar to either side, raised on four shell moulded bracket feet, 23cm wide, along with three Samson Mordan and Co pens
An oak photograph frame, with silver mount, G & C Ltd , Birmingham 1904, embossed with a continuous scrolling floral and foliate design, 29cm x 21cm, along with a plain rectangular example, HVP & Co , Birmingham 1945, 24cm x 19cm, and two oval examples, Birmingham 1915 and 1921, 14cm high and 20.5cm high (4)
A silver mounted photograph frame, JB Ld London 1983, designed as a trellis within floral borders, 21.5cm x 19cm, and another similar, KF Ld , London 1981, embossed with cherubs and scrolling foliage and two plain rectangular examples, Birmingham 1915 and 1912, 16cm x 12.5cm and 18cm x 13cm (4)
Two silver mounted rectangular photograph frames, Birmingham 1907 and 1914, 17cm x 13cm, along with a pair of plain oval examples stamped 925 , 11.5cm high, a small photograph frame, Chester 1897, of rectangular form and surmounted by a bow, 8.5cm high, to heart shaped photograph frames both stamped 925 , a small silver mounted frame with gadrooned rim, Birmingham 1903, and a small rectangular frame stamped 925 , with import mark for 1977 (9)
A matched three piece silver tea and coffee service, each piece with embossed panels of flowers and foliage with acanthus cast handles and raised on shell moulded feet, comprising a silver coffee pot, John, Henry and Charles Lias, London 1832, 25cm high, weight 33oz, a silver teapot, SH DC , London 1853, 15.5cm high, weight 30oz, and a silver cream jug, John, Henry and Charles Lias, London 1831, 9cm high, weight 8oz (3)
A silver bowl, Barker Brothers Ltd, Birmingham 1932, of pedestal form with reeded and ogee shaped rim, 21cm diameter, weight 10oz, along with a silver dish, Barker Brothers Ltd, Birmingham 1937, with ogee shaped and gadrooned rim and raised on three paw feet, 20.5cm diameter, weight 9oz (2)
A silver bowl, S. Walton Smith, Birmingham 1893, of lobed circular form with wrythen design and raised on three elaborated scroll handles/feet, 12cm diameter, weight 3oz, along with a pair of trinket dishes, Hilliard and Thomason, Birmingham 1896, 14.5cm wide, and a pair of smaller trinket dishes, Sheffield 1896, 12cm wide, and a oval box with hinged cover, Deakin and Francis, Birmingham 1903 (6)
A selection of silver to include: a pedestal sugar caster, Birmingham 1912, 15cm high, a sauce boat Mappin and Webb, Sheffield 1914, 13.5cm wide, a near pair of casters, Birmingham circa 1893, 8.5cm high, a small silver jug, London 1896, 6.5cm high, a silver oval mustard with hinged cover, Birmingham 1902, with blue glass liner, (damaged) 9cm wide, a silver napkin ring, a silver salt Sheffield 1915, a selection of three silver salt spoons and a silver plated salt spoon, total weight (excluding liner) 17oz (12)
A silver three piece tea service, Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1915, each piece of boat shape with gadrooned rim, comprising a teapot with ebonised handle, 14.5cm high, weight 26oz, a two handled sugar bowl, 10cm high, weight 11oz, and a milk jug, 9cm high, weight 7oz, along with a matched silver plated hot water jug, with ebonised angular handle, 21.5cm high, (4)
A three piece silver tea service, London 1898, marks rubbed, each of oval, half reeded form comprising; a teapot with ebonised, angular handle, 12.5cm high, weight 20oz, a two handled sugar bowl and a cream jug, total weight 13oz, along with a pedestal coffee pot, Birmingham 1901, 22cm high, weight 20oz (4)
A gentleman s gold plated full hunter pocket watch, keyless, the gilt metal movement signed AM Watch Co Waltham Mass, Duchess-No 13506529 the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, with attached gold plated guard/muff chain with swivel, length 136cm approx, along with a gentleman s silver cased open faced pocket watch, keyless, signed J W Benson, Swiss made (dial with hair line crack) case hall marked London 1936, with attached silver single watch Albert and a lady s Incarna marcasite set stainless steel cocktail watch and strap and a silver rope chain necklace (5)
A silver plate mounted bullseye crystal back and front desk/bedside clock, with white enamel dial, black roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, button wind (a/f), a silver plated Goliath pocket watch, 19th century with white enamel dial, black Arabic numerals , subsidiary seconds dial J C Vickery-to her majesty 179/181/183 Regent St W -patent No 10292, button wind, a late Victorian silver cased A W W Co Waltham mass full hunter pocket watch, the white enamel dial with black roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, gilt metal movement signed Waltham Mass No. 7181904 case hallmarked Birmingham 1898 (with key) (3)
A George III silver pair cased open faced verge pocket watch, London 1814, the gilt fusee movement signed Woolf Isaac Abergavenny No. 2475 with decorative pierced watch cock, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals together with a late Victorian silver cased open faced pocket watch gilt fusee movement signed Adam Burdess, Coventry No. 21050 with white enamel dial, black Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, case hall marked Chester 1890, with attached white metal decorative watch Albert (2)
A PAIR OF JAPANESE STEEL STIRRUPS (ABUMI BATTO), 19TH CENTURY with red lacquered treads (small losses), strongly curved at the front and rising to a pierced plate incorporating a looped buckle for suspension, and the outer surface decorated with silver flowers and fruit (light surface rust); and a modern copy of a tsuba the first: 25.5cm; 10in high (3)
A MALAYSIAN KLEWANG, 19TH CENTURY the blade inlaid with a brass inscription at the forte, horn hilt carved as a monstrous mask set with ivory for the eyes (small chips and losses), in its figured hardwood scabbard with silver mounts and horn locket; A MOROCCAN JAMBIYA, in its scabbard; AN AFRICAN AXE, with gold-painted head; and AN AFRICAN DAGGER, with copper-bound grip the first: 40.5cm; 16in blade (4)
A JAVANESE KRIS with the pattern welded wavy blade, figurative hardwood grip carved with characteristic scrollwork, silver mendak and selut the former decorated with beadwork and filigree, in its original scabbard with larger wrangka (small chips) and the lower portion almost entirely encased in sheet brass enclosing a panel of tortoiseshell at the front 40.5cm; 16in
A BURMESE SILVER-MOUNTED DHA, 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, wooden hilt of characteristic form entirely encased in silver repousée with foliage and scrollwork, in its original wooden scabbard encased in sheet silver with mounts decorated en suite with the hilt 54.5cm; 21 1/2in
THE GILT-BRASS MOUNTED SHAMSHIR PRESENTED TO SIR CORNWALLIS RICKETTS BY THE IMAM OF MUSCAT AND SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR, CIRCA 1845 with curved blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with celestial motifs within a panel over the forte on each side (worn), gilt-brass hilt cast with scrollwork enclosing expanded flowerheads in low relief, comprising cross-piece with fluted terminals, a pair of langets, and integral grip rising to the pommel, in its original leather covered wooden scabbard, with large gilt-brass mounts comprising locket and chape chased with flowers and foliage and a pair of suspension mounts decorated with masks in the French taste; together with A TURKISH SILVER-GILT MOUNTED YATAGHAN, 19TH CENTURY, with curved single-edged blade cut with an inscription enclosed within a decorative panel on one side and a further panel on the other, the lower portion enclosed in repousée silver, silver-gilt grip of slender proportion, decorated with repousée foliage and with an eared pommel, in its wooden scabbard encased in repousée silver with gilt-brass chape formed as a monsterhead and gilt-brass locket, in its chamois leather lined baize cover, with a label inscribed 'Formerly the property of Ali Bey, The Turkish Admiral': the shamshir and yataghan contained together in a contemporary mahogany two-tier case lined in padded red velvet, the lid with brass escutcheon engraved with the initial 'R' and the crest of Ricketts Bart., of Beaumont Leyes, and sold together with related documentation, as outlined below the shamshir: 84.4cm; 33 1/4in blade the yataghan: 59.7cm; 23 1/2in blade The documentation includes an inscription in Arabic and a contemporary translation as follows: 'From the humble Fakeer Said the son of Sultan. To his worthy and beloved friend the trusty Captain Hopson(?) May God preserve him - I wish you to go to the Captain of the frigate /English/ and say unto him that Said sends him a salam, even a great salam, and that Said is delighted at his arrival and that the country is his and he can have whatever he requires - and peace be on him. True Translation. A. Hamerton' and 'This sword was presented by the Imam of Muscat and Sultan of Zanzibar to Sir Cornwallis Ricketts on his visiting Zanzibar in H.M.S.Helena in 1845, in acknowledgment of the moral support His Highness has derived from the presence of an English man of War, at a time he was resisting the pressure of a French Mission to obtain commercial advantages by Treaty, over and above what had been conceded to the "most favoured nations", England included. The sword presented by His Highness for Sir Cornwall Ricketts' son (now in his possession) in 1845, was on the occasion of Sir C. R. conveying a silver tea service of Plate, a present from Her Majesty the Queen to the Imam of Muscat, to Zanzibar from the Cape of Good Hope. Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan (1797-1856) was joint ruler with his brother from 1804 and became sole ruler in 1806. In 1822 he signed the Moresby Treaty with the British in which slaves to Christian powers became illegal throughout his lands. He removed his residence to Zanzibar permanently in 1840 and was recognised as Sultan of Muscat, Oman and Zanzibar in 1845. He encouraged the clove plantations in Zanzibar which became the world's top producers of that crop in 1860.
A FINE INDIAN KNIFE, SIND, CIRCA 1860 with stout blade formed with a double-edged point, recessed block-shaped forte engraved with scrolling foliage on each side, and inlaid with a lengthy gold presentation inscription on the back-edge, engraved steel hilt comprising recurved cross-piece, cylindrical ferrule, and octagonal cap pommel, decorated throughout with scrolling flowers and foliage enriched with an alternating pattern of gold and silver flowerheads, and pellets, tapering octagonal grip formed of contrasting pieces of figured horn and ivory, and remaining in fine condition throughout 37.8cm; 14 7/8in LITERATURE Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris 1988, p.130 no.217. The inscription reads, in translation: '...His Highness Mir Ali Khan Sahib Bahadur, The Governor of Khairpur...(?) made by Hayat Haddad.' His Highness Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur (born 1815) was the ruler of Khairpur State, a large tract of land in upper Sind that remained independent when the country on both sides of the Indus fell under the control of the British Government following Sir Charles Napier's victory at the Battle of Meeanee in 1843. Khaipur was one of the three ruling Houses of Sind that had been set up in a division of the realm between the three sons of Mir Sohrab Khan in the 1780's when he established his own dynasty there having driven out the last Kalhora sovereign. Another knife from this workshop was presented to the Prince of Wales on his visit to India in 1875-6. See P. Missillier and H. Ricketts, op.cit., p. 196.
A FINE INDIAN KHANDA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with broad flat blade swelling towards the tip, inlaid with a pair of brass pellets, the lower portion enclosed by a shaped steel plate extending to a flower-shaped terminal an decorated with gold koftgari foliage, steel hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of pierced foliate langets extending over the forte, a pair of short quillons formed en suite with the langets, figure-of-eight shaped plates extending to form the knuckle-guard, attenuated cup-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with gold koftgari foliate borders, and original grip bound with cord and silver wire, in its original felt covered wooden scabbard with pierced steel chape decorated en suite with the hilt 81.2cm; 32in blade
AN INDIAN ENAMELLED SILVER CHAPE FOR A SWORD SCABBARD, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LUCKNOW decorated in blue and green enamel with foliage inhabited by a vertical arrangement of exotic animals within a chequered border (losses), and the top pierced with scrolling foliage; and AN INDIAN GILT COPPER CHAPE FOR A SWORD SCABBARD, 19TH CENTURY, decorated over its surface with scrolling flowers and foliage on a punched ground the first: 13.5cm; 5 3/8in (2) For a sword hilt decorated in a closely related manner to the first see H.Ricketts and P.Missillier 1988, p.134, no. 223.
AN ARGENTINIAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with bayonet blade stamped with the maker's details 'José Spinelli, Puan', silver hilt comprising swelling faceted grip decorated with short scrolled mouldings and a floral panel, in its leather scabbard with silver mounts decorated en suite, including locket with signed belt hook 52cm; 20 1/2in
A PERSIAN KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade of watered steel, ivory hilt with shaped pommel retained by two iron rivets with silver foliate washers, in its original fish skin covered wooden scabbard with large nielloed silver mounts decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of foliage on a punched ground 25.5cm; 10in
A BICHAQ, 19TH CENTURY, BALKAN OR GREEK with single-edged blade engraved with a panel of foliage on one side and along the back-edge, engraved silver hilt formed of a scalloped ferrule enclosing the blade and broad back-strap, ivory grip-scales retained by six silver rivets (the pommel finial missing), in its silver scabbard decorated with foliage and central architectural cartouche on each face, the terminal formed as a monsterhead, engraved with the letter 'M' at the front and fitted with a single loop for suspension 34cm; 13 3/8in
AN ARAB SILVER-HILTED SAIF, 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the tip, silver hilt of characteristic form including a pair of short fluted conical quillons, decorated with a flowerhead on the langets, and retaining its knuckle chain, in its wooden scabbard covered with tooled leather and with silver mounts en suite with the hilt 70cm; 27 5/8in blade
A LARGE CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, 19TH CENTURY with broad blade cut with an off-set fuller on each side, horn hilt of characteristic form retained bya pair of steel rivets with cartouche shaped washers, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver mounts decorated with a flower top and bottom; TWO FURTHER KINDJALS, 19TH CENTURY, the blades decorated with silver koftgari, and the hilts and scabbards each decorated en suite; and a small knife the first: 55cm;21 5/8in (4)
A TURKISH KILIG, 19TH CENTURY with curved blade double-edged over its upper third and formed with characteristic reinforced back-edge, decorated with a silver koftgari calligraphic cartouche on one side and a shaped panel filled at the forte (light surface rust and wear), brass cross-piece with bud-shaped terminals, moulded brass back-strap, a pair of horn grip-scales (light worm damage), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large brass mounts (the scabbard now shrunk) 73.6cm; 29in blade
A TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED KILIG, with curved single-edged blade decorated in gold koftgari with a panel of scrolling foliage on each side of the forte and a gold calligraphic cartouche on one side (gold rubbed), engraved silver cross-piece with bud-shaped terminals, engraved silver back-strap, a pair of horn grip-scales rising to an eared pommel, the grip bound with silk banding woven with silver, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts engraved en suite with the cross-piece, and stamped with a tughra and a further mark (hilt locking catch missing) 75cm; 29 5/8in blade
A TURKISH YATAGHAN, 19TH CENTURY with curved reinforced single-edged blade, the lower portion enclosed in a shaped gilt-metal panel set with numerous small pieces of coral in raised mouldings, extending over the hilt to form the back-strap, and a pair of morse grip-scales rising up to an eared pommel (one small chip), in an contemporary Balkan silver-mounted leather-covered wooden scabbard with large repousée mounts 56.3cm; 22 1/4in blade
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