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A collection of three late Victorian card cases to include, FM, Birmingham 1868, of moulded rectangular outline, initial engraved to centre in an engraved scroll and foliate background; George Unite, Birmingham 1875, with engine turned decoration and a vacant oval cartouche to centre; Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings Shepherd, Birmingham 1901, engine turned and scroll decoration; together with a later card case, Birmingham 1915, with chased foliate scroll decoration and an unmarked Indian style card caseDimensions:Length: 10cm, 10cm, 10cm, 10.5cm, 9cm, weighable silver: 8.4oz
An early 18th-Century Dutch silver spoon Holse Seeips Swerms, Harlingem, c.1715, the cast naturalistic scroll and stylised branch stem with scroll join to ovoid bowl, with slender rat tail, marked to shoulderDimensions:Length: 17.6cm, weight: 54.8gNote: Literature:Please note for a comparable- Jochen Amme - Historical cutlery: Collection Siermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen- 2011 number 199
A mixed group of Continental silver to include; a twin-handled oval basket; an Austrian small table inkwell; two small plain beakers; a twin-handled 19th-Century small bowl, possibly Augsburg; two Austrio-Hungarian salts; a large caster; two plated pin trays, a Georgian cream jug London 1788, and other miscellaneous itemsDimensions:Gross weight: 32oz
A late 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon Jargen Arents, Amsterdam, 1684, cast finial of a seated lion holding a shield engraved with initials ‘A.I’, the simple flared stem to an ovoid bowl with slender rat tail, marked to shoulder of the bowlDimensions:Length: 18.7cm, weight: 45.3g
A late 19th-Century gilt-copper electrotype tankard Elkington Mason & Co. of Birmingham circa 1860, of cylindrical form, with S-scroll handle, the hinged lid with baby Bacchus finial, after a 17th-century ivory tankard with silver mounts, representing the drunken Silenus, scroll handle and baby Bacchus finial, the underside inscribed 'From the original ivory in the possession of Henry Bedford Esqr, executed by Elkington Mason & Co. 1348'Dimensions:Height: 29cmNote: Note:The Victorian era brought much invention and discovery, both industrial and for the arts. The firm Elkington & Co. were the epitome of innovation and were at the forefront of developments of electro-metallurgy.Elkington & co. honed their skills to create electroplate masterpieces and in particular electrotype facsimile copies of museum quality artefacts. They were also the only British company to consistently win the highest awards at all seven of the International Exhibitions held from 1851-1878.Founded by cousins, George Richards Elkington and Henry Elkington, and financed by the steel pen magnate Josiah Mason the company formed a relationship with the pre-cursor to the Victoria and Albert Museum, the South Kensington Museum to produce facsimile copies of museum artefacts for educational purposes known as a ‘type pattern’.In order to re-produce these type patterns, a mould is first made of the original piece and then sprayed with a silver paint to help conduct electricity, dipped in a solution with copper wires this first helps connect the copper and then the silver. The complex process produces a product that can be handled and examined for further research.Elkington & Co. was a commercial enterprise and did sell their electrotype wares. The Bedford tankard was the third project between the South Kensington Museum and Elkington & Co. It is the only known example where the name of the owner was credited on the piece. Various options were provided for the tankard with entirely copper costing 7l 7s to gilt or parcel gilt with a price of 10l 10s.Francis Bedford (1815-1894) loaned the 17th-century tankard to the museum in 1854. He was the founder of the Photographic Society of London (later the Royal Photographic Society), Prince Albert had commissioned him to photograph items in the Royal Collection and even purchased an image of the tankard taken by Bedford which still resides in the Royal collections today RCIN 2906112. The Bedford family were primarily civil servants, but their link to Sir Horace Walpole (1717-1797) might explain their interest in the arts. Horace was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister. His house Strawberry hill in Sussex became a living museum itself encompassing Renaissance maiolica, Holbein drawings, arms and armour among other collections. Bedford consequently was keen for further investigation on his museum worthy tankard.The purpose of their exercise was to provide educational tools, but with Elkington's success, they began to use the elements of the original 'type patterns' such as a handle, for other designs. This created a conflict of interest and may have been a contributing factor to why the relationship ended.There is today still a silver-gilt mounted ivory tankard carved with the same version of the Silenus story but with a different finial, in the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession number 880-1882), from the bequest in 1882 of John Jones, and is on display in the Whitely Galleries. More recent research has deemed that Ivory drum attributed to Flemish Baroque sculptor François Duquesnoy is now thought to be Augsburg Germany.Lots 3 and 4 offer an interesting insight into the Victorian period where the commercial industrial drive meets the desire to improve social and public order.
A late 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon maker unknown, Horn, 1691, the cast finial of a standing female figure resting on an anchor with a bird in her hand (possibly Charity?), upon a two stage stem with wavy upper section and cast lower with figure of death above a classical mask, the circular bowl with short rat tail, marks flankingDimensions:Length: 19cm, weight: 52.2g
A late 17th-Century Danish silver spoon Dionis Willadsen, Naestved, c.1670, of flat form with square terminals engraved to obverse with a display rose and to reverse with daffodil, slight shoulders at join, squat circular bowl, the reverse of the bowl engraved with initials ‘PS/MJD’ within laurel garland, marked to base of stemDimensions:Length: 17.3cm, weight: 46gNote: Literature:Comparable in Klaus Marquardt, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: An Art Collection, 1997- No 314
A group of 1930s silver and enamel dressing table items - Royal Navy Internet various dates, mostly Gieves and Co. comprising; a cigarette case, a match box case, patch box and a boxed pair of bottle stoppers, each with guilloche enamel ground, applied or inset crownDimensions:Cigarette case: 8.3cm, weighable silver: 5.8oz
A matched pair of electrotype tankards each of cylindrical form, with S-scroll handle, the hinged lid with baby Bacchus finial, after a 17th-Century ivory tankard with silver mounts, representing the drunken Silenus, scroll handle and baby Bacchus finial, the underside inscribed 'From the original ivory in the possession of Henry Bedford Esqr' HB 357 and plain to the underside of the otherDimensions:Height: 31cm
An early 17th-Century Norwegian silver spoon unmarked, c.1620, the cast finial of a cherub's mask within rococo scroll wings, the straight two stage stem with wriggle engraved upper section to a leaf clasped knop, foliate decoration below, the reverse of ovoid bowl engraved with initials AED and heraldic shield belowDimensions:Length: 15cm, weight: 39oz
A 1930s twin-handled horse racing trophy Reid & Sons Ltd., London 1935, and silver jubilee mark, the hemi-spherical bowl with applied stylised border in an Arts and Crafts style, engraved to the body 'Newcastle & High Gosforth Park summer meeting 1935... in commemoration of the silver jubilee of His Majesty King George V... June 1935', the handles of angular form with surmounted coronets, raised on a domed circular foot with embossed mythical beast motifs, presented in a fitted wooden box with keyDimensions:Height: 21cm, weight: 52.5.oz
A late 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon Jan Albertus Ketel, Leeuwarden, 1687, the terminal formed as a seated lion holding a large vacant shield, the stem with wasted knop with acanthus detail above a slender stem, with scrolling detail to join with egg shaped bowl, with short rat tail to reverse, assay scrape and marks to shoulderDimensions:Length: 16.6cm, weight: 41.7g
A pair of silver-plated wine coolers each of campana form with foliate handles, cast gadrooned and shell borders with vine, grape and acanthus leaf detail throughout, engraved armorial for Swinton to centre of body, raised on a domed circular foot, one with removable linerDimensions:Height: 25.5cmProvenance:Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L.
An early 17th-Century Norwegian silver spoon Josv Albeirgenn, c.1600, the tapered square final with cast foliate topped column details, above a straight stem and stepped join to circular bowl, the bowl with engraved within border ‘PERIEN SEN’, the reverse of stem later engraved ‘H.C.O’, marked to base of stemDimensions:Length: 13.5cm, weight: 34gNote: Note:For an image of the hallmark please see Tandberg, Sigrid Wegge, Norwegian silver, Oslo 2013- Number 207
A 21st-Century collection of flatware United Cutlers, Sheffield 2001, comprising six table knives, six side knives, six dessert forks, six table forks, six dessert spoons, six soup spoons, six teaspoons, and two serving spoons, all of double struck Fiddle, Thread, and Shell patternDimensions:Weighable silver: 70oz
An early 18th-Century Dutch silver spoon maker unknown, Hoorn, 1715, the cast finial of a ship in full sail above a two stage wrythen and flat section stem, foliate engraving to lower section, the reverse of the stem engraved ‘F C LAEKMAN 1715’, the circular bowl engraved to reverse with ship in sail, marked to upper area of reverse of bowlDimensions:Length: 20.3cm, weight: 90.2g
A late 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon Enkhuizen, 1687, the cast figural finial of the Madonna and child flanked by two children, above a wrythen stem with lower cast figure of death (?) with mask and crossed bones underneath, above a squat ovoid bowl with simple V-shaped rat tail to reverse, marked flanking rat tail to reverse of bowl with zig zag assay scrapeDimensions:Length: 19.3cm, weight: 61g
Y A George III tureen and cover Benjamin Smith II & Benjamin Smith III, London 1817 (to cover and dish), of moulded rectangular outline with a gadrooned border, the domed cover with a gadrooned border to inside, a beaded border to top above engraved marital armorials to either side, with an acanthus clasped handle, the silver-plated liner and base of plain rounded rectangular form, with scroll handles and raised on four ball feet with gadrooned detail and ivory bases Dimensions:Width (across handles): 33cm, weighable silver: 61.5ozNote: Note:Benjamin Smith II 1764-1823Benjamin Smith was born in Birmingham in 1764, he began his career with the industrial magnate Matthew Boulton, before moving to London and later embarking on a partnership with his friend and silversmith Digby Scott in 1802. Their workshop in Greenwich supplied Rundell & Bridge, silversmiths to the crown and where they would have worked alongside the eminent silversmith Paul Storr; many believe their work comparable in quality to his.It would seem that Benjamin preferred to work in partnership with other silversmiths, rather than independently, however these collaborations were always short lived, though why is unclear. He also worked with his brother James and for this tureen with his son Benjamin III, although this for only for a short time. In the wake of George III’s failing health, he was deemed unfit to rule, and thus the Prince of Wales succeeded as Prince Regent in 1811 until his father’s death in 1820. This period offered new beginnings with more influences from the continent and the French Empire style filtering through. The swags of applied fruiting vines, foliate motifs and Bacchus masks were all motifs which were a clear nod to the emerging Regency style, the acanthus handle of the tureen exemplifies the care and detail during this period. Note:With non-transferable CITES self-certification number: 1BF8MXNKPlease 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/
A late 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon Frederikus Jazigs Van der Lely, Leeuwarden, c.1670, with cast mask and rococo scroll terminal above a two stage wrythen and cast stem with cherub formed knop, the lower section with bird within fruiting foliage and mask detail, the circular bowl lacking rat tail engraved with initials ‘WI’, marked to upper section of bowlDimensions:Length: 17.5cm, weight: 32.6g
An early 18th-Century Dutch silver spoon Jan Krook, Horn, 1730, with cast walking horse finial on a simple bracket above a shaped stem with chased and cast foliate detail, with elongated ovoid bowl with short rat tail to reverse, marked below rat tailDimensions:Length: 19.6cm, weight: 68.4g
A mid 17th-Century Norwegian silver spoon maker’s mark an eagle, unattributed, c.1640, the shaped rounded terminal above a two-stage flat and round section foliate engraved stem, acanthus clasped knop above an ovoid bowl, the reverse of the stem with foliate detail and named to reverse of the terminalDimensions:Length: 17cm, weight: 41g
A collection of William IV King's pattern flatware predominantly WB, London 1832, comprising, one table fork, three dessert forks, one tablespoon, a dessert spoon, and two knives; together with six tablespoons, Mackay & Chisholm Edinburgh 1843, of single struck Queen's pattern, engraved crest to terminal of most Dimensions:Weighable silver: 23oz
An early 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon Paulus Sakes (active 1636-75), Dokkum, 1647, the cast finial of a seated lion holding a vacant heraldic shield, on a tapered plinth above a two stage wrythen and flat section stem, cross hatched and engraved decoration above linear border at join with circular bowl, engraved to the reverse with initials ‘DH’ and ‘IB’ each with tradesman’s symbol between, marked to upper area of bowlDimensions:Length: 18cm, weight: 43g
A late 17th-Century Norwegian silver spoon F. R. Moller, c. 1694, the flat section tapered stem with applied cast terminal of three standing figures, the oval bowl engraved to reverse ‘MONS THEISTE ABIGAEL KNICK 1694 ‘ and ‘ALN’ to reverse of terminal, marked above shoulders on base of stemDimensions:Length: 19.5cm, weight: 61.5g
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