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Click here to subscribeA Pugin style silver-gilt mounted cut glass vaseCharles Edwards, London 1889 Tapering cylindrical form, the upper rim silver-mounted, the body of possibly Webb cut-glass, fluted and engraved with flowers and foliage, the silver-gilt spreading base embossed with Gothic repeating motifs, height 12.5cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An unusual Victorian silver-gilt and enamel gobletMappin & Webb, London 1884 Plain tapering bowl, the whole gilded, the main body decorated with groups of mounted enamelled beads of varying shapes, all within a shaped applied border and set against a matt ground, other areas plain polished, a slender knopped stem flaring to a pedestal foot, decorated with varicoloured enamelled oval beads and finished with a balled decorative rim, height 20cm, diameter 8.5cm, weight 10.5oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Art Nouveau silver and enamel photograph framesone Elkington & Co Ltd, Birmingham 1904, and one Charles S Green & Co Ltd, Birmingham 1905The silver mounts with stylised scrolls and with panels enamelled in blues and greens, with wood easel backs, height 22cm. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Art Nouveau silver-mounted cut-glass claret jugsHarrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1899 Of waisted baluster form, an ornately engraved cut-glass body featuring chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage, surmounted by a rounded silver collar with integral pouring spout, embossed with floral and foliate decoration, a vacant leaf-shaped cartouche either side, topped by a similarly embossed hinged domed cover with curling leaf finial, a fluted scrolling handle attached terminating in an acanthus leaf, height 27cm. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
OMAR RAMSDEN: a presentation silver bowl for the 'Worshipful Company of Haberdashers'London 1926, inside rim of foot with OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECITOf mazer bowl form, the whole in silver and spot-hammered, the upper rim upswept, an engraved inscription in Latin around the top border 'Fraternitas Artis Sive Mysterii de Haberdashers fabricari me jussit quia Johannes Gulielmus Shuker artium magister Cantabridgiensis Scholae Adams apud Novaportam mcmm-mcmxxvi dignissimus et illustrissimus magister tuit' with applied girdle beneath, to the front an engraved crest for the 'Worshipful Company of Haberdashers' and the 'three lions' within a shield to the back representing England, on a spreading circular pedestal base with rope twist trim, height 13cm, diameter 23cm, weight 31oz.Footnotes:A rough translation of the Latin inscription reveals that this presentation silver bowl was commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers in 1926, on the retirement of JOHN WILLIAM MCLELLAN SHUKER (died 1938) as Headmaster, a 'most worthy and most illustrious teacher' and 'Master of Arts', of the Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School based in Newport, Salop. Shuker matriculated as a Classical Scholar from St. Olave's School in 1884 and graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1887. He was a fine schoolmaster and athlete; he began in Halifax and then came south to Framlingham, ending up at Newport, Salop, where he made a great success as Headmaster of the Adams' Grammar School, retiring some ten years later to Falmouth, where he ended his days.Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School, which is still in existence, was founded in 1656 by Alderman William Adams, a wealthy City of London merchant and haberdasher, who was born in Newport and whose younger brother Sir Thomas Adams became Lord Mayor of London. Adams had no children and never married, so therefore decided to leave a bequest for the foundation of the school, which was first opened on 25 March 1656, during the politically unstable and volatile period of the English Interregnum. Having received permission from Oliver Cromwell to found the school, Adams sought to further ensure the school's continued existence by appointing the Master and Wardens of the Haberdashers' Company as governors in perpetuity. As one of the few schools founded during the Interregnum period, the school's articles of foundation were reconfirmed by Act of Parliament in 1660, upon the Restoration of the Monarchy; a copy of which is held in the school archives.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Edwardian silver travelling cup with stand and burnerCharles Henry Dumenil, London 1908 The stand and burner fit inside the covered cup, with folding side handles, the cover engraved with script initials, height on stand 11.5cm, weight 11.2oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver and leather mounted letter openerAtholl Nairn Hill, London 1963 Rectangular with a leather band folded over the handle, with pointed end, length 20cm, weight total 4.6oz.Footnotes:Atholl Hill was born in Dundee in 1935. He studied industrial design at Glasgow School of Art (1953-56) where, upon graduation, he was awarded the highest accolade, the Newbery medal.Following graduation he did national service as a second lieutenant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He completed a postgraduate degree in product design at Glasgow in 1960 and moved to London, where he took a job with a product design company for two years, then found employment with the Ministry of Works (1962-65). After taking a silversmithing course, Atholl became a freeman of the Goldsmiths' Company and began teaching silversmithing part-time at Hornsey College of Art in 1966 and was a designer for British Rail.He received a number of important commissions, including a processional cross for the Royal Chapel at the Tower of London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of George III silver candlesticks, later casedJohn & Thomas Settle, Sheffield 1819, one removable drip pan Sheffield 1825Drip pans and bases engraved with the same crest and motto for the Scottish family of PITCAIRN, the plain tapering columns on spread circular bases with gadroon bands, both contained in a later fitted case, retailed by Collingwood, height 28.2cm. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver four-piece tea and coffee service, with fitted box on standHamilton & Co of Calcutta, Chester 1912 / 1913Plain oval bellied form with pierced scroll cape style collars, on scroll feet, the tea and hot water pots with wood handles and finials, contained in a fitted mahogany box on a removable stand, with key, height of box 53cm, length 57.5cm, weight total 54oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish silver beer jugHamilton & Inches, Edinburgh 1989 Of plain baluster form, a plain polished body with a gadrooned upper rim, a leaf-capped scroll handle, elegant pouring spout, all on a stepped circular spreading foot, height 26cm, weight 43oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver covered ice bucketGarrard & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1958 Tapering cylindrical body, plain polished, featuring a lift-off stepped domed cover with acanthus finial, inset with an insulated 'thermos' glass liner, the body two-handled, the whole with gadrooned rims, all on a knopped pedestal base, height 38cm, diameter 22cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large American Art Deco silver cocktail shakerInternational Sterling Company, Connecticut circa 1930, stamped M210 Cylindrical tapered form, featuring a short wide neck with pull-off cover and compressed spherical finial, curved shoulders below, to the front a short pouring spout with pull-off cover revealing an internal strainer, at the back a scrolling fluted handle, all on a spreading circular foot, height 27cm, weight 21.5oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of silver and gilt shotgun cartridge salt and pepper potsTheo Fennell, London 2000 Shaped as shotgun cartridges, the top end pierced and gilded, one for salt the other for pepper, the main body plain polished and the butt end in silver-gilt, with original Theo Fennell soft cases and box, height 7cm, diameter 2.5cm, weight 3oz. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver-gilt 'George Wickes Mug'Richard Jarvis, London 2001, limited edition numbered Tapering cylindrical form with flared rim, the whole gilded, to one side a curling s-shaped handle realistically cast in the form of a snake rising from an applied acanthus leaf, the main polished body featuring an applied cast and embossed girdle with floral and scrolling foliate decoration against a matt ground, around the lower body embossed high and low relief repeating corn motifs, all on a spreading pedestal base with gadrooned rim, limited edition of 50, height 11cm, diameter top 8.5cm, weight 9.5oz.Footnotes:In 1736, George Wickes (1698–1761), Royal Goldsmith and founder of Garrard, alongside the notable architect and designer William Kent (1685–1748), was commissioned by the Honourable James Pelham (c.1683–1761), private secretary to the Prince of Wales, to design a solid gold cup (weighing 58oz). Pelham wished to give his new Royal employer a gift, in appreciation. In the event, two designs of equal beauty were submitted for Pelham's approval, and one was duly chosen for the commission. Richard Jarvis has now traced the second design, which was never made, within the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum and has crafted this alternative cup design in both silver and gold. This 'George Wickes' silver-gilt mug is made as a limited edition of 50, by the same method employed by 18th century craftsmen.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROYAL INTEREST: a 17th century style silver presentation porringer and coverThe Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., London 1913, incuse stamped 'THE GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LD, 112. REGENT STREET. W' Of traditional 17th century form, a removable cover topped with an acanthus finial, caryatid handles, the body elaborately embossed with floral and foliate decoration, to one side an oval cartouche with a presentation inscription 'TO CAPTAIN THE LORD CLAUD NIGEL HAMILTON, C.M.G. D.S.O. M.V.O. GRENADIER GUARDS IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF JAN. 1915 - JAN. 1921 FROM Edward P.', Edward 'Prince of Wales' feathers heraldic insignia above, to the reverse an oval cartouche inscribed with the family arms for the 'HAMILTON' family, height 17cm, diameter 17cm, weight 27.5oz.Footnotes:ProvenancePresented by Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1921.Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (1889-1975) was the youngest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn and was educated at Wellington College. In 1907 he joined the 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards as a Second Lieutenant and transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1909. During World War I he was mentioned in despatches in 1914 for having 'commanded a machine-gun for five days and nights without relief' and awarded the DSO. In 1916 he was made an MVO and in 1918, an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and awarded the Croix de Guerre. A year later, he was employed as an equerry to Edward, Prince of Wales and made a CMG in 1920 for services to The Prince on his overseas visits. In 1921 Hamilton was promoted as Deputy Master of the Royal Household, made an Extra Equerry to King George V a year later and an Equerry in 1924.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French silver-plated cocktail shakermaker's mark S F with star between and three stars below, mid-20th centuryThe pull-off cover with pierced straining section and pull-off cap, slightly tapering sides with and inset base with ribbed bands, height 22.5cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A modern Danish silver ten-piece condiment setGeorg Jensen, pattern number 965 designed by Soren Georg Jensen in 1949, also stamped STERLING Plain polished surfaces, comprising, four salts and four pepper shakers of 'comma' form, the tips of the peppers gilt, the two mustards of egg form, pull-off covers with dimpled sides, blue enamelled interiors, height of shakers 8.3cm, together with another pair of Danish silver salt and pepper pots, Georg Jensen, pattern number 2A, Blossom pattern, weight 28oz. (12)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of novelty silver salt and pepper shakersRebecca Joselyn, Sheffield 2020 Modelled as two crumpled tonic / drink cans, the ring-pulls gilded, height 8.5cm, weight 8oz. (2)Footnotes:Rebecca H. Joselyn studied at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2006. Since then, she has won numerous awards for her 'From the Shed' and 'Packaging' collections, which were designed to question attitudes to throw-away materials and objects.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ††VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A novelty silver sugar bowl with a spoonRebecca Joselyn, Sheffield 2020, spoon 2021 Modelled as an open tuna can, the peeled back cover acting as a handle, the interior gilded, with a spoon, diameter 9cm, weight 5.1oz. (2)Footnotes:Rebecca H. Joselyn studied at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2006. Since then, she has won numerous awards for her 'From the Shed' and 'Packaging' collections, which were designed to question attitudes to throw-away materials and objects.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ††VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A novelty silver sugar bowl and spoonRebecca Joselyn, Sheffield 2021, also with Platinum Jubilee mark Modelled as an opened tin of corned beef, the spoon modelled as the opening key, the interior gilded, height 5cm, length 15cm, weight 5.2oz.Footnotes:Rebecca H. Joselyn studied at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2006. Since then, she has won numerous awards for her 'From the Shed' and 'Packaging' collections, which were designed to question attitudes to throw-away materials and objects.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ††VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Twelve Italian silver liqueur cupsVavassori and Pirovano, Milan circa 1970 Tapering shaped-rectangular form, polished exterior with a simple engraved line to the top border, gilt interior, all on stepped pedestal bases, six with enclosed bases, one set in original silk-lined box, height 8.5cm, weight total 26oz. (12)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Austrian modernist silver candleholderM&C possibly Münchmeyer & Co, Vienna early 20th century, stamped Oesterreicher Wien 800 standard and 352, designed by Otto Prutscher (1880-1949) Of cube form, the whole plain polished, featuring three cubes of varying heights attached together, with a recess on each for a candle, length 14cm, weight 11.5oz.Footnotes:Otto Prutscher (1880–1949) was an Austrian architect and designer, an exhibition designer, teacher, and member of all the important arts and crafts movements — from the Secession to the Werkbund. After training at the Fachschule für Holzindustrie in Vienna, from 1897 to 1901 Prutscher studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Josef Hoffmann, who later became a Director of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop). At the turn of the century, a number of avant-garde Viennese designers made an abrupt switch from the flowing organic lines of Jugendstil and Art Nouveau to a strict yet vigorous geometry. In 1903, these designers banded together to form the Wiener Werkstätte, a designers' cooperative under the direction of the noted architect and designer Josef Hoffmann. Founded on the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement, the Wiener Werkstätte strove to provide a range of well-designed, often handmade products for a sophisticated audience and indeed could supply everything from an architectural setting to the smallest decorative accessory.Outside manufacturers were frequently used to produce and distribute designs that the Wiener Werkstätte was unable to realise in their own studios. By the early 1920s the Wiener Werkstätte had opened branches in Paris, Zurich, and New York. Influenced by Hoffmann, Prutscher frequently used geometrical and square forms in his early works, as can be seen in this triform candleholder.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large continental silver-plated glass perfume bottleunmarked Compressed spherical form, to the top a narrow funnelled neck with removable glass stopper, the hand-blown green lustre glass body overlaid with a silver-plated on copper decorative mount, featuring naturalistically cast curling leaves and double looped handles either side, height 16cm, diameter 13cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Art Deco silver, gold and sapphire cigarette boxmark for Frank T. May Co, New York 1904-1943, retailed and stamped Cartier STERLING 14K, numbered 695 Rectangular form, a hinged cover featuring a pair of tromp l'oeil plain polished vertical straps terminating in semi-circular applied gold buckles, both inset with a rectangular sapphire, opening to reveal a gilt interior, the exterior with horizontal line engine-turning, length 9.5cm, weight 3oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BOUCHERON: a silver and silver-gilt ruby set compactsigned 'Boucheron Paris', numbered BT No 875012 and 63124 lozenge shaped maker's mark 'HM' and French boar's head guarantee mark Rectangular form with ribbed sides, the hinged cover featuring a silver-gilt open-work panel engraved with flowers, foliage and butterflies, inset with six rubies, opening to reveal a hinged mirror and powder compartment, length 9.5cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Norwegian silver and enamel cocktail shakerOskar Sorensen for Jakob Tostrup, Oslo 1953, stamped 830S Of tapering octagonal form, with a pull off mushroom-shaped cover topped in patterned green enamel, opening to reveal a removable strainer, to the shoulders the word 'DRY' inscribed twice, each panel of the octagon featuring a differing polychrome enamelled flag, height 26cm, weight 19oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Turkish silver-gilt chocolate cups with covers and saucersOttoman Empire late nineteenth century, marked with Tughra and standard 900 Waisted baluster form, with gently flaring upper rim, a removable domed cover topped by a pomegranate finial, an applied embossed calyx beneath, to the side a cast floral capped split-scroll handle with foliage, the whole featuring wavy engine-turned decoration, all rims with embossed repeating circular motifs, on a spreading collet foot, sat on a matching saucer, a vacant cartouche matching one to the body, height 15cm, weight total 21.5oz. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Russian silver egg / travelling vodka cupsmaker's mark rubbed, Moscow 1882-1899, 84 standard Egg-shaped, pulling apart in the centre to reveal a gilt interior with two gilded cup bases within, on removal being able to screw one stand to each egg-cup base to create two shot cups on pedestal bases, the bowls featuring simple engraved geometric motifs, length egg 8cm, weight 2.5oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French silver jardiniere / centrepieceHenri Soufflot, with Minerva head first standard mark, the plated liner stamped H Ruolz, circa 1900Shaped oblong form, with an open-work border, the bellied panelled sides embossed with scrolls and foliate festoons and drapes, on open-work bracket feet, with removable plated liner, length 43.5cm, weight of silver only 52oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian silver-mounted glass scent bottleHenry W Dee, London 1875 The glass in spherical form, encased in heavy silver gilt strapwork, the round central point monogrammed either side, to the top a collar surmounted by a removable lid, various suspension rings to the whole, all linked by a tripartite silver-gilt hanging chain attached to a central ring, height top of bottle 8cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROYAL INTEREST: an Edwardian silver table lighterLondon 1901 Classical urn shaped, with a central burner and two holes either side, originally created for individual removable wands to be lit and drawn up to the cigar or cigarette, plain polished silver body supported by three cast and applied legs, topped by rams' heads and embossed with classical motifs terminating in cloven feet, a circular hoop attached inscribed 'PRESENTED TO HON. H. G. BRAND BY HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII / H. M. YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT. 7TH SEPT. 1902', height 12.5cm, diameter 9cm, weight 6oz.Footnotes:Admiral Sir Hubert George Brand, GCB, KCMG, KCVO (20 May 1870 – 14 December 1955) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.Brand was the second son of Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales, and the grandson of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, Speaker of the House of Commons. His mother was Susan Henrietta Cavendish, daughter of Lord George Cavendish. His three surviving brothers also gained distinction: Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden, and the Honourable Roger Brand were both Brigadier-Generals in the Army while the Honourable Robert Brand was a businessman and civil servant who was raised to the peerage as Baron Brand in 1946.Brand joined the Royal Navy in 1883. Appointed acting Sub-Lieutenant on 14 September 1889, he was confirmed in this rank in June 1891, and promoted to Lieutenant on 30 June 1892. He was promoted to Commander on 1 September 1902, corresponding to the time this silver lighter was presented to him by King Edward VII, while aboard the Royal yacht Victoria & Albert. He served in World War I as Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord and then as Chief of Staff to the Admiral commanding the Battlecruiser Squadron from 1916. On 26 June 1919, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hertfordshire. After illustrious wartime service, he became commander of the King's Yachts from 1919 and then commanded the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron from 1922, before becoming Naval Secretary in 1925. He went on to become Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel later that year, then Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet in 1927 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1929. In addition, he was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1931, before retiring in 1932.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian silver elongated taper lightSampson Mordan & Co, London 1900, also incuse stamped S Mordan & Co, The handle with ring attachment, the long stem with slide-action ring to extend or retract the wax taper, length 34cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BOER WAR INTEREST: a Victorian silver and enamel cigarette caseSaunders & Shepherd, Birmingham 1899 The front enamelled with a British soldier and 'A Gentleman in Kharki', gilded interior, reverse of case with engraved monogram, length 8.5cm, weight 3.2oz.Footnotes:'A Gentleman in Khaki' is a line from the Kipling poem The Absent-Minded Beggar. It was written in 1899 to raise money for the families of soldiers fighting in the Second Boer War.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BOER WAR INTEREST: A rare Victorian silver and enamel vesta caseJohn Millward Banks, also stamped with flower motif, Birmingham 1900 Rounded oblong form, the front enamelled in red, white and blue, 'MAJUBA WIPED OUT', between the dates '1881' and '1900' with ring attachment, length 4.5cm.Footnotes:The battle of Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) in 1881 was the main battle of the first Boer War and a resounding success for the Boers. On 27th February 1900 at Paardeberg, Majuba, the 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry helped with the first significant victory in the second South African war. This Boer defeat took place on the 19th anniversary of the Majuba disaster of 1881.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BOER WAR INTEREST: two Continental combination corkscrew and twin bladed pen / fruit knivesblade of brass example stamped G R & S One plated and one brass, with portraits of Kruger and De Wet, inscribed 'Eendracht maakt Macht'; together with a silver commemorative pen / fruit knife, Atkin & Oxley, Sheffield 1831, commemorating the coronation of William IV Queen Adealaide, with twin portraits in relief, blade engraved 'C W Hart', and a small silver cigar cutter, Birmingham 1881, length 9.2 and 8cm. (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MILITARY INTEREST: A silver-plated, brass, horn and wood mounted dinner gongearly 20th century The two silver mounted horns each with an applied badge for the Royal Artillery and with a Patronenfabrik Karlsruhe 1903 dated German brass artillery shell case suspended between, mounted on an oak wood base, with two bullet cases with split heads supporting the hammer, with oak turned wood handle, height 31.5cm, length of base 35.5cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A novelty silver pig condiment setB S E Products, London 1993, one pig 1989 Realistically modelled, one pig-form pepper shaker, with removable head, a mustard, hinged back with the spoon forming the tail, and a trough-form salt with shovel-form spoon, weight 8oz. (5 pieces)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver-gilt mounted covered coconut standing cupGeorge Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester 1912 In the Baroque style, of ovoid form, surmounted by a domed lift-off lid with baluster finial, the coconut shell carved with a bird, flowers and foliate motifs, the name 'KATARINA MINDZENI' to the upper body, silver-gilt mounted with embossed strapwork featuring classical masks, fruit and foliage, the neck and upper rim flaring outwards, the whole on a knopped pedestal stem with circular domed foot, embossed in high and low relief, height 29cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Edwardian silver two-handled cup and coverGoldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1907Plain baluster form, the two stylised handles each with bifurcated scrolls issuing from a dragon's head,the cover surmounted by a St George and the Dragon finial, unmarked, the whole on shell capped and outswept leaf-scroll supports, gilded interior, height 52.5cm, weight excluding finial 166oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROYAL INTEREST: A pair of George III silver travelling chamber candlesticksprobably William Stroud, London 1806With deep welled circular saucer bases, urn form sconces which unscrew enabling the two bases to be screwed together for travelling, also with removable drip pans, the bases, sconces and drip pans each engraved with the cypher CR crowned for Queen Charlotte, and another set of later engraved initials JC, diameter 13.8cm, weight 20oz. (2)Footnotes:The cypher is that of Charlotte Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) 5th and youngest daughter of Charles Louis, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the period, when she would have been addressed as Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, after her marriage in 1761 to King George III of Great Britain, France and Ireland.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A monumental Victorian silver two-handled bowl / centrepieceHenry William Curry, London 1879 The winged caryatid bifurcated handles with two snarling dragons heads issuing from each handle, the oval body cast in relief with Galatea and Neptune between panels of youths in rural scenes emblematic of the four seasons, the lower body with scale decoration all on four winged dragon mask and claw feet, gilded interior, length handle to handle 72cm, weight 212oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver presentation walking caneGarrard & Co Ltd, London 1997 The spherical knop with acanthus cap and band, plain polished shaft and ferrule, on a wooden stand, with applied presentation plaque and original Garrard case, length of cane 89.5cm, weight total 20oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Victorian pierced silver two-handled bowl / centrepieceBarnards, London 1899Oval, the undulating rim applied with acanthus scrolls interspersed with flower heads, each of leaf embellished flying-scroll handles with floral garlands issuing from a central flower head, open-work bellied sides of scrolls and leaves, two vacant cartouches, with a cast shell scroll lower border and bracket feet, length handle to handle 61cm, weight 140oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A monumental Edwardian pierced silver two-handled bowl / centrepieceCarrington & Co, London 1909Oval, undulating scroll rim with upswept handles, the open-work lattice-work sides with embossed floral garlands, with masks above two vacant rococo style cartouches, on scroll bracket feet, fitted with a blue glass liner, length handle to handle 59.5cm, weight 119oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A monumental Edwardian silver two-handled bowl in the form of a MonteithCharles Stuart Harris, London 1903 The undulating rim with applied scrolls interspersed with female masks, the plain polished sides with two large lion mask drop ring handles below an applied girdle, on a spreading circular foot, height 28.5cm, diameter at top 44cm, weight 151.5oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A monumental silver bowl in the form of a MonteithThomas Alfred Slater, Walter Brindsley Slater & Henry Arthur Holland, London, rubbed, probably 1900Rococo form of circular form with high undulating rim, the sides profusely embossed with rocaille decoration with large acanthus scrolls, husks among a stippled ground and a large vacant cartouche to one side, on a similarly decorated circular foot, gilded interior, height 35cm, diameter at top 49cm, weight 216oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A monumental silver model of a traditional Arabian sailing dhowGarrard & Co Ltd, London 1985Of realistic form, intricate embossed detailing to the whole, the long barge-like body with a vertical mast towards the bow, supporting a lateen sail attached to a cross beam, canopies covering the stern, cast railings beneath with the ships wheel to the interior, a ladder leading up to a platform with an additional smaller boat, mounted on an oak wood base and contained in a large protective travelling case, height 80cm, length of model 98cm.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian novelty silver and parcel gilt 'Toby the dog' pepperCharles Stuart Harris, London 1869, also with lozenge registration mark Modelled as Punch & Judy's dog Toby, pull-off head with his hat pierced and inset glass eyes and with a smoking pipe, with ruffle collar, tassels and apron, with textured fir effect chasing on a circular base , height 10cm, weight 2.1oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian set of four novelty silver owl peppersGeorge John Richards & Edward Charles Brown, London 1860 also with incuse number 9703, 9705, 9808, 9809Modelled standing with feather effect chasing, the pull-off heads pierced and with red glass eyes, height 7.2cm, together with a novelty silver Cockerel pepper, together with a novelty silver Cockerel pepper, Neresheimer of Hanau, importers mark Berthold Muller, Chester 1910, modelled standing, head pierced, height 9.5cm, weight 8.7oz. (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Victorian novelty silver 'Punch' lighterCharles Thomas Fox & George Fox, London 1847 underside also engraved with lozenge registration mark for 1844 Modelled as the figure of Punch in conventional dress, the hinged hat opens to reveal the removable oil reserve, on a stepped shaped rectangular base, height 18.5cm, weight 9.5oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of four Victorian silver and parcel-gilt figural saltsJohn Samuel Hunt, London 1854, incuse stamped 'HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER 7219' Modelled as four children in 18th century dress, all holding gilt lined baskets to sell their wares, on grass-effect pedestal bases, inscribed with the monogram 'MTU', with wood inserts, height tallest 18.5cm. (4)Footnotes:These silver and parcel-gilt figural salts were originally designed and modelled by the goldsmith Jean-Valentin Morel (French, 1794-1860). Morel was the son of a Parisian lapidary, and studied in the workshop of the gold box maker Adrien Vachette. He began business on his own account around 1830, later settling in Rue Neuve St Augustin in partnership with the French architect Henri Duponchel. After a lawsuit and the dissolution of the partnership, Morel was barred from working in the Department of the Seine, and moved his business to London. He registered his mark in 1849, and continued to produce the highest quality silver and jewellery. Morel exhibited a set of these four salts at the Great Exhibition of 1851, where they were described in The Official Catalogue as 'Saltcellars representing figures on donkeys with baskets, embossed and chased; and figures holding baskets, modelled and chased.' One contemporary commentator in 'The Crystal Palace and its Contents' illustrated the salts and selected them for special praise: 'The silver salt cellars, by Morel, are very beautiful little affairs, in the Louis Quatorze style. They represent rustic children, quite of the Watteau order, bearing baskets and dancing lightly under their burthens.' For this submission at the Great Exhibition, he was awarded a prestigious Council Medal.This design of salt has been noted with hallmarks ranging from 1855-65 with makers' marks for John Samuel Hunt, Barnards, Garrard and C. & G. Fox. When Morel left London under financial difficulties in 1852, it seems likely that he sold his designs to raise funds.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian silver and enamel vesta caseSampson Mordan & Co, London 1889, stamped COPYRIGHT lower left Of rectangular form, the hinged front cover enamelled with a lady in Victorian dress, to the vertical edge a striking plate, length 6cm, weight 1.5oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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