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Lot 369
A collection of silver, comprising a rectangular tray with engine turned stripped decoration, a Victorian trophy cup inscribed and dated 1878, a 19th century snuff mull, a cased set of six coffee spoons, a small two handled trophy cup, a tea strainer, shot glass, a rectangular repousse cover, a boxed pair of shell shaped salts with one replacement spoon and a berry spoon, together with a silver plated mustard pot with blue glass liner, 33.2ozt.
Lot 370
An Edwardian three piece silver tea set; circular with engraved acanthus band to upper body, band to belly and fluted to lower body and reeded leaf-capped strap handles. The tea pot with beaded border and flat-hinged cover, lacking original finial. London 1905 by Charles Boyton and Sons. 38ozt. Ivory Certification Number 46YDQHAD.
Lot 314
Cased Set of Six German Waffen-SS Officers Mess Desert / Tea Spoons, all being German silver examples with SS runes within oakleaves stamped into the lower stems. Housed in a fitted box with SS runes tooled to the lid. We believe the SS runes to the spoons and to the case lid have been added at a later time, possibly not during the period of the Third Reich, sold as seen
Lot 529
* Advertising Playing Cards. Hard A Port Cut Plug Tobacco playing card deck, USA, 1890s, semi-transformation deck of 53 chromolithographed cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits) and a joker, each illustrated with a posing scantily-clad female figure, and captioned 'Hard A Port Cut Plug', occasional light marks, blue-printed versos with circular vignette of a mariner captioned 'Smoke and Chew Hard-A-Port Cut Plug' within floral and foliate volutes, jack of spades with pierced indentation, queen of diamonds with short tear and corner crease to top edge, 92 x 58 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The marketing innovation of which these 'insert' cards were a part began in the nineteenth century. Such playing cards came in a variety of themes and were included individually with tobacco products, chewing gum, tea, chocolate, match boxes, and magazines, etc. The 'Hard-a-Port Cut Plug' series depicts attractive females in theatrical costume, in poses which were fairly risqué at the time. The aces and numeral cards have the suit symbols superimposed on the figures. The court cards wear crowns and some carry swords or truncheons. This set of designs was used in around six different editions with various backs advertising 'Hard-a-Port Cut Plug' and 'Trumps Long Cut' tobacco. They were first produced by Moore and Calvi, then by their successors MacLin and Zimmer and Maclin-Zimmer-McGill around the 1890s. Plug tobacco is a form of loose leaf tobacco made for chewing. It was the most commonly used form of tobacco in the United States until cigarette smoking became popular in the early 20th century.
Lot 539
* Boxer Rebellion. The Forbidden City, Pekin & Chinese Views, Los Angeles, California: Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co., 1901, a deck of 54 playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen cards, each with a different photographic illustration, Li Hung Chang Joker, and Index card titled 'Prominent Views', dragon pennant and peacock feather patterned backs, rounded corners, gilt edges, 88 x 62 mm, together with 16pp. ruled booklet (edge-frayed), contained in original cardboard box, pull-off outer sleeve (rubbed) with title on one side and additional ace of hearts mounted on the otherQTY: (1)NOTE:Hochman, The Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards, W37.A rare set of cards commemorating the Boxer Rebellion, depicting scenes of execution, including macabre images of severed heads, views of the Imperial Palace and other notable buildings, tea packing, women prisoners in neck stocks, courts of justice, an opium joint, etc.
Lot 545
* Games. Nursery Rhymes Misfitz, London: C.W. Faulkner & Co., circa 1900, 72 chromolithographed cards illustrated by George Lambert, comprising 24 sets of 3, each set illustrating a nursery rhyme or story (e.g. Polly Put the Kettle On, Curly Locks, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Babes in the Wood, Little Red Riding Hood), somewhat toned and dusty, with some markings and creases, 3 cards with loss to edges and 1 with surface loss, backs with British flag and heraldic devices printed in terracotta with motto 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense', 92 x 67 mm, with original 4pp. Rules (with central horizontal crease slightly split, and chipped to fore-edges), contained in a modern cardboard box custom-made by Rex Pitts, together with:National Families, Germany: Oppenheimer Schulzbacher Globe Games, late 19th century, 52 pictorial cards, comprising 13 sets of 4, each depicting a caricature captioned above and below, e.g. 'Mr. Dryfigs the Turk', 'Mrs. Ting Tong the Chinaman's Wife', 'Mr. Parlevous the Frenchman', 'Master Gotakoff the Russian's Son', 'Miss Fatherland the German's Daughter', toned and dust-soiled, with some creasing and occasional small marks, green patterened versos, rounded corners, 90 x 63 mm, contained in a modern cardboard box custom-made by Rex Pitts, plus 4 other playing card games, comprising: Golliwogg - A Round Game, Thomas De La Rue, 1902, with rules and original cardboard box (latter dusty and a trifle worn at edges); Our Kings & Queens, Mazawattee Tea Co. Ltd., 1902, with rules card, some cards creased, with remains of original cardboard box; Animal Grab, circa 1905, with rule sheet (creased and partially toned) and original cardboard box; and Spin & Old Maid, 1900, slightly dusty, 1 card with adhesive stamp repair to short closed tear in upper edge, with rule sheet and box both repaired with adhesive tapeQTY: (6)NOTE:The first item is hard to find in any state of completeness and condition, but particularly so with the rules present as well as all the cards. C.W. Faulkner made several different versions of this game at the turn of the century, including 'Animal Misfitz', 'Busy Folk Misfitz', 'Fairy Folk Misfitz', 'Shakespearian Misfitz', and 'Little Folk Misfitz', all of which are rare.
Lot 226
A group of Japanese objects of vertu, 20th century, to include: a small Japanese slip pottery and bronze mounted jug, the bronze naturalistically modelled as tree branches, bearing signature to the underside, 5cm high; a Japanese Imari style paneled porcelain bowl decorated in red and blue with flowers and geometric patterns, 19cm diameter; a Kutani porcelain baluster vase with twin dog form handles, decorated with landscape domestic scenes and geometric patterns, 36.5cm high; and a part porcelain Kutani style tea and coffee set comprising two coffee cups, 6.5cm diameter, three saucers, three side plates, and three small plates (lot)Some damage to the slip pottery, crazing to the baluster vase, wear to gilt highlights throughout.
Lot 31
A group of silver comprising: a Britannia silver tea strainer, by F T Ray & Co., with crown handles and pierced bowl, 11.4cm wide; a small banded bowl, Sheffield, 1933, Viner's Ltd (Emile Viner), 7.3cm diameter; two four division toast racks, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1910, 9.7cm wide; a pair of peppers, London, 1929, Pairpoint Brothers, makers marks rubbed, on stepped circular bases, 8.5cm high; a set of six shot glasses with silver mounts, foreign mark, London, 1893, Martin Sugar, the pierced mounts with scrolling foliate and cherub mask decoration, 5cm high; a pair of mustards with hinged lids and blue plastic liners, Birmingham, 1916, makers marks rubbed, missing spoons; two associated mustard spoons, one Sheffield, 1906, W S Savage & Co, the other by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, date mark indistinct; a glass salt with silver cover, marks rubbed, 10.5cm high; and an associated Victorian salt spoon, London, 1863, Chawner & Co (George William Adams), fiddle and thread pattern, 11.5cm long; weighable silver approx. 17oz (lot) One of the toast racks with one division snapped off base to one side. Weighable silver excludes glass shot glasses (but not mounts), plastic liners of mustards, and glass salt (but not cover).
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