British Political Medallion, copper d.31mm: NO EXCISE 1733 with foliage, countermarked R. REED / PAKINGTON FOR EVER with cup, bottle and pipes above, and roses either side, with a small countermark RR. This was a privately issued medalet to commemorate the withdrawal of the Excise Bill in the Commons in 1733, anticipating its defeat in the House of Lords due to protests and the burning of political effigies by the nation`s shopkeepers. The bill was meant to introduce inland taxes on tobacco and wine (as we have today). The `Pakington` in question may refer to the Pakington family, an aristocratic family who could have issued the medalets in celebration (aristocrats being consumers of much wine and tobacco). The countermarks are probably late additions to convert the medal into a copper-weight token. VF with a minor edge flaw. Unusual, interesting and most likely very rare. (with research and an old Seaby ticket)
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Pair of bedside cabinets, the drawer and door made to look as a faux bookcase, a small wine table, with leather inset, another bedside cabinet, comprising four drawers, a magazine rack, a plant stand, a large vase, with various artificial flowers and twigs, and a white painted table lamp with shade
Set of Twelve cut wine glasses probably Stevens and Williams, Stourbridge, the bowls etched with leaves and berries, supported on hexagonal stems and star cut bases, (12) 20cm high Condition report: Two glasses have insignificant manufacturing faults, Another glass has a small nick to the edge of the lower stem.
Group of 18th/19th century Chinese blue and white ware: cylindrical vase with bronze effect bands, height 36cm; two pairs of prunus blossom vases, 20cm; two baluster vases and covers, mark of Kangxi but later; Kangxi style wine ewer (no cover); Jiaqing octagonal plate. (Some chips and cracks).
Robert Russell-A Rare Tunbridgeware rosewood and marquetry tripod wine table the top with stylised leaf banding, the hexagonal stem with alternating stylised coral marquetry faces and on three down turned splayed legs, 45cm (1ft 5¾in) diameter, 74cm (2ft 5in) high.* The Tunbridgeware manufacturer Robert Russell was born in Tunbridge Wells in 1812. At first he probably produced Tundridge ware pieces with conventional tesserae mosaic and perspective cube work. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, he exhibited a Tunbridge ware marqueterie inlay lady’s work box fitted with a till. This distinctive style of marquetry can be seen on the border and the supporting column of this wine table. Rather aptly, Russell advertised his work as Tunbridge Wells marquetry.....analogous to the Tunbridge ware, but of a superior character. His technique involved cutting lobe shaped sections of contrasting wood veneers to form a central block, or in the case of this table, to form chains for border decoration, sometimes in combination with conventional mosaic bandings and blocks. In 1863, he included among his clients the Duchess of Kent, Baroness de Spith, Lady Ann Marie Dawson, Lady Mary Rose, Lady Franklin, Lady Cornwallis and Lady Harding. In 1871 his work force consisted of his daughter and unusually four women. Production seems to have continued until his death in 1873. see Brian Austen, Tunbridgeware and Related European Decorative Woodwares, Foulsham 2001, Third Extended edition, page 155-156, for the source of this information.
A double series opaque twist stem drinking glass, circa 1770, the rounded bowl above a plain stem with two heavy spiral threads outside a solid thread raised on a conical foot, together with a gilt decorated faceted 19th Century wine glass, and an engraved rummer inscribed `Sarah Stratfor 1855`.
FIVE PIECES OF LATE VICTORIAN AND EDWARD VII SILVER, comprising; pair of shell shaped SALTS, with gilt interiors, Birmingham 1899, PAIR OF OBLONG SALTS, on ball feet, crested, London 1892, and a `Studs` circular BOX with floral embossed cover, 2 1/4" (5.7cm) diameter, Birmingham 1907, TOGETHER WITH A STERLING SILVER CEREMONIAL WINE CUP, 4 1/8" (10.5cm) high, 4.5oz (6) EST 70-90
A modern Waterford glass “Lismore Pattern” part table service with slice and fan cuttings, comprising - six 7.25ins white wine glasses, eight 7ins red wine glasses, two 5ins sherry glasses, five 3.5ins liqueur glass (some chips), and a collection of unmarked glassware, comprising - two 4.5ins dessert wine glasses and seventeen tumblers, various sizes (some chips)
A Chinese wine silk pleated wrap around skirt, the two panels embroidered in coloured silks with butterflies and flowers and conforming floral ornament around the hem of the rest of the skirt, and a similar old gold silk pleated skirt, the two panels embroidered in blue silk with butterflies and floral ornament (latter damaged)
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