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Fine & Decorative Arts, Jewellery & Antique Furniture — Lawsons

Auction House:LawsonsNumber of lots recorded:397
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative Arts, Jewellery & Antique FurnitureLots with images:397
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:285
Date:27-Jul-2012
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C. B. Birch parian ware figure group 1866 modelled as a wood nymph & deer on a rocky outcrop. Height 48.5 cm
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Blanc De chine pair of Bacchus figures. Height 30 cm
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Lladro figure 'Country Life' 2004 -2009 sculpted by Jose Santaeulalia. Height 29 cm
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Lladro figure 'Motherhood' 2004 - 2010, sculpted by Jose Luis Santes. Height 32 cm
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Lladro figure 'A Flower's Whisper' model number 01006918. Height 36 cm
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Lladro figure 'Summer Serenade' 1995 -2005, sculpted by Regino Torrijos. Height 35 cm
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Lladro figure 'Captivating Melody' 2003 - 2010, sculpted by Francisco Polope. Height 28 cm
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Lladro figure of a seated dog 1970 - 1990, sculpted by Juan Huerta, model number 01001068. Length 30 cm
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Mintons Moyr Smith set of eighteen Biblical tiles consisting of three 'The Finding of Moses', three 'Hagar & Ishmael in the Desert', three 'Samson Slaying the Philistines', two 'Jacob's Dream at Bethel', two 'Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed By Fire', two 'David Playing Before Saul', one 'The Death of Abel', one 'Jesus Before King Pharaoh' & one 'Eli and Samuel'. Some chips. Provenance: Lawsons 'The Abbey' sale 23.05.2009. Dimensions each 15 x 15 cm
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Royal Doulton signed Arthur Leslie vase painted with a female figure. Height 22 cm
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Royal Doulton figural decanter with a hallmarked sterling silver topped stopper, London, 1922. Rn.436917. Height 20 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Lord Nelson' jug stoneware with tin glaze, stamped to base 'Gs' and 'X6421'. Height 19.6 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Night Watchmen' pair of jugs stamped to base D4746. Height 14 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Captain Phillip' Dewars Whisky jug & a Royal Doulton Matchstriker matchstriker for Sir Edward Lee's old Scotch Whisky, hand painted 'As Supplied to the House of Commons', whisky jug with detachable stopper. Height of decanter 23 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Watchman - What of the Night?' jug with pinched top, Rd no 383666. Height 19.5 cm
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Royal Doulton figure 'Indian Brave on Horse' by J W Ledger with oval base, HN2376 Reg, limited edition number 402 of 500 with a framed certificate signed by J.W. Ledger. Height 42 cm. Length 40 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Lady Musicians' set of six figures modelled by Peggy Davies, consisting of 'Hurdy-Gurdy' HN2796 579/750, 'Flute' HN2483 527/750, 'Chitarrone' HN2700 653/750, 'Dulcimer' HN2798 367/750 Af (cracked to base & rear), 'French Horn' HN2795 460/750 & 'Viola D'amour' HN2797 406/750. All with bases, boxes & certificates. Height of tallest 19.5 cm
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Royal Doulton figure 'Priscilla' hand numbered HN1340. Height 20 cm
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Royal Doulton figure 'Irene' Rd no 787516 and hand numbered HN1952. Height 17 cm
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Royal Doulton figure 'Lady Betty' initialled 'M.T.' to base. Height 17 cm
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Royal Doulton 'Glamis Thistle' tea & coffee set consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, three sugar bowls of varying sizes, three milk jugs of varying sizes, eight tea cups and saucers, eight coffee cups and saucers, six square side plates, round side plate & a cake plate
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Royal Doulton 'Orchid' seventy five piece dinner service D5215, consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, lidded tureen, sugar bowl, milk jug, gravy jug, six tea cups and saucers, six coffee cups and saucers, six side plates, six entree plates, six main plates, six egg cups, six sandwich plates and a sandwich tray, pair of graduated serving platters, six dessert bowls and six soup bowls
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Shelley pair of candlesticks of pillar form with blue and white Chinoiserie decoration, Rd no 671415. Height 19.5 cm
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Worcester 18th century bowl depicting Oriental scenic & floral decoration, with a half crest mark to base. Diameter 16 cm. Height 7.5 cm
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Wedgwood black Jasper Ware lidded urn featuring a frieze of dancing maidens, stamped to base 'Made in England', 'Aw', 'X' finial has been re-glued. Height 24 cm
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Clarice Cliff 'My Garden' sugar sifter Wilkinson Ltd England. Height 14.5 cm
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Booths 'Real Old Willow' pattern dinner service for six persons consisting of six cup saucers, six side plates, six entree plates, six main plates & six bowls.
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Royal Worcester hand painted wares consisting of lidded jug: hand painted with fruit, dish: hand painted with fruit, signed L Maybury & lidded pot pourri (lid missing finial) painted with roses, signed M Hunt. Height of tallest 12.5 cm
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Crown Ducal orange tree tea & coffee service consisting of a coffee pot, tea pot, tea pot stand, hot water jug, milk jug, cream, eight demi tasse coffee cups & saucers, eight cake plates, eight tea cups & saucers & another four extra saucers.
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Paragon limited edition Winston Churchill cigar casket number 101 of 500 made to commemorate the centenary of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, born November 30th, 1874, with presentation case and certificate. Dimensions 20 x 26 x 10 cm
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Gouda vase & a Gouda dressing table box vase base signed 'Regina 486 Darla W.B Gouda Holland', the dressing table container decorated with floral design marked to base 'Hand Painted Made in Holland 4453' & a sticker labelled 'Plazuid Gouda Holland' & signed. Height of vase 12 cm
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Continental pair of lamps featuring scenes of children at play. Height not including shades 44 cm
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Ivan Englund Studio Pottery vase signed to base. Height 51 cm
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Ivan Englund Studio Pottery vase stamped to base. Height 33.5 cm
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Australian pottery 'Daily Bread' plate. Length 33 cm
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Binnacle by E. Esdaile & Sons, Sydney circa 1920, copper & brass with attached lamp or candle holder. Compass bowl with fluid & floating card are suspended on gimbal ring. Height 25 cm
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English Quadrant c1850 with ebony frame and ivory name plate for R. Moffatt. Brooks Ludgate St, London engraved on brass index arm. Ivory scale -5? to 100? by 1?. Ivory vernier with tangent screw. Index mirror with three filters. Horizon glass, sight vane double peep with pivoted cover. Stepped oak keystone box with paper label Alfred Brooks from Dolland's 41 Ludgate Street. Brooks is listed in 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton
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Quadrant English or American, with ebony frame with an old repair to the sight mount. Blank ivory name plate and brass index arm. Ivory scale -2? to 95? by 1?. Ivory vernier without tangent screw. Index mirror with three filters. Horizon glass. Sight vane double peep with pivoted cover. Varnished keystone box, the vernier is cracked and has verdigris from the brass screws, the ivory scale is complete but shows browning. Absence of a tangent screw places this quadrant in the 18th century. C1780.
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Hadley's Quadrant English or American. Ivory name plate on frame arch Wm Stephenson 1782. Ivory name plate on reverse Hadley's Quadrant. Ebony frame. Ivory scale -5? to 90? by 1?. Engraved brass index arm. Ivory vernier. Index mirror, filters are missing. Horizon & back horizon glasses. Sight vane double peep with pivoted cover. Backsight with single peep, the Wm Stephenson on the name plate is not listed in Clifton so it could be the owner or an American maker. No case. Contemporaneous with the quadrants…
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Hadley's Quadrant English, 1767. Mahogany frame. Ivory name plate on frame arch. Made by Jn? Gilbert on Tower Hill London for Th? Waters Nov 13:1767. Boxwood scale graduated 0? to 90? by 1?. Mahogany index arm. Index mirror with two filter frames and one filter glass missing. Horizon and back horizon glasses. Sight vane single peep and back sight with single peep. John Gilbert and his Son John Gilbert (II) both of Tower Hill, London are listed in 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-…
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Brass compound monocular microscope in a fitted rosewood case. English c1850. Engraved on the flat folding tripod base J.P. Cutts, Sutton & Sons Opticians to her Majesty Sheffield & London, the compound tube screws on to a triangular focussing rack in turn fitted to a tripod base. Ocular and objectives, five ivory slides,a reflecting mirror & associated items. Cutts is listed in 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton pg 75.
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Abbe Refractometer Carl Zeiss Jena in fitted Baltic pine case c1926. Some loss to the Japanning on the cast iron base and owner engravings on the telescope arm. Rack and pinion adjustment for the alidade and prism. Maker's logo is engraved on the telescope arm.
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Captain's telescope c1850. Mahogany and brass four draw (the object glass is cracked). J.P. Cutts, Sutton & Sons, Sheffield & London. Cutts is listed in 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton pg 75
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Blood Transfusion Apparatus in mahogany box. Metal name plate inside box for C.Wright & Co, new Bond St London repeated on the elaborate nickel plate syringe which has an ivory plunger handle. Box has fitted lid to top containing transfusion tube. Paper label pasted down on the inside of the box for J.C Henly Surgical Instruments 5 Burton Street, Milsons Point, North Shore. Ten pieces including the rubber transfer tube, an almost complete set with an Australian connection. C. Wright is not listed in…
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Mid 19th century timber Shipping tools consisting of ships carpenter's mallet, two conical hardwood pins (fids) for rope splicing on sailing ships and 36 inch hickory measuring rod. Rod with Royal symbol VR at both ends, another 'R' symbol, anchor & quantity lines indicate that this rod was used to measure rum barrels on Royal Navy ships.
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Transit, theodolite by Elliot Bros. London. Elliot Bros were the successors to Elliot & Sons. (see page 95 of 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton). This transit is c1875, the silvered scales on both circles are worn & tarnished, the eyepiece for the telescope is missing, the three bubble levels are intact & all the locking & fine movement screws are in working order, the compass is in good condition with a locking down screw.
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Victorian mahogany apprentice Secretaire in the Georgian manner, with brass fittings, five drawers & fitted interior. Dimensions 45 x 40 x 25 cm
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James Dixon pewter meat dome & a Smaller example. Height of tallest 23 cm
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Tudric pewter four piece teaset for Liberty & Co consists of associated tray, teapot, hot water jug, sugar & creamer & stamped 01386 to base. Dimensions of tray 41 x 21 cm
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Catholic diorama in gilt frame featuring the virgin Mary. Dimensions 48 x 37 cm
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Lalique figure of Mary & Jesus on black glass base, signed 'Lalique, France' to side. Height 36 cm
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Lalique figure of Mary & Jesus signed 'Lalique France' to base. Height 19.5 cm
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Lalique figure of a bird signed 'Lalique, France'. Height 9 cm
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Lalique figure of an owl signed 'Lalique, France' to base. Height 8.5 cm
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Webb-Corbett limited edition bust of Winston Churchill, modelled by Eric Griffiths, numbered 72 of 250, with original box. Height 27 cm
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Bronze seated Thai Buddha figure. Height 45 cm
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Bronze standing figure of Buddha with stand. Height 48 cm
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Bronze figure of Buddha. Height 70 cm
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Lahu Na 'Woman's Tunic from the North Thailand region. Length 110 cm
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Indian carved nut sugar bowl with a silver plate lid & a figural handle. Height 21 cm
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Chinese enamel plate decorated with children playing in a garden. Diameter 30.5 cm
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Chinese bronze pair of Censers on tripod base. Height 20 cm
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Ginbari pair of red graduated cloisonne vases enamelled with cherry blossom tree, Ginbari foil background featuring birds & butterflies. Height 15 cm & 13 cm
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Ginbari cloisonne vase & a cloisonne vase ginbari vase featuring gold fish & cloisonne vase featuring stylised floral motif & mythical animals. Height of tallest 15.5 cm
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Chinese scroll painting decorated with text, flora & fauna, with signature for Xu Zhen (1841-1915). Length 235 cm
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Japanese bowl hand painted with scene of geisha on rivers edge, signed to base. Diameter 16.5 cm
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Satsuma censer, vase & double handled vase all with losses & restoration, the censer with six panels featuring various Japanese scenes & losses to the lid, double handled vase decorated with scholar scene to one side & a landscape to the other, with various hairline damage & the other vase with detailed hand painted decoration depicting scholar scenes, chip to the base & restoration. Height of tallest 18 cm
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Antique silver Khymer animal form boxes & spoons boxes in dog & chicken form, set of five spoons stamped Nagasaki, 84. Weight 240g
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Japanese silver 1920's tea set by Miya Moto consisting of teapot, lidded sugar bowl & creamer. Height of teapot 13 cm. Weight 1.08kg
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Chinese silver trophy with double handles inscribed 'Best Wishes & Good Luck From the Shropffs of the Revenue Office, Shanghai 23rd Oct, 1919'. Height 16.5 cm. Weight 485g
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Silver Jerusalem statue by Zadok arts. Height including stand 13.5 cm
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Hallmarked sterling silver cigarette case with stylised floral pattern, engraved to M Todd Kidderminster. Birmingham, 1905, maker T.H. Length 9.8 cm. Weight 121g
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Hallmarked sterling silver cruet set consisting of four pairs of open salts with four spoons, salt & pepper shakers & lidded mustard pot. Birmingham, 1905, maker J.G. Weight 275g
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Hallmarked sterling silver basket & 800 silver cup 800 standard cup with gilt interior, slightly bent & silver basket, Birmingham, 1903, maker Jth. Height of tallest 9 cm. Weight 85g
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Hallmarked sterling silver cruet set & four napkin rings cruet set Birmingham, 1919, maker Mappin & Webb, consisting of salt with blue glass liner, pepper shaker & mustard pot with hinged lid & blue glass liner. Associated mustard spoon, Birmingham, 1919, maker L&S. Fluted napkin ring with some denting Sheffield, 1914, maker Jd WD, pair of napkin rings, Birmingham, 1939 & a silver plated Coronation napkin ring. Weight 100g
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Hallmarked sterling silver bowl, hallmarked sterling silver hinged box & sterling silver tea strainer bowl with fluted design and double handles, London, 1934, maker Mappin & Webb. Lidded box with cedar lining, marks rubbed & tea strainer stamped 925 sterling. Weight not including box 170g
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Melange of Continental silver consisting of a jug stamped 875, swing handle basket stamped 84 & spoon. Weight 110g
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Hallmarked sterling silver cutlery matched Georgian cutlery setting consisting of six teaspoons: one London, 1834, maker Jsab; the other five London, 1811, maker Tb. Five entree forks: two forks, London, 1832, maker Wb; the other three London, 1822, maker Sbib. Four main forks: two London, 1883, maker Lwb; one London, 1822, maker Wb; the other, London, 1837, maker Wt. Weight 720g
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Hallmarked sterling silver dressing table wares consisting of three mirrors, a hair brush & a clothes brush, the round faced mirror Birmingham, 1927; the clothes brush Birmingham, 1927, the oval faced mirror & brush marked 'Elldee' unmarked & tests for silver, the embossed mirror Birmingham, 1912.
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George Jensen silver gilt Annual knives & forks in cases all knife & fork sets are from 1979-1984. Weight 600g
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Salvador Dali silver 999 standard Peace medallion marked 'Silver 999 53/150', dated 1978, bearing Salvador Dali signature to the face & 'Peace' in nine languages to the rear, in a fitted case. Diameter 6 cm. Weight 100g
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Hallmarked sterling silver jug & six Norwegian silver salt & Peppers the jug; Chester, 1904;. Height of jug 14 cm. Weight 230g
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Silver dish with fruit motif. Dimensions 28 x 21 cm. Weight 455g
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Silver dish with fruit motif. Dimensions 23.5 x 30 cm. Weight 565g
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Austro Hungarian pierced silver dish. Dimensions 34.5 x 30 cm. Weight 760g
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Silver pierced basket some bending & denting. Diameter- 23 cm. Weight 235g
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Austro-Hungarian silver coffee set consisting of two trays, a coffee pot, sugar & creamer with six coffee cups & saucers. Length of largest tray 53 cm. Height of coffee pot 16 cm. Weight not including the three timber handled items 3.43kg
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Austrian 900 standard silver & tortoise shell box. Dimensions 7.8 cm x 5.2 cm x 1 cm
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Silver 800 standard dish with beaded border. Dimensions 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Weight 425g
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Silver 800 standard dish. Dimensions 40 x 28 cm. Weight 1kg
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Silver pressed dish featuring fruit. Diameter 20.5 cm. Weight 220g
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Rare RMS Titanic First Class Passenger Deck plan, printed December 1911, folding down into a two fold brochure covering decks A-E, the title page synopsis 'White Star Line, Southampton - Cherbourg - New York Service, One of the Two Largest Steamers in the World' and with curious pencil annotation 'Went Down with All on Board on First Voyage - Nearer My God To, Thee', the last being the title of the alleged last song played by the band on the Titanic. Dimensions 77 x 101 cm
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Commander Joseph Groves Boxhall Rd RNR Fourth Officer on the RMS Titanic - hallmarked sterling silver cigarette case engraved 'Jgb 23.03.05' Birmingham, 1904, maker Jg, the initials for Joseph Groves Boxhall (23.3.1884 - 25.4.1967) 4th Officer on Titanic. Like the ship's other junior officers, Boxhall reported to white star's Liverpool offices at nine o'clock in the morning on 26 March 1912, and travelled to board the ship at Belfast the following day, after the RMS Titanic departed Southampton on 10 April…
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Austro-Hungarian silver rococo border tray. Dimensions 57 x 42 cm. Weight 1.75g
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Austro-Hungarian silver oval tray with armorial. Dimensions 45.5 x 32 cm. Weight 1.47kg
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Austro-Hungarian circular tray with floral border. Diameter 34 cm. Weight 800g
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Georgian silver Wick Cutter Chester, 1788, maker Wb. Weight 45g
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Georgian silver sweet meat basket London, 1796. Height 9.5 cm. Weight 170g
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Hallmarked sterling silver sweet meat basket Chester, 1936. Height 8 cm. Weight 120g
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Silver inkwell, miniatures & Bodkin case inkwell with glass liner: Birmingham, 1905, maker HM. Pill box: Birmingham, 1888. Miniature book: unmarked Bodkin holder: marked 925 miniature chair: Sheffield, 1901. Weight not including inkwell 50g
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