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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:481
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:479
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:393
Date:4-Dec-2016
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A group of two three piece cruet sets plus spoon, early 20th century Birmingham, Sheffield, with marks for Mappin & Webb, unmarked, of similar style comprising two Mappin & Webb pepper shakers and a mustard pot, another Sheffield shaker and matching salt and pepper pot, all of traditional compressed form raised on curvaceous feet. Silver weight 309gr. Height 9 cm and smaller
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A group of large.800 silver soup spoons, early 20th century Germany, with maker's mark of Friedrich Feuerstein, Hanau, some also marked L Knorr, matching fiddle pattern spoons with initialled terminals; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 311gr. Length 22 cm
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A fine group of Australian sterling silver spoons and forks, 20th century, marked silver or sterling, with various makers including Sargisons (two), Carmello, Harris & Son, and others unmarked, all with a distinctive hammered finish with varied finials including Australian wildflower and gum leaf motifs, knots and a map, the bowls of various shapes. Silver weight 177gr. Length 16 cm and smaller
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Two pairs of sterling silver salts plus spoon, 1890 and 1908 Birmingham with makers' marks for Hj Cooper & Co., and Martin, hall & Co, the cauldron salt pairs with relief border decoration of scrolls, fleur de lys, one pair raised on triform feet, the other pair blue glass lined. Silver weight 167gr. Height 4.5 cm
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Two boxed sterling silver cruet sets, 1937 and 1946/54 Birmingham with maker's mark for Suckling Ltd, each comprising a salt, mustard pot, a pepper shaker and two spoons, one of compressed style with curvaceous feet, the other with pierced borders; glass lined & Hallmarked. Silver weight 163gr. Height 8 cm and smaller
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An elegant, modern West Australian silver ladle, circa 2007, with maker's mark of Chris Maron, the spun silver bowl of generous proportions with a 'Lignum vitae' shaped and tapering square section handle to a plain ferrule joining a blonde timber tapering terminal; featured in the December 2007 newsletter of the Australian silver Society, pp.8 & 10. Total weight 312gr length 47 cm
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A mixed group of six sterling silver mustard pots, 1900-1920, Birmingham and Chester (one), various makers, the variously shaped pots of complementary plain form, all with glass liners. Silver weight 174gr. Height 6 cm and smaller
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A Miscellany of Fifteen silver table wares: knives, spoons, a salt cellar, napkin rings, mostly from New Zealand, 20th century, various dates and makers, including three napkin rings by Jd Arthur, F.G and other, paua shell ornamented items by Ataahua of Nelson and by Bock, a butter knife with a greenstone handle, two salt spoons, and others; marked to all. Total weight 225gr length 18 cm. (knife)
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Two Georgian sterling silver basting spoons, 1768 and 1818 London, with maker's mark for William & Thomas Chawner, and; John & Henry Lias, respectively, an Old English spoon and a later large fiddle pattern spoon, hallmarked underside to both. Silver weight 207gr. Lengths 30 cm and 27 cm
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A fine group of six Victorian sterling silver dinner forks, 1888 London, with maker's marks for Aldwinckle & Slater, the heavy gauge forks with double sided reeded stems swelling to a bulbous finial and elegantly edged with vegetal forms, leaf motifs underside to the throat accompanied by crisp hallmarks. Silver weight 558gr. Length 22 cm
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Two silver letter racks, Russian and Polish, and two small sterling silver goblets, 20th century, with marks for.875,.800 and sterling, Russia, Poland, Birmingham, a fan shaped letter rack with a pierced ribbon motif, a heavy gauge cast pierced rack, a kiddush cup by Jacob Fenigstein, and a small ecclesiastical goblet; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 338gr height 16.5 cm. Width 16 cm. (letter rack)
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A mixed group of Nineteen sterling silver spoons, 19th century and after, various English assay marks, dates and makers, a variety of tea and jam spoons; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 450gr. Length 16 cm and smaller
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A group of six sterling silver butter knives, two with mother-of-pearl handles, 19th century and after, English and other, all engraved or bright cut with patterns and floral motifs to the blades and handles; hallmarked to all. Total weight 217gr. Length 20 cm and smaller
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A modern sterling silver picture frame, 2000 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Whitehill Silver & Plate, a rectangular frame with a tan velvet easel back; hallmarked to lower frame and in the original box. Height 17 cm. Width 12 cm
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Ten plain Australian sterling silver napkin rings, 20th century, all marked sterling silver, one with mark of Hardy Bros, one marked Es, of plain circular band form, mostly initialled or monogrammed. Silver weight 350gr
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An Australian silver cake server and six small dessert spoons, 20th century, with maker's mark for Sargison's of Hobart, the spoons and shaped trowel server with a typically hammered finish and twist stems with scrolling finials; hallmarked to stem of server. Silver weight 83gr. Length 20 cm. (server)
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A collection of six butter knives and a boxed Trident fork, late 19th to early 20th century, Birmingham, Sheffield, London, various makers, all with bright cut blades and decorative handles, the trident fork in the rococo revival manner; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 166gr. Length 15.5 cm. (fork)
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Two boxed sets of crystal and sterling silver knife rests, 1918, 1925 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Levi & Salaman; I.S Greenburg & Co, cut crystal with silver ends, hallmarked and housed in original presentation boxes. Length 10 cm and 9.5 cm
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Four small sterling silver dishes, two set with coins, early to mid 20th century, various dates and makers, English and American dishes, plus a small dish centred with a 1919 one rupee Indian coin, and a dish centred with a George IV 1826 coin; hallmarked to all. Total weight 278gr. Diameter 11 cm and smaller
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Four small decorative dishes, sterling and Continental, 20th century, two small pierced lozenge and boat shaped dishes, an embossed oval dish and one other; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 140gr. Height 2.5 cm. Length 16 cm. Width 11.5 cm and smaller
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A group of five small silver dishes, sterling and unmarked, a pair, a coin dish, and two ecclesiastical dishes, a pair of dishes with cast handles, an unmarked dish centred with a 1796 silver coin, and two dishes with ecclesiastical motifs to the centre, and marked 'Titre legal' France. Total weight 264gr. Diameter 8.5 cm and smaller
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A Miscellany of twelve fancy spoons, Picks, one fork and a bottle opener, sterling and Continental silver, early 19th century and later, various dates and makers, comprising small berry spoons, a set of four German silver long stemmed leaf spoons, and other, hallmarked to all. Total weight 265gr. Length 20.5 cm and smaller
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A mixed group of mostly sterling silver mustard spoons and Shovels, early 19th century and after, various dates and makers, Georgian, Victorian and other examples. Total weight 236gr. Length 12.5 cm and smaller
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A silver bottle opener, cheese knife and pair of grape scissors, Danish and Norwegian, 20th century, marks of fineness to all, marks of Georg Jensen, Th. Marthinsen, a Jensen sterling silver acanthus pattern bottle opener with a 1956 inscription, a Danish cheese knife with a hammered finish, and a pair of sterling silver grape scissors with stainless steel blades by Th. Marthinsen of Norway. Total weight 210gr length 20.5 cm. (knife)
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Three novelty shell and silver items, Australian, New Zealand, 20th century, a sterling silver mounted abalone shell, a shell spoon with a map of Tasmania finial, stamped F.A. And a Wellington made mother-of-pearl sterling silver mounted salt cellar with ball feet by James King of Wellington, circa 1905; marked to all. Length 11.5 cm. (Tasmania spoon)
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A group of five European Continental and sterling silver spoons and a pair of sugar tongs, 20th century, variously marked, a tea caddy spoon with enamel Danish crest, a blossom sugar spoon, three matching spoons of differing sizes with pierced vegetal finials and a pair of small sugar tongs with shaped bowls; hallmarked to all. Total weight 120gr length 13 cm and smaller
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Twelve oval Australian sterling silver napkin rings, 20th century, all marked sterling silver, various makers including: Prouds, Apex, Jws in clover stamp, and unmarked, mostly monogrammed and initialled, one with an applied kookaburra, eight plain, four engine turned. Silver weight 327gr
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A group of ten sterling silver mustard spoons, 19th century, various dates and makers, Georgian and Victorian fiddle pattern mustard spoons, all hallmarked. Silver weight 117gr. Length 11 cm and smaller
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Six various sterling silver caddy spoons, English, American and other, 20th century, various dates and makers. Total weight 107gr. Length 10 cm and smaller
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Two Australian Arts & Crafts sterling silver cream ladles, early to mid 20th century, one with gum nut mark of James Linton, the other marked HM, the small ladles both with a pleasing hammered finish to the bowls and having pierced floral emblem finials, one in the form of fern fronds, the James Linton ladle with a gum nut motif; hallmarked to both. Silver weight 48gr Lengths 12 cm and 11.5 cm
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A matching mixed pair of sterling silver basting spoons, 1895, 1897 London, with maker's marks for George Myers, and Charles Boyton, Old English spoons, crisply hallmarked to finials. Silver weight 305gr. Length 30 cm
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Three tall sterling silver salt and pepper shakers, 20th century, with mark of fineness to body of each, of elongated tapering carinate form and raised on stepped pedestals, comprising two salt shakers and one pepper shaker, weighted. Total weight 156gr. Height 13.5 cm
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A pair of Australian sterling silver napkin rings, circa 1900, marked sterling silver, maker's name to one of Anderson & Hall, Adelaide, the heavy gauge identical pair fashioned as buckles with bright cut floral bands and shields. Silver weight 116gr
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A Millennium sterling silver wine coaster, 2000 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Carr's, of elegant plain form with a rolled rim and conforming lower edge, with a tapering pine base finished with felt, hallmarked to body, in original box. Total weight 188gr. Height 4 cm. Diameter 13 cm
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Eight Varied Australian sterling silver napkin rings, 20th century, all marked sterling silver, various makers including Dunklings, Bradshaw, other unmarked, various shapes including three with beaded motifs, three with applied coats of arms and other, two rectangular holders with a hammered finish. Total weight 234gr, various shapes and sizes
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An Australian sterling silver baluster tankard, 20th century, with maker's marks for Stokes & Son, the elegant tankard with a stepped pedestal base and a hollow tapering 'C' scroll handle, with mark of fineness and maker's marks to upper body and underside. Silver weight 268gr. Height 11.5 cm
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A selection of four silver servers, sterling and Continental, early 19th century and after, English and European, a large Georgian sterling silver slice with pierced decoration to the blade, a bone handled serving trowel with bright cut designs; a server with a steel blade and a small serving spoon. Total weight 318gr. Length 29 cm and smaller
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The Sydney 2000 Olympic coin collection: the Olympic Kilo Masterpiece designed by Stuart Devlin, 2000, Australia, numbered 14233 from an edition of 20 000, the $30 coin in a presentation timber case, issued by the Perth mint and the Royal Australian mint, with certificate of Authenticity; retail price: $1721. Diameter 11 cm
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Seven sterling silver cutlery items: five forks, two spoons, early 19th century and after, various dates and makers, a Queen's pattern spoon and fork, a set of four two pronged Queen's pattern forks, and an American sugar or jam spoon; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 344gr. Length 18.5 cm. (spoon) and smaller
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A group of nine mostly Dutch silver table items, mostly 20th century, variously marked, including a variety of richly cast, embossed and pierced tea caddy spoons and shovels, servers and a tea strainer, with figural motifs and scenes, and ornate finials. Silver weight 299gr. Length 20.5 cm and smaller
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A group of three American sterling silver pepper shakers and a small caster, late 19th to 20th century, various makers, the pedestal shakers all of differing tapered form, with carinate form shoulders and domed lids, the caster of baluster pedestal form; one weighted & Hallmarked to all. Total weight 150gr. Height 13 cm and smaller
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A sterling silver ring tree, two Lipstick holders and a glass and sterling covered dressing table box, early 20th century and after, Birmingham, Italy, other Continental, an Edwardian ring tree, an engraved Continental lipstick holder with a lapis lazuli cabochon, an Italian silver lipstick holder with mirror and coloured stone, and a circular box with a silver rim and domed lid; hallmarked. Height 8.5 cm. Diameter 14 cm. (covered dish)
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Two small sterling silver framed desk Clocks, 1990 & 1994 Sheffield, with maker's marks Whitehill Silver & Plate, clocks by R. Carr, two rectangular frames, one with a rectangular dial with Roman numerals and a rope twist motif to the frame, the smaller with a circular dial, Roman numerals and a beaded frame; hallmarked to side of frames, one timber backed, the other backed with velvet. Height 11 cm. Width 8.5 cm and smaller
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A mixed group of six Continental and sterling silver mustard pots and salts, early 20th century, Birmingham, Germany, Denmark, various makers, comprising four decoratively pierced pots, an Arts & Crafts styled pot, and a conjoined salt, all with blue glass liners; hallmarked to all, one item marked only SS. Silver weight 155gr. Height 10 cm and smaller
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A group of eleven Dutch or European sterling and.800 silver table items, mostly 20th century, variously marked, including a variety of richly cast, embossed and pierced tea caddy spoons and shovels, servers and a tea strainer, with figural motifs and scenes and ornate finials; hallmarked. Silver weight 398gr length 20 cm and smaller
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Seven silver cruet items: a mustard pot, four salts, two spoons, late 19th century and after, London, America, Austria, a sterling silver mustard pot by Lambert & Co, Coventry Street; two gilt washed Austrian salts with a stepped ribbed designs, two pedestal salts by Stieff, and two sterling salt spoons; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 260gr height 6 cm. Width 10 cm
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Eight South Australian sterling silver napkin rings, late 19th to 20th century, all Adelaide made and marked sterling silver, the fine collection comprising rings by: H. Steiner, two each by J.M. Wendt, Basse, and three by Brunkhorst. Silver weight 257gr, various sizes
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Twenty one mixed mostly sterling silver pickle forks and similar, 20th century, various dates and makers, some items with mother-of-pearl finials and handles, others with coloured glass finials. Total weight 195gr. Length 16 cm and smaller
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Four mixed Australian sterling silver mustard pots and spoon, 20th century, all marked silver, of mixed shapes, but of complementary plain form with blue glass liners and one white porcelain liner. Silver weight 171gr. Height 7.5 cm and smaller
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Eight South Australian sterling silver napkin rings, early to mid 20th century, marked sterling silver, the group of mostly plain rings by: Wendt, Caris, Deane, Anderson & Hall (two), Brunkhorst, one with marks of Crown and lion, and a buckle ring with mark of Machin. Silver weight 258gr, various sizes
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A fine mixed group of Edwardian sterling silver mustard pots and five sterling silver condiment spoons, early 20th century Birmingham, Chester, various dates and makers, oval pots of varied sizes all with pierced geometric borders, loop or bracket handles and having blue glass liners. Silver weight 219gr. Height 6.5 cm. Width 9 cm and smaller
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A sterling silver framed desk clock, modern era Sheffield, with maker's mark for Whitehill Silver & Plate, the clock by R. Carr, the rectangular clock with Roman numerals and minute markings in a shadow box with a simple bead edged silver frame; with a blue velvet back and stand. Height 15 cm. Width 11 cm
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A sterling silver tankard, 1939 London, with maker's mark for William Drummond & Co, retailed through William Drummond Melbourne, the tapering straight-sided tankard with an applied stepped rim and base, the square section ear form handle with a thumb rest, engraved 'John' with date; marked underside. Silver weight 140gr height 8.5 cm
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An eighty five piece sterling silver boxed cutlery service, early 19th to later 20th century, London, Birmingham, Sheffield, various makers, in thread and shell pattern and comprising a complete service for twelve including: dinner and entree knives and forks (steel blades to knives), large soupspoons, dessert and tea spoons, and a gravy ladle, hallmarked to all and in a two drawer oak canteen. Total weight 5830gr length 25 cm. (dinner knife)
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An unusual brass and silver plated goblet in the Renaissance style, late 19th to early 20th century, probably Continental, the silver cased goblet with a removable brass interior, profusely decorated in low relief with Renaissance style floral decoration and a beaded Cupid medallion. Height 10 cm
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A Studio Ottavia silvered figural group, 'La Maternita', later 20th century, the modernist stylised sculpture of a mother feeding a baby in a silver clad finish upon a black laminate base, with title plaque to base and stamps and name to figure. Height 22 cm
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A set of twelve silver plated French Art Deco knives, circa 1920s, with marks to shell shaped cartouche of Orbrille of Paris, the elegant square section tapering knives with canted edges with banded and engraved borders, marked to the stainless steel blades and handles, in original presentation box. Length 25 cm
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A sterling silver gilt Washed bowl, 1904 Birmingham, with maker's mark for J.Sherwood & Sons, the small bowl with a rolled rim and low foot rim, of plain form and having dual scrolled handles; hallmarked to upper body. Silver weight 191gr
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A three piece Baroque style sterling silver tea service, 1903 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Walker & Hall, comprising a teapot, creamer and sugar basin of compressed baluster and lobed form with embossed and chased decoration and four medallions, scroll handles, the teapot with ivory fillets, and raised on scrolled feet with acanthus mounts, hallmarked to all. Silver weight 1734gr height 20.5 cm. Width 28 cm. (teapot)
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A circular Portuguese silver salver, circa 1843-53 period, with P above Crown mark and crossed branches for probably Porto, with additional initials, tested for.850 to.900 silver content, with a pierced everted gallery and bright cut garlands to the tray, raised on tripod pierced feet; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 717gr. Height 5 cm. Diameter 27 cm
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An American sterling silver tray, 1912, with maker's mark for Gorham, the low dish form tray with a low raised gallery and a low circular foot ring, a fine hammered finish to the body and centred with initial 'W' surrounded by an engraved garland; hallmarked underside with date cypher. Silver weight 516gr. Diameter 28 cm
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A set of six Australian sterling silver Wildlife spoons, later 20th century, with Celtic cross maker's marks for Flynn of Kyneton, Victoria, the teaspoons with split form stems each with cast and chased Australian animal and bird finials, housed in the original case; hallmarked to stems. Silver weight 72gr. Length 10 cm
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A small George II sterling silver sauce boat, mid 18th century, London, with rubbed date mark and partial maker's marks, the compressed circular boat with serpentine rims and a flying scroll handle, raised on three hoof feet with tiered mounts, hallmarked underside. Provenance: Purchased at Kozminsky Galleries for $1250 in 1985. Silver weight 96gr. Height 7.5 cm. Width 13.5 cm
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A sterling silver coffee pot, 1938 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Adie Bros Ltd, a faceted tapering pot with a domed lid of conforming design with a mushroom cap timber finial, a timber bracket handle and raised on a low stepped base; hallmarked to upper body and lid. Total weight 532gr. Height 21.5 cm
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A pair of small sterling silver candlesticks, 2007 Birmingham, with maker's marks for L J Millington, of elegant tapering form with a ringed neck and trumpet rim, weighted; hallmarked to rim of base, housed in the John Lewis retailer boxes with associated candles. Total weight 247gr. Height 8 cm
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Four sterling silver kiddush cups and a sterling rimmed tray, 20th century American, with makers' marks for Gorham (tray) and Lebkuecher & Co, four slender bell shaped cups on swollen stems with pedestal bases with a small sterling silver rimmed black plastic tray; marks to all items. Total weight 253gr. Diameter16.5 cm. (tray) height 9 cm. (cup)
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An American sterling silver lady's compact, after 1940s, with mark of Georg Jensen Inc USA and marked sterling, an oval compact with a small applied flower near the opening clasp, with an internal mirror and mesh cover for powder. Total weight 63gr. Length 7.5 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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A fine silver gilt malachite scent bottle, late 19th century, the slightly tapering square section bottle in richly figured and veined malachite with an embossed and chased collar and hinged top in the rococo manner, with the original glass stopper, unmarked. Length 7 cm
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A fine Georgian sterling silver swing handled basket, circa 1818 London, with maker's mark for Solomon Hougham, Solomon Royes & John East Dix, rubbed marks, a heavy gauge rectangular boat shaped basket with gadroon edges, an ogee profile tiered rim and a waisted gadroon edged base, the swollen handle with stiff leaf and floral motifs; rubbed hallmarks to body. Silver weight 1018gr height 12.5 cm. Length 31.5 cm. Width 27.5 cm
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A fine sterling silver cutlery service for twelve, including silver plated knives by Mappin & Webb, early 19th century and after, various English assay marks and makers, comprising silver plated dinner and entree knives, fiddle pattern sterling silver dinner and entree forks, soup, dessert and tea spoons, and five mixed sterling silver servers and two plated servers; hallmarked to all sterling items. Total weight 3418 gr (excl plated knives & 2 servers) length 24.5 cm. (dinner knife)
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A small Dutch.835 silver tray, 1922, with mark of fineness and date stamp, an elegant unadorned tray of rectangular form with shaped corners, with reed and flute everted edges; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 407gr. Length 27.5 cm. Width 18.5 cm
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An Austro-Hungarian ten piece.800 silver coffee service for six plus a silver serving tray, late 19th to early 20th century Vienna, with Dianakopf mark, rubbed maker's initials, the tray also with a four leaf clover stamp, a coffee pot, sugar bowl, pedestal cups and saucers with engraved vegetal and ribbon designs, a bordered square tray with canted corners; hallmarked to all. Total weight 1576gr height 16.5 cm. (coffee pot) length 30 cm. Width 30 cm. (tray)
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee letter opener, 1977 London, with maker's initials and Queen's head punch mark, a Queen Elizabeth II coin head finial to the sharply tapering blade with a slightly cushion profile to one side, flat to the other; hallmarked to stem. Silver weight 66gr. Length 17.5 cm
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An Arts & Crafts silver and glass inkwell, early 20th century, marked sterling, the circular dish with a pierced ribbon motif to the border and embossed with fruits, a square solid light blue glass well to the centre; stamped sterling underside. Silver weight 214gr. Height 7 cm. Diameter 19 cm
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A set of twelve French.950 silver cake forks, late 19th century, with mark of Eugene Lefebvre to lozenge (swan pierced by an arrow) and mark of fineness, additional marks, tapering three tine forks with threaded edges and elegant foliage motifs to the throat and framing the finial, in retailer's box; hallmarked near throat and underside. Silver weight 270gr. Length 12.5 cm
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A Stuart Devlin sterling silver and gilt egg, 1983 London, with maker's initials S.D, a small egg decorated throughout with a modernist textural design in raised silver upon a gilt base; hallmarked to broader end; probably a hanging decoration, now as found. Silver weight 22gr. Length 6.5 cm
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A matching.800 creamer and covered sugar basin, 20th century, with mark of fineness and partial rubbed marks, possibly Dutch, the pedestal creamer and sugar basin of carinate baluster form with scroll handles, bead and stiff leaf borders, the sugar bowl lid with a vegetal finial; marked indistinctly underside. Silver weight 375gr. Heights: 15.5 cm and 13.5 cm
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A George II sterling silver five piece cruet, 1755 London, with maker's marks for Jw with pellet to all pieces, with two cut bottles, a large and two smaller casters, each of bulbous pillar form with conforming rope twist borders and vegetal pierced lids, a cinquefoil stand with an applied rocaille crest and a griffin head crest, and raised on shell form feet; hallmarked to all; purchased in 1984 for $4100. Total weight 1516gr height 23 cm
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A silver dish, a sterling silver spoon and one other, mid 20th century, dish unmarked, spoon with fineness mark and marked Marian, an embossed and chased small dish with acorn leaves and nuts in the Turkish style, a sterling silver spoon with a lightly hammered bowl and a bold wallaby finial, and a hammered silver plated spoon by August Ehlers of Copenhagen. Silver weight 174gr (dish and one spoon). Diameter 14.5 cm. (dish)
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A mixed set of six George III sterling silver forks, 1803, 1809, 1810, 1814, 1829 and one other rubbed, various makers, Hanoverian forks, three with identically monogrammed finials, three plain; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 394gr. Length 21 cm and smaller
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A pair of sterling silver forks, four Ivorine stemmed silver forks and a French knife and fork pair, 1809 London, with maker's marks for Solomon Hougham, a pair of two tined forks; London and Sheffield, James Dixon & Sons, and other four long stemmed pickle forks; a French silver bladed knife with maker's mark, and a matching unmarked fork. Total weight 194gr length 21 cm and smaller
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A seven piece Italian silver tea and coffee service, after 1968, with stamp of Padua and an .800 mark of fineness, maker's mark to tray for Battutoa Mana and comprising two baluster tea and coffee pots, two jugs and covered sugar basins all of conforming pedestal and lobed design with turban styled dome lids and finials, and a tea tray; hallmarked to all. Silver weight 4365gr. Height 28.5 cm. (coffee pot)
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A fine pair of George III sterling silver basting spoons, 1817 London, with maker's marks for Thomas Wilkes Barker, elegant Old English spoons with pointed tips, with engraved griffins to the terminals & Hallmarked underside. Silver weight 174gr. Length 30 cm
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A ruby glass and silver plate claret jug, 20th century, marked electroplate and maker's mark Nj and D with flower mark, the tapering ruby glass vessel with plated mounts in the Renaissance revival manner with a mask and shell form spout, a scrolling handle and shell form thumbpiece, with maker's mark to collar, and faint stencil mark of a Crown to the base. Height 31 cm
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A fine cut glass and silver gilt claret jug, 19th century, apparently unmarked but tested for silver and remnant gold, the baluster shaped ewer of elegant proportions with tapering sliced flutes and lens cuts to the body and shoulder and an ornamented band with masks to the upper body, a high set bracket handle and stepped pedestal base with conforming borders. Height 40 cm
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A fine Victorian sterling silver clad glass claret jug, 1845 London, with maker's mark for Charles Reily & George Storer, of pedestal ewer form profusely embellished throughout with cast and chased trailing grape vines and fruits, the neck and base upon a hammered ground, with an 'S' form vine branch handle, the hinged lid with a grape finial, and an 1845 inscription to plaque; hallmarked to neck, lid, and body. Height 37.5 cm
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A Victorian four piece sterling silver tea service with the Sampson Family crest, 'Pejus Letho Flagitium', 1879 London, with maker's mark for Jackson & Chase, comprising a teapot with trivet, creamer and sugar bowl of rectangular and compressed neoclassical form, with threaded bases and gadrooned lower sections, with engraved stoat and motto, 'Disgrace is worse than death'; hallmarked to all. Total weight 1242gr height 14 cm. Width 24 cm. (teapot)
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A sterling silver and ivory Foundation Laying trowel, 1910 Sheffield, with maker's mark for R F Mosley & Co, a finely carved dolphin handle to a large trowel with bright cut and engraved foliate decoration and borders, with inscription marking the laying of the foundation stone of the Burngreave Unionist club by Douglas Vickers Esq 14th July 1911; hallmarked. Total weight 263gr. Length 36 cm
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A sterling silver dressing table tray, 1906 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Henry Matthews, rectangular with raised shaped rims embossed in the rocaille manner with an amorini group to the centre; hallmarked to tray near rim. Silver weight 147gr. Length 26.5 cm. Width 19.5 cm
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A late George II sterling silver creamer, 1756 London, with apparently no maker's mark, the pear shaped jug embossed and chased with rococo decoration with three curvaceous legs with hoof feet and acanthus mounts, with an ear form handle; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 103gr. Height 11.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver creamer and a Christening mug, 1861 London with maker's mark for Chawner & Co and early 20th century Sheffield, with maker's mark for James Deakin & Sons, a baluster shaped pedestal creamer of plain form and a pedestal mug with a stiff leaf border to the lower border engraved initials or dedication to both. Silver weight 225gr. Height 7.5 cm
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A German.830 silver meat plate, after 1886, with mark of fineness and maker's mark for Wilken & Sohne, the unadorned plate with a reed edge scalloped rim and a shallow cavetto, hallmarked underside. Silver weight 391gr. Diameter 28 cm
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A fine Georgian sterling silver swing handled basket, 1819 Sheffield, with maker's marks for James Kirkby, Waterhouse & Co, a heavy gauge rectangular boat shaped basket with gadroon edges and acanthus embellished corners, the rims with a continuous mihrab styled border enclosing embossed and chased acanthus and flowers upon a textured ground, applied leaf motifs to the crested swollen handle, a rectangular waisted base; crisp hallmarks. Silver weight 901gr height 9.5 cm. Length 30.5 cm. Width 24.5 cm
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A fine George III sterling silver pedestal cup, 1811 London, with maker's mark for Robert Garrard I, the fine Regency styled cup with a stiff leaf border to the lower section above a tapering pedestal, a laurel leaf socle and a square base, crisply hallmarked underside. Provenance: Purchased at Kozminsky Galleries for $2,800 in 1992. Silver weight 442gr. Height 19 cm
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An American sterling silver bowl, after 1940s, with mark of Georg Jensen Inc USA and marked sterling, a tapering deep bowl with floriform rim and a waisted base; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 170gr. Height 8 cm. Diameter 11.5 cm
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A fine.830 silver centre bowl with a glass Liner, late 19th century, the gently lobed oval bowl raised on a conforming waisted base, with hollow scroll handles and narrow applied borders, the clear glass liner with a striking fan shaped serrated rim. Silver weight 904gr. Height 17.5 cm. Length 42 cm. Width 20 cm
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A sterling silver Clad cigarette box, 1948 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Walker & Hall, of plain rectangular form with a slightly cushion profile hinged lid with an engraved crest of the Royal West of Scotland Amateur boat club, timber lined to the interior and with a laminate base; hallmarked to sides. Height 6 cm. Length 11.5 cm. Width 9 cm
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A striking European modernist.925 silver candelabrum, mid 20th century, marked.925 sterling with possible cursive initials, Lc, and numerals 2483, a silver plated base, with a broad base supporting a globe issuing five upturned tapering square section arms with flattened pans, marked to top of base. Silver weight 566gr (without plated base). Height 18 cm. Diameter 29 cm
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An antique Dutch crystal and silver tazza, circa 1885, with Continental standard symbol and date letter, an elegant cut crystal tazza with lens cuts and hobnail borders above a slice cut stem to a silver well with a rope twist band, an 1888 inscription and raised on an ebonised base with three bone squashed bun feet; hallmarked to base. Height 16.5 cm. Diameter 20 cm
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An Art Vannes glass vase, mid 20th century, France, of stretched organic form, a clear glass basket vase of generous proportions with exaggerated high set integral loop handles, with diamond Art Vannes stencil mark underside. Height 32 cm. Width 30 cm. Depth 24 cm
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