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Recreations & Pursuits — Elder Fine Art

$2,760
Magnificent English Regency coromandel tantalus box, fitted…
$2,472
Boxed Chinese carved ivory chess set, the board in contrasting…
$2,300
Fine antique silver plated tantalus, with three hobnail cut…
$2,242
Chess board cased Chinese carved figured chess set with horses…
Auction House:
Elder Fine Art
Number of lots recorded:30
Lots with images:30
Prices available:30
Category:
Recreations & Pursuits
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*** Magnificent English Regency coromandel tantalus box, fitted with original decanters and glasses and London maker's mark to the interior. Height 26 cm closed ***
*** Boxed Chinese carved ivory chess set, the board in contrasting veneers. 46 x 23 cm ***
*** Fine antique silver plated tantalus, with three hobnail cut decanters with key and stamped Benjemans London. Height 32 cm ***
*** Chess board cased Chinese carved figured chess set with horses and elephant figures. Complete. ***
*** 19th century brass bound ebony tantalus, the case containing three partly hobnail cut decanters and crystal glasses, a covered and silvered compartment. Bears plaque (Chapman Son & Co) 26 x 32 cm ***
*** Sterling silver presentation snuff box, inscribed Lewis Cohen, Murrurundi 1844. Lewis Cohen is listed as the innkeeper of the Woolpack Inn Murrurundi 1848, Birmingham 1851 by Hilliard & Thomason ***
*** French kingwood ormolu and porcelain desk set height 13 x 30 cm ***
*** Two tobacco pipes, Both middle European, one carved ivory decorated with deer, the other ceramic and decorated with a seated man and his retriever. Length 38 cm approx ***
*** 19th century double inkwell set in silvered bronze of rococo design, with a griffin above two covered inkwells 10 x 30 cm ***
*** A fine W.M.F. Art Deco tantalus, with deeply cut squat crystal decanters and stoppers together with key to lock handle. Marked on base. Height 26.5 cm ***
*** Superb 19th century silver plated desk set, 'Young Grape Picker with Two Baskets of Grapes', revealing ruby glass inkwells. Engraved 1863 ***
*** Rare 19th century clockwork desk bell in the form of a pig. 8 cm high ***
*** Complete ivory chess set, turned and carved with cloth covered fitted box ***
*** Georgian ivory circular snuff box with young lady in a red coat on the cover signed Juny 3.5 x 65 cm ***
*** Sterling silver snuff box, Birmingham 1842, machined top by F.M. ***
*** Two sterling silver embossed picture frames. Birmingham 1906 and Chester 1917, 16.5 x 16 and 9.5 x 9.5 cm ***
*** Sterling silver snuff box, with rectangular machined finish ***
*** 18th century oval tortoiseshell snuff box with oval miniature of two women and dogs. Mounted on cover 3.75 cm ***
*** Rare cast metal Johnnie Walker vesta stand.17 cm high ***
*** Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, Chester 1909. 30 x 23 cm ***
*** Most attractive sterling silver embossed shaped picture frame, with velvet lined back and decorated with winged horses, London 1982. Maker D.S.S, 21 x 21 cm ***
*** Sterling silver cigarette case handbeaten finish Birmingham 1909, by Walker & Hall. Width 10 cm ***
*** Art Deco silver plated desk pen stand with inkwells and blotter ***
*** Two sterling silver sewing thimbles and one other ***
*** Singer child's sewing machine, one other and a miniature flat iron ***
*** Pretty shaped sterling silver floral embossed picture frame, with blue velvet back, London 1980, 11 x 10 cm ***
*** Pair pressed convex glass family photograph portrait frames and one other ***
*** Pair of pressed convex glass portrait photograph picture frames ***
*** Sterling silver tobacco box, Birmingham 1903 ***
*** Pair Edwardian convex glass oval portrait picture frames. 48 cm oval ***