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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:361
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:359
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:247
Date:14-Jun-2020
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A large Chinese blue and white covered vase, the baluster vase with domed lid and fo dog finial, decorated with continuous village and sublime mountain scenes to the body and neck, with scroll and ruyi borders to the collar, lappets to the base, height 47 cm
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A large Chinese famille rose vase, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the baluster vase with a broad trumpet neck, applied zoomorphic lug and ring handles, and decorated to the body with a beautiful lady and two children in a garden setting, one child with a fan, the other teasing a cat with a spider on a string, character marks to the neck, height 43 cm
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A large blue and white Shuangxi jar, 20th century, a baluster wedding jar with a domed lid and floral finial, three double happiness symbols and freely executed scrolling sweet pea motifs throughout below a key fret border, four character mark underside, height 44 cm
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A pair of export Satsuma vases, Showa period, early 1920s, mark of Kinkozan Tsukuru, baluster vases with waisted necks and bases, featuring the deity Kannon with a radiating halo riding a lion dog, further adorned with flowers and a small attendant figure, in moriage enamels in a cream, bright gold and muted brown, red and green palette, a shimazu crest to the patterned neck, bordered mark underside, height 31 cm
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A famille rose cylindrical vase or brush pot, mid 20th century, decorated with the eight immortals on a raft between floral borders, bright gilt to the rim and lappets to the foot, bordered four character mark underside, height 23.5 cm
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A Chinese export famille rose bowl in the Mandarin palette, Qing Dynasty, in the 18th century manner featuring two large figural narrative cartouches in garden settings between iron red trellis decoration and smaller cartouches with landscape sketches, the interior centred with a pink rose, diaper borders and grey and red floral cartouches to the rim, raised on a deep foot ring, height 11 cm, diameter: 23.5 cm
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A Cantonese style famille rose punch bowl, late Qing Dynasty, on a footed base decorated with four figural panes within vegetal borders and divided by 'Cracked ice' panels, a border of fruits and flora to the interior rim and a peony with sprigs in iron red to the bowl, height 14 cm, diameter: 28 cm
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An antique fuel lamp with an Imari base, 19th century, the Meiji era baluster base with shaped panes of vegetal motifs between stiff leaf and patterned borders, raised on a cast brass foot of neoclassical design, with burner mechanism to the neck, and glass chimney, height 60 cm
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An Oriental bronze Buddha head with four faces, each face depicting a different temperament mirth, sadness, anger and contentment; four character mark underside, height 6.5 cm
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A small bronze censer bowl, the bowl and cover well cast with a dragon finial in high relief, twin zoomorphic handles and a series of open mouthed bats to a frieze, raised on a tripod base, four characters to a circular cartouche underside, height 10.5 cm
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A bronze duck incense burner in the Ming manner, Qing Dynasty 1644 1912, the lidded censer in the form of an animated duck with one leg raised, the other perched on rocky ground, with engraved details to the wing and tail feathers, and having an aged patina with gilt splashed details, height 23.5 cm, width 16 cm
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A jade buckle, a rectangular pierced and carved buckle with lotus design, with integral buckle attachment to the reverse, length 6.5 cm
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A pair of jade buckle hooks, in pale celadon and near white colours, the buckle hooks with dragon heads, length 8.5 cm, and 8 cm
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A jade model of a man with his horse, in celadon colours modulating to tan, depicting a man administering to his recumbent tan horse, lightly carved and pierced, the horse's body dotted with tiny stars, height 6 cm
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Two jade duck pendants, of simplified form, two ducks in modulating olive green and brown tones, lightly engraved and inked, height 3.5 cm, width 5.5 cm, and smaller
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A jade frog and a jade mythical creature, a naturalistic frog in glassy pale green tones, and a carved and inked mythical crouching squat creature, height 3.5 cm, (frog)
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Three jade pendants, a celadon model of a phoenix, an oval plaque of a boy with a goose and holding a spray of ruyi fungus, and; an archaic circular dragon figure in dark mottled celadon colours flecked with chocolate brown, length 6 cm, and smaller
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A vintage articulated ivory netsuke of a hatching chicken, a delightful study of a chicken pecking its way out of the egg, lightly engraved and inked, twice signed with characters and red seal underside, with himatoshi, height 3.5 cm, width 4 cm
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A vintage ivory rhinoceros netsuke, a naturalistic model in tea stained colours, with signature and himatoshi to the belly, width 5.5 cm
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A celadon jade snuff bottle, a square section 'U' shaped bottle with flattened shoulders, depicting three deer in low relief to one face, archaic seal script to the other, with a red stone stopper and attached spoon, height 6.5 cm
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A carved celadon jade snuff bottle, well carved with two sages seated at a table beneath a gnarled pine tree, a lingzhi fungus in relief verso, with pearl style stopper and spoon, height 7 cm
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A carved celadon jade snuff bottle, an animated study in high relief of two laughing figures, an elder and a child beneath a gnarled pine tree, with a large chilong clambering up the side, in celadon colours modulating to grey tones, with a pearl style stopper and spoon, height 7 cm
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An unusual carved jade snuff bottle, a triangular shaped rock richly encrusted with a range of creatures including a viper, a centipede and a scorpion holding a string of coins, a spider, and the three legged money toad Jin Chan, with an emerald green stone stopper, height 4 cm, length 7 cm, width 6 cm
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A pair of famille verte covered bowls for the Persian market, Qing Dynasty, 1644 1912, octagonal bowls with conforming domed covers and ferrous red lion finials, decorated throughout with floral stems within mihrab cartouches outlined in raised enamel, floral sprigs to borders within concentric yellow rings. Provenance: Christie's Australia, lot 172, sale 54, 14/9/1992, height 13 cm
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A pair of Chinese famille rose figural Joss stick holders, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the opposite pair of figures dressed in apple green floral robes, each bearing a ruyi sceptre and a branch of auspicious peaches, with apertures to the head and also to the base verso allowing for a fitment, height 21 cm
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Two Imari vases, Meiji period, late 19th century, a large ribbed baluster face decorated with scenic panels, and a small faceted trumpet vase with fan shapes and arching panels of floral sprays in orange and gold colours upon underglaze blue, height 31 cm, and smaller
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A pair of cloisonne vases plus one other, mid 20th century, all of waisted baluster form with slightly flared foot rims, the pair with peony flowers in colours upon a wired diaper rust coloured ground, plus a single vase decorated with flowers in green colours upon a bright mottled green ground, height 12.5 cm
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Two Chinese export tankards, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 18th century and after, a blue and white Nanking variant tankard with pavilions in fenced gardens and lakeside settings, a border of floral motifs to the rim, the scroll handle with spine and leafy terminal, and; an enamel decorated famille rose floral tankard with underglaze cobalt borders, cartouches, and a moulded dragon handle, height 13 cm, and smaller
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A blue and white Chinese bowl, probably Ming Dynasty, the bowl featuring three freely decorated lion dogs within trailing floral tendrils, a key fret border to the rim and concentric rings to the lower register, centred with a floral roundel, four characters underside reading longevity and good fortune, height 9 cm, diameter: 18 cm
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A Chinese export ware type blue and white bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 18th to 19th century, a Canton type patterned bowl with a pair of bifurcated twist handles, an allover design of pavilions, willow and pine trees, a diaper border to the interior, height 7 cm, diameter: 14.5 cm
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A Chinese blue and white export ware soup plate, Qing Dynasty, an octagonal cusp edged plate, centred with birds in a fenced garden with peony and pine trees and enclosed by a diaper border, the rim with lotus and other flora, diameter: 22 cm
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A Chinese blue and white export ware platter, Qing Dynasty, probably early 19th century, rectangular with canted and cusped shoulders, decorated with a Nanking type pattern to the tray enclosed by a scrolling patterned border with flora, insects and daoist symbols; as found, length 26 cm, width 17.5 cm
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Two Chinese export wares: a teapot and an armorial tankard for Baillie, Qianlong period, 18th century, as found, a bullet shaped figural narrative teapot with enamel decoration (lid absent), a large tankard bearing the coat of arms of Baillie impaling Campbell with motto, 'Quid Clarius Astris', with black floral festoons and chain decorations to the rim, the handle with leafy thumb spur, see similar item in the collection of the British Museum (Museum no: Franks 821 +), height 15 cm, and smaller
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A vintage Chinese black lacquered cabinet, mid 20th century, the cabinet with twin cupboards each with three panels decorated with figures, birds and auspicious flora in applied coloured stone and shell, painted scenes to the sides, with traditional hardware and pin lock, raised on short feet, height 115 cm, width 80 cm, depth 45 cm
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A George II sterling silver caster, and a pair of George III sterling salts, 1759 London, with maker's mark for Robert Peaston; 1773 London, rubbed marks, a small pillar caster with flame finial, hallmarked to base and lid, and; cauldron salts with wavy gadroon borders, three hoofed feet with layered shoulders, hallmarked underside, accompanied by matching later Birmingham sterling condiment spoons, silver weight 168gr, height 11.5 cm, and smaller
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Four miniature sterling silver pepper pots and Trophies, C. 1905-1930s, Birmingham & London, various makers, two petite tankard style pepper pots, and two trophy pedestal cups, all hallmarked, silver weight 49gr, height 8 cm, and smaller
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A group of five English and Hanau sterling silver wares, late 19th early 20th century, Chester, Birmingham, various dates and makers, two vanity jars with embossed lids, one with pierced case to the body; a hexagonal Hanau box with neoclassical decoration, bearing import mark; an engraved vesta and an embossed cigarette case, both Birmingham made, hallmarked, silver weight 69gr height 4.5 cm, and smaller
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A Georgian sterling silver nutmeg grater and a Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette, early 19th century; 1866 Birmingham, with mark for Hilliard & Thomason, an egg shaped nutmeg grater with a thread edged screw top lid, rubbed marks, and; a walnut shaped vinaigrette with embossed and engraved bands, the interior with a pierced gilt grille, hallmarked to rim, silver weight 35gr, length 4 cm
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Three Continental silver wares: Dutch and German, early 19th century to 20th century, a naively decorated bright cut box with a pierced gallery to lid, early 19th century stamps; a bright cut box with canoe shaped lid, unidentified mark to base, and; a Hildesheim rose spoon, marked Germany 835, silver weight 80gr length 12.5 cm, (spoon)
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A petite George IV sterling silver vinaigrette, 1826 Birmingham, with maker's mark for John Bettridge, with delicate bright cut decoration and prick worked borders, a simple pierced gilded grille the interior; thrice hallmarked, length 2 cm
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A petite William IV sterling silver vinaigrette, 1830s Birmingham, with maker's mark for Francis Clark, of slightly cushion form with engraved and bright cut decorations, a simple pierced gilded grille to the interior, twice hallmarked, date mark unclear, length 2 cm
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A George IV/ William IV silver gilt vinaigrette, 1820s/30s Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, a book style vinaigrette with bail attachment, with engine turned designs to both faces, an applied floral border and engraved 'Jemima' to cartouche; an ornate pierced grille, thrice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior; date unclear, length 3 cm, width 2 cm
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A George IV sterling silver vinaigrette, 1826 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Thomas Shaw, the bright cut vinaigrette with prickworked wavy borders, the lid with a vermicular pattern surrounding the cartouche and leafy motifs to the corners, an ornate filigree grille to the gilt washed interior, twice hallmarked; with drilled hole for bail attachment, length 3 cm, width 2 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1858 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Aston & Son, of oval form with engine turned and engraved floral decorations, with a vacant shield cartouche, applied moustache shaped thumbpiece, and an ornate grille to the gilt washed interior; twice hallmarked, length 3.5 cm, width 3 cm
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Two Georgian sterling silver items: a vinaigrette and a snuff box, 1802 London, with maker's mark for John Robin, and 1826 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Taylor & Perry (snuff), a plain vinaigrette with rounded ends engraved M. Brown, twice hallmarked to the interior (hinge broken), and; a book style engraved snuff box with an applied edge; both hallmarked, length 3.5 cm, width 2 cm, and smaller
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A mixed group of small sterling silver and plated Novelties, 19th to 20th century, a Mexican sombrero, a floral Indian silver plaque, a Birmingham made pin dish set with a 1902 half penny, a Birmingham sterling and enamel top hat souvenir from Newquay; a Persian style plated vesta, a double ended plated small box, total weight 93 gr (sterling items only) diameter: 9.5 cm, and smaller
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A pair of Persian .875 silver candlesticks, 1967-1979 period, with lion and sword standard, farsi numerals, the slender baluster and sconce form candlesticks profusely decorated in the traditional Ghalam Zani manner, hallmarked to foot, silver weight 231gr, height 19.5 cm
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A silver gilt Turner's Company of London presentation medal, 1884, made by John Pinches, medallist, London, beautifully crafted and bearing the arms of the Turner's Company in relief, presented to a. E Nelson for the turning in metal 1884, in the original presentation case, unmarked but X ray tested for sterling, silver weight 175gr diameter: 7.5 cm
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A three piece sterling silver bachelor tea set, 1891 London, with maker's mark for Charles Stuart Harris, a teapot, sugar basin and creamer all of shaped and swollen oval form with applied wavy gadroon borders, four vertical flutes to the bodies and a threaded border to the shoulders, a timber handle and knop to the teapot, all items raised on ball feet, total weight 660gr, height 14 cm, width 22.5 cm, (teapot)
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An antique silver articulated fish spice box, 19th century, probably Continental, unmarked, a slender sardine style fish box with faceted red glass eyes, exposed teeth and tiers of finely engraved scales, hinged to the head revealing a long compartment; x ray tested for .880 -.910 silver, silver weight 17gr, length 10 cm
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An antique silver articulated fish spice box, 19th century, probably Continental, stamped VR, a fish box with red glass eyes and tiers of engraved scales, hinged to the upper body revealing a compartment (stamped VR twice to interior) with a smaller compartment underneath the lower jaw; X ray tested for .860 -.900 silver, silver weight 58gr, length 12 cm
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A novelty sterling silver Wheelbarrow, 1910 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Charles S. Green & Co, the barrow having shaped sides with pierced floral decoration and a decorative articulated front wheel, hallmarked to interior side, silver weight 45gr, height 5 cm, length 12.5 cm, width 7 cm
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A sterling silver peacock trinket dish or table ornament, 1926 Sheffield, with maker's mark for R.H.H, a cast peacock of naturalistic form with the spoon shaped tail serving as the dish; hallmarked to dish, silver weight 134gr, height 9.5 cm, length 15.5 cm
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A novelty silver pin cushion in the form of an elephant, late 19th to early 20th century, no date, partial maker's marks MB., a naturalistic elephant with the original green velvet cushion, length 4.5 cm
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A novelty sterling silver pin cushion in the form of a pig, 1910 Birmingham, with rubbed maker's mark, a corpulent naturalistic pig with the original green velvet cushion hallmarked to the side, length 5.5 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver aide-de-memoire purse, 1904 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Charles S green & Co, an Art Nouveau silver purse with chain with a sinuous stylised floral motif upon a lightly hammered ground, finely fitted to the interior with tan leather compartments, a leather hinged ivory leaf and a retractable pencil, hallmarked to the exterior, total weight 129gr, length 10.5 cm, width 8 cm
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A George III Irish sterling silver skewer, 1804 Dublin, with maker's mark for I W (not identified), of typical tapering blade form with an integral ring handle; hallmarked to upper stem, silver weight 61gr, length 26 cm
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A group of sterling silver items: a toothpick holder, a pair of cased salt & pepper pots, a small box, 1900 & 1901 Chester, 20th century Mexico, a petite pierced floral cylindrical silver holder with a green glass liner by William Aitken, a floral embossed rectangular box with rounded ends and crimped edges by Colen, Hewer & Cheshire, and; a pair of pierced floral cased glass Mexican salt and pepper pots, hallmarked to all items, total weight 145gr (without toothpick liner) height 6 cm, (vase)
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A sterling silver presentation bowl, 1931 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Hukin & Heath Ltd, a shallow bowl with an applied cast gadroon and floral edge with integral vegetal handles, raised on a shallow foot ring, engraved, 'From Sir Robert & lady black 10.8.32'; hallmarked underside, silver weight 392gr height 4.5 cm, diameter: 20 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver milk jug with a wicker handle, 1882 London, with rubbed maker's marks, a petite baluster tripod based jug with a hinged dome lid, decorated with spiral panels of embossed flowers, a mask head spout and similar mounts to the rococo style feet, gadroons to the lower register and lid, total weight 154 gr, height 12.5 cm
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A George IV sterling silver Christening tankard, 1823 London, with maker's mark for William fountain, a straight-sided tankard with two bands of concentric low profile ribs, applied floral chain borders to the rim and base, the handle of twisted serpent and floral form; hallmarked below rim, silver weight 122 gr, height 7.5 cm
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An Edwardian Arts & Crafts silver bowl, 1909 London, with rubbed maker's marks, a small footed bowl with a pleasing hammered finish and twin bifurcated handles with leafy mounts, hallmarked below rim, silver weight 162, height 6 cm, diameter: 10.5 cm
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A George III sterling silver creamer, 1770 London, with rubbed maker's mark, W' over W.K, an embossed pictorial baluster shaped creamer with a double scroll handle and three curvaceous legs with shell form mounts and trefid feet, with a vacant cartouche; hallmarked underside, silver weight 70 gr, height 9.5 cm
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A mixed group of sterling silver wares: a watch case, napkin ring, creamer, and gravy boat, early to 20th century, various city and maker's marks, a 1900 Sheffield bright cut watch case; 1925 Chester, a threaded napkin ring; 1926 and 1941 Birmingham, a small baluster creamer and a neoclassical style gravy boat with flying handle; hallmarked to all items, silver weight 185gr height 7.5 cm, width 14 cm, (gravy boat)
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A Scottish George IV sterling silver toddy ladle, 1823 Glasgow, with maker's mark for George Innes, of shallow cauldron form embossed and chased with bold floral forms on a textured ground, the stem attached to a wrythen balleen handle with a silver terminal; hallmarked to the bowl, total weight 79gr, length 42 cm
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A sterling silver toast rack, 1941 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Harrison Bros & Howson, the six slice rack of simple arched form with a gadrooned frame and flared cusped feet; hallmarked above frame, silver weight 158gr, height 10 cm, length 12 cm, width 7 cm
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A pair of Victorian sterling silver and plate fish servers, 19th century Sheffield, with maker's marks for Sansom & Harwood (handles), with moulded Renaissance revival handles and decorated reticulated plated blades the fish knife depicting an engraved cartouche of a two figures fishing, hallmarked, without date, to the ferrules; in presentation case, length 24.5 cm, and 33 cm
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A pair of Empire revival sterling silver candlesticks, 1899 London, with maker's marks for West & Son, weighted sticks with urn form sconces to square section pedestal stems with ram's head motifs, and raised on stepped bases with formal decorations and gadrooned edges; hallmarked to side of bases and underside, total weight 1058 gr, height 19 cm
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A George II solid sterling silver cast candlestick, 1752 London with maker's mark for John Cafe, the candlestick with a removable lobed wax pan, campagna shaped sconce, a knopped and foliate stem and raised on a stepped and shaped square base, hallmarks underside, silver weight 341gr, height 19 cm
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A Victorian Scottish sterling silver tankard, 1885 Glasgow, with maker's marks for George Edwards & Sons, embossed and bright cut with decorative bands and borders, a central frieze comprising panels of farm animals and a dog, with a decorated bracket handle, hallmarked below applied rim, silver weight 163gr, height 9 cm
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A Britannia silver Georgian revival pedestal creamer, 1905, with maker's mark for Maurice Freeman, the creamer of baluster form, having a double scroll handle with vegetal thumbpiece, shaped rim and a broad pouring spout, raised on a stepped base, hallmarked below rim, silver weight 87gr, height 10 cm
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A pair of George III sterling silver berry spoons, 1816 London, with maker's mark for Richard turner, embossed and bright cut to the gilt washed bowls with fruits and flora, bright cut decorations to the stems with engraved initials to terminals; hallmarked to stems, silver weight 130gr, length 22 cm
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A Russian .875 silver purse, 1908-1926 Odessa Kokoshnik mark, maker's marks in Cyrillic, a rectangular purse with link chain and an amethyst glass clasp, decorated with relief floral decoration to one end upon a matted ground, a partitioned tan silk lining, hallmarked to both sides, total weight 174 gr, length 12.5 cm, width 6 cm
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A boxed set of sterling silver golfing items, 1980 Birmingham, with maker's marks for P.H Vogel & Co; 1992 Sheffield import mark and marks for links of London; other sterling marks, comprising a golf marker, a tee, a tee-shaped retractable pencil and a pill box with relief decoration in the form of a set of golf clubs; hallmarked to all, silver weight 48gr, length 6.5 cm, (tee)
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An.835 silver box set with antique Hungarian coins, mid 20th century, probably a cigarette box with timber lining and base, the lid set with five Hungarian coins, three dated 1895, 1915, 1939; hallmarked to rim underside, total weight 398gr, height 4 cm, length 11.5 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A sterling silver commemorative Silver Jubilee Coronation coach, 1977 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Toye, Kenning & Spencer of London, with Jubilee punch, from an edition of 500, a cast solid silver miniature raised on a timber stand and in the original presentation box, silver weight 70gr length 8 cm, width 3.5 cm
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A George IV sterling silver vinaigrette, 1824 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Thomas Newbold, with bright cut floral and wavy designs, prickworked bands and an applied floral border to the lid, a geometric grille to the gilt washed interior, thrice hallmarked; bail attachment to the short end, length 3 cm, width 2 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1863 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Edward Smith, rectangular with a scalloped edge and scrolling leafy engraved motifs to both faces, a vacant cartouche, a moustache shaped thumbpiece and a floral grille to the gilt washed interior, twice hallmarked, length 6 cm, width 3 cm
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A petite Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1830 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, of hinged rectangular form with engraved decoration and an applied floral border, a simple pierced gilded grille to the interior, thrice hallmarked, length 2.5 cm
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A William IV sterling silver vinaigrette, 1833 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William simpson, an engine turned book style vinaigrette with an applied border and bird crest to cartouche, a pierced hinged grille to the gilt washed interior; twice hallmarked, length 4 cm, width 3 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1857 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, rectangular, and of arbalete profile, engine turned to both faces with wavy prick worked bands to the sides, a simple floral engraved and pricked grille to the gilt washed interior, thrice hallmarked, length 3 cm, width 2 cm
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Five sterling silver table spoons, including Irish, other probably Colonial, 1833 London, marks for William Chawner II; 1822 Dublin, marks for Laurence Keary, two pairs of Old English spoons, and; a single fiddle pattern spoon, marked sterling and with maker's punch 'Is'; hallmarked to all, silver weight 335gr length 24 cm, and smaller
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A matching set of eight George III sterling silver table spoons, 1794 London, with maker's mark for George Smith III & William Fearn, fine Old English pattern spoons, with contemporary armorials to the terminals, hallmarked underside, silver weight 545gr, length 22 cm
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A pair of Chinese .900 silver salts with spoons, late Qing Dynasty, 1900, unidentified workshop mark for Wc, petite cauldrons with leafy cartouches enclosing characters in relief, raised on tripod bamboo legs with leafy mounts, with bamboo stem type spoons, stamped to base WC90 and with Chinese characters, silver weight 69gr height 3.5 cm
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A novelty sterling silver pin cushion in the form of a shoe, 1904 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Levi & Salaman, the lady's shoe with a Louis heel and bow, with a later velvet cushion hallmarked to the side, length 7 cm
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A novelty sterling silver pin cushion in the form of a boot, 1907 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Levi & Salaman, a ribbon tied soft style boot with the original velvet cushion (pile worn) with pins, hallmark and registration mark to ankle, height 4.5 cm, length 7.5 cm
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An .835 silver cigarette case, 1942-1949, Czech, Moravia, Bohemia silver standard, maker's oil lamp trademark, a small engine turned cigarette case with a press clasp mechanism and sprung hinge, hallmarked to clasp and twice to the interior, total weight 60gr length 8 cm, width 5 cm
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A set of six sterling silver coffee spoons and a set of six sterling silver fruit knives, both sets cased, 1942 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Roberts & Belk, Art Deco style spoons with geometric stems, and; 1934 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Barker Bros, fruit knives with shaped swollen handles and steel blades, hallmarked to stems, total weight 192gr, length 17 cm, and 11 cm
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