Archive for the ‘Silver Boxes’ Category

GOLD AND HARDSTONE NECESSAIRE, GOLD SNUFF BOX, GOLD CANE HANDLE

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

A THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND HARDSTONE TOOTHPICK
CASE of oblong form, the lid applied with an oval stone carved with the profile portrait of a nobleman, in the Antique manner, scroll-chased gold border, the body of petrified wood with gold mounts and coloured gold thumb piece chased with leaves and rosettes, 10cm. wide, circa 1785, cameo ground [...]

ANTIQUE SNUFF BOXES

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

ANTIQUE SNUFF BOXES
A SILVER-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF BOX of kidney form, the silver lid engraved with elaborate scrolling foliage and set with a carved shell boss, similarly fluted mother-of-pearl sides and base beneath a deep foliate engraved silver-gilt mount, 7cm. wide, circa 1835.
NATHANIEL MILLS. A SILVER-GILT AND HARD-STONE SNUFF BOX of cartouche form in mid-18th [...]

ANTIQUE TOBACCO BOXES AND WALKING CANES

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

ANTIQUE TOBACCO BOXES AND WALKING CANES
A DUTCH BRASS TOBACCO BOX, oval, engraved with peasant scenes, 12.8cm. wide, 18th Century.
A DUTCH BRASS TOBACCO BOX LID engraved with styled portraits of Julius Caesar and Gregory XIII with a perpetual calendar, the other side has an arithmetical-ladder with coat of arms and a mathematician, the sides of the [...]

Fiddle pattern Table Silver, London, A Victorian silver Christening Can, Victorian easel Mirror, Victorian silver Coffee Jug

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Fiddle pattern Table Silver, London, A Victorian silver Christening Can, Victorian easel Mirror, Victorian silver Coffee Jug
A Victorian silver Salver, John Evans,
London, 1846, shaped circular, crested
within a broad band of engraved foliate
scrolls, with applied scroll and leaf
border and panel supports, lloz., 8in.
diam.
A Victorian novelty Vesta Case, Harding Bros., Birmingham, 1884,
realistically cast and modelled as a [...]

A Hanoverian pattern silver Canteen, silver Table Candlesticks, Victorian four piece silver Tea and Coffee Set

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

A Hanoverian pattern silver Canteen, silver Table Candlesticks, Victorian four piece silver Tea and Coffee Set
A Victorian silver Salver, Walker
Knowles 8c Co., Sheffield, 1846, shaped
circular, engraved with a band of
strapwork within a pierced and applied
mask punctuated scroll border, on
pierced panel supports, 56oz. 2dwt.
A Hanoverian pattern silver Canteen, Harrison Bros. 8c Howson, Sheffield, 1910, comprising: twelve [...]

A silver Tankard, A parcel-gilt Russian silver Coffee Pot, A four piece silver Tea and Coffee Set and Tea Tray

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

A silver Tankard, A parcel-gilt Russian silver Coffee Pot, A four piece silver Tea and Coffee Set and Tea Tray
Another standing silver Cup and Cover,
Vollgold, German, 19th Century, in
Renaissance style, the stepped spreading
base, knopped and bracketed stem,
attenuated campana shaped body and
domed cover chased with lobes,
strapwork, arabesques and leafage
featuring an arcade of vacant cartouches
on the body [...]

GILT-COPPER SNUFF BOX, DOUBLE-OPENING HORN SNUFF BOX, ENAMEL DOUBLE INKWELLS, English, SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL TOBACCO BOX

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

GILT-COPPER SNUFF BOX, DOUBLE-OPENING HORN SNUFF BOX, ENAMEL DOUBLE INKWELLS, English, SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL TOBACCO BOX
A GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL
MOUNTED HARDSTONE DISH, French,
the hardstone dish mounted with a gilt-metal
figure of a winged lady, the rim with flowers,
leaves and red. blue and white enamel, on an
enamel and gilt-metal stand, 13cm.
A GOLD AND IVORY TOOTHPICK
CASE, English, circa 1800, decorated [...]

A SILVER SHOE PIN CUSHION, TWO SILVER NOVELTY SCENT BOTTLES, A WEDGWOOD SCENT BOTTLE, AN AMBER SCENT BOTTLE, Bohemian

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

A SILVER SHOE PIN CUSHION, TWO SILVER NOVELTY SCENT BOTTLES, A WEDGWOOD SCENT BOTTLE, AN AMBER SCENT BOTTLE, Bohemian
SILVER SMALL WORK & OBJECTS OF VERTU
A GILT-MOUNTED PORCUPINE QUILL RIDING CROP, the handle in the shape of a horse’s hoof with gilt scrolled ferrule, 61cm.
A SHAGREEN SPECTACLE CASE, circa 1790, containing silver gilt spectacles, unmarked; another [...]