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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:417
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:417
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:278
Date:28-Oct-2018
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A carved jade pendant ornament in a lacquered box, the near rectangular pendant carved in light relief with a pair of double, gourds to one face and script to the other, with attached pearl and coral, type beads, height 5 cm, length 10 cm, width 7 cm, (box)
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A group of three stone seals or ornaments, a mountain type ornament with engraved and inked decoration, a small square, seal with a chilong surmount, script to one face and seal script to base, and a small signed stone mountain with a male figure framed by a pavilion, window, height 7 cm, and smaller
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A Chinese celadon pot vase, globular with a broad everted rim, lightly carved with tendrils and flowers, between lappet and stiff leaf borders in a satin aqua celadon glaze, bearing, an underglaze Qianlong seal mark underside, height 9.5 cm
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Two glazed vases, a red underglazed youlihong pot vase with applied chilongs to the shoulder, and depicting a dragon between borders, and a yellow ground glazed bottle, vase with applied handles and decorated with phoenix and vegetal forms in green and aubergine colours, bearing apocryphal Qianlong seal underside, Heights, 22 cm, and 11 cm
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A Jun incense burner, a tripod censer with an aubergine splash to the unctuous teal glaze, a timber, and pierced jade cover with chilong and shou decoration and a red 'Coral, type finial, height 9.5 cm, diameter 9.5 cm
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A small porcelain brush wash, a small hexagonal pot with an inverted rim, an applied chilong peaking over, the rim and decorated in a robin's egg type teal glaze, height 4 cm, length 6.5 cm, width 6.5 cm
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Two Pottery bowls and a crackleware vase, a song style marbled bowl in brown and toffee colours, a song type white clay, Pottery bowl with a pale crackled celadon glaze, and a bronze shape Pottery, vase with lug handles in a crackleware glaze, height 17.5 cm, (vase)
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A famille rose bowl, the bowl of ogee profile with a small foot ring, decorated throughout with, four stylised phoenixes amidst a profusion of flowers and tendrils, bearing a late Qing six-character Hongxian mark underside, height 5.5 cm, diameter 12.5 cm
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Two glazed Pottery bowls, one with a cobalt glaze depicting lotus and ducks, the other in ochre yellow, with an internal border of conjoined vegetal forms in low relief, height 5 cm, diameter 12 cm, and smaller
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A blue and white brush wash, Qing Dynasty, probably Guangxu period 1875-1908, of squat circular form with four shaped cartouches with figural narratives, between four flowers, bearing four-character kaishu Kangxi mark typical of this period, height 6 cm, diameter 9.5 cm
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A chicken cup and a plate, in a doucai palette, the cup with cockerel, a hen and her brood in a garden, a painted cockerel underside, and a plate depicting five children playing in a fenced garden, bearing apocryphal Yongzheng marks underside, diameter 18 cm, (plate)
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A green pottery Yixing type teapot, of squat form with a low domed lid, a bamboo finial, handle and spout, and foliage sprigs, impressed mark underside, height 8 cm, width 17 cm, diameter 11.5 cm
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A famille verte Yen Yen vase in the Kangxi style, probably early 20th century, the vase with overglaze colours depicting a pine tree and rockwork landscape, populated with three figures and auspicious objects including a vase of lingzhi fungus, a vase issuing bats, and a deer, bearing apocryphal Kangxi, marks, height 20.5 cm
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A lacquer ware brush pot, of straight-sided form and decorated throughout with two large reserves of script and a profusion of formal floral and arabesque forms and bats in red, green and gilt upon a distressed iron red ground, bearing apocryphal Qianlong, characters underside, height 15.5 cm, diameter 11 cm
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A celadon jade ornament, square with incuse corners, having a central aperture and both sides relief, carved with four matching vegetal motifs, length 4.5 cm, width 4.5 cm
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A celadon jade pendant, circular, pierced, and depicting phoenix and vegetal motifs centred with a shou medallion, diameter 5.5 cm
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A Doucai cup in the Yongzheng style, the petite cup with small foot ring, decorated in underglaze blue, green, red, and yellow colours with chrysanthemum heads and other floral motifs, auspicious script and a ruyi border, apocryphal Yongzheng mark within, concentric rings underside, height 5 cm, diameter 6 cm
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A blue and white dish with a transparent green glaze, late Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark 1875-1908, profusely decorated throughout with writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls, amidst fiery clouds, a narrow lappet border below the exterior decoration, underglaze blue character marks underside, height 4 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
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A Chinese court necklace in wood, glass and semi-precious stones, a strand of fragrant wooden beads, possibly agarwood, punctuated with teal, agate beads, with strands of blue glass beads, amethyst drops and pearl, clusters, the main drop with a lightly carved stone bead, housed in a circular decorated lacquer ware box, height 7 cm, diameter 16 cm, (box)
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A double gourd vase, with a tea dust satin glaze, underglaze apocryphal Yongzheng mark within, concentric rings underside, height 24 cm
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A blue and white porcelain brush pot, the straight-sided pot embellished with script throughout, with a single red, bordered seal and a leaf motif, a four-character apocryphal Yongzheng mark, underside, height 13 cm, diameter 12 cm
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A vintage watercolour folding album, the concertina type album with eight ink, wash, and watercolour landscape, images, each with artist's seal and accompanied by a page of script, between, covers, length 32 cm, width 28 cm
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A gilt bronze Buddha on a fitted wood stand, the seated figure with hands in dhyana mudra, having tightly curled hair, pendulous lobes and a serene expression, the neatly arranged robes with, lightly engraved borders, script in relief to a cartouche, height 27 cm, width 17.5 cm, depth 14 cm
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A pair of yellow eggshell porcelain bowls, probably Republic era, circa 1920, bowls with petite foot rings, in translucent canary yellow and decorated to, the exterior with a branch bearing peaches and peach blossom, with four, character script below rim and iron red four character manufactory mark, underside, height 4.5 cm, diameter 8 cm
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A cinnabar lacquerware box, the cushion form circular box profusely decorated throughout with dragons, auspicious fruits, arabesque and chevron borders, centred with the character, for 'Spring' on a diaper ground, apocryphal Qianlong marks underside, height 12 cm, diameter 30.5 cm
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A Calcutta silver tray and two small bowls, late 19th century, with maker's marks for Grish, Chunder Dutt (tray) and Dass, Dutt, of Bhowanipore, an oval tray with a rope twist edge, and a deep border depicting scenes of village life in low relief upon a stippled ground, and a pair of similarly, decorated bowls with crimped edges, all marked underside, silver weight 490gr length 27 cm, width 20 cm, (tray)
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A Chinese silver vase, with timber stand, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, with character workshop marks, a small baluster vase with a waisted neck and a fluted rim, engraved to the body with tree peony, blossom and a bird on a rock, marks underside, height 13.5 cm
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A fine Burmese silver sugar bowl and matching pot, early 20th century, with maker's mark for Coombes Co. Ltd, Rangoon, both profusely embellished with repousse and chased mythological figural, narratives between arabesque and stiff leaf borders and other decorative, bands, both with scaled serpent handles, the pot with a dragon spout and bird, finial, maker's name to bowl, silver weight 933gr, height 20.5 cm, and smaller
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A red coloured stone seal, an imitation 'Chicken blood' seal of rectangular section with a rounded top, and stamp in seal script with remnant ink to base, length 9.5 cm
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A strand of agate beads, sixty two relief carved semi-translucent red brown beads of compressed form, with spacers and punctuated by three larger spherical beads, united by a large bead and a cord tassel with pairs of smaller beads, length 56 cm
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A cloisonne snuff bottle and a combined stone snuff bottle seal, a circular cloisonne bottle decorated to both sides with a floral roundel, surrounded by ruyi and scrolling forms, with a brass stopper, and a cushion, form stone bottle relief carved throughout with phoenix, chilong, a vase and a village scene, with a circular seal to the base and an orange stone stopper, height 8 cm, and smaller
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A 'Honeysuckle' bowl, a small bowl with foot ring decorated to the exterior with four stylised, honeysuckle blooms in underglaze chocolate brown with patchy iron red, inclusions, bearing a double bordered underglaze Yongzheng character mark, underside, height 4.5 cm, diameter 8.5 cm
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A red and white stone seal, the 'Chicken blood' type seal of rectangular section and of crystalline, appearance with a rounded top, script to one face and seal script stamp with, remnant ink to base, length 13.5 cm
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A signed Satsuma bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912, with signature below shimazu family crest (rubbed), exquisitely decorated with Kannon and the Rakan immortals to the interior, five fan shaped panels to the exterior populated with figural narrative, scenes in colours with delicate gilding upon stippled backgrounds and enclosed by ornate brocaded borders and patterns, with bordered black, cartouche underside, height 6 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A famille rose bowl, 20th century, the everted bowl with a small foot ring, polychrome decorated with tree peony, and branches of yellow mimosa, bearing an apocryphal Yongzheng mark within, concentric rings underside, height 7 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A stone seal, a red brown plinth surmounted by a carved elephant, with script to one face, and seal script underside, height 13.5 cm
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A pair of Japanese cloisonne baluster vases, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the mirror image pair delicately wire worked and depicting white, chrysanthemum and other coloured blooms in a natural setting upon a subtle, grey mauve ground, brass to the base and interior neck and rims, unmarked, height 15 cm
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A fine jade brush wash with a rosewood display stand, in an even light celadon tone with hints of tan colours, of hollowed, irregular rectangular form with a lobed inverted neck and carved in high, relief with two clambering chilong and trailing aquatic vegetation, length 9 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A small jade brush wash, in pale celadon and depicting a relief carved half double gourd with stalk, the hollowed interior serving as the double bowl wash, length 8 cm, width 4 cm
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Two Ming cargo wine cups and a Qing blue and white pot, circa 1640 and late Qing Dynasty, 1890, two blue and white footed wine cups with dragon chasing a pearl motif, each, bearing 1985 salvage labels, and a phoenix and dragon decorated pot with a ruyi border bearing Kangxi marks, all with certificates of authenticity from, Harrods of Knightsbridge, height 10 cm, and 5 cm
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A group of three Chinese Teapots, bronze, porcelain, Yixing type, a baluster footed bronze pot with ruyi and lappet borders in relief, applied, decorations and a zoomorphic spout, a porcelain pot with a fine rib design, and famille rose figural decoration, a double bordered red seal underside, and a Yixing style pot with incised bamboo decoration, seal underside, height 20 cm, and smaller
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Two internally painted glass snuff bottles, plus one other Item, a large vintage oval cushion form snuff bottle with a red glass stopper and dauber, painted with two landscape scenes, a later petite snuff bottle with a green stone stopper painted with a meiren before a flowering prunus tree, plus a tiny Cantonese porcelain drum, latter as found, height 13.5 cm, and smaller
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A gold splash tripod bronze censer, of typical compressed circular form with integral loop handles to the rim, in speckled mid tone colours, cartouche with two character marks in low relief, underside, height 10 cm, diameter 17 cm
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A bronze tripod censer, of compressed circular form with integral loop handles to the rim, in golden, brown tones, bearing a cartouche with a twelve character Daoguang mark, underside, height 9 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
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A strand of cased 'Mutton Fat' jade beads, eighteen slightly irregular rounded rectangular beads, semi-translucent white, in colour, some with natural tan inflections, with small black spacers, between and housed in a 'bi disk' lacquered brass box with dragon and arabesque decoration and a small panel of script, length 32 cm, (beads) height 5.5 cm, diameter 15.5 cm, (box)
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A carved wood brush pot, the slightly waisted cylindrical pot, continuously relief carved with scholarly, figures, deities and attendants engaged in narratives and pursuits in an auspicious landscape setting, with six character mark to body, height 15 cm, diameter 13.5 cm
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A large vintage Japanese Tansu, 20th century, of typical rectilinear form with a series of timber slat and glass sliding, doors with carved motifs, and small drawers with traditional ironwork, hardware, height 88 cm, width 183 cm, depth 49 cm
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A Chinese lacquer and painted wood sideboard, with pairs of opposite cupboards united by iron backplates and pin locks, raised on stile feet with shaped aprons, the face in red lacquer, each door, decorated with vases, auspicious flowers and other furniture and objects, the frame with ruyi arabesques and shou medallions, height 83 cm, width 123 cm, depth 40 cm
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A pair of Sheffield Plate candlesticks and a covered gravy tureen, 19th century, Knopped neoclassical style sticks of rounded rectangular form with ribbed, edges and trims, weighted, and a rectangular tureen with gadroons and a twig, and shell cast handle, ring handles and vegetal mounts to the short ends, height 17 cm, (candlesticks)
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A cased thirty seven piece silver plated cutlery service by Christofle, first issued 1933, atlas pattern, a twelve place setting comprising table spoons, main forks and tea spoons, and a large ladle, in the original case of issue, atlas pattern was used in 1935 as the first Class service on board 'SS Normandie, length 20.5 cm, (fork)
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A Sheffield Plate meat dome and tray, 1939, with maker's mark for Walker & Hall, a plain oval dome with an attached vegetal and reeded handle, with trademark, stamp, name and date letter stamp to dome interior, and an oval tray, length 47 cm, width 34 cm
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A plated bowl and matching salver, and a plated marrow scoop, early 20th century, marked Hamilton & Co. Calcutta, a plain bowl and a matching salver engraved with initials Erj below a Crown, the scoop with a beaded stem and marked with armorial
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A pair of Sheffield Plate candelabra, later 19th century, with bell trademark for W & G Sissons, Knopped and lobed with cast shell and acanthus decoration, having scrolled, threaded arms with waisted sconces and matching dishes, with removable upper, registers to convert to single sticks, raised on squared bases with maker's, figural stamp to foot, heavily weighted, height cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver chatelaine coin purse, English, early 20th century, rubbed marks, of rectangular kidney shape with a typical purse clasp, a partitioned tan, leather interior, chain and suspensory ring, rubbed marks to frame both sides, silver weight 55gr, width 8.5 cm
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A sterling silver cigarette box, 1898, with maker's marks for Joseph Braham, rectangular and of plain form with a cushion profile lid, faintly engraved to, cartouche upper left of lid, a partitioned wood lined interior, and maker's, marks to side, height 5.5 cm, length 17.5 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A sterling silver pedestal caster, 1782 London, with maker's marks for Hester Bateman, having an ogee shaped lower body and a long neck with pierced dome and spiral, twist finial, with thread and finely notched edges, hallmarked underside, silver weight 82 gr, height 15.5 cm
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A George I Britannia silver brandy saucepan, 1722, with Britannia standard, lion's head erased, mark for William Fleming, of slightly conical form with a flaring lip and flat base, threaded edges to, the foot rim and having a turned ebony handle with silver mount, hallmarked, underside, total weight 110gr, height 5.5 cm, width 20 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver sugar basin, 1903 Sheffield, with maker's mark, Ha, for Atkin Brothers, the lobed bowl of plain and petal form with a flat base, hallmarked underside, silver weight 135gr, height 5 cm, diameter 12 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver sauce boat, 1927 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Adie Bros, in the George III style, the heavy gauge boat with applied scalloped edging, a flying handle with acanthus thumb spur and hoof feet with stepped mounts, hallmarked to upper body and with 25th anniversary inscription, silver weight 327gr, height 12.5 cm, width 19.5 cm
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A large George III Scottish sterling silver soup ladle, 1824 Edinburgh, with maker's marks for Andrew Wilkie, the King's pattern ladle, single struck & Hallmarked underside, silver weight 220gr, length 33 cm
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A pair of sterling silver three light candelabra, 1971 Sheffield, with maker's marks for E H Parkin & Co, simple tapering stems to spreading bases, having reeded serpentine arms with, urn form nozzles and dishes, hallmarked to all components, weighted, total weight 1226gr, height 22.5 cm, width 32.5 cm
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A sterling silver tea caddy spoon and a pair of plated tongs, 1804 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Samuel Pemberton, a Georgian bright cut caddy spoon with a gilt washed bowl and small fold over, handle, hallmarked underside, silver weight 8gr, length 12 cm, (tongs)
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A European.900 silver engined turned compact, 19th century, of near square shape with applied scrolling edges with an engraved foliate, border, engine turned to the face and back, the interior with mirror, total weight 104 gr, length 8.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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Three sterling silver top vanity jars, 1898, 1901 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Charles May, (two matching, items) and one other rubbed, a compressed circular pot with a cut-glass base and an embossed rocaille top, and two monogrammed jars, one small with a cut base, and a long faceted hair, pin jar, all items hallmarked, Heights, 17 cm, 8 cm, and 5.5 cm
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Six mixed sterling silver table wares, plus one, two Georgian condiment, spoons, a creamer, two mustard pots & spoons, 1802 London, marks for Richard Crossley, 1925-1930 Birmingham, various, Old English condiment spoons, a pierced mustard pot, a faceted pot, both with, spoons (one plated) and blue glass liners, a plain baluster creamer, hallmarked, silver weight 253gr (without plated spoon and liners), height 11 cm, (creamer)
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A part twelve piece Georgian sterling silver fruit knife and fork set, 1794 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Aaron Hadfield (knives), and probably, 1829 Birmingham with maker's marks for Joseph Willmore, comprising five knives with silver blades and seven forks with plated tines, in King's pattern, hallmarked to blades, ferrules and handles, total weight 436gr, length 19 cm, (knife)
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An Italian sterling silver photograph frame, modern era, polygon with silver standard, number and province, rectangular, with a frame of gently cushion profile with an embossed, arabesque border, hallmarked lower right, with a navy felted easel back, height 17 cm, width 14 cm
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A large Edwardian sterling silver cup, 1904 Chester, with maker's marks for George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, a flaring cup with a threaded edge, a wide border of round edged flutes and a broad rivet joined loop handle, with inscription, hallmarked below rim, silver weight 138gr, height 9 cm
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An American sterling silver cup and saucer, early 20th century, by Shevre & Co of San Francisco, pattern 8026, a scallop edged cup with a high set thread edged handle, simply decorated to, the cup and saucer with an engraved ribbon and three leaf motifs, marked, underside, silver weight 120gr, height 4.5 cm, (cup) diameter 13 cm, (saucer)
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Two sterling silver inkwells, 1901 Birmingham, with maker's marks for a & J Zimmerman, a cut glass, globular well upon a recessed navette shaped and footed tray, and 1898, London, with maker's marks for Goldsmith's & Silversmith's Company, a circular hinge top well upon an integral flat circular base, hallmarked to, both, silver weight 365gr (without glass wells), height 7 cm, length 20.5 cm, width 9 cm
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A Victorian sterling mustard spoon and five Art Deco sterling silver, demi-tasse spoons, 1876 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Smily, a bright cut crested mustard, spoon, and 1932 & 1935 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Asprey, Co., five demi-tasse spoons in two designs, hallmarked to stems of all, silver weight 47gr, lengths, 9.5 cm, and 7 cm
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A fine pair of Victorian sterling silver serving spoons, 1846 London, with maker's marks for Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater, heavy gauge Queen's pattern spoons with decorative throats and impressive, oyster backs, crisply hallmarked underside to the stems, silver weight 402gr, length 30 cm
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A George III sterling silver serving spoon, and a matched set of six, sterling silver forks, 1803 and 1820 London, with makers' mark for Thomas Dicks (serving spoon) and William Eley & William Fearn (forks), all in Old English pattern, with hallmarks underside to stems, silver weight 525gr, length 31.5 cm, (serving spoon) length 20.5 cm, (fork)
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A charming novelty sterling silver letter rack, 1910 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Elkington & Co, Made as a bespoke gift, the small rack with five circular pierced panels each, bearing part of a Christmas message, '1910 - Christmas - Dp - from - Mh, with a carry handle and raised on ball feet, hallmarked to short end, silver weight 92gr, height 8 cm, length 7 cm, width 5 cm
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A sterling silver sugar caster, 1925 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Albert Edward Jones, of lightly hammered cylindrical form having a pierced dome lid with ball, finial and rosette border, a rope twist band to the base, bearing an inscription to the body commemorating a 25th anniversary, hallmarked to the upper body, lid, silver weight 164gr, height 17 cm
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A cased sterling silver child's cutlery set, 1981 Sheffield, with maker's marks for probably Harrison Brothers, the Queen's pattern set with steel blades comprising a spoon, knife and fork, hallmarked to handles and housed in the hard case of issue, length 17 cm, (knife) and smaller
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A pair of Irish sterling silver spoons, 1770 Dublin, with maker's marks for Michael Keating, Old English pattern spoons with rubbed engraved armorials, lion sejant erect, to the terminals, hallmarked underside, silver weight 133gr length 22 cm
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A pierced and ornamented sterling silver dish, 1900 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Jenkins & Timm, lozenge shaped with scalloped edges, profusely embossed and chased with, shell, scroll and floral forms, with pierced circle and quatrefoil motifs, hallmarked to centre, silver weight 321gr, height 5.5 cm, length 31 cm, width 35 cm
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An Edwardian three piece sterling silver bachelor tea set, 1902 London, with maker's marks for Edward Barnard & Sons, of compressed rectangular form with gadroon and shell edges in the George III, style, the teapot with an ebony handle and finial, all raised on paw feet, with shell mounts, hallmarked to all, total weight 479gr, height 11 cm, width 19.5 cm, (teapot)
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A set of four Georgian sterling silver condiment spoons, with a Victorian, sterling butterknife and sugar tongs, early 19th century and after, various makers, matching King's pattern mustard spoons, a Queen's pattern butterknife, and a small pair of King's pattern tongs, hallmarked to all, silver weight 203gr, length 20 cm, (butter knife)
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A George III sterling silver teapot, 1789 London, with maker's mark for Hester Bateman, of oil can shape with a timber finial and handle with thumb spur, finely, bright cut with delicate borders, a festooned shield cartouche with armorial, including a marquis coronet and flanked by formal floral motifs, hallmarked, underside, total weight 597 gr, height 17 cm, width 29.5 cm
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A fine late Georgian sterling silver pedestal goblet, 1835 London, with maker's mark for John Wilmin Figg, finely embossed with sinuous flowers, a stiff leaf and banded stem to a scroll and chased leaf base, gilt washed to the interior, an engraved, armorial of a bear with motto 'Caveat actor' - let the doer be on guard, hallmarked near rim, silver weight 292 gr, height 17.5 cm
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A rare George III sterling silver wine funnel and matching stand, 1804 London, with maker's mark for William Allen III, of elegant form with thread edges and a slender lobed spout, with a gadroon, edged strainer insert and matching stand, crested to all components, hallmarked to funnel and stand, silver weight 259 gr diameter 11 cm, (stand) height 16.5 cm, (funnel)
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A cased Victorian sterling silver presentation tray, 1885 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Martin Hall & Co, rectangular with shaped corners and straight sides with pierced decoration, beaded rims and bright cut decoration, centred with an 1889 inscription to, the recipient on the occasion of his marriage and raised on ball feet, crisply hallmarked and housed in a James McEwan & Co Ltd hard case, silver weight 1590gr height 5.5 cm, length 38 cm, width 28.5 cm
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Nineteen mixed pieces of Georgian, Victorian and modern era sterling, silver flatware, 19th century, London, Edinburgh, various makers, 1986 Sheffield, all in King's pattern and comprising four dinner knives, six Sheffield entree, knives by William Yates Ltd, two entree forks and seven teaspoons including, six single struck Scottish spoons, plus one other, all hallmarked, total weight 957gr, length 25.5 cm, (knife)
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A set of four short sterling silver candlesticks, 1985 and 1992 Birmingham, with maker's marks for W.I.Broadway & Co, with threaded rims to the nozzles, swollen and ringed stems to broad, spreading bases, weighted, each hallmarked to foot, total weight 522gr, height 11 cm
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A pair of Edwardian cased sterling silver Lifter spoons, 1909 Sheffield, with maker's marks for William Hutton & Sons Ltd, for petit-fours, with Old English pattern stems and bright cut floral, engraving to the bowls and terminals, hallmarked underside and housed in a Reid & Sons lined hard case of issue, silver weight 55gr, length 15 cm
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Eighteen matching pieces of Victorian sterling silver flatware, 1849 Exeter, with maker's marks for Robert, James & Josiah Williams, a six piece setting comprising large and smaller forks with dessert spoons, in Queens pattern with decorative throats and impressive oyster backs, hallmarked underside, silver weight 1483gr, length 21 cm, and smaller
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A fine Victorian sterling silver presentation snuff box, 1846 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, finely engine turned with scrolling borders with a contemporary inscription, to Mr William Grant from members of the free church Congregation, Cairnie, for his 'Private worth and public usefulness' especially in the cause of the free church of Scotland, hallmarked twice to the gilt washed interior, silver weight 118gr, height 2 cm, width 9 cm, depth 6 cm
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A mixed collection of two forks, three napkin rings and fifteen various, dessert, tea and sifter spoons, early 19th to early 20th century, various assay offices and makers, comprising three pairs of bright cut cutlery, including a pair by John Hicks, of Exeter, various tea spoons and occasional spoons for jam, berries, sifting, and three napkin rings with bright cut and engraved bands, all, hallmarked, silver weight 602gr length 22 cm, and smaller
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A sterling silver salver presented to Edward Stace Symonds Esq. C.M.G, Under-Treasurer of Victoria from 1857-1887, 1885 London, with maker's mark for Martin, Hall & Co, a shaped bead edge and bright cut salver raised on ball and claw feet, with, inscription to Symonds upon his retirement from officers of the Treasury, hallmarked underside, silver weight 1311gr height 4 cm, diameter 37 cm
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Seven.800,.830 and.925 silver German and Dutch dishes, spoons, late 19th to 20th century, comprising three cast spoons, two with leafy bowls, and pierced handles, one, fashioned as a small shovel with farmyard animals and a milkman finial, an ashtray with cupids, a petite lozenge shaped bowl with flower decoration and one other similar, but rectangular, all hallmarked, silver weight 134gr, length 13 cm, (spoon) height 2.5 cm, length 10 cm, width 7.5 cm
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A pierced sterling silver tazza, 1901 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Hamilton & Co of Calcutta, of shaped scalloped form and ornately embossed and pierced with shell, scroll, and fruiting forms, with four panels of circular piercings and raised on a short broad pedestal, silver weight 303gr, height 9 cm, diameter 24 cm
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A sterling silver salver, 1901 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Barker Brothers, circular, with an ornate rocaille pie crust rim and engraved decoration to, the tray, raised on three ornate cast feet, hallmarked underside, silver weight 840gr, height 4 cm, diameter 32.5 cm
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A group of nine Indian and Eastern silver wares, early 20th to mid 20th century, Raj silver including a Madras chinar leaf dish with Swami figures in relief, a bowl and three napkin rings in the Lucknow style with friezes of village, life and wild animals, a pair of ornate salt and pepper pots, a decorative, bucket, and one other, silver weight 409gr, length 17 cm, width 16 cm, (dish)
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Three cased sets of silver cutlery, sterling silver and plate, 1936 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Arthur Price & Co (coffee, spoons), and 1937 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Roberts & Belk (soup, spoons), six sterling 'Coffee bean' spoons, a stylish set of six sterling Art Deco, soup spoons, and a set of six Walker & Hall plated Art Deco fish knives, and forks, silver weight 724gr (spoons only), various sizes
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A rare watch form gilt vinaigrette, circa 1820 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Willmore, crafted as a pocket watch with engine turned faces and scroll and foliate, edging and bail, with an ornate grille and twice hallmarked, total weight 13 gr, diameter 2.5 cm
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A petite sterling silver vinaigrette, 1837 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, with bright cut decoration to the cover, an engraved cartouche and cast, foliate edges, a pricked grille and twice hallmarked to the gilt washed, interior, with bail and suspensory ring, total weight 7 gr, length 2.5 cm, width 1 cm
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An unusual elongated silver gilt vinaigrette, 1835 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, rectangular, with rounded edges, engine turned with a floral thumbpiece and vacant cartouche, a floral grille and twice hallmarked, total weight 19 gr, length 5 cm, width 1.5 cm
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A sterling silver vinaigrette, probably 1827 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, finely engine turned with cast vegetal edges, with a gilt decorative grille, and twice hallmarked, total weight 30 gr, length 4 cm, width 3 cm
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