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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:358
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:346
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:226
Date:24-Mar-2019
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An antique Chinese wood block, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, a double-sided woodblock with script within a large cartouches, mortise and tenon joined to square section side supports and secured with flat head iron, nails, height 29 cm width 59 cm
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A Japanese champleve enamel relief decorated vase, the ovoid vase with zoomorphic handles to the neck, decorated with bold, sweeps of flora in blue, red, green and black colours upon a diaper textured, ground, a lappet border to the collar, stamped Made in Japan, underside, height 24 cm
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A Chinese cloisonne metalware bowl, early 20th century, wire worked with formal borders to the interior and exterior with stylised, flowers and roundels of dragons and phoenix in bright colours upon a fret, decorated teal ground, height 10.5 cm diameter 26 cm
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A Satsuma Koro, 20th century, a square section baluster koro raised on shaped legs and having a domed lid, and figural finial, decorated to two faces with various immortals of good, fortune, one accompanied by his attribute of a deer, partial signature in gold with red seal mark, height 13 cm
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A Satsuma vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, with maker's mark for Kinkozan, the tapering ovoid vase with a small neck finely decorated with two figural, narrative scenes, women and children at leisure in a pavilion setting, and male courtly figures with attendants, upon an ink blue ground gilt, embellished with phoenix and foliage, four character marks underside, height 21 cm
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A fine Satsuma vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, signed, the baluster vase beautifully decorated with an exotic ho ho bird perched, upon a prunus blossom branch beneath a stand of bamboo against in ink blue, ground, with a gilded neck and patterned foot rim, three character mark to, cartouche underside, height 24.5 cm
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A Chinese Thai market polychrome Bencharong bowl, 19th century, with a wide frieze depicting six Buddhas within flaming mandorla between, patterned borders, decorated in the Norasingh style of Thailand in red, pink, green, yellow and white enamels over a black ground, the interior centred, with a stylised flower on a teal ground, with copper rim and foot ring, height 8 cm diameter 15.5 cm
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A set of four Satsuma bird plates, 20th century, with signature, each plate featuring a bird and differing flora, including bamboo, wisteria, prunus, abutilon, cartouches underside with two character marks, diameter 18.5 cm
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A pair of famille rose bowls, late Qing Dynasty, with Guangxu mark underside, of typical flaring form and decorated throughout with brocade ball motifs, featuring patterns, flora and aquatic life between key fret and lappet, borders, red character marks underside, height 5.5 cm diameter 11.5 cm
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A celadon Yaozhou type incised bowl in the song manner, the bowl tapering to an unglazed near white base and foot rim, with vertical, lines to the exterior and freely executed floral designs with some combed, decoration to the interior, height 7.5 cm diameter 18 cm
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A pair of Chinese export 'One hundred Butterflies' octagonal plates, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, in a vibrant palette of iron red, blue, black, yellow, green and gold, decorated centrally with two large butterflies and a profusion of others, the rim with four shaped cartouches of similar design, length 23 cm width 23 cm
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A pair of vintage Chinese cloisonne vases, mid 20th century, small baluster shaped vases with waisted necks, profusely decorated with, allover vegetal motifs in greens and autumnal shades, with timber stands, height 13 cm
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Four Javanese horn and Yogya .800 silver salad servers and three vintage, Asian ivory napkin rings, mid 20th century, one pair of servers with silver handles, the other pair with applied silver, plaques, all embossed with typical Yogya floral motifs, and three matching, rings, carved with encircling dragons in low relief, length 24 cm (server)
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A pair of Cantonese rose medallion chargers, 20th century, typically decorated in a famille rose palette with six reserves alternating, figural narratives in pavilion settings and birds amidst flora and fruits, a roundel to the centre and united by brocade borders, height 7 cm diameter 37 cm
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A pair of silvered bronze censers, cauldron style censers with high set loop handles and raised on long tubular, legs, with inlaid silver threading in diaper patterns to the body and scrollwork to the legs, bearing apocryphal signature of Shishou underside, height 12 cm
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Two Yixing type teapots, a terracotta coloured teapot of ovoid ribbed form, the lid with radiating, spiral ribs and a round knop, and a pumpkin shaped lobed teapot with a vegetal spout, twig form handle with trailing vines in green to brown, colours, both items with multiple character cartouches, height 11 cm width 20 cm and smaller
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An antique signed ivory netsuke of a mouse, Meiji period, 19th century, two character maker's mark to cartouche, a delightfully carved figure of a curled mouse grasping its tail, finely, incised with remnant red brown ink, himatoshi to the reverse and signed, underside, height 3 cm width 4 cm
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A Japanese gold lacquer ware box, the rectangular shaped box with bracket feet and a cushion profile lid, decorated throughout in soft gold and depicting two ducks on a shoreline, amidst reeds, height 4.5 cm length 8.5 cm width 6.5 cm
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A fine Japanese cloisonne vase, Showa period, mid 20th century, the large baluster vase with wire worked cattleya orchids upon a soft pale, green ground, with white metal rim and foot, height 31.5 cm
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Three small blue and white Kraak Ware bowls, late Ming Dynasty, late 16th to early 17th century, finely potted including two small scallop edge dishes centred with fruits and birds in a garden, with four freely decorated shaped reserves to the interior, and fantastic creature motifs to the rims, one bowl with 'Chatter lines, underside, the larger bowl of similar design with kiln grit to the base, height 5 cm diameter 15 cm and smaller
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A Chinese chicken wing wood and marble display stand, the waisted stand with flecked marble insert to the top, having a fluted, collar above a pierced apron and five cabriole legs united by a pierced knot, style undertier, height 13 cm
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A Kyoto type Satsuma vase, circa Taisho to Showa period, 1920-30s, the baluster vase with waisted neck decorated with two main figural reserves, between brocaded borders in an iron red, pale blue and grey palette with, gilded and white moriage enamel details, unmarked, height 31.5 cm
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An opposite pair of Kutani vases, Meiji period, 1880-1900, mark of Kutani and maker, baluster vases with waisted necks and faux lion's head ring handles, finely, decorated to one face with a reserve featuring a woman and child in a garden, setting, two birds amidst flora to the reverse, with brocaded borders and embellishments throughout in the typical iron red palette, characters, underside, height 36.5 cm
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A sgraffito 'Double Happiness' bowl and stand, Qing Dynasty, probably 18th to 19th century, a weathered food bowl with a rolled rim, decorated with freely executed, incised decoration with blue black colouring on an oatmeal crackle ground, twice marked with double happiness symbols amidst scrolling forms, with stand, height 6.5 cm diameter 16 cm
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A Kyoto Satsuma covered bottle, early 20th century, ovoid with a long neck and low domed cover with knop, profusely decorated, with figural narratives to two reserves amidst myriad patterns and borders, in iron red, gold and polychrome moriage enamels, height 27.5 cm
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A blue and white dragon dish, the dish with a shaped edge and antique script around the rim, centred with a writhing dragon amidst lotus flowers, bamboo decoration externally, the glazed base with concentric rings, height 4 cm diameter 20.5 cm
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A Chinese style covered tureen, 20th century, Straight-sided and circular with small handles and a domed lid, enamel, decorated with insects, fruits and flora, painted mark underside, height 14.5 cm diameter 19 cm
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A Chinese polychrome enamel decorated plate, 20th century, decorated to the centre with sages, scholars and a tiger, with four floral, reserves to the rim interspersed with pairs of grape eating squirrels, rubbed, four character painted marks underside, diameter 26 cm
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An antique polychrome chrysanthemum plate, Qing Dynasty, probably mid 19th century, centred with an orange yellow flower surrounded by smaller lilac blooms, foliage and butterflies, a fleur-de-lis and pendant border, the rim with an orange band enriched with gilt honeycomb designs within a green fret border, diameter 24 cm
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A group of two Imari chargers and a bird shaped dish, 19th century, the two chargers, one with a scalloped edge centred with a vase of flowers, the other with patterned and scenic reserves, a scalloped triangular dish, with the head of a crane in low relief before a three friends of winter, floral arrangement and enclosed by patterned borders emulating stylised tail, feathers, height 4 cm diameter 31 cm and smaller
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A Varied group of six stone seals, in shousan stone, soapstone, other, including a figural seal depicting, Shouxing, a crystalline celadon green stone seal with a dog of fo, a red, stone plinth, an amber mountain stone seal with script, and two bright green cylindrical seals, height 8 cm and smaller
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A jade snuff bottle, a circular square section profile bottle carved in relief with a dragon above, a pavilion to one face and antique script to the reverse, with a bright green, stone cabochon and brass stopper with spoon attachment, height 6.5 cm
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Two Chinese rank insignia hat knobs and one other hat ornament, in pink quartz and rock crystal with brass attachments, and a green glass hat, ornament replicating jade, length 11 cm and smaller
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A coral ornament in a glass display case, Simply carved and pierced depicting a figure in a landscape, upon a timber, base and housed in a glass box, height 10.5 cm width 7 cm depth 5.5 cm
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A pair of Satsuma 'Hundred Flowers' dishes, Showa period, post 1945 era, bearing name of Koshida in English, profusely decorated throughout with auspicious chrysanthemum and other blooms, on a gold stippled ground, gold backstamp underside, diameter 12 cm
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A group of four Satsuma bird plates, early to mid 20th century, Company mark of Koshida with shimazu crest, brightly enamel and gilt decorated with birds amidst auspicious foliage, blossoms, bamboo, wisteria, three characters to red cartouches underside, diameter 12.5 cm
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Three Cantonese famille rose plates, late Qing Dynasty, 19th to early 20th century, a pair of bird and insect plates with fruiting and flowering branches on a celadon ground, and a similar sprigged white ground dish, the celadon dishes, with square bordered seal marks underside, diameter 16 cm and 14.5 cm
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A Yokoyama Satsuma dish, Meiji period, 1868-1912, signed probably Hakuzan, with shimazu family crest, the dish depicting twenty three rakan, one holding a document also signed, Hakuzan, and a dragon, with shimazu crest and enclosed by a chevron border, two character mark with shimazu mon to cartouche, diameter 18.5 cm
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A Kutani bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912, mark of probably Tsukuru Kutani, the bowl depicting a figure bowing before a courtly figure in a landscape, setting, a deep brocaded border in a muted palette with moriage enamel, details to the rim, floral sprays and fan motifs externally, character marks, for maker's name and Dai Nippon underside, height 6.5 cm diameter 22 cm
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Two Imari plates and a bowl, 19th century, a plate with patterned and floral reserved borders, a plate featuring a large, basket of flowers within a single blue line to the rim, with repair, and a bowl decorated to the interior and exterior with floral reserves and patterned panels, height 9 cm diameter 21.5 cm (bowl)
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A group of two Imari chargers and a dish, 19th century, one centred with a mons type motif, two with vases of flowers, all of scalloped design with reserved borders enclosing patterns and vegetal motifs, in a typical palette of underglaze blue with iron red, green and apricot, colours, the dish with gilt enrichments, height 5.5 cm diameter 30.5 cm and smaller
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A Japanese Maki-E lacquer and enamelled metal cigarette case, probably Taisho to Showa period, 1920s-40s, the slender form cigarette case in deep red decorated to the lid with, chrysanthemum flowers in low relief upon a gold dust ground, spring hinged, and with twin wires to the interior, housed in a wooden box, length 14.5 cm width 9 cm
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A pair of vintage boxed Kutani sake bottles, 20th century, the bottles of faceted form decorated with two reserves depicting two figures, reading and an abundance of auspicious flora, in moriage enamels and muted, blue, green and iron red colours upon a mottled olive and brown ground, characters and seal marks underside, housed in a wooden case, height 13.5 cm
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A pair of traditional style drum stools, the barrel shaped stools with eight shaped supports to circular bases, height 45 cm diameter 40 cm
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A vintage Chinese Art Deco camphor wood chest, circa 1930s, with an oval arching mid section, profusely carved in relief with oriental, scenes to cartouches, having a traditional brass lock (without key) and circular backplate, and fan shaped bracket feet, height 48 cm width 94 cm depth 44 cm
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An Oriental hanging display stand, the timber framed shadow box stand with a glass door front, with a series of tiered shelves with upturned ends, height 64 cm width 43 cm depth 12 cm
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An Oriental hanging display stand, the large timber framed shadow box stand with a mirror back and glass door, front with a series of tiered shelves with upturned ends, fret details in relief to the crest, height 82 cm width 53 cm depth 11 cm
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A large WMF glass and Silver-Plated punch decanter, 1910-1914, ostrich trademark for Wurttembergische Metallwaren Fabrik, the tapering jug with a waterfall arrangement of flute cuts and scroll, motifs, with a thread edged collar and flat lid, the bracket handle with, reticulated feature, thumb spur and elegant hinged mechanism, an internal, removable ice cooler and frame, trademark of period to lid, height 35 cm
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An Edwardian silver plated mechanical cover warming dish, early 20th century, with maker's mark of Boardman, Glossop & Co., Sheffield, the ovoid dish with a retractable lid embellished with radiating ribs and pendant husks to reserves, applied handles and raised on fluted legs with, formal mounts and lion's paw feet, a fitted pierced dish to the interior, height 22 cm length 36 cm width 22.5 cm
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A fine Victorian silver plate and boar tusk dish, later 19th century, Sheffield, with maker's mark for Joseph Rodgers, Sons, design 2660, three conjoined clam shell dishes with an arching boar tusk handle having a stiff leaf mount to the broad end and cap to the other, raised on three ball, feet, marker's marks underside, height 11 cm length 39 cm width 28 cm
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Two silver dishes, sterling and other, and a silver plated tray, 1949 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William Suckling Ltd, an Edwardian style lobed pedestal dish with pairs of upturned scrolling, handles and pierced foliate motifs, hallmarked underside, an.821 silver, (tested) circular scallop edged bowl, and a silver plated oval Chinese oval, tray, total silver weight 178gr (excluding tray), length 35 cm width 22 cm and smaller
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A collection of Javanese Yogya .800 silver teaspoons, cocktail sticks, with stand, and skewers, mid 20th century, a boxed set of six teaspoons with floral motifs to the terminals, 36 cocktail, sticks with a mushroom shaped tiered stand for twelve sticks, and a set of twelve long skewers with floral terminals and twisted upper stems, hallmarked, silver weight 376gr, length 18.5 cm (skewer)
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A Javanese Yogya .800 silver bowl and a swing handled tray, mid 20th century, the scallop edged bowl with a profusely decorated pierced floral rim and a hammered tray, and a flowerhead style shallow tray with a striking blackened, finish, and a decorative swing handle, hallmarked to both, silver weight 698gr, height 7 cm diameter 26.5 cm and smaller
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A small Chinese silver vase, Qing Dynasty, 1900, with mark of WH 90 for Wang Hing, a waisted baluster vase embossed with an encircling dragon, marks underside, silver weight 96gr, height 8.5 cm
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A collection of Javanese Yogya .800 silver coasters, dishes, other, mid 20th century, comprising six drinks coasters, a pair of small dishes and one slightly, larger, and a conical toothpick holder, all with typical stylised flora and a lightly hammered finish, hallmarked to all, silver weight 423gr, height 3.5 cm diameter 12.5 cm and smaller
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A pair of Persian silver vases, 20th century, tapering ovoid vases with waisted necks, dish form rims and twin handles, embossed and profusely engraved with flora, birds and formal lappet style, borders, each with four shaped reserves depicting figures at leisure and birds amidst flowers, hallmarked 84 in Latin and Arabic to shield cartouches, underside, silver weight 1488gr, height 27 cm
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A Persian.84 silver tray, 20th century, with standard in Latin and Arabic, maker's trademark, circular with an applied cast rim, and a wide border finely and intricately, engraved with formal repeat lotus and other floral motifs, centred with the falcon symbol of Iran, hallmarked to rim underside, silver weight 786gr, diameter 32 cm
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A fine Chinese silver court necklace, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, with a large cloud shaped cast medallion embellished with vegetal motifs in relief attached to a chain suspending a series of ball pendants of graduated, size, four spread winged bird motifs, clasp attachment, character mark to, medallion, and mounted on a blue felt display board
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A Chinese silver ornament, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, a small traditionally attired figure carrying a basket, wearing a hat with, small articulated links to the brim and attached to a short chain with a carnelian bead and hooked clasp, total weight 20gr, length 6.5 cm
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Two complementary Chinese silver bowls, early 20th century, with characters and initials for Cheong Shing of Canton, both bowls with lightly gilt washed interiors and decorated externally with, kakiemon arrangements of auspicious foliage and birds, one bowl depicting, bamboo, the other prunus, marks underside, silver weight 308gr, height 5 cm diameter 11.5 cm
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Two Indian silver bowls and a jug, two small bowls, one with a continuous frieze, the other with reserves, and an ovoid jug with strap handle, of traditional profuse embossed foliate, design, one bowl marked T.90, silver weight 290gr, height 9 cm (jug)
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Two silver spill vases, Indian and Chinese, early to mid 20th century, of traditional conical design, the Indian example with a scale and embossed, foliate design and chevron bordered rim, the Chinese example of pierced, floral form with a fluted rim, marked to the foot, silver weight 108gr, height 13.5 cm and 12.5 cm
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Four Javanese Yogya .800 silver smoking effects a table cigarette box, two ashtrays and a matchbox holder, mid 20th century, a profusely decorated embossed timber lined box with maker's mark of Pamor, two small ashtrays of hammered design with embossed floral edges, and a matchbox holder with a formal lotus design, all marked .800, total weight 437gr, height 4.5 cm length 14 cm width 9.5 cm
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A rectangular Javanese Yogya .800 silver tray, mid 20th century, the tray with a scalloped rim enclosing a pierced and embossed rim, embellished with scrolling foliage and lotus motifs, the tray with a lightly, hammered finish, apparently unmarked, silver weight 792gr, length 40 cm width 25.5 cm
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Two Javanese Yogya .800 silver boxes, mid 20th century, a cylindrical box and a low domed box, both typically decorated with stylised, flora on a hammered and blackened ground, one marked Kt 800, the other marked, .800 with trademark, silver weight 424gr, height 8.5 cm and 6 cm
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A group of mixed Javanese Yogya .800 silver wares a pair of candlesticks, a specimen vase, a pen tray and a letter opener, mid 20th century, all typically decorated with stylised floral on a hammered and blackened, ground, all marked .800 with various makers' initials, total weight 365gr (weighted candlesticks), height 14 cm (vase) length 25 cm (tray)
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An ornate five piece sterling silver tea and coffee service, 20th century, in the Eastern manner, only marked sterling silver, comprising a long-necked coffee pot, teapot, sugar basin, creamer and a shaped circular tray, with waisted compressed bodies profusely embossed with, scrolling vegetal forms and pendant beadwork borders, ebonised handles and finials to pots, total weight 3959gr diameter 41 cm (tray) height 23 cm (coffee pot)
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A decorative Victorian sterling silver dish, 1889 London, with maker's mark for Charles Edwards, lozenge shaped and profusely embossed with gadroons, floral forms, and heart, shaped cabochons, with pierced rims and handles in the rocaille manner, hallmarked to tray, silver weight 363gr, height 5.5 cm length 30 cm width 20 cm
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A Dutch silver vase, a tea strainer, and a sterling and glass based, specimen vase, early to second half 20th century, A.835 silver slender trumpet pedestal vase hallmarked to upper body and foot, a 1916 cast pierced strainer featuring a galleon terminal, apparently, unmarked, and a weighted sterling vase with an etched glass bowl, total weight 150gr, height 24 cm and smaller
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An Edwardian silver vase & a Hanau silver sweet meat basket, 1902 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William Devenport, and 1903-1926, Hanau, with pseudo hallmarks for Friedrich Reusswig, a squat urn form vase with an embossed rococo frieze and pedestal base, an ornate pierced Louis XVI style basket with swags and borders, hallmarked to, both, silver weight 328gr Heights 9.5 cm and 8.5 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver tray, 1904 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Walker & Hall, the embossed tray with a large cartouche surrounded by scrolling foliage on a textured ground, a close ribbed border to the shallow sides to a flat rim, with spaced shaped ribs and crimped edges, hallmarked to cartouche, silver weight 271gr, length 27.5 cm width 19 cm
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A mixed group of six little reticulated sterling silver dishes, 1895 Chester, 1897-1925 Birmingham, various makers including Hardy Bros., some dishes, including a pair, with formal trellis type borders, two, Victorian items of embossed rococo revival form, all hallmarked, silver weight 178gr, height 3 cm diameter 10.5 cm and smaller
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An assortment of thirty seven sterling and Continental silver souvenir, spoons, plus a letter opener with scabbard, 20th century, American, German, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, English, Indonesian, some with, enamelled finials, plus a shaped sword like letter opener in a brass scabbard, total weight 464gr (without scabbard), length 17.5 cm (letter opener)
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A Georgian Scottish sterling silver table spoon, 19th century, partial marks only, G and N flanking the Scottish thistle, standard, of simple Old English design, partial hallmarks underside, silver weight 60gr, length 23 cm
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A Georgian and Victorian sterling silver cutlery service, early to later 19th century, London, Edinburgh, various dates and makers, in fiddle and thread pattern, a setting for six including forks in two sizes, spoons in four sizes and a fine range of accessory servers, and in a differing long thread design knives in two sizes and a carving set and fish, server, hallmarked to all, total weight 3393gr, length 25.5 cm (dinner knife)
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A five piece Georg Jensen sterling silver tea and coffee service designed, by Harald Nielsen, post 1945 mark, with maker's initials for Harald Nielsen, pattern 875, an ovoid coffee pot and a similar teapot, covered creamer and sugar basin, four items with single wood handles to the side and a looped blossom style, finial, upon a matching circular tray, hallmarked to all elements, total weight 2519gr, height 16.5 cm (coffee pot) length 40.5 cm (tray)
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A Russian silver and gem set elephant match holder by Faberge, 1896-1908, St Petersburg, 88 zolotniki (916.6) with workmaster's mark, I.P, for Julius Rappoport, and Faberge in Cyrillic, set with eighteen single cut diamonds to the caparison and four cabochon rubies, with ivory tusks and a well for matches, hallmarked to well. Provenance: Private collection Melbourne, acquired at auction in London 1980s for 16,000 pounds, height 4.5 cm width 7 cm
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A sterling silver goblet, sugar caster and a pair of knife rests, early 19th to mid 20th century, London and Birmingham, various makers, a pair of Georgian London-made bar bell knife rests, a gilt washed goblet, probably 1809 London by Robert Metham, and a baluster shaped sugar caster, with a high domed pierced lid, 1950 Birmingham by Adie Bros, all hallmarked, silver weight 353gr, height 15 cm (goblet)
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A set of four George II style sterling silver candlesticks, cast in original moulds after Paul De Lamerie, 1969 Dublin, with maker's marks Rils, for probably Royal Irish silver Ltd, heavy gauge lavish sticks of knopped and ornate form with stiff leaf, shell and mask motifs upon shaped stepped bases, hallmarked underside and to sconces, silver weight 4530gr, height 23.5 cm
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A sterling silver Perak Turf club trophy salver, 1968 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Elkington & Co, the salver with a pie crust rim and raised on four hoof feet, with an inscription in English and Malaysian, 'Horses 2, division 1 ¼ Miles, silver weight 954gr, height 3.5 cm diameter 30.5 cm
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A three piece Scottish sterling silver tea service, plus Continental, sugar tongs, small cup, and an unmarked strainer, 1927 Glasgow, with maker's marks for Robert Scott, comprising a faceted carinate teapot with wooden handle, creamer and sugar, basin, all raised on cabriole hoof feet, a small .800 Austro Hungarian cup, a pair of German silver sugar tongs, a basket weave strainer, hallmarked to, five, total weight 898gr (excluding strainer), height 16 cm (teapot)
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An Edwardian sterling silver jug with cover, 1903 Birmingham, with maker's mark for John Edward Wilmot, the jug of tapering carinate profile with four lobes divided by flutes, the low domed hinged lid with finial of conforming design, having a reeded '7', shaped handle with ivory insulators, hallmarked to upper body, total weight 338gr, height 16.5 cm
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A five piece sterling silver tea and coffee service, 1897, 1913 Sheffield, 1910, 1929 Birmingham, various makers including Martin, Hall & Co, Hardy Bros., Alexander Clark & Co., T.M, all pieces of neoclassical boat shape with gadroons to the lower registers, and bracket handles, comprising pedestal coffee and hot water pots, a teapot, covered sugar basin and hinged creamer, hallmarked to all, total weight 2015gr height 25.5 cm and smaller
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A sterling silver covered jug, 1901 London, with partial maker's mark for W. Over Hh, of elegant pear shaped form with a flat rim and domed lid with finial, raised, on a waisted, stepped base and having an ebonised handle, hallmarks to neck, lid interior total weight 276gr height 19 cm, height 17 cm
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A fine pair of sterling silver Arts & Crafts candlesticks, 1911 Sheffield, with maker's marks for James Dixon & Sons, of elegant tapering square section form to a spreading base with strap and rivet, decoration, the sconce set within a shallow dish, hallmarked to foot rim, total weight 1786 (weighted), height 31 cm
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A Victorian neoclassical style sterling silver covered cup, 1874 London, with maker's mark for Robert Hennell, the pedestal cup of ovoid form with a waisted domed lid with fruiting finial, and upright mascaron handles to the collar, decorated with overlapping tiered, petals to the upper register above a frieze of laurel swags, stiff leaves to, the lower register and domed foot, hallmarked to body and cover, silver weight 1744gr, height 33.5 cm
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A heavy gauge four piece sterling silver tea service, 1964, 1966 London, with maker's marks for Guild of Handicraft, comprising a teapot, covered sugar basin, creamer and associated tray, the teapot in a lightly hammered finish of cylindrical form with a waisted base, a clam shell finial and a scrolling Georgian type timber handle, the creamer, basin conforming, the oval tray with a reeded edge and twin handles, hallmarked, total weight 2642gr, length 45.5 cm width 30.5 cm (tray) height 17.5 cm (teapot)
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A four piece sterling silver tea service, with armorial, 1879 London, with maker's mark for Jackson & chase, comprising teapot and stand, creamer and sugar basin of classical square, section form with gadroons, concentric horizontal ribs and slender rope borders, to the bodies, the teapot with a timber bracket handle, hallmarked to all, with ermine armorials, stand with inscription 'Pejus letho flagitium, total weight 1242gr, height 14 cm width 24.5 cm and smaller
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An Austrian silver tray, circa 1870s, with later import mark for 1900-1921 period, the circular tray with an applied rim punctuated with scrolling leaf motifs, to the threaded edge, rubbed hallmarks to border, silver weight 905gr, diameter 35 cm
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A German .800 silver salver, post 1886, crown and crescent mark, maker's mark, retailer's mark for Wilhelm, Lameyer, of plain form with a pie crust thread edged rim, silver weight 687gr, diameter 34 cm
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A sterling silver Sir Russell Drysdale limited edition plate, Western Landscape', 1973, numbered 741 and manufactured by Stokes, (Australasia) Ltd, framed, diameter 20 cm (plate)
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A sterling silver Sir Russell Drysdale limited edition plate, the Stockman', 1976, numbered 983 and manufactured by Stokes (Australasia), Ltd, framed, diameter 20 cm (plate)
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An Edwardian solid sterling miniature silver bear, 1908 London import mark, a naturalistically modelled standing bear holding a staff, marked.925 with, import mark to right leg, silver weight 54gr, height 6.5 cm
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A Czechoslovakian .800 silver tray, post 1929 mark, with maker's initials Fb, the rectangular tray with a pierced continuous rim and an applied foliate, edge, hallmarked underside to short end, silver weight 453gr, length 38.5 cm width 17.5 cm
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Two solid Continental silver miniature figures a taper stick holder and a Geschuzt Art Nouveau maiden, early to later 20th century, a woman in a diaphanous gown, her hands clasped behind her head, marked .800, and Geschuzt to foot rim, and a balletic nude holding aloft a small sconce, and dish, raised on a pierced floral base, marked .800 to dish, silver weight 111gr, Heights 10 cm and 13 cm
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A sterling silver hedgehog toothpick holder and a small box, 1902 London, with no maker's marks (hedgehog), 1894 Birmingham, with maker's, marks for Charles S. Green & Co, a hollow cast hedgehog covered with a series of perforations, hallmarked to, lower body, and a small lined quatrefoil trinket box on four petite legs, total weight 150gr, height 4.5 cm width 7.5 cm (toothpick holder)
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A delightful pair of owl salt and pepper shakers, 1995 Birmingham, with maker's marks, Pjm, for period jewellery Manufacturing, cast with removable heads and glass bead eyes, hallmarked to tail feathers, total weight 113gr, height 6 cm
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A Dutch silver nursery bowl, beaker, and a sterling Teething ring, 1955-56, with maker's marks for Fa. J.M. Van Kempen & Zoon,.833, standard, and date unknown but marked.925 (ring), a plain bowl with a flattened rim, and a beaker with an applied rim, engraved, to mark the birth of the recipient, and an ivory and pear shaped silver, rattle and teething ring, hallmarked to all, teething ring marked to bail, total weight 279gr, diameter 16 cm
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An Art Nouveau sterling silver pedestal dish, 1908 Birmingham, with rubbed maker's marks, the bowl of elegant serpentine form with ribbon tied threaded rims and three, sinuous scrolling bifurcated arms each enclosing a flattened bead, hallmarked, to inner rim, silver weight 164gr, height 7.5 cm diameter 14.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver swing handled pedestal basket, 1860 London, with maker's mark for Edward & John Barnard, the heavy gauge basket of lobed form with scrolling rims and engraved formal, fruit, shell and floral pendants to each lobe, the swing handle of pierced, and leafy form, hallmarked to lower body, silver weight 856gr, height 10 cm diameter 30.5 cm
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