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Fine and Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:350
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:350
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:192
Date:22-Sep-2020
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A famille rose bottle vase, early 20th century, bearing Tongzhi mark but probably later, finely decorated to the body with six figures engaged in various narratives in a fenced landscape setting including the deity Shouxing bearing his attributes of a peach, staff and a pronounced cranium, dotted with auspicious bats to the neck, double bordered seal mark underside, height 26.5 cm
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A pair of turquoise glaze dogs of fo, 20th century, porcelain dogs of typically stylised form seated upon moulded plinths, impressed mark underside including numerals 160 and cipher, height 25.5 cm
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A pair of cloisonne vases in the manner of Takahara, Meiji period, 1868-1912, profusely decorated with flower heads, insects and other vegetal forms in colours to shoulder lappets and the red tan foil flecked body, scale patterns in yellow and turquoise to the neck and foot, unmarked, height 18 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 Chinese bronze vase and a small bowl, a pear shaped pedestal vase with elephant head handles, with raised peony and bird motifs to the body, together with a small cauldron with pairs of mask prunts and two gold coloured shou medallions, Heights: 15 cm, and 5 cm
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A twelve piece famille rose dragon and phoenix serving set, Republic era, probably 1930s, comprising twelve bowls in four sizes, all overglaze decorated with phoenix and dragons chasing flaming pearls within polychrome key fret borders; with four character painted marks underside, height 6.5 cm, diameter 21 cm, and smaller
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A Ming type Wucai pot, of ovoid form with a waisted neck, decorated throughout with a writhing dragon and phoenix chasing a flaming pearl amidst coloured flaming clouds and above jagged waves, in deep ink underglaze blue, iron red, teal and various shades of grey, height 13 cm
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A pair of Chinese export ware famille rose soup bowls, Qianlong period 1736-1795, centred with individually painted informal rose arrangements in puce, iron red and green, enclosed by a delicate husk border and a running ribbon and floral festoon border to the rim, unmarked, height 4.5 cm, diameter 23 cm
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A Cantonese rose medallion lotus bowl, 1960s-70s Prc era, Guangdong factory, Canton, possibly Hong Kong decorated, the bowl of six petal form with a barbed scallop rim, decorated internally and externally with alternating reserves of figures and flowers and birds, enclosed by floral and scrolling borders with gilt enrichments; four character bordered stamp underside, height 9 cm, diameter 20 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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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 blanc-de-chine guanyin riding an elephant, Qing Dynasty, the guanyin seated in 'Royal ease' and holding a scroll, positioned sideways upon a well modelled caparisoned elephant standing four square with raised trunk. Provenance: Christie's Australia, lot 522, sale 0135, 21/9/1998, height 24.5 cm, width 29 cm
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An antique bronze Indian elephant model, 19th century, the cast model of a caparisoned elephant standing four square, with a marked verdigris patina, height 11.5 cm, width 15 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 Canton famille rose plate and a blue and white tazze, Qing Dynasty, 1900 and after, an export ware plate enamel decorated with an insect and floral strewn border enclosing depictions of figures, daoist symbols and flowers in vases upon a celadon ground, bordered mark underside, and; a freely decorated tazze with bat and cloud motifs, centred with a shou medallion, diameter 26 cm, and 20 cm
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A Japanese Arita charger, Edo-Meiji period, 19th century, the scallop edged charger with a lattice diaper pattern rim enclosing a bold arrangement of figures, flowers and foliage, spur marks underside, with mountains and castle imagery to the exterior, height 5 cm, diameter 37 cm
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A pair of blue and white Minyao shallow bowls, probably Qing period, one with calligraphic mark, Loosely decorated coarsely potted plates typically decorated with a central spiral and lingzhi fungus motifs to reserves, one with rough foot rim, diameter 18.5 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, diameter 23.5 cm
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A blue and white porcelain plate, Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng mark, 1851-1861, a gently lobed plate centred with a figural narrative scene within a pavilion and garden setting enclosed by a main border with arrangements of plum blossom and peony, and narrow borders with scroll patterns, diaper and daoist symbols, Xianfeng characters underside, diameter 23.5 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 small Indonesian silver figure of the deity, Ravana, the filled embossed figure of Ravana, devotee of Shiva, unmarked, but X ray tested for .94 silver, height 8 cm
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A Chinese silver export ware trumpet vase, late 19th century, unknown factory, mark of Yl with characters, of slender form with a wavy rim, the body featuring chrysanthemums in relief upon a finely textured matt ground, the domed base with a spreading root design, raised on a pierced wooden stand, marked to foot, total weight 151gr, height 19 cm
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A Chinese silver export ware trumpet vase, late 19th century Shanghai, with factory mark of Luen Wo, of slender form with a wavy rim, the body featuring birds flitting within embossed and pierced bamboo, a bamboo style small stem, the base with a spreading root design, raised on a pierced wooden stand; marked to foot and underside to small base plate, total weight 247gr height 18.5 cm
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A Burmese oval silver tray, 20th century, ray tested for .92-.96 silver ('baw' silver), the silver tray with a flat plain tray and a richly repousse and chased rim decorated with Buddhist stories to ornamented cartouches; unmarked, silver weight 860gr, length 47 cm, width 37 cm
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A Burmese silver Monk's Begging bowl (Hsun OK), 20th century, X ray tested for .96 silver ('baw' silver), the silver bowl richly repousse worked and chased depicting scenes from the Buddha's life in decorated cartouches, with fillets to the upper register and stiff leaf borders to the base; unmarked, silver weight 803gr, height 13 cm, diameter 22 cm
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A Burmese silver bowl in the form of a Monk's Begging bowl (Hsun OK), 20th century, X ray tested for .68-.76 silver, the silver bowl profusely repousse worked and chased depicting Buddhist stories with figures, ethereal creatures, and chariots to shaped cartouches, with fillets to the upper register and stiff leaf borders to the base; marked silver with other marks to base, upon three feet, silver weight 605gr, height 12 cm, diameter 21 cm
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An exquisite two colour 14 carat gold snuff box in the French Empire manner, circa 1930-31 Poland, with Warsaw city mark, 15 carat standard (3), the rectangular waisted box in rose and yellow gold, finely engine turned to the lid and base with refined trailing foliage and engine turned borders, hallmarked only to rim of lid, faint maker's initials, twice, to the rose gold interior, gold weight 75gr height 1.5 cm, length 8 cm, width 5.5 cm
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An Austrian 14 carat gold snuff box, 1920s, stamped 585, Vienna mark and numeral 4 for 4th gold standard, rubbed maker's marks, an engine turned box of waisted form with a decorative floral and scroll engraved rim, 1924 inscription to the interior lid, hallmarked to interior, gold weight 83gr, height 1 cm, length 8 cm, width 5 cm
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An exceptional Victorian cased enamel and gilt scent bottle, 1877 London, with maker's mark for Henry William Dee, the spherical scent bottle enamelled with romantic 18th century idylls after Francois Boucher including 'The music Lesson', with finely patterned gilded mounts with a hinged and screw top lid decorated with foliate motifs and turquoise cabochon borders and enrichments; hallmarked near hinge, height 8 cm
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A magnificent Victorian sterling silver pedestal rose bowl, 1896 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Martin, Hall & Co, of rococo form with a broad pierced vegetal rim above a scalloped band, spiral gadroons and floral forms to the lower register with pairs of vacant cartouches, raised on a similarly decorated foot, hallmarked to upper body, silver weight 1803gr, height 21 cm, diameter 29.5 cm
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Four Edwardian sterling silver topped cut glass scent bottles, 1904-1909, Birmingham (three) and London, with maker's marks for Schindler & Co., Charles May, Hardy Bros., grey & Co, globular cut glass bottles in two designs, three with floral embossed turban lids, one hinged, and one of flat topped plain design, stoppers to three items, height 13.5 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver inkwell set, 1904 London, maker's mark for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd; J Batson & Son, a shaped rectangular tray delicately bright cut with festoons, an applied border and raised on paw feet, supporting a glass ink pot with a hinged silver lid, and a resting spiral twist pen, marked Fe to end, total weight 444 gr, height 9 cm, length 19 cm, width 13 cm
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A cased set of Australian sterling silver demitasse spoons, second half 20th century, marked Stg Sil, by Flynn silver Kyneton, the six spoons each with characteristic split and swollen stems with individually cast and applied native floral emblems serving as finials; marked underside to stems, no maker's stamp; fitted Flynn case, silver weight 80gr, length 9.5 cm
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A George III sterling silver 'Jollyboat' decanter wagon, circa 1815 Sheffield, with maker's marks for John Roberts & Co, a pair of pierced and embossed grapevine decanter stands with timber bases and silver crested buttons in an articulated trolley with four spoke wheels and a long handle with a slender barrel shaped ivory grip; hallmarked to both stands, height 11 cm, length 38.5 cm, width 19 cm
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A George III sterling silver wine funnel, 1808 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Wallis II, the two part funnel of traditional form with a conical bent end spout to a stepped broad strainer with gadroon edging and star form perforations, thread edge banding to the body, and side clip; hallmarked to both components, height 11.5 cm
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A fine sterling silver George III cake basket, 1770 London, with maker's mark T.L, the basket of flaring form with gadroons to the rim and a segmented border of foliate piercings alternating with embossed bead edged panels, a lattice and gadrooned swing handle; hallmarked to the outer rim, silver weight 1171gr, height 11 cm, length 37 cm, width 30.5 cm
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A fine set of four George III sterling silver sauce tureens, 1809 London, with maker's marks for Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, elegant rectangular pedestal tureens with stepped dome lids with acanthus and crabstock type ring handles, gadroon edges, twin bracket bar bell handles, contemporary crests with Latin inscription 'Deo Non Fortuna', (by God, not by luck) hallmarked to lids and short ends, silver weight 2575gr height 14 cm, length 20 cm, width 12 cm
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A William IV sterling silver Cheroot case, 1834 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Willmore, a beautifully refined case of shaped rectangular form with an embossed basketweave design featuring blocks of fine ribs and stud work; hallmarked to rim, silver weight 132gr, length 12 cm, width 7 cm
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A rare pair of George III marriage cups in the form of a barrel, 1792 London, with maker's mark for Charles Aldridge, a 'Hob and nob' marriage cup fitting together as a slender barrel with reeded bands, crested, gilt washed to the interior, and crisply hallmarked to base of both components, silver weight 267gr, height 15.5 cm
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A William IV sterling silver fish slice, 1833 London, with maker's mark for a B Savory & Sons, the typically shaped slice with a fiddle pattern handle, the blade pierced and bright cut with a fancy bird in an oak tree branch with acorns, hallmarked underside, silver weight 164gr length 32.5 cm
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Two Edwardian sterling silver button hooks & a pair of tongs, 1906 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Crisford & Norris Ltd; other, similar, no assay or maker's mark; indistinct marks to tongs, probably Continental, a button hook with a charming twin pug dog head finial to one, the other with an embossed cupid head and dove, both with steel shafts; the tongs with griffin finial and stamped twice to the frame, length 17.5 cm, and smaller
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A late Victorian sterling silver pedestal bowl, 1899 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Fenton Bros Ltd, embossed and chased with rococo forms, with two shell and scroll vacant cartouches and raised on a short foot, hallmarked to body, silver weight 118gr, height 8 cm, diameter 11.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver pictorial mug, 1847 London, with maker's marks for Edward, John & William Barnard, a waisted baluster mug with a double scroll handle lightly bright cut with a bucolic scene of sheep and cattle and a female figure carrying a wicker basket; hallmarked underside, silver weight 147gr height 10 cm
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A cased set of sterling silver salts and a set of plated forks, 1893 London, with maker's marks for Charles Stuart Harris, and later, embossed cauldron salts with floral and shell designs and gadrooned rims, raised on paw feet, with Bristol blue liners and accompanied by Onlsow and Albany pattern condiment spoons, housed in a shell shaped box, hallmarked, and; a vintage cased set of delicately patterned Harrison & Howson fruit forks, silver weight 217gr length 12.5 cm, (forks)
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Two Royal commemorative items: a Memorial 'Last Coinage of the Realm' dish and a Coronation letter opener, 1900 London, mark for Sampson Mordan & Co, a small dish centred with a year 1900 one shilling coin; hallmarked underside, and; Sheffield 1952, mark for Atkin Bros, with Queen's head punch, a cast sword shaped letter opener featuring Commonwealth faunal emblems, hallmarked to blade, silver weight 79gr length 21.5 cm, (paperknife)
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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 group of nine sterling silver King's pattern flatware items: seven George III knives and two Victorian tablespoons, probably 1816, no assay mark, knives by William Bateman (blades) and handles probably by Sarah Purver, and; 1866 London, with maker's marks for Chawners, double struck table spoons; all items hallmarked, silver weight 635gr, length 22 cm
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A Canadian sterling silver brush and mirror set, early 20th century, with maker's mark for Roden Bros Ltd, Toronto, with shield shape backs and swollen ribbed and fluted handles, decorated with fine engraved stripes and floral festoons, initialled to cartouche; hallmarked to throats, length 33 cm
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A fine Victorian sterling silver centrepiece comport, 1866 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Mappin Bros, finely cast as three clustered grapevine branches with pendant fruits and leaves, upon a stepped tripartite base engraved with a griffin head armorial; with a finely cut serrated edge crystal bowl; hallmarked to base, silver weight 741gr height 28 cm, diameter 21.5 cm
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A refined George III sterling silver goblet, 1816 London, with maker's mark for Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, the Regency pedestal goblet of urn form with a relief cast grapevine border, gadroons and tulip motifs to the lower register and a formal neoclassical border to the footrim, gilt washed to the interior, with crest and initials, hallmarked below rim, silver weight 278gr, height 13.5 cm
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A George II sterling silver mug, 1758 London, with maker's mark for Francis Crump, of typical baluster form with an applied pulvinated rim, a double scroll handle with acanthus scroll thumb piece and raised on a pedestal foot, crisply hallmarked underside, silver weight 402gr, height 13 cm
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A pair of Edwardian sterling silver Jewish Sabbath candlesticks, 1906 London, with maker's marks for Sigmund Zyto, Knopped sticks with embossed and chased floral decoration, with downturned collar sconces and shaped square form bases; hallmarked underside, silver weight 493gr, height 31 cm
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A set of six WMF silver-plated liqueur goblets, post 1910 period, ostrich and lozenge mark of period, slender moderne goblets of tall form with slightly swollen ivory stems to spreading bases, marked underside, height 13.5 cm
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A Georgian sterling silver creamer, early 19th century probably London, rubbed marks, a baluster shaped pedestal creamer with a pinched scroll handle with leafy thumb piece, crimped edge to rim and beaded to foot; rubbed marks to upper body, silver weight 109gr, height 11.5 cm
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Two Victorian sterling silver pin dishes, 1884 & 1894 London, with maker's mark for John Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater, and Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co, an oval dish with a fluted rim embossed with Jacobean style birds and vegetal arabesques, hallmarked to rim, and; a rectangular dish with a square fluted rim, embossed with rococo style dolphin and mask heads; hallmarked to tray, silver weight 80gr length 11.5 cm, width 7 cm, and smaller
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A late Victorian sterling silver bon bon dish, 1898 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Joseph Rodgers & Sons, a pierced boat shaped basket with a shaped pierced swing handle, embellished to the body with arabesques and formal vegetal motifs, hallmarked underside and to handle, silver weight 102gr, length 12 cm, width 9 cm
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An Austrian .812 silver pierced bon bon basket, 1860 Vienna, with 13 loth mark, maker's mark Ab, a boat shaped basket pierced throughout with a geometric cross design, the undulating rim in the form of a grape vine branch with applied leaves and grapes, the twisted swing handle with conforming decorations; hallmarked to the interior, silver weight 270gr, height 8 cm, length 20.5 cm, width 16 cm
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A fine Victorian George II style sterling silver kettle on stand, 1866 London, with maker's mark for Robert Harper, decorated in the George II style, with an arching scroll work handle, eagle finial and exotic bird spout with mascaron mount, flowers and scroll work to the body, a pierced floral stand with burner and cabriole legs with leaf and scale motifs to the spreading feet; complete & Hallmarked to all components, silver weight 1637gr height 40 cm
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A fine George IV sterling silver figural table snuff box, 1820 London, with maker's mark for John Linnit, finely cast in high relief featuring a wandering pedlar selling his wares through a busy market street against a textured ground, plain sides and base, twice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior, silver weight 175gr, height 2 cm, length 10 cm, width 5.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver castle top card case, 1855 Birmingham, with maker's mark for David Pettifer, the case of serpentine profile repousse and chased with acanthus scrolls upon a matted ground and featuring a view of Windsor castle in high relief, vacant cartouche verso, hallmarked to rim, silver weight 85gr, length 10 cm, width 7 cm
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A rare Victorian sterling silver castle top card case, 1851 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, a scroll edged case finely embossed and chased with scrolling vegetal motifs upon a lightly textured ground and featuring a view of the Crystal Palace, a commemorative piece for the international exhibition held at the palace in the same year; hallmarked to rim, silver weight 70gr length 10 cm, width 7 cm
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A George III sterling silver taper stick, 1794 London, with maker's mark for George Smith III and William Fearn, a solid cast knopped stick with thread details raised on a shaped square section base with acanthus leaf corners; hallmarked underside, silver weight 160gr, height 12 cm
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A William IV silver gilt vinaigrette, circa early 1830s Birmingham, with maker's mark for probably Edwin Jones, a cast edge engine turned vinaigrette with lattice weave borders to the sides, the interior with foliate grille, twice hallmarked, length 3 cm, width 2 cm
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A rare sterling silver scenic vinaigrette, 1809 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Matthew Linwood, probably from Linwood's countryside series, lightly engraved to the lid featuring a seated man eating his lunch closely watched by his dog, with delicate prick worked bands and designs to the edges and underside, the interior with a formal filigree scrollwork grille, twice hallmarked, length 3 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette, early 19th century, with sterling standard, no maker's, date or assay marks, a small bright cut box with an applied rococo edge, bright cut floral designs to the lid with vacant cartouche, similar to base, the gilt washed interior with floral pierced grille, sterling standard to underside of grille only, silver weight 20gr, length 3 cm, width 2 cm
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A four piece sterling silver Victorian Gothic tea and coffee service, 1851 London, with maker's mark for Joseph Angell II, an exceptional service of carinate profile with engraved lappets to the neck and lower register, domed lids and pointed finials to the pots, elaborate vegetal bracket handles, applied rims and formal scrolling feet, an identical design to that shown by Angell at the 1851 great exhibition; crisply hallmarked, silver weight 2370gr height 32 cm, (coffee pot)
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A pair of American sterling silver salt and pepper shakers, early 20th century, American, with maker's marks for Duchin, the weighted pillar style shakers raised on a socle, having a ribbed band to the collar and foot, the lower half with a subtle fluted design; with the original glass inserts and marked sterling underside, height 13.5 cm
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An impressive George III sterling silver soup tureen, 1810 London, with maker's marks for Benjamin Smith II & James Smith III, rectangular with a cast foliate cornucopia scroll handle, a gadroon border to the domed lid, the base with a cast egg and dart edge, shaped tubular handles with stiff leaf and rosette motifs, raised on lion's paw feet with scrolling mounts, contemporary coat of arms, 'Ventri Secundis' hallmarked to base, lid, silver weight 4360gr height 26 cm, length 41 cm, width 24 cm
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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 Italian .800 silver framed harbour scene, post 1968 mark, polygon with star mark, Ancona, marked 'R' (filled), a resin filled relief scene of an intimate harbour scene with fishing boats beside antique stone buildings, silver marks lower right to image, plaque for .800 silver by Emyl Sere, height 12 cm, width 18 cm, (silver scene)
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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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A sterling silver crescent shaped box, 1891 London, with maker's mark for Frederick Edmonds, the small box with lid cast in relief and depicting languid allegorical bacchanalian figures, hallmarked to the gilt washed to the interior, and rim, silver weight 86gr, height 2.5 cm, length 9 cm, width 4 cm
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A fine and rare American parcel gilt 'Whiskey Bottle' shaped scent bottle or vinaigrette, 1873, with maker's mark for Gorham and date cipher, the bottle with screw top lid and a bright cut pendant border to the body and reeded bands, the hinged base revealing a grille, with suspensory chain and ring, hallmarked to interior of lid, silver weight 60gr, height 10.5 cm
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An elegant pair of George III pedestal goblets, 1790 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Daniell, of tapering plain form with reeded bands to the base of cup and socle, and raised on square bases; hallmarked underside, silver weight 419gr, height 15 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver teapot, creamer and sugar bowl, 1927-1930, Sheffield, maker's marks for James Deakin & Sons, design H6298, the teapot of Art Deco boat shaped profile with a stepped collar, domed lid and raised on a pedestal foot, with rosewood bracket handle and finial, and including a removable tea infuser, with conforming sugar bowl and jug; hallmarked to body, total weight 1035gr teapot height 15 cm, width 27.5 cm
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Twelve sterling silver 'Advance Australia' coat of arms demitasse spoons in the manner of W.J Sanders, 1908-1912 period, unmarked, X ray tested as sterling, in two known Sanders neoclassical designs, five spoons with beaded twist and scroll stems, seven spoons with slender threaded stems and lyre capitals, all bearing identical Commonwealth of Australia coat of arms finials, silver weight 181gr, length 13 cm, and smaller
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A delightful duo of sterling silver novelty 'Punch' items: a seal and a small dish, 1899 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Johnson, Durban & Co Ltd, an embossed dish featuring punch and his dog, after Robert Doyle's famous 1859 front cover for 'Punch' magazine, and; a puppet head seal, probably by Crisford & Norris, date and assay marks, silver weight 41gr length 10.5 cm, width 8 cm, (tray)
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A sterling silver salt with a Bristol blue glass liner, probably 1906 Chester, with maker's marks for George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, a pierced 'Dish ring' type salt with rococo bird and shell designs, hallmarked, silver weight 34gr, height 4 cm, diameter 6 cm
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A rare George III sterling silver medical Item, probably 1790 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson with pellet (earlier mark), a nipple shield, hallmarked underside, silver weight 22gr, diameter 6 cm
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A George III sterling silver pedestal pepper pot, 1780 London, with maker's mark for Hester Bateman, of elegant form with a geometrically pierced cover with diagonal engraved bands, a spiral twist finial with beaded borders, hallmarked underside, silver weight 83gr, height 14.5 cm
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An unusual and rare pair of Victorian coin set sterling silver baskets, 1895 London, with maker's marks for Horace Woodward & Co Ltd, scallop edged oval baskets each set with twelve Georgian coins of the realm and raised on cast scroll feet; crisply hallmarked underside, silver weight 1815gr, height 7.5 cm, length 24.5 cm, width 17 cm
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A fine George III sterling silver tea caddy, 1791 London, with maker's mark for Robert Hennell I, the oval boat shaped caddy with bright cut bands to the hinged domed lid and convex shoulders, a cast pineapple finial, the upper body with a fine bright cut border of rosettes and pendant flora, twin shaped cartouches, one with a lion passant crest; crisply hallmarked to cover and underside, silver weight 428gr, height 16.5 cm, length 15 cm, width 10 cm
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A rare Victorian sterling silver double castle top card case, circa 1844 or after probably Birmingham, no standard or assay mark, maker's mark for Yapp & Woodward who first registered in Birmingham at this date, with finely embossed and chased decoration in the rocaille manner featuring views of Windsor to one side and Westminster to the other; partial hallmarks to the rim; inscribed also to rim 'A.M. Wainright', silver weight 53gr, length 8.5 cm, width 6 cm
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A rare Victorian sterling silver castle top card case, 1849 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, the scroll edged case finely embossed and chased with scrolling vegetal motifs upon a lightly textured ground, and featuring a view of Buckingham Palace in high relief, hallmarked to rim, silver weight 50gr, length 8.5 cm, width 6 cm
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A cased Victorian sterling silver castle top card case, 1865 Birmingham, with maker's mark, C.C, for Colen Hewer Cheshire, the case repousse and chased with a profusion of flora and scroll work and featuring a relief view of Osborne house on the Isle of Wight, the holiday retreat for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, hallmarked to rim, silver weight 73gr, length 10 cm, width 7 cm
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A large George III silver gilt vinaigrette, 1814 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Matthew Linwood, an engine turned vinaigrette with an applied wide edged grapevine border, repeat husk motifs to the sides, the interior with a refined bead edge filigree hinged grille, twice hallmarked to the interior, length 3.5 cm, width 3 cm
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An unusual George III silver gilt vinaigrette, 1812 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Willmore, Delightfully engraved to the lid with a pair of doves in a landscape, a vase with roses and foliage to the reverse, both upon a textured ground, the interior with an engine turned floral pierced grille, twice hallmarked to the interior, length 3.5 cm, width 2.5 cm
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A charming Victorian silver gilt book form vinaigrette, circa 1840 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Willmore, a leather bound 'Book', with engine turned covers and small ring, opening to a pierced foliate grille with tiny button handle, twice hallmarked to the interior, length 2.5 cm, width 1.5 cm
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An enamelled frosted glass vase in the manner of Legras, circa 1900, a tall slightly waisted vase with an internal rib decor, a broad shaped textured green border to the rim outlined in gilt, the body with red poppy and white daisy heads and foliage, height 35.5 cm
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A French modernist glass vase, circa 1940s, of tapering ovoid profile with a wide short neck, decorated to the body with frosted ovals shaded to one side with gilded crescents, height 23 cm
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An enamelled blue glass vase in the manner of Legras, circa 1900, a cylindrical vase three quarter decorated to the body with blooming and nodding daffodils and foliage, further enriched by delicate gilt transfer borders, flora and patterns, height 24.5 cm
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A Kosta Boda art glass 'Confetti' vase by Bertil Vallien, later 20th century, an ovoid vase with a narrow neck, the body in speckled iridescent amethyst brown tonings and flecked with multicoloured random stripes, and a single yellow, green and red button form motif, polished pontil underside with signature, height 17.5 cm
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A Kosta Boda art glass 'Twister' vase by Kjell Engman, later 20th century, a conical vase with a clear rim and foot, the body with speckled enamel spiral swirls in orange, aubergine and white, inscribed Kosta Boda and signed to foot rim, numbered 7049970, decal to foot, height 26 cm
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A Kosta Boda art glass 'Can Can' vase by Kjell Engman, later 20th century, a large shaped vase with a broad flat rim decorated in a mottled swirling decor in purple, orange, turquoise and yellow colours upon an orange ground, inscribed faintly Kosta Boda, Engman underside, numbered, decal to foot, height 27.5 cm
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A Kosta Boda art glass 'Twister' vase by Kjell Engman, later 20th century, a baluster vase with a clear flared rim and thick clear domed foot, decorated to the body with speckled enamel spiral swirls in orange, aubergine and white, etched marks to base, Kosta Boda, K. Engman, numbered 7046726, height 27 cm
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An French Art Deco blue milk glass pineapple vase, circa 1930s, a powder blue ovoid vase, with moulded panels of stylised pineapple textured skin and overlapping strappy leaves; marked France in relief underside, height 24 cm
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An antique press moulded glass bowl with stand, early 20th century, the low inverted bowl with a wavy rim, moulded with a 'Cut crystal' design and housed in an ornate cast and pierced brass tripod base with paw feet, height 14 cm, diameter 22.5 cm
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A Denizen iridescent studio glass vase by Robert Wynne, circa 1990s, a purple blue iridescent baluster vase with a bronze pulled feather decor throughout; impressed mark of Denizen underside, height 17.5 cm
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A Lalique 'Honfleurs' bowl, post 1978 mark of Lalique France with registration mark, a small frosted bowl with a broad flat rim with moulded geranium leaf designs, etched marks underside and decal, height 3.5 cm, diameter 14.5 cm
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A pair of late Georgian glass rummers, circa 1820s, a pair of flared bucket bowl rummers cut with basal flutes and raised on waisted knopped stems to sturdy bases, polished pontils, height 14 cm
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