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Fine & Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:368
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative ArtsLots with images:368
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:215
Date:22-Feb-2021
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An antique Chinese export ivory calling card case, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, richly relief carved throughout with tiers of figures engaged in daily pursuits in pavilion and abundant garden settings, with a lift off lid, length 10.5 cm, width 6.5 cm.
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A pale blue porcelain Hu vase, circa 1960s, the waisted ribbed vessel of archaistic form having zoomorphic looped lug handles with rings, apocryphal seal mark underside, height 28 cm.
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A polychrome porcelain rice bowl and cover, early Showa period, decorated with pink, blue and white peony and other blooms in the kakiemon manner upon a translucent pale ground, unmarked, height 9 cm, diameter 10.5 cm.
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A pair of antique jadeite cigarette holders, with original box, Republic era, circa 1920s-30s, in mottled pale celadon colours with bright green inflections, of slender bottle form with a tapering neck to the flat rimmed mouth piece, housed in the original wooden box with a secret locking mechanism
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Two vintage ivory tiger okimono, mid 20th century, seated felines with glass bead eyes, one with etched and inked striping, the other presenting as a white tiger, signed to one, height 4.5 cm and smaller
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Two plique a jour covered bowls, circa 1920s, a hexagonal ovoid bowl and a compressed bowl decorated with peony blooms between ruyi borders set on a fish scale ground, both with low domed lid with pointed finials, height 17 cm and 10.5 cm.
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A Chinese white jade snuff bottle, the cushion form bottle with pale inflections throughout, lightly engraved with lotus flowers and foliage, without stopper, length 5 cm.
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A soapstone seal, a deep orange toned rectangular plinth with seal marks in relief to one end, signed
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Two Chinese red lacquer ware items: a box and a snuff bottle, the cushion profile square box featuring a writhing dragon amidst ruyi clouds and scrollwork on a diaper ground, incised characters underside; and a snuff bottle with birds, peony and plum blossom in relief, with raised signature cartouche
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A group of vintage Japanese Hakata Urasaki ceramic elder figures, 20th century, Engaging studies of elder couples in traditional attire engaged in everyday pursuits, one couple lighting and smoking a cigarette, the other couple to eat and drink, he with his bento box, and she to pour from a double gourd vase, in muted matte colours, unmarked, height 17 cm, width 23 cm and smaller
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A jade censer and a reclining jade figure, in bright glassy green colours, depicting a footed bowl with panels of lotus and bamboo within rockwork, a domed cover and a pair of dragon heads with attached rings; and a pale celadon figure holding a lotus leaf, in a fitted base, height 10 cm, width 21 cm (censer).
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A Chinese jadeite feather holder, the slender cylindrical holder with an integral bail to one end for attachment to a hat, hollow to the other end to hold plumes
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A Chinese jadeite feather holder, the slender cylindrical holder with an integral bail to one end for attachment to a hat, hollow to the other end to hold plumes
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A Chinese jade pendant, a translucent figured green jade pendant housed in a gilt frame with small strap scrolls to the top and bottom
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A jade snuff bottle, the slender shouldered bottle with raised panels to all faces, in modulating shades of mottled pale celadon to bright green colours, with a red coral coloured stone lid with brass mounts and spoon
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A white jade pendant, rectangular with an ornamented crest and having tan inflections to one shoulder, decorated to the body with fish and lotus in low relief, plain to the reverse, with bead and rope attachment
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A Chinese celadon jade brush wash, the translucent oval wash of hollowed design featuring two chilongs clambering around the rim
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A Chinese celadon and coral Cong shape pendant, in pale celadon colours and shaped as a traditional square section cong vase, with pale coral flattened beads and silvered balls to both ends, and a yellow rope attachment with two bi-coloured beads
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Two Chinese jade Archers' rings, a white jade ring housed in a cloche covered wooden box, and a rich green ring
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A Japanese boxwood netsuke of a dog, 19th century, apocryphal signature of Tomotada, a study of an emaciated seated dog with glass eyes, signed underside, height 6.5 cm.
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An unusual carved jade snuff bottle, a triangular shaped rock richly encrusted with a range of creatures including a viper, a centipede and a scorpion holding a string of coins, a spider, and the three legged money toad Jin Chan, with an emerald green stone stopper, height 4 cm, length 7 cm, width 6 cm.
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A jade covered box, the circular box with a fitted flat lid in pale olive, celadon and caramel colours carved throughout with vegetal forms, height 5.5 cm, diameter 10 cm.
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A rosewood and celadon jade ruyi, a ruyi sceptre set with three relief carved jade plaques, the largest featuring double gourd vines, a swastika to the central plaque, and the smallest depicting a trio of auspicious objects: ruyi, calligraphy brush and fly whisk, length 53 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 Chinese famille rose bowl, the bowl with an everted lobe and barb rim raised on a foot ring, enamel decorated with a continuous scene of young boys engaged in play and entertainments in a garden setting between underglaze diaper and arabesque borders, the interior with flowering peony branches, a double bordered apocryphal kaishu Qianlong mark underside, height 6.5 cm, diameter 14.5 cm.
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A Twenty-Seven piece famille rose dragon and phoenix serving set, Republic era, probably 1930s, comprising nine bowls in two sizes, and eighteen dishes in four sizes ranging from medium to petite, 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 famille rose vase, mid 20th century, a trumpet necked baluster vase with applied dogs of fo lug handles decorated with a pair of figural narrative panels, shaped cartouches to the neck and borders enclosing flower and butterfly designs, scenes and auspicious objects, a scattering of peony blooms and fruits throughout; bordered printed mark underside, height 35 cm.
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A group of three signed vintage ivory tiger Netsukes, mid 20th century, very expressive tigers in three differing poses, each with glass bead eyes and engraved and inked stripes, signatures and himatoshi to all, width 5 cm and smaller
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An antique Japanese ivory parasol handle, Meiji period, 1868-1912, a faceted tapering handle decorated with engraved and inked howling monkeys and a scattering of insects, length 24.5 cm.
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An antique okimono of a male figure, depicting a contemplative wise elder with furrowed brow holding a staff and a piece of fruit, lightly engraved and inked, red signature underside with leaf motif, height 8 cm.
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Two antique ivory netsuke, comprising a man in traditional attire standing on the belly of a large fish, with signature and himatoshi underside, and a seated sleeping figure with knees held high and wrapped in a cloak, unsigned, with himatoshi underside; small flaw. Provenance: Purchased from Julian sterling Southern cross Galleries, height 5.5 cm and smaller
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An antique ivory Zodiac netsuke, a globular netsuke featuring a writhing ensemble of zodiac creatures in relief, with signature and himatoshi underside. Provenance: Purchased from Julian sterling Southern cross Galleries, diameter 3.5 cm.
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Three famille rose export baluster vases, two with crackle glaze, 1900-1920, and later Republic era, mid 20th century, two polychrome decorated Nanking crackleware vases with peacocks and peonies to one, battle scenes to the other, between glazed 'Bronze' bands with applied motifs, incised brown glazed characters underside, and a rose Canton vase with applied dog of fo lug handles and chilongs, unmarked, height 29.5 cm and smaller
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A Chinese jade covered Hu vase, the brown flecked celadon jade vessel of bronze archaic form with lightly incised body decoration, zoomorphic handles supporting rings and other pierced motifs below, the flat domed cover with lion finial, height 36 cm.
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A Chinese famille rose vase, Prc era, 1950s-60s, the baluster vase decorated with three ladies enjoying entertainments in a fenced garden setting beside a flowering tree, with peony and lotus flowers and scrolls to pink bands between yellow ruyi borders to the neck and lappets to the base, with a four character apocryphal 18th century bordered reign mark underside, height 23.5 cm.
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A rose medallion vase, mid 20th century, a broad necked baluster vase decorated with alternating panels of figures and birds and floral designs, the neck conforming, within decorated borders, a bordered printed mark underside, height 36 cm.
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A blue and white shipwreck dish, probably bin Thuan cargo, Wanli period (1573-1619), thickly potted and of slightly irregular form, freely decorated to the centre with a phoenix perched in a lotus and water garden, surrounded by a border of auspicious objects and concentric bands, unglazed to the base and encrusted with kiln grit, height 4.5 cm, diameter 24.5 cm.
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An archaistic jade ornament and a bi disk, an ornament in mottled olive green, tan and russet tones depicting a geometric dragon type figure; a green and tan jade disc relief carved to a wide border with scroll motifs, ruyi and hook motifs, diameter 28 cm and smaller
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A Chinese hardwood altar table, the long table with extended scroll ends and carved spandrels, three drawers with swing metal handles and raised upon a boldly shaped skirt with barbs and foliage motifs and raised on cabriole legs, square legs to the rear and united by stretchers, height 93 cm, length 220 cm, width 45 cm.
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A richly carved antique Chinese rosewood desk, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, featuring a pierced gallery with dragons and ruyi motifs, two compartments with drawers and a cupboard flanking key fret shelving, twin frieze drawers and a four drawer pedestal, raised on carved legs with an 'H' form stretcher, lavishly pierced and relief carved throughout with auspicious flora and fruit motifs. Provenance: Mildenhall Antiques Brighton 1982, height 119 cm, width 98 cm, depth 60 cm.
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A French Art Nouveau bamboo hallstand, circa 1900, in a rustic Oriental manner with a framed mirror enclosed by a freely arranged trellis below a stepped crest and supported by bold side culms, having nine hooks, the base of primitive form with simply crossed culms to hold sticks and umbrellas, height 213 cm, width 95 cm, depth 33 cm.
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A silver plated rose bowl, late 19th century, Sheffield, with maker's mark for Walker & Hall, the electroplated Britannia metal bowl of ovoid waisted form with a ruffled rim and footed base, decorated with applied floral pendants, height 17.5 cm.
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A pair of small American silver plated taper sticks, 20th century, with maker's mark for Webster Wilcox, heavy gauge turned and knopped sticks in the Georgian manner with well and raised on stepped octagonal bases, height 10 cm.
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A refined pair of crested George III Old Sheffield Plate candlesticks, circa 1790, unmarked, the elegant neoclassical pair of navette shape with urn form sconces above tapering pedestals to broad bases, with fluted details and ribbed bands, engraved with contemporary crests and Ducal coronets, height 30 cm.
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A silver plated candelabrum, 20th century, by Viner's, reproduction Old Sheffield Plate with copper highlights, the three light candelabrum with twin scrolling reeded arms with urn form sconces and removable rococo style dishes, (silver over brass), the shaped square base of stepped form with embossed borders, mark underside, height 34.5 cm, width 34.5 cm.
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An unusual American acid etched silver plated tray, circa late 1860s, with maker's mark for Wilcox silver plate Co, Meriden, ct, the rectangular tray with applied neoclassical borders and twin handles, acid etched decoration to the centre featuring the goddess of America, Columbia, with bison and indigenous peoples of north and south America; trademark underside, length 49.5 cm, width 31 cm.
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Two Victorian sterling silver spoon and napkin ring sets, 1895 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Hilliard & Thomason; other Birmingham, no date, no maker's mark, both sets cased, a bright cut set with foliated details and patterns, hallmarked to terminal and beaded ring, and an Old English pattern spoon lightly floral engraved to the terminal, the cushion shaped ring with flowers on a matted ground, silver weight 106gr length 18.5 cm and smaller
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A Victorian sterling silver figural inkstand, 1854 London, with maker's mark for Edward & John Barnard, a neoclassical style lobed and engraved tray featuring a cupid seated upon two volumes reading a book and holding a taper stick, an inkwell modelled as an urn vase to the side, hallmarked underside and to lid, silver weight 684 gr, height 13 cm, length 30 cm, width 20 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 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 fine, rare George IV sterling silver 'Pedlar' table snuff box, 1835 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Edward Smith, finely cast in high relief featuring a wandering pedlar selling his wares through a busy market street against a textured ground, applied foliate edges, piano hinge and engine turned to the sides and base, twice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior and engraved 'Gratitude', silver weight 225gr, height 3 cm, length 10 cm, width 5.5 cm.
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A pair of Tasmanian sterling silver shell spoons, circa 1910, with maker's mark T & S, for Taylor & sharp, Hobart, twist stem spoons with mother-of-pearl shell bowls, and map of Tasmania finials, hallmarked to rear of finials, length 12.5 cm.
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A fine Victorian castle top sterling silver vinaigrette, 1845 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Nathaniel Mills, beautifully cast in high relief featuring the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh, with engine turning to the reverse face and sides and applied edges, the interior grille featuring arabesques and a swan, twice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior, total weight 29gr, length 4 cm, width 2.5 cm.
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A large sterling silver George III nutmeg grater, 1797 London, with maker's mark for Phipps & Robinson, the oval grater with delicate prick worked borders and initials, the hinged cover revealing the grater within, with a flush hinged base, thrice hallmarked, silver weight 41gr, length 5 cm, width 3 cm.
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A rare Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette, 1870 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Frederick Marson, the oblong vinaigrette of serpentine profile with applied scroll edges, engraved to the lid with an image of Edinburgh's Scott Memorial, bright cut engraving to the reverse, a foliate grille and twice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior, silver weight 18gr, length 4.5 cm, width 2.5 cm.
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A heavy Regency sterling silver vinaigrette, circa 1820, probably Scottish, unmarked, engine turned throughout with applied foliate borders, the gilded interior with a floral hinged grille, silver weight 27gr, length 3.5 cm, width 2.5 cm.
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A fine pair of early Victorian paste stone shoe buckles and a pair of Edwardian sterling silver buckles, circa 1840, 1899 with maker's marks for G.E Walton & Co, rectangular black velvet buckles with open floral metal work set with clear paste stones enclosed by a jewelled border, and a pair of scallop shaped pierced buckles with engraved scrolling forms and a heart motif; hallmarked, silver weight 36gr length 5.5 cm, width 5 cm.
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A George III sterling silver mustard pot, 1783 London, with maker's mark for Hester Bateman, the circular pot with a high domed hinged lid and urn finial, a scroll handle with a scalloped thumb spur, and finely bright cut and pierced to the body with husk borders and undulating vegetal forms between bead borders, with a Bristol blue glass liner, hallmarked to base and lid, silver weight 112gr height 11 cm.
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An exceptional antique Indian silver teapot, late 19th century, Kashmir, typically unmarked but X-ray tested as .96-.98 silver, a globular teapot with a domed lid, garlic finial and a fine cobra scroll handle, lavishly relief decorated throughout in the Kashmiri 'Shawl' pattern with a profusion of Chinar leaves and tooled interlocking arabesque bands in mihrab and paisley designs, silver weight 691gr height 15 cm, width 24.5 cm.
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A sterling silver fan shaped letter holder, early 20th century, stamped sterling 925 and additional over stamped marks, embossed with radiating lobes, floral swags and raised on petite scroll feet; hallmarked near foot, silver weight 115gr, height 9.5 cm, width 15 cm.
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A pair of ornate Hanau silver reticulated bon bon dishes, late 19th to early 20th century, unidentified pseudo marks, also Dutch lion .833 standard stamp, heavy gauge dishes cast with flora, scroll and lattice work in the rococo manner with engraved enrichments, with conforming twin handles and feet; hallmarked underside, silver weight 401gr, height 7 cm, length 18 cm, width 11.5 cm.
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A pair of Teniers style silver plated candlesticks, 1890s, with maker's mark for Barbour silver plate ct, Prolifically repousse worked throughout, the slender faceted sticks with hexagonal sconces and conforming domed bases, height 31 cm.
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An Austrian .800 silver Cheroot box, 1910-1920 period, Vienna with 1872-1922 whippet head punch mark and faint maker's initials, the timber lined rectangular box with chamfered edges, having a slightly cushion profile lid and a lightly hammered finish throughout, hallmarked to rim, height 7 cm, length 18 cm, width 12 cm.
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Two sterling silver gravy boats, 1914 London, rubbed maker's marks; 1928 Birmingham with mark for Adie Bros, of typical form with barbed rims, broad pouring rims and double scroll flying handles, the larger raised on stepped hoof feet, the other with an acanthus leaf thumb spur and paw feet; marked underside to one, the other near rim, silver weight 223gr, height 8 cm, width 14 cm and smaller
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A George III sterling silver wine funnel with armorial, 1803 London, with maker's mark for William Allen III, the heavy gauge funnel of typical form with a thread edge bowl and a gadrooned spout, the removable strainer with ribbed edging, armorial to the body & Hallmarked near rim, silver weight 188 gr, height 16.5 cm.
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A fine American silver plated tea caddy, early 20th century, with Soc mark with Crown, the oval canister finely embossed in the antique manner with Teniers style decoration to the body and lid, silver on copper; trademark stamp underside, height 12 cm.
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A pair of neoclassical sterling silver candlesticks, 1957 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Henry Clifford Davis, elegant weighted candlesticks with integral sconces to carinate shaped urn form stems above spreading bases, hallmarked to foot rim, total weight 315gr, height 14.5 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 sterling silver cased travel clock and two telescopic spirit cups, 1905 Birmingham, with maker's mark for R U & Co., and after, a red leather and sterling silver frame with a silk and velvet lined interior housing a large pocket watch style eight day travel clock with subsidiary dial, and two spirit cups: an antique brass cup housed in the original leather case and a later stainless steel screw lid model, length 13.5 cm, width 12 cm (cased watch).
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A miscellany of small silver flatware items, 19th to early 20th century, Sheffield, Birmingham, Chester, Exeter, France, by various makers and comprising: a pair of shell and apostle sugar tongs, claw sugar tongs, a long bright cut pickle fork, an apostle sifter spoon, an 1857 Exeter made fiddle pattern spoon by William Rawlings Sobey, and a pair of Christofle silver plate grape scissors, hallmarked to sterling items, silver weight 84gr (excluding grape scissors) length 18 cm (fork) and smaller.
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An exceptional French .950 silver table service for twelve, late 19th century, maker's mark for Pierre Queille to lozenge, .950 standard, stamps to blades and canteen for Marret Jarry Freres, Paris, comprising steel blade knives, forks and spoons, two serving spoons, soup ladle and salts of thread edged and foliate design with neoclassical palmettes hallmarked to all and apparently unused; one knife absent, total weight 3629 gr (with knives), 2740 gr without length 25 cm (knife).
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A sterling silver toast rack and a set of six sterling coffee bean spoons, 1899 Birmingham, with maker's mark for George Ernest Hawkins, (toast rack) and 1916 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Philips Hanson Abbot, a fancy fluted leaf shaped toast rack, hallmarked underside, and a set of copper glazed spoons with round bowls and ebonised terminals; hallmarked underside, total weight 138gr length 10 cm (spoons).
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A small sterling silver bachelor teapot, 1913 London, with maker/retailer's mark for the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, a rectangular teapot of compressed cushion form with a waisted neck, barbed and lobed rim and a hinged low domed lid, an ebonised finial and matching 'C' scroll handle with whorl supports, raised on curved pad feet; hallmarked to upper body, retailer's marks underside, total weight 283gr height 11.5 cm, width 20.5 cm.
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Three silver items: an .800 silver comb, a sterling thimble and vesta, late 19th century (comb), 1908 & 1912 Birmingham, an engraved comb handle with tortoiseshell comb, the cover having scroll edges, marked to handle; a James Fenton & Co size 14 engraved thimble, and a Mappin & Webb plain vesta with match strike, hallmarked to rim, total weight 64gr, length 11.5 cm (comb).
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Two round sterling silver picture frames, 1905 and 1909 Birmingham, with makers' marks for William Naul and Robert Pringle & Sons respectively, a pierced and engraved shamrock bordered frame and a plain cushion profile frame with concentric rib details; both with easel backs & Hallmarked, diameter 13 cm and smaller
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A refined American silver plated creamer, circa late 1860s, with maker's mark for Wilcox silver plate Co, Meriden, ct, the elegant tankard style creamer with applied anthemion and rope borders to the rim, a scroll handle and broad classical guilloche frieze to the lower register upon a lightly textured ground, trademark underside, height 12 cm.
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A pair of small sterling silver Regency style basket dishes, 1918 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Deakin & Francis, shallow flared reticulated baskets with bead trim to the rolled rims, and raised on four pierced scrolling feet; hallmarked underside to rim, silver weight 181gr, height 5 cm, diameter 13 cm.
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Three sterling silver table wares: an Art Nouveau pepperette, a sauce boat, and a mustard pot, 1907 Birmingham, (pepperette), 1913 Sheffield (boat), 1957 London (pot), a James Fenton pepperette with turquoise enamel details to the vegetal mounts, a James Deakin & Sons flying handle lobed sauce boat, and a Hardy Bros. Compressed rectangular lined mustard pot, all hallmarked, silver weight 236gr (without liner), height 10 cm, width 18 cm (gravy boat).
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A rare George I armorial sterling silver salver, 1726 London, with rubbed maker's mark,W. With dropped pellet to cartouche for possibly William paradise, a small square salver with incurved corners, a moulded border and centred with an engraved coat-of-arms with lion rampant within a bordered roundel hallmarks to tray, silver weight 150gr, length 14.5 cm, width 14.5 cm.
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Three German .800 silver Ware: a creamer, beaker and dish, and a rococo style sterling silver small dish, post 1886 marks, various makers, 1964 London, a beaded rococo style creamer by binder Wilhelm-Schwabisch Gmund, a straight-sided beaker with a refined rococo cartouche by Heisler, a beaded and lobed small dish, and: a sterling dish by a. Chick & Sons; all hallmarked, silver weight 335gr height 11 cm (jug).
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An elegant sterling silver picture frame, 1927 Birmingham, with rubbed maker's mark, a simple square section frame engraved throughout with a fine wavy line motif; hallmarked to one long side, height 25.5 cm, width 15.5 cm.
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A refined Edwardian sterling silver fruit serving basket, 1903 London, with maker's mark for Ackroyd Rhodes (Manoah Rhodes & Sons, Bradford - also retailer), the fine, heavy gauge octagonal basket of shallow form with four pierced reserves with pendant snowdrop flowers, integral pierced lug bell shaped handles, raised on a low stepped foot ring, crisply hallmarked, silver weight 611gr, length 32.5 cm, width 21 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 group of three sterling silver cigarette cases, 1937 London, with marks for Charles & Cohen; 1941 & 1944 Birmingham, with marks for William suckling Ltd and Joseph Gloster Ltd, all of engine turned design, two with engraved cartouches, hallmarked to the gilt washed interiors, silver weight 314gr, length 9.5 cm, width 8.5 cm and smaller
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A refined sterling silver mounted lead crystal jewellery box, 1899 London, with maker's mark for Alfred Clark, retailer Clark of Bond St, the waisted rectangular box of slightly cushion form having an intaglio cut silver mounted lid featuring two chickens squawking at a snail on a branch, enclosed by a silver wave form border and a rolled scroll clasp, the rim with a silver colonnade border, crisply hallmarked to interior rim, height 8 cm, length 14 cm, width 11.5 cm.
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A Victorian Scottish sterling butterknife and a sterling bread fork, 1878 Edinburgh, with maker's mark for Hamilton, Crichton & Co (knife), and 1911 Sheffield, with maker's mark for John Sanderson, an Old English butter knife with boar's head crest to the terminal, and a trident bread fork with a faux mother-of-pearl handle, both hallmarked to stem, total weight 87gr length 19 cm and 17 cm.
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A novelty sterling silver Mussel opener, 2010 London, with maker's mark Smo, a hinged opener shaped as a mussel shell heavily gilt washed to the interior; hallmarked to lip, silver weight 51gr, length 7.5 cm.
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A sterling silver purse, a silver rattle, and a novelty scent bottle, 1885 Chester, with maker's mark for William Henry Christie; 1911 Birmingham, with rubbed maker's mark, and other, a rattle in the form of a rabbit with a mother of pearl handle, a moire taffeta lined coin purse with scroll decoration in relief and a suspensor chain, and a porcelain strawberry scent bottle with a screw top sterling lid, lid as found;, hallmarked to two items, length 6 cm, width 7 cm (purse).
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A fine sterling silver presentation table snuff box, 1845 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Wheeler & Cronin, richly ornamented, the shaped rectangular box having a finely cast and chased rococo border enclosing an inscription, engraved foliate details throughout, twice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior; with case, silver weight 144gr, height 2 cm, length 8.5 cm, width 6 cm.
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A pair of small sterling silver bon bon dishes, 1909 Birmingham, with maker's marks for Adie Brothers Ltd, octagonal dishes with flared sides, the shaped rims with applied decorative borders with formal foliate and shell designs, hallmarked underside, retailer stamp for Fairfax, Roberts & Co, Sydney, silver weight 73gr, height 2 cm, diameter 9 cm.
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A Regency style sterling silver vinaigrette, 1837 Birmingham, with maker's mark for probably Jesse Sargeant, a cast edge and bright cut vinaigrette with a cartouche engraved 'Mrs Hill', the interior with an ornate floral grille, thrice hallmarked to the gilt washed interior, silver weight 21gr, height 1 cm, length 3.5 cm, width 2.5 cm.
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A William IV sterling silver box shaped nutmeg grater, 1831 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Willmore, of octagonal profile having a flush hinged lid with vegetal engraving, vacant cartouche and enclosed by fine bright cut borders, bright cut bands to the body and similar to the base, with grater and hinged base, hallmarked to lid, silver weight 34 gr, height 3 cm, length 4 cm, width 3 cm.
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A fine Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Poppy' two branch candelabrum, 1933-1944 Gj stamp, marked 925.S. Denmark, sterling, design 324 issued 1919, rising from a circular base with a lobed peony poppy head issuing vegetal stems and cascading berries, with crossed scrolling arms supporting flared dishes and shaped floriform sconces, hallmarked underside, silver weight 1137gr height 22.5 cm, width 25.5 cm.
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A 9 carat gold engine turned box, early 20th century London, .375 standard and with maker's mark for John Collard Vickery, the rose gold oblong box with a vacant circular cartouche, hallmarked to the yellow gold interior and to the short end, gold weight 36gr, height 2 cm, length 7 cm, width 2.5 cm.
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A George III heavy gilt book form vinaigrette on chain, 1829 London, with maker's mark for Charles Rawlings & William Summers, engine turned with a book style spine and suspended on a decorative chain to a bar brooch; twice hallmarked, total 31gr, length 8.5 cm, includes chain width 3.5 cm.
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A George IV engine turned silver gilt vinaigrette, 1828 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Thomas Shaw, with finely engine turned bands to both faces, applied floral edges and ribbed sides, arabesque piercings to the grille, twice hallmarked to the interior, total weight 33gr, length 4.5 cm, width 3 cm.
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A refined Italian .800 silver oval box, mid 20th century, .800 standard, rubbed lozenge and maker's marks, an elegant low domed box with an even allover textured design to the lid with an applied turquoise floral finial in a leafy mount, raised on ball feet, hallmarked underside, silver weight 329gr, height 7 cm, length 18 cm, width 12 cm.
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A pair of George III armorial sterling silver tea caddies, 1786 London, with marker's mark for John Crouch I & Thomas Hannam, rectangular caddies with pagoda top lids with ivory acorn finials, simply embellished with the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales; hallmarked to upper body and rim of lids, total weight 419gr, height 12.5 cm, length 7.5 cm, width 7 cm.
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A Victorian sterling silver Renaissance revival centrepiece, 1886 London, with maker's mark for Goldsmiths' Alliance Ltd, in the Cellini style with a domed base and urn stem supporting the original flared lobed glass dish, richly cast and chased in relief with ornately reserved mask heads, the conforming stem also with demi-figures, flora and stags upon a matted ground, raised on scroll buttress style feet; hallmarked to base, silver weight 1209gr height 40 cm, length 31 cm, width 28 cm.
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A fine sterling silver pudding slide, Henry green, the Old English feather edged slide of trowel shape pierced and engraved with mirror image floral forms issuing from a vase bearing an armorial, a shell form mount to the handle & Hallmarked underside to edge of slide, silver weight 152gr, length 32 cm.
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