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Smoking Accessories — Vesta Cases/Match Cases/Strikers - Recreations & Pursuits - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 59 |
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Smoking Accessories - Vesta Cases/Match Cases/Strikers
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| *** | A gold vesta/sovereign case, 145ct yellow gold, antique, inscribed to case front 1.12.1914, presented as a rounded rectangular shaped case double hinged to reveal a single sovereign sprung case to one end and a vesta cast to other with strike, completed… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta case, circa 1923, Sydney, H.H. Hall, the presentation vesta set to the front with a gilt turbo alternator and inscribed to the rear 'Souvenir of the Starting Up at Ultimo Powerhouse of the First Turbo Alternator Built in Australia… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian 9 carat gold vesta case, 1902 Chester, gold standard .375, maker's mark for William Neale, a rectangular cushion profile vesta and strike of typical hinged form, with bail and hoop, engraved W.J.R from R.H 4th Hussars 1896-1906, twice… | *** |  |
| *** | Three antique sterling silver Vestas, 1909, 1911 Birmingham and 1919 London, a kidney shaped plain vesta, a purse style vesta with oval window aperture, and an engine turned vesta; hallmarked to all, silver weight 72gr, length 5.5 cm, width 3.5 cm, and… | *** |  |
| *** | An Austrian cold painted Bulldog table Striker lighter, early 20th century, a lugubrious bulldog naturalistically moulded and coloured with chain and lighter aperture, striker now absent, marked Austria in relief to paw, height 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Six sterling silver vesta cases, 1900-1922 Chester (two) and Birmingham, with makers' marks for John Millward Banks, Robert Pringle & Sons, a & J Zimmerman Ltd, Samuel M. Levi Smith & Bartlam, J. Gloster Ltd, four of engraved foliate form, including a… | *** |  |
| *** | Three sterling silver cigarette and vesta cases, comprising a George V sterling silver 'Australian Commonwealth military Forces' rectangular cigarette case (1918 Birmingham, R.W. Burbridge for Harrods) of domed rectangular form, the top engraved with coat… | *** |  |
| *** | Six sterling silver vesta cases, 1894-1921 Birmingham (five), Chester, with makers' marks for J. Gloster Ltd Samuel M. Levi (two), E.J. Trevitt, John rose and Deakin & Francis, four of engraved foliate form, one with engine turned designs, one embossed… | *** |  |
| *** | Six Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1894-1911 Birmingham, with makers' marks for Nathan & Hayes, Herbert Bushall & Sons Ltd, Tozer, Kernely & Fisher, Smith & Bartlam William hair Heseler, William Neale & Son Ltd, four of engraved… | *** |  |
| *** | Five plated Vestas and one sterling silver vesta, 19th to 20th century, one hallmarked 1889 Birmingham, with maker's mark for George Unite, the others unmarked, in cluding a hunting themed vesta, a horseshoe shaped vesta, a Crown top embossed vesta, a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian 9ct rose gold vesta case, Samuel M. Levi, Birmingham, 1906, of typical rounded rectangular form, the cartouche to one side blank, the exterior otherwise engraved throughout with stylized foliate decoration, weight 13g, length 4.5 cm, width 3… | *** |  |
| *** | Six Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1897-1907, Chester (five), and Birmingham, with makers' marks E.J. Trevitt Sons (two), William Neale, Robert Pringle & Son, Rolason Bros. And, Nathan & Hayes, all of engraved vegetal design,… | *** |  |
| *** | Six mostly Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1901-1915, Chester (three) and Birmingham, with makers' marks for Hardy Bros., William Neale, Robert Pringle & Sons, Cohen & Charles, Joseph Gloster Ltd, Rolason Bros, the latter with a small flaw, five of… | *** |  |
| *** | One Britannia silver and five sterling silver vesta cases, 1902-1919, Birmingham (five), London, with makers' marks for Joseph Gloster M.J. Myatt & Co Ltd, Thomas Bishton, Rolsason Brothers, G. Loveridge Co, and the London made Britannia item by Cornelius… | *** |  |
| *** | Six sterling silver vesta cases, 1898-1919, Birmingham (four), Chester and London, with makers' marks for made pieces by Henry Charles Freeman, Henry Williamson Ltd, G. Loveridge Co., Levi & Salaman, Robert Pringle, with foliate and arabesque motifs and… | *** |  |
| *** | Six Victorian to Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1897 - 1914, Birmingham (all) with makers' marks for W. Neale, H. Williamson Ltd, J. Gloster, Minshull & Latimer and T. Heatley, all engraved with foliate and arabesque forms, and a plain 1900… | *** |  |
| *** | Six sterling silver vesta cases, 1907 - mid 20th century, Birmingham, Chester, America, other, with makers marks for Samuel M. Levi, G.W Harvey, F. Bushall, Rolason Bros., Whiting Manufacturing, one unknown, three of engraved foliate form, one with engine… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1890-1911 Birmingham, with makers' marks for Horton & Allday, Lawrence Emanuel, Elkington & Co., W.G Keight, one with a radiating sunray design one plain, two engraved with floral forms including… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1898-1914 Birmingham (three), Sheffield, with makers' marks for Uricara Co. Samuel M. Levi, W. Neale, one with partial mark only, two of engraved foliate form, one with engine turned stripes and… | *** |  |
| *** | Two sterling silver vesta cases, 1897 Birmingham, (both) with makers' marks for Rolason Bros. And Joseph Gloster two heart shaped vesta cases, one engraved with foliate arabesques, the other engraved with ivy leaf motifs, hallmarked to both | *** |  |
| *** | Two sterling silver cylindrical vesta boxes, early 20th century, probably Australian, one marked E.C, the other H, in the form of wax match boxes and of plain form with rope twist borders to, the lids, with concentric ring strikers to base, both… | *** |  |
| *** | Six Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1895-1903, Birmingham (five) and Chester, with makers' marks for E.V Pledge Sons, Hilliard & Thomason, Charles Edward Soloman, Samuel M. Levi Ra & C, one with rubbed maker's marks, five of engraved… | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique novelty chestnut and silver vesta cases, 19th to 20th century, one item with Crown and other mark, one marked sterling, silver and Finkh chestnut shells with strikers and hinged silver mounts, one marked to rim, the other to underside of lid | *** |  |
| *** | An American Art Nouveau sterling silver vesta case, early 20th century, with maker's mark for Gorham, no date, numbered B 399, the large shaped rectangular vesta case beautifully embossed with flowers leaves and tendrils upon a hammered ground, hallmarked… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1895-1906, Sheffield, Chester, Birmingham (two) with makers' marks for William Neale & Sons, William Neale, Charles Edward Soloman, G. Loveridge & Co., all of engraved decorative floral and… | *** |  |
| *** | Three late Victorian sterling silver vesta cases, various Birmingham makers and dates, 1880s and 1890s, various shapes and sizes, all with repousse or engraved floral and foliate decoration, total weight 67g, length 6 cm, width 3.5 cm, and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver Mussel-shaped vesta case, maker's mark 'H and (?)' (rubbed), Birmingham, 1881/2, the exterior engraved with stylized natural markings, engraved on one side Ghc length 5 cm. Weight 16gr. | *** |  |
| *** | Three Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta cases, 1896, 1912 Birmingham, 1907 Chester, with makers' marks for probably Thomas Acott & Co., Horton & Allday, Wj Myatt & Co., a circular target shaped vesta and a rectangular vesta both with a… | *** |  |
| *** | Three late Victorian sterling silver vesta cases, various Birmingham makers and late 19th early 20th dates, various shapes, sizes, and decoration, total weight 60g, length 5 cm, width 4 cm, and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | Two sterling silver Vestas, circa 1905 Birmingham unknown maker and 20th century, the smaller vesta decorated with incised reoccurring flowers and gilt interior, the taller one set with raised floral decoration and waisted body. Lengths 6 cm., 4 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of four silver boxes and cases, an Edwardian rectangular box with hinged domed top, embossed with C-scroll and floral decoration, with gilt interior (1904 Clark & Sewell), a sterling silver square vesta case (1907 H.H), a Cambodian silver… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Victorian sterling silver vesta cases, English and Scottish, 1880 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Joseph Hayes Taylor, a small engraved vesta with bright cut borders, and 1889 Edinburgh, with maker's mark for George Edward & Sons (usually associated… | *** |  |
| *** | An Austro-Hungarian niello .900 silver vesta case, Vienna 1862-1881, Dianakopf & city mark, maker's mark of Markowitsch, Scheid, an elongated cushion form vesta case finely decorated throughout with ivy, leaves and tendrils, a vacant belt buckle cartouche… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Edwardian and George V sterling silver vesta cases, 1909 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Horace Woodward & Co Ltd 1912 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Albert Jackson comprising one with a fine rib and dot motifs, the other smaller foliate engraved… | *** |  |
| *** | Three silver Vestas, two sterling silver, 1898, 1907, Birmingham, and other, an engraved vesta with a shield decoration, a plain circular vesta and an unmarked engine turned vesta of rectangular form with rounded ends; hallmarked to two items, silver… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta case, 1899 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Minshull & Latimer, a rectangular cushion profile vesta and strike of typical hinged form, with bail and hoop, profusely engraved with arabesques, engraved W.J.R (Capt. W.J.R. From 4th… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian sterling silver vesta case and a later sterling silver snuff, box, 1883 Birmingham with maker's mark for Howard James, and 1920 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Stokes & Ireland Ltd, both items engine turned, the vesta of slim profile,… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta case with jade decoration, 1900 Chester, with maker's mark for Reid & Sons, engraved to one face with ivy leaves and embellished with applied shaped, tiles in rich green jade, plain to the reverse, hallmarked, total weight 26gr | *** |  |
| *** | Two sterling silver vesta cases, one by Arthur Johnson Smith, Birmingham, 1922; the other (American?) marked only 'Sterling 925', the first of typical rounded rectangular form and engraved with stylized foliate decoration; the second slim, with rococo… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta case, 1903 Sheffield, with maker's mark for James Dixon & Sons, a finely embossed large rectangular vesta case with a shaped cartouche upon a textured ground, hallmarked to rims, silver weight 37gr | *** |  |
| *** | Two Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta sovereign cases, 1897, 1902 Birmingham with makers' marks for Stokes & Ireland, Minshull, Latimer, both of plain form, hallmarked to both, silver weight 72gr | *** |  |
| *** | An antique sterling silver novelty vesta case, unidentified maker, marked a [?] with a horse's head and 925, early 20th century, in the form of a figure of Mr Punch, total weight 27g, length 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two sterling silver cylindrical vesta boxes, 1909 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Deakin & Francis Ltd, and early, 20th century, possibly Australian with 'Fx&R' mark in diamond cartouche, in the form of wax match boxes, one engine turned, the other… | *** |  |
| *** | A Canadian sterling silver vesta case, birks, Montreal, Late 19th/early 20th century, of typical form with a hinged top, the front chased with a monogrammed cartouche surrounded by foliate decoration, the reverse engraved 'For Alice'. Height 6.5 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | A dog themed Victorian sterling silver and enamel vesta case, 1887 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Lawrence Emanuel, of plain rectangular form, inlaid with the naturalistic head and shoulders, image of a white British bulldog, hallmarked, total weight… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta double sovereign case, 1900 Birmingham, with maker's mark for E.J.Trevitt & Sons, square and of plain form with cases for coins in two sizes, hallmarked, silver weight 59gr | *** |  |
| *** | Two Victorian and Edwardian sterling silver vesta sovereign cases, Chester 1896 with maker's mark for William Neale, 1911 Birmingham, with, maker's mark for E.J. Houlston, one partly engraved, the other engine turned, both hallmarked, silver weight 67gr | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver mounted crocodile skin vesta case, Birmingham, 1903, length 5.5 cm, width 4 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Victorian sterling silver vesta cases, 1874 and 1875 Birmingham, both with maker's marks for Frederick Marson, both decorated in the Gothic revival manner with foliate decorations within, shaped forms and enclosed by chevron borders, both hallmarked,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two antique sterling silver vesta cases, one by unidentified maker, marked a a with a horse's head and 925, early 20th century; the other James Deakin & Sons, Chester, 1914, both of typical rounded rectangular form, the first repousse decorated to each… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta, circa 1863, Birmingham unknown maker, decorated with scrolling floral swags surrounding a central medallion. Height 4 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A nautical themed Victorian sterling silver and enamel vesta case, 1886 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Johnson II, of plain rectangular form and embellished with three flags on a pole, the internal rim engraved 'I will carry a light', hallmarked,… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta case Albert Jackson, Birmingham, 1904/5 the rectangular case with side-hinged lid engraved throughout with foliate decoration, a blank shield reserve to the front. Height 4 cm. Width 2.5 cm. Weight 13.6gr. | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian sterling silver vesta case, unidentified maker's mark CB in cartouche, Birmingham, 1909/10, of typical form, each side chased with foliate decoration either side of a plain diagonal band. Height 5.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm. Weight 30gr | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver vesta case Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1896/7 the slightly-curved rectangular case with side-hinged lid engraved throughout with foliate decoration, a circular reserve to the front engraved CC. Height 4.5 cm. Width 3.5 cm. Weight 20.6gr. | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental silver vesta case, circa 1930s, the book form vesta case with top opening lid, 800 silver tested, with embossed floral decoration to the lid and engraved initials, marked to the interior but illegible. Weight 35g, length 4.5 cm, width 3.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Threaded cranberry glass jug and bowl set & a table vesta, the jug and bowl set, probably by Stevens and Williams, with applied clear feet and white threading, a technique patented by Stevens and Williams in the 1880s, together with a glass table vesta… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian sterling silver vesta case, 1888 Birmingham, with partial maker's mark, the hinged rectangular vesta decorated throughout with foliate scrollwork on a textured ground, with a vacant circular cartouche; hallmarked to interior rim. Silver weight… | *** |  |