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Letter openers, paper knife, page turner — Sundries - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 26 |
| Lots with images: | 26 |
| Prices available: | 26 |
Category:
Letter openers, paper knife, page turner
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A Russian.875 silver and rock crystal letter opener by Faberge, 1894 Moscow, assay master A.C., zolotniki 84 standard, with mark of K., Faberge in Cyrillic with double-headed eagle Imperial warrant, dagger shaped, with a finely cast horse's head in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ivory page turner. Early 20th century, the handle finely carved and under-carved to one side with a scene of figures amidst buildings and trees and containing an oval tablet with a Western monogram, the other side with geometric… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique Chinese ivory page turner, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, decorated to both sides, the principal with auspicious flora in low relief upon a diaper ground, with two small rodents to the throat, the oval handle with figures in a pavilion engaged… | *** |  |
| *** | A Stuart Devlin sterling silver letter opener, 1977 London, with maker's mark Sd and special Jubilee punch, an elegant slender spear shaped opener with a sculptural crystalline stem, hallmarked to blade, housed in a presentation box, silver weight 83gr,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Stuart Devlin parcel gilt letter opener, 1981 London, with maker's mark SD, boxed, the slender opener with a chisel textured gilt handle and a spear form, sterling blade, hallmarked to blade, total weight 74gr, length 22.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Australian sterling silver and stingray barb letter opener, later 19th century, with mark for probably sabre (of Sydney), fashioned as a sword with a bright cut engraved hilt, a scrolled cross and barb blade, marked silver to the hilt terminal, length… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver and ivory page turner with an elephant head handle, 1893 Birmingham, with maker's mark for H.J.L, beautifully crafted with a finely textured elephant head handle and a long, simple rectangular blade, hallmarked to the ferrule, length 40… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver-handled ivory page turner, maker's mark 'S.C' (William Comyns and Sons?), all other marks rubbed, probably late 19th century, the handle modelled with foliate, spiralling, and reeded registers. Length 36 cm. Total weight 121gr | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian sterling silver letter opener, 1896 London, maker's mark probably William Comyns & Sons the letter opener of page turner with a repousse and chased handle with C-scrolls, the turner or blade of elongated form with rounded end, marked to the… | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory page turner with a sterling silver handle, 1898 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Levi & Salaman, the page turner with a long flat spatula blade with a rococo revival styled handle with acanthus, shell forms, scrolls and latticework, hallmarked… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt metal and malachite letter opener, and a parasol handle, the letter opener with classical cast and engraved decoration and an encased malachite handle, the simulated amber parasol handle gilt decorated, length 28 cm, and 26.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Stuart Devlin sterling silver Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee letter opener, 1977 London, with maker's initials and Queen's head punch mark, a Queen Elizabeth II coin head finial to the sharply tapering blade with a slightly cushion profile to one… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Ashtrays, a cigar Cutter, a letter opener, all sterling, the ashtrays and cigar cutter all with a fine cross hatched design, two marked BirMingham 1942-3, the third BirMingham 1947-8; the cigar cutter also BirMingham 1949-50; the letter opener with… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver and bronze paper knife, early 20th century, set in the form of sword with bronze handle and silver blade. Length 24 cm, total weight 87gr | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver-handled page turner, unidentified maker's(?) 'mark AEL in modern script, all other marks rubbed, late 20th century, the spiral-modelled handle with a resin or plastic blade. Length 31.5 cm. Total weight 97gr | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver letter opener, 1990 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Francis Howard., the elegant letter opener with shell motif and tapering blade, in original presentation case. Weight 43g length 21.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique ivory page turner, 19th century, the page turner of slender spatula form with a pierced and carved vegetal and stiff leaf capital. Length 27.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Georg Jensen sterling silver letter Openers, modern era, with stamps for sterling, Denmark, in 'Bernadotte pattern', originally designed in 1939, with stainless steel blades, hallmarked to ferrules of both. Total weight 42gr. Length 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two sterling silver letter Openers, 2000 and 2002 Sheffield, with maker's marks for Whitehill Silver & Plate, Hanover inspired stems with full length spines and tapering sword-style steel blades, one handle gilt washed; hallmarked to handles of both;… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A sterling silver and ivory letter opener, early 20th century, marked sterling 925, the opener with a carved lyre shaped terminal and buckle ornament, the plain spatula blade tipped with sterling silver, length 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of silver and silver-plated items, comprising a sterling silver condiment spoon (Birmingham, Sj rose & Son), a pair of souvenir letter openers with map terminal engraved Tasmania and marked T&S, and small bread fork and butter knife set with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Georg Jensen sterling silver letter opener marked 'Sterling Denmark', circa 2005, Bernadotte pattern with vertical reeding to the slightly-flared sterling handle. Length 15.5 cm. Weight 23.8gr. | *** |  |
| *** | Four carved ivory and bone items, comprising a silver mounted agate Burnisher with ivory handle, inscribed 'R.Wedgwood', a carved bone apple corer, possibly Australian Colonial, a finely carved bone foliate bookmark and a pierced ivory letter opener.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian sterling silver ivory handled letter opener, 1866 Birmingham, with maker's mark for probably James Collins, a narrow tapered blade, waisted to the throat with a gently shaped swollen, handle with hat shaped finial, hallmarked to blade, length… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage desk set in a book style case, circa 1930, the brown leather covered 'Book' opening to reveal five components including, a letter opener, seal, pencil and brass vial for leads, stem of an ink pen, in brass and russet Lucite, length 20 cm,… | *** |  |