REGIMENTAL INTEREST: A large Edwardian capstan inkwell with pen rests around the edge, the cover inscribed "To Sergt. W.E. WHALL from the officers, 1st XIII (Somerset) LI in recognition of many years' services in the officer's mess 1909"*, by A & J Zimmerman, Birmingham 1909 (loaded); 8" (20.5 cms) diameter £300-400
*See attached paperwork for details of W.E. WHALL'S Military career.
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ART DECO MEAT PLATTERS of plain canted oblong form, with plain borders, maker's mark "JG", Paris 1925-1940; 17.25" (44 cms) long; 96.1 oz (2) £1500-2000
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A GEORGE III PROVINCIAL MOUNTED COCONUT GOBLET on a beaded square pedestal foot, by Henry Tudor & Thomas Leader, Sheffield 1780; 6" (15 cms) high £250-300
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A MODERN SMALL TWO HANDLED OVAL TRAY with a reeded border, the centre engraved with the badge of the "6th Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt.", and numerous facsimile signatures, by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., Sheffield 1919; 19" (48.5 cms) long; 54.3 oz £700-800
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A GEORGE III / IV IRISH WINE FUNNEL STAND with a domed centre & an ovolo border, by James Le Bass, Dublin 1820, retailer's mark of "LAW"; 4.25" (10.6 cms) diameter; 2 oz £250-300
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A RARE 18TH CENTURY PLATED BRASS, SILVER-FORM MUG of baluster form with a spreading, domed foot & scroll handle, gilt interior, unmarked, 1750-80; 5" (12.7 cms) high £300-400
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BY HESTER BATEMAN: A pair of George III circular salts on three feet with bead borders, blue glass liners & gilt interiors, London 1770; 2.3" (6 cms) diameter; 2.3 oz (2) £100-150
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A MODERN MILITARY WHISTLE with an acorn finial complete with outer case, chains & lion mask boss by Jennens & Co., Birmingham 1911; the whistle 3.7" (9.4 cms) long; 5 oz £300-400
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A GEORGE III UNASCRIBED CRESCENT WINE LABEL with a bead border, maker's mark "JT" (struck twice), probably provincial / colonial c.1785; 2.1" (5.2 cms) wide; 0.2 oz £60-80
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AN EDWARDIAN MILITARY WHISTLE complete with outer case, chains & lion mask boss, the backplate stamped "Rifle Brigade" by Jennens & Co., Birmikngham 1901; the whistle 2.55" (6.5 cms) long; 3.5 oz £300-400
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A GEORGE IV WINE LABEL pierced "SHERRY" with raised borders of reeding & fruiting vines, by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London 1824; 2.5" (6.4 cms) long; 0.9 oz £100-150
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A GEORGE IV PROVINCIAL WINE LABEL with a stamped, floral scroll border, incised "MADEIRA" by S.C. Younge & Co., Sheffield 1822; 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 0.4 oz £60-80
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A GEORGE III OVAL WINE LABEL incised "MADEIRA" with a bright-cut border, maker's mark only, struck twice, possibly by John Rich, London c.1780; 1.75" (4.4 cms) long; 0.25 oz £100-120
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III WINE LABELS with gadroon & foliate borders incised "PORT" & "SHERRY" and engraved with an Earl's coronet by Thomas & James Phipps, London 1817; 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 2.4 oz (2) £150-200
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A GEORGE III BRIGHT-CUT OVAL WINE LABEL with an oval cartouche surmounted flanked by foliate festoons, pierced "BRANDY" by James Hyde, London c.1775 (maker's mark & lion passant only) and a George III bright-cut navette label incised "WHISKY", unmarked c.1770; 0.6 oz (2) £200-250
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A GEORGE III NARROW OBLONG WINE LABEL with a gadrooned border, incised "WHITE-WINE", maker's mark & lion passant only, by Margaret Binley, London 1770-1780 and another similar wine label incised "PORT", by the same maker (maker's mark only, struck twice), London 1770-1780, both approx. 1.85" (4.8 cms) long; 0.5 oz (2) £70-90
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TWO VERY SIMILAR RARE NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL WINE LABELS oblong with linear borders, incised "PORT" & "SHERRY", by George Lowe, Chester 1808; approx. 1.9" (4.9 cms) long each; 0.6 oz (2) £250-350
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A RARE NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL WINE LABEL oblong with rounded corners & an incised reeded border, incised "MADEIRA" by George Lowe, Chester 1805; 1.65" (4.2 cms) long; 0.3 oz £150-200
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A PAIR OF RARE NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL WINE LABELS oblong with rounded corners & incised reeded borders, both incised "MADEIRA" by George Lowe, Chester 1812; approx. 2.1" (5.1 cms) long each; 0.9 oz (2) £300-350
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A RARE NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL WINE LABEL oblong with a linear border, incised & filled "MADEIRA", by George Lowe, Chester 1810 (lacking chain); 2" (5 cms) long; 0.25 oz £150-200
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A RARE & INTERESTING NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL WINE LABEL oblong with a linear border & incurved corners, incised 7 filled "MADEIRA" by George Lowe, with full Chester hallmarks for 1805 and further marks for Samuel Herbert & Co., London 1751; 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 0.5 oz £300-400
*This must be a pure case of recycling old silver, the Chester label must have been made from a redundant piece of small plate (ie. a cream pail or small basket for example) fashioned into this label & sympathetically re-marked.
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TWO VERY SIMILAR RARE, NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL WINE LABELS oblong with linear borders, incised "GINGER" & "CURRANT" by George Lowe, Chester 1812; approx. 2.1" (5.1 cms) long each; 0.9 oz (2) £300-400
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A RARE, GEORGE III NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL, SPARROW-BEAK CREAM JUG on a spreading foot, with a leaf-capped, scroll handle, by Joseph Walley of Liverpool, with full Chester hallmarks for 1786; 3.45" (8.6 cms) high; 2.8 oz £400-500
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FIVE COPIES OF THE WOOLLEY & WALLIS "HOW OF EDINBURGH" SALE CATALOGUE 30th October 2007 £5-10
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Bonnin, A: Tutenag and Paktong with notes on other alloys in domestic use during the 18th century (from a limited edition of 400 copies), 1924, together with four Sotheby & Co. metalware related auction catalogues (5) £20-30
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THE COLMAN COLLECTION OF SILVER MUSTARD POTS (a catalogue published by Colman Foods, 1979) and a Christie's sale catalogue "The Colman Collection of Silver Mustard Pots & Silver Plate", South Kensington, 30th March 1993 (2) £10-20
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VARIOUS TITLES: Grimwade, A: The Queen's Silver, Forbes, I.S: Hallmark, Poole, T.R: Identifying British Silver, Barrett, G.N: Norwich Silver, Mitchell, D: Goldsmiths, Silversmiths & Bankers, and a catalogue of Corporation Plate of England & Wales at Goldsmith's Hall 1952 (5) £10-20
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Rosenberg, M: Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, volume III Ausland und Byzanz £10-20
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SALEROOM & OTHER CATALOGUES (including part I & II of Plohn Collection of Highly Important Silver, Sotheby & Co, July 1970), Silver Society journals etc. (lot) £20-40
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LITERATURE: Kent, T.A.: London Silver Spoonmakers 1500-1697, a Silver Society Publication 1981 £20-30
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A CATALOGUE OF A LOAN EXHIBITION of Old English Plate, and decorations & orders, at 25 Park Lane, London 1929 £40-60
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VARIOUS TITLES: Delieb, E: Silver boxes and Investing in Silver, The Irwin Untermyer Collection, Helliwell, S: Collecting Small Silverware, Luddington, J: Starting to Collect Silver, Oman, C: English Engraved Silver 1150-1900, & Bernard Hughes, G: Small Antique Silver (7) £30-40
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How, G.E.P & Jane Penrice: English & Scottish Silver Spoons and Pre-Elisabethan Hallmarks on English Plate, in three volumes, (No.251 of 550 copies), 1952/53/57 (with dust wrappers) (3) £400-500
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FOUR SILVER-RELATED TITLES: Christie's Pictorial History of English & American silver, Clayton's Dictionary of Silver & Gold, Claude Blair's History of Silver and John Culme's Nineteenth Century Silver (all with dust wrappers) (4) £30-40
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VARIOUS TITLES: Oman, C: The English Silver in the Kremlin 1557-1663, Grimwade, A: The Queen's Silver, Ridgway, M: Chester Goldsmiths from early times to 1726 and Chester Silver 1837-1962, Gask, N: Old Silver Spoons of England, Sotheby & Co: The Ellis Catalogue, April 1937, Hayward, J: The Courtauld Silver, The Colman Collection of Mustard Pots (catalogue), & three others (10) £40-50
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Butler, R: The Albert Collection - Five Hundred Years of British & European Silver, 2004 (with dust wrapper) £70-100
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A LARGE QUANTITY OF GENERAL SILVER REFERENCE WORKS (lot) £50-70
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A VICTORIAN BONBON DISH in the style of a 17th century Continental sweetmeat dish with chased & embossed decoration & twin cast handles, gilt interior, by Charles Stuart Harris, London 1885; 6.6" (17 cms) long; 7.4 oz £200-250
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A PAIR OF JASPERWARE EDWARDIAN MOUNTED WEDGWOOD SALTS & A PEPPERETTE maker's mark "OW", Birmingham 1903/04/06; the pepper 2.25" (5.5 cms) high (3) £60-80
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A VICTORIAN SHALLOW DISH of shaped circular outline with a floral & foliate border, a polyfoil foot & pierced & engraved decoration, by H. Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield 1847; 9" (23 cms) diameter; 9.2 oz £180-200
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH TWO HANDLED VASE & COVER with ball feet, pierced sides & a cut glass liner, maker's mark "DG", Paris 1819-1838; 8.0" (22.5 cms) high; 10.8 oz weighable silver £100-200
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A 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL PLATED FIGURE OF A CLASSICAL SCHOLAR sitting contemplatively with a tablet in one hand, unmarked; 6.1" (15.5cms) high £60-80
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY LEMON TEA GLASS HOLDER with loop handle, and an engraved cartouche flanked by floral sprays, the centre later applied with a gem set, Imperial eagle emblem (over existing initials) with marks for Moscow 1896-1908; 2.8" (7.2 cms) high; 2.35 oz £200-250
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AN EDWARDIAN CASED SET OF FOUR SALTS each in the form of a Monteith bowl, clear glass liners, by Mappin & Webb, London 1905; 2.25" (5.6 cms) diameter each; 5.5 oz weighable silver £80-100
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A MODERN MOUNTED GLASS SPIRIT FLASK with a pull-off cup by Deakin & Francis, Birmingham 1919/20 and another oval example inscribed "Monty", by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., London 1895; the latter 5" (12.5 cms) high; 3.5 oz weighable silver (2) £120-150
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A LARGE VICTORIAN MOUNTED CUT GLASS TOILET WATER BOTTLE oblong with a screw cover (no stopper) by Sampson Mordan, London 1889, a mounted cut glass smelling salts bottle with stopper, inscribed "AIMEE", maker's mark unclear, London 1893 and an embossed dressing table jar & cover by Levi & Salaman, Birmingham 1894; the latter 3.5" (9 cms) high; 5.7 oz weighable silver (3) £150-180
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A LATE VICTORIAN ELECTROPLATED OIL LAMP with a fluted, urn-shaped body, a pedestal foot & a glass chimney, c.1900; 24" (61 cms) high overall £60-80
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A MIXED LOT: A mounted glass smelling salts bottle with wrythen fluting by S.Mordan & Co., London 1890, a modern mounted wooden blotter, an embossed card case, London 1901 and a mounted, faceted glass, circular inkwell by T. Bradbury & Sons, Sheffield 1906; the latter 4" (10 cms) diameter; 2.5 oz weighable silver (4) £140-180
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY INDIAN TWO HANDLED RECTANGULAR TEA TRAY with an engraved frieze of vine leaves & grapes around the centre, and a raised border with numerous roundel reserves, each depicting a figural scene from native life, with similarly decorated, c-shaped handles & four small bracket feet, the reverse inscribed "Mother from Con, Bangalore 1908", by C. Krishniah Chetty, Bangalore c.1908; 29.25" (74.2 cms) long overall; 115 oz £1000-1500
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A SET OF FOUR QUEEN ANNE TRENCHER SALTS of domed circular form, crested, by Benjamin Bentley, London c.1709 (date letters quite worn); 2.85" (7.4 cms) diameter; 7.6 oz (4) £1300-1500
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