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A Sewing Table: 19th century, ebonised with lacquered chinoiserie designs opening to reveal fitted compartments above a silk painted bag on turned legs and wide bracket feet, H 80cm x W 59cm x D 42cm £200-300
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A Pair of Window Seats: Victorian, oak, the back splats carved with an acanthus leaf motif on scroll carved cabriole legs and later cream upholstery, H 86cm x W 140cm x D 42cm £1500-2000
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A French kingwood and metal mounted display cabinet, circa 1900: With shaped door to trunk flanked by side doors, the glazed panels above Vernis Martin style painted panels depicting Watteauesque style figures, red velvet interior, H 190cm £600-800
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A Desk: A rare 18th century walnut desk, the foldover top with line inlay, opening to reveal a green baize with lifts to reveal compartments above pull out arms with acorn finials. The central 3 drawer section flanked by panel doors with a further arrangement of five drawers with brass knobs & fine quality oak linings & dove tail joints. On four ball & claw feet with brass carrying handles. H 77cm x D 30cm x W 91cm.
Note: A similar walnut example is recorded in the Untermyer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1958, pl. 278, fig. 320). The note also states that the architectural configuration of the inlaid bandings correspond with the doors on a group of Liege cabinets illustrated in Thibaut Wolvespurges, Belgian Furniture 1550-1800, 2000 pp. 170-171, pls. 68-70. For a piece of similar configuration see Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714 from Charles II to Queen Anne, 2002, p. 216, pl. 7:42, a red japanned example which was formerly with Malletts and which closely relates to the configuration of the present example. £2000-3000
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A Silver Victorian Travel Cruet: In bullet form: with lidded salt and two unscrew compartments for pepper and mustard, by Thomas Johnson London 1867 £200-300
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A Danish Silver Letter Opener: with import marks to London C1907: marked sterling Gi 164 NI, with ball top set with beads £100-200
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A Silver Tea Pot and Ewer: Tea pot by Carrington and Co London 1912: with pineapple finial and domed body with wooden handle,1 pint Ewer by Henry Wilkinson and Co London 1908,with ebonised handle and domed body and finial to the lid £300-500
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An Edwardian Silver Four Trumpet Epergne: By Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1909, with pierced decoration to the trumpets and base £400-600
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A Silver Victorian Teapot and Cream Jug: By Hunt and Roskell, Late Storr and Mortimer and Hunt (London 1848) £300-500
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A Silver Tinderbox, Birmingham 1921, by Crisford and Norris: Of hexagonal form with reeded design and vacant cartouche, pierced top section on hinged lid £80-120
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A Victorian Silver Tinderbox: Lighter, London, 1879 by Henry William Dee, inscribed "Please return to Honourable Walter Bethell, 10 Grafton St" the verso with Bethell Armorial of an Eagle charged on the breast with an Estoile o'r, on a crown £100-200
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A HM Silver Four-Piece Teaset: £300-500
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A HM Silver Novelty Table Ashtray by Aspreys: £80-120
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A Pair of Silver Bon-Bon Baskets: In the late 18th C manner £400-450
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A Pair of Late 19th C German Silver Fruit Spoons: By Koch & Bergfield £100-120
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A Modern Silver Sauceboat: By E Viner: Sheffield 1966 £70-100
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A Pair of Silver Sabbath Candlesticks: London 1914, bearing maker's mark AT £250-300
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A Gilt Metal and Enamel Cigarette Case: The front cover depicting an amorous gentleman embracing a maid for her fruit £150-200
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Two Early 19th C Scottish Silver Dessert Spoons: By L. Livingston, Aberdeen, first quarter of the 19th C, each stamped with maker's mark and 'ABD', old English pattern, and engraved with Gothic A £100-150
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A George III Silver Marrow Scoop: Maker's mark W.S in rectangle, London 1791,conventional form, engraved "B" to back of larger bowl £100-150
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An unusual George III silver campaign tea caddy: By John Linnit & William Atkinson, Fountain Court, Strand, London, 1811, of cuboid form with slide off cover, later engraved with Gothic monogram 'T G H' £200-250
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A Late 18th C Unmarked Silver and Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Box: Last quarter of the 18th C, the cover and sides finely engraved with flowers and chain-work and initialled within a cartouche £150-250
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Two Unhallmarked Silver-Gilt Pencils: Both set with hard stone matrices £50-80
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A Stylish Early 20th C Enamel Compact: The front cover enamelled in yellow with a small panel to the left hand side depicting a windmill, opening to reveal lipstick holder, puff and mirror £100-150
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A Stylish Edwardian Art Nouveau Silver and Later Enamel Photograph Frame: By James and William Deakin, Chester 1903 £1800-2200
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A Matched Pair of Stylish Art Nouveau Photograph Frames: One by Alexander Clarke, Birmingham 1899, the other by Abraham Meyer, Blackensee, Birmingham 1900 £2400-2800
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A Queen Anne Silver Trefid/Dognose Spoon £100-200
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An Early 18th C Silver Rat-tail Pattern Tablespoon: possibly by a member of the Cookson family: Newcastle, distorted date letter, possibly 1724 £400-500
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A good Queen Anne silver Trefid/Dognose spoon: London 1708 £300-350
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A Good 18th C Silver Sauce Ladle: Stamped with maker's mark only: Francis Harache Circa 1740 £300-500
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A Good 18th C Provincial Punch Ladle with Ivory Handle: by Isaac Cookson: no date letter, circa 1750 £250-300
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A Small Early 18th C Silver Hanoverian Pattern Teaspoon: maker's mark only: Gothic IM (?) initialled £20-30
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Two pairs of Georgian silver sugar nips: Old English pattern dessert spoon, teaspoon and a bead pattern ladle £100-150
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A Scarce Early Victorian Silver Badge for The Ancient Order of Oddfellows: by Patrick Leonard, Chester, 1843 £200-300
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An Early 18th C Silver Wine Label: by Sandilands Drinkwater: Circa 1740, "Port" £60-80
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A Rare 18th C Provincial Silver Wine Label: by Richard Clarke "Hollands": of narrow rectangular form with bright cut engraved border £100-150
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A George III Scottish Silver Die Stamped Wine Label: by D. McCallum: Glasgow, 1826 £50-80
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An Unusual George III Silver Vinaigrette: Of plain curved rectangular form, the cover engraved with a crest depicting a Lion's Gamb (that of many families), the silver gilt interior with finely pierced grille depicting a running hart: By Joseph Taylor, Birmingham, 1814 £250-300
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A Good Victorian Silver "Castle Top" Vinaigrette: Of shaped rectangular form with foliate scroll decoration to the base and sides, the lid depicting a view of Kenilworth Castle in high relief, the silver gilt interior with foliate scroll pierced grille: by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1847 £800-1000
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A Rare George IV Novelty Silver Vinaigrette: Made in the form of a Handbag, with two fixed corded handles, engraved with lattice and chequer type decoration and a vacant oval cartouche to the lid. The silver gilt interior with intricately pierced foliate scroll grille, by Ledsam and Vale, Birmingham 1821 £250-300
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An Extremely Rare 18th C Masonic Silver Collar Jewel, pierced with Masonic symbols: By Peter and Ann Bateman, London, 1795, (Very unusual makers of Masonic Jewels) £500-600
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A Good George IV Silver Vinaigrette of Rounded Rectangular Form: The base with bright cut engraved flower head motif surrounded by a prick dot and wriggle work border. The lid with a rectangular cartouche engraved with contemporary script initials surrounded by rayed decoration with a pineapple motif at each corner. The silver gilt interior with scroll pierced grille centred by a flower head, by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham, 1829 £150-180
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An Extremely Rare Victorian Silver Vinaigrette of Elongated Shaped Rectangular Form: The base with bands of engraved decoration surrounding a cartouche engraved with contemporary initials. The lid engraved with a rare view of Balmoral Castle from across the river Dee. The silver gilt interior with foliate scroll pierced grille, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1851-2 £1000-1200
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A Rare George III Silver Vinaigrette of Plain Rounded Rectangular Form: The base and sides with prick-dot engraved decoration, the lid engraved with a scene depicting a woodcutter smoking a pipe with a dog at his heels. The silver gilt interior with intricately pierced grille including a basket of fruit, by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham, 1809, see Eric Delieb, silver boxes, published 1968, page 107 for a similar example £600-800
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A Good George III Silver Vinaigrette of Curved Rectangular Form: With cut corners, the base engraved with an oak leaf and prick-dot engraved borders, the lid engraved with an oak branch and acorns and the initials "EB" on two of the leaves. Silver gilt interior with foliate pierced grille, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1809 £200-250
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A Good George III Miniature Silver Vinaigrette of Oval Cushion Shape: With bright-cut engraved fish scale decoration to the lid and also engraved with contemporary script initials "EM", the silver gilt interior with simple pierced grille, by Wardell and Kempson, Birmingham 1814 £120-150
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A Good George III Silver Vinaigrette of Plain Rounded Rectangular Form: With bright-cut engraved flower decoration to the base and a crest to the lid. The silver gilt interior with finely pierced "Trophy Grille" consisting of flags, a drum, a sabre, two horns, and two fleur de lys and two roses to the corners, by Matthew Linwood, London, 1803 £350-400
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A George III Silver Vinaigrette of Perfectly Plain Rounded Rectangular Form: The silver gilt interior with pierced simulated lily flower decoration to the grille, by Thomas Willmore, Birmingham, 1815 £100-120
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A Very Fine Early Victorian Silver "Castle Top" Vinaigrette of Compressed Rectangular Form: With foliate scroll engraved decoration to the base, the sides and lid with raised foliate scroll borders, the lid with a view of Kenilworth Castle in high relief. The silver gilt interior with foliate scroll pierced grille, by Gervase Wheeler & Co, Birmingham, 1839 £750-800
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A Very Fine Quality George III Silver Gilt Vinaigrette made in the form of a Pocket Watch: With attached suspension ring, the base lid and sides profusely decorated with chased vine leaves, grapes and flower heads on a matt background with engine turned discs to the centre, the hinged circular lid opening to reveal the silver gilt interior with intricately pierced foliate scroll grille, by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1818 £650-750
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