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A WILLIAM IV ENGRAVED OBLONG VINAIGRETTE with rounded corners & a vacant cartouche on the cover, by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1834; 1.1" (2.7 cms) long; 0.4 oz £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN TORTOISESHELL CASE rectangular; 12.5 x 5.5 cms £50-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN VINAIGRETTE of shaped oval outline with engine-turned decoration and a floral scroll cartouche on the cover, inscribed "CSK to MLS April 17th 1861", by Frederick Marsden, Birmingham 1854; 2" (5 cms) long; 0.95 oz £100-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A 19TH CENTURY CHILD'S RATTLE of baluster form with chased decoraiton, a coral teether, a whistle terminal & five bells dependant (lacking two), unmarked, 1830-50; 5.5" (14 cms) long £250-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A SILVER CASKET octagonal, the cover with repoussé design of the coat of arms of The Hon. The Irish Society, Chester 1906; 9 cms £100-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN RECTANGULAR DRESSING TABLE TRAY on four winged paw feet, decorated in low relief with a romantic couple in 17th century costume, strolling through a garden, by William Comyns, London 1882; 9.25" (23.5 cms) long; 13.8 oz £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN VESTA CASE of flat, rounded oblong form, engraved on the cover with a comical fisherman having hooked his fish, suspensory ring at the back, by Deakin & Francis, Birmingham 1907; 2.35" (6 cms) long; 1.3 oz £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH MOUNTED HORN SNUFF MULL the cover set with a domed quartz boss, unmarked; 3.5" (9 cms) long £200-250 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A GEORGE II SILVERGILT NUTMEG GRATER in the form of an urn or vase with chased floral sprays, the screw cover with a knop finial & suspensory ring, lift-out mounted steel grater, maker's mark only, indistinct & mis-struck, probably by David Field, London c.1750; 1.8" (4.8 cms) high; 0.55 oz £250-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A PAIR OF SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL FIGURES of Chinese Kylins, stamped silver, approx. 8 cms, 20th century £180-250 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A GEORGE III NAVETTE-SHAPED NUTMEG GRATER with a hinged cover, engraved with a wreath cartouche & crest, and a hinged base with concealed hinge & border engraving, by Charles Rawlings, London 1818; 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 1.45 oz £300-400 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A GEORGE III OVAL TUBULAR NUTMEG GRATER with a hinged cover & side, initialled on the side and also inside the cover, maker's mark only "I.P" (struck twice), probably by James Phipps, London c.1775; 2.8" (7.2 cms) long; 1.3 oz £250-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A GEORGE III ENGRAVED NUTMEG GRATER of rounded oblong form, with a hinged cover, tinned steel grater & a hinged base with a concealed hinge; by John Reily, London 1807; 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 0.95 oz £400-500 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN STAMP BOX on ball feet by Adie & Lovekin, Birmingham 1904, a Victorian caddy spoon with a turned mother of pearl handle by George Unite, Birmingham 1862 and a pocket apple corer by Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham 1814; the latter 4.1" (10.6 cms) long (opened); 1.3 oz gross (3) £180-220 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN AGATE BOX with striated panels of amber colour, set in gilt metal; approx. 9 cms £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PURSE/NOTE CASE with enamelled decoration on the front & a suspensory chain, monogrammed & dated "Nov 23 1919" on the reverse by Georg Adam Scheid, Vienna c.1920; 3.8" (9.7 cms) long £250-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A CONTEMPORARY MODEL of a gent on a bench reading a newspaper, inscribed "Financial Times Calcutt's* Panel - 1800 Bids", by Sarah Jones, London 2000; 3" (7.5 cms) long; 2.7 oz £400-450 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*Sir David Calcutt was a Silk specialising in commercial cases and a chairman of many committees and inquiries on privacy and the press. He was Master of Magdalene, Cambridge and Chairman of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. In 1969 he married Barbara Walker. He was knighted in 1991. He died in August 2004 aged 74. The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers commissioned this piece in 2000 to mark the retirement of Sir David as Chairman of the Panel.
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A REGIMENTAL SNUFF BOX with twin compartments, each cover embossed with a badge (castle & 37), also inscribed Rappee and Blackgard* by Charles Lamb, Dublin 1909; 10.5 cms; 7 oz £300-400 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*Two varieties of snuff.
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A LATE VICTORIAN PATENT "SPORTSMAN'S PATHFINDER" BUTT MARKER opening to reveal eight numbered sticks, fanned-out ready for selecting, gilt interior by J.M. Banks, London 1899; 2" (5 cms) long; 1.35 oz £600-800 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A SMALL CIRCULAR PARCELGILT BOX with a tiered domed cover, a ring hinge and borders of repeating chased floral motifs, ribbing and a central boss, the base with flat-chased detail, unmarked, probably Far Eastern/Straits, late 18th or early 19th century; 2.8" (7.2 cms) diameter; 4.4 oz £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL OVAL BOX with a panel of moss agate inset into the cover, by William Robb of Ballater, with Edinburgh hallmarks for 1913; 3" (7.5 cms) long; 2.75 oz gross £200-250 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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MARITIME INTEREST:- A 19th century circular turned oak snuff box & cover, inset with copper & inscribed "Made from the wreck of the Betsy Cains which brought King William to England 1688" and "A.Reed Esq. Mayor 1827"; 3.6" (9.2 cms) diameter £120-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*After 1689 the ship, which was then called Princess Mary, was sold, renamed and employed in the coal trade until 1827. She was then wrecked on Tynemouth Bar and her timbers were salvaged.
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A GEORGE III MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOX with openwork drapery festoons around the sides, initialled "GV", gilt interior, maker's mark "W.W" 1785-90, date letter mis-struck; 2.9" (7.5 cms) long £450-550 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY SEWING ÉTUI in the form of a valise opening to reveal a tubular case for pins, another for needles, a tape measure, a bobbin (and a non-matching thimble), gilt interior, by Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1875; 2" (5 cms) long; 2 oz £400-500 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 20TH CENTURY HEXAGONAL BOX enamelled on the cover with a stylised sailing vessel at sea, maker's mark "P.S", London 1976; 2.25" (5.6 cms) wide; 4 oz £150-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ROYAL CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB:- three late Victorian Royal Caledonian Curling Club medals (one "district" medal, unmounted, on "local" medal with a suspensory ring & one "district" medal with a "T"- bar) and another "district" medal within an ornate thistle mount with suspensory ring, each one uninscribed & unmarked; 1.55" (4 cms) diameter; 3.45 oz (4) £70-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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GLASGOW CORPORATION:- Two enamelled long service badges "Corporation Trams 35 years", by J.R. Gaunt & Sons Ltd., Birmingham 1929, an enamelled "Corporation Transport" badge for "20 years service", by J. Hudson & Co., Birmingham 1934, an enamelled "Corporation Tramways" badge for "30 years service", by J. R. Gaunt & Sons Ltd., Birmingham 1924 and three silvergilt & enamelled fobs for long service in Glasgow Transport (35, 40 & 40 years) by two makers, Birmingham & London 1947 and 1971; the larger badges 2.8" (7.2 cms) long; 6.2 oz (7) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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MEDALLIONS:- Four "Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland" medals, each inscribed, mixed dates 1949-c.1960, a "Fauldhouse Miniature Rifle Club monthly medal, Presented to LT.COL. J.LYALL, 1945", and a plated medal, "Warwickshire Agricultural Society Honorary Medal"; the latter 2.1" (5.2 cms) diameter; 9.4 oz weighable silver (6) £70-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MEDALLIONS:- A "Central Deeside Agricultural Association" medal for the "Best Display of Corn", 1901, an "Ayrshire Agricultural Association" medal inscribed on the reverse, hallmarked Chester 1958 (cased), four various small "Highland and Agricultural Scoiety of Scotland" medals (all inscribed for ploughing), mixed dates, 1875-1906, two other slightly larger examples, a "Renfrewshire Agricultural Society" medal, inscribed (cased), another similar (also cased) and three late Victorian bronze "Inverness Farmer Society" medallions, inscribed, mixed dates 1895-1906; the latter three 1.75" (4.6 cms) diameter; 7 oz weighable silver (13) £120-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A RARE SCOTTISH BEGGAR'S BADGE in the form of a stamped lead disc with the relief text "P.NIGG D.C. MINr. No.1775" and another lead example in a larger oval format, inscribed "FORFAR 1741 P" and "TOWN No.17" on the reverse; the latter 3.5" (9 cms) long (2) £100-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MEDALLIONS:- A "Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain & Ireland" medal, uninscribed, by Elkington & Co., Birmingham 1946 (cased), a smaller bronze medal from the same society, inscribed (cased), three "Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland" medals, each with inscription & presentation date (1845, 1912 & 1926), a similar smaller example with inscription & date 1875, a "Saline & District (Dunfermline) Ploughing Society" medal, uninscribed, hallmarked Birmingham 1946 and an "East Kilbride Open Show" medal for "Best Bull, Ayreshire Breed, 1892"; the latter 2.5" (6.5 cms) long; 8.8 oz weighable silver (8) £120-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A GEORGE III POCKET CORKSCREW with a steel worm, a mounted mother of pearl handle and a tapering, screw cover, unmarked c.1800; 3.5" (8.6 cms) long £200-250 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A MID 20TH CENTURY GILTMETAL & COPPER BUTT MARKER in the form of a shotgun cartridge, stamped "Aspreys Cartridge Placefinder" with a "twist" action revealing eight numbered, chrome-plated removable pegs, the top initialled "HRA"; 2.45" (6.2 cms) long (unopened) £300-400 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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MEDICAL INTEREST:- A small thin director & scoop with a turned, centre section, unmarked, probably late 17th / early 18th century; 5.25" (13.2 cms) long; 0.24 oz £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A FAN pierced mother of pearl sticks and guards with silvered & gilt decoration, paper leaves painted with a fete champetre; 27 cms £60-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN FAN pierced mother of pearl guards & sticks with gilt rococo decoration, paper leaves painted with a fêté champétre; 29 cms, and two tortoiseshell combs £70-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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FREDERICK BUCK (1771-C.1839) Portrait of a gentleman wearing spotted waistcoat & blue jacket, half length, on ivory 5.5 x 4 cms in a frame with eglomise border £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL c.1840 Portrait of a gentleman wearing black jacket & stock and the companion portrait of his wife wearing blue & white bonnet, on ivory; 7 x 5.75 cms (pair) £100-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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SAMSON TOWGOOD ROCHE (1759-1847) Portrait of a lady wearing straw hat & white dress, head & shoulders, sky background, on ivory; 6.75 x 5.25 cms £300-400 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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V. BOUTELLIER Portrait of Napoleon II, King of Rome (1811-1832), wearing sash & star, on ivory; 7 x 5.5 cms in gilt outer frame; English School c.1840, portrait of a young lady, on ivory (damaged); 11 x 9 cms; two portraits in 17th century style in simulated tortoiseshell & brass frames and another portrait (5) £180-220 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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FREDERICK BUCK (1771-C.1839) Portrait of a young officer in uniform, half length, on ivory; 7 x 5.5 cms £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL 18TH CENTURY A group of five miniature portraits, all head & shoulders, on ivory viz:- Hon. Charles Fielding and Hon. William Fielding, each as a boy; 3.75 x 3.25 cms, gold frames; Rev. William Farnham (d.1784), wearing black jacket; 3.75 x 3 cms, gold frame; Lady Scott wearing blue dress; 3.25 x 2.75 cms dated 1770 on reverse of frame Lady Scott wearing pink dress; 3.25 x 2.78 cms, in display case £350-450 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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FREDERICK BUCK (1771-C.1839) Portrait of an officer in uniform, half length, on ivory; 7 x 5.5 cms £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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J.... R....SCHWAGER Portrait of a girl wearing blue jacket and blue ribbon bow at her neck, half length, on ivory, signed & dated 1871; 6 x 4.75 cms. The frame with eglomise border & hairwork on reverse £500-700 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ENGLISH SCHOOL EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady wearing a turban & shawl, half length on ivory; 9.25 x 7.25 cms; portrait of Richard Fisher (inscribed on reverse "By Mr. Kingston, Liverpool 1828"), on ivory; 8.5 x 7 cms and a portrait of a lady signed with initials "FC" and dated 1833, on ivory; 9.5 x 7.5 cms (3) £250-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ATTRIBUTED TO ABRAHAM DANIEL c.1800 Portrait of a gentleman in late 18th century style, wearing blue jacket, head & shoulders, on ivory; 7.75 x 5.75 cms £300-500 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS THEODORE ROCHARD (1798-1858) Miniature portrait of a lady, her hair in ringlets, head and shoulders, on ivory, 5 x 3.75 cms* in engine-turned gold locket frame £1000-1200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*The reverse with label with attribution to Rochard and date 1822.
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....FINOT Portrait of a lady wearing black dress and a turban, half length, on ivory; 8.5 x 7 cms*, in wood frame £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*Signed and dated A Bordeaux 1829.
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THOMAS HAZLEHURST (c.1740-c.1821) Portrait of a young gentleman wearing blue jacket, half length on ivory, signed with initials "TH"; 7 x 5.75 cms £200-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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SPANISH SCHOOL Portrait of a lady in 16th century style with auburn hair and wearing lace collar and strings of pearls, 20th century, possibly on card or panel; 8.5 x 7 cms £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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