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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH SILVER VESTA CASE in the form of a cracked egg, etched with chicks in a farmyard, gilt interior, maker's mark "EM", c.1900, a German silver vesta case with engine-turning and a cigar cutter, initialled, c.1895, and a Continental silver & niellowork book match holder, monogrammed; the latter 2.3" (6 cms) long; 3.4 oz (3) £120-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER PUZZLE-OPENING VESTA CASE with engraving, by Alfred Taylor, Birmingham 1870, a silver "Unity Patent" vesta case and cigar cutter combined, by Horton & Allday, Birmingham 1890, and a silver vesta case with later-added compass, hallmarked Birmingham 1901; the "puzzle" vesta 2.45" (6.2 cms) long; 3.9 oz (3) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER VESTA CASE, PENKNIFE & SLOW MATCH HOLDER COMBINED the cover inscribed with a name, gilt interior, by G.A. Scheid, Vienna c.1890 and a German silver match box cover, enamelled with a church & other buildings; the latter 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 3.1 oz (2) £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN CAST SILVER VESTA CASE in the form of a Brazil nut, by John Marshall Spink, London 1896 together with a late Victorian silver Morton's Patent, bottle-shaped vesta case with "The Maze" aperture and a plated example inscribed "GRUMPY FROM THE GRIGGLETS"; the latter two 2" (5 cms) long; 1.9 oz weighable silver (3) £120-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE COPPER VESTA CASE with traces of gilding depicting the portrait of a bijin with flowers and a Japanese brass & lacquered vesta case with a drummer on one side and a mask & inset compass on the other c.1900; each approx. 2.75" (7 cms) long (2) £90-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN SILVER COMBINED VESTA CASE & SLOW MATCH HOLDER with an engraved monogram or emblem on the cover, the interior inscribed "Blandford" by William Summers, London 1869 and a Victorian vesta/tinder case with engine-turned decoration, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1846; the latter 2" (5 cms) long; 2 oz (2) £120-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BRASS VESTA CASE resembling a corncob with husks, an insect and a snail, and another brass example with a dragon in relief on one side c.1900; the latter 2.75" (7 cms) long (2) £120-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER VESTA CASE in the form of a horseshoe with jockey cap cover, by George Unite, Birmingham 1880 and a silver vesta in the form of a football by Sampson Mordan & Co., Chester 1905; the latter 1.75" (4.5 cms) diameter; 1.1 oz (2) £120-140 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH "DIEPPE" IVORY VESTA CASE with a gentleman smoking on the front, and a Chinese carved ivory box with a sliding cover and the addition of a vesta striker inside; the vesta 2.25" (5.6 cms) long (2) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ENGRAVED SILVER VESTA CASE with the facility to dispense one match at a time, maker's mark "E.B", Birmingham 1913 and a Victorian silver "padlock" vesta case, by Alfred Wilcox, Birmingham 1882; the latter 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 1.1 oz (2) £120-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN SILVER VESTA CASE & SLOW MATCH HOLDER COMBINED with an iron striker plate on the front, the interim inscribed "M. PORTAL", by A & J Zimmerman, Birmingham 1902; 2.3" (6 cms) long; 3.25 oz £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER VESTA CASE inset with a compass by Burrows & Mills, Birmingham 1900, a silver match box cover with enamel, London 1931, a silver vesta case with a cigar cutter, initialled, by A & J. Zimmerman, Birmingham 1893 and a silver vesta case resembling a section of a billiard table, initialled, by S.W. Smith, Birmingham 1890; the latter 2" (5 cms) long; 4.75 oz (4) £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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BOER WAR INTEREST:- A silver vesta case & slow match holder, with a spring-loaded cover, inscribed "KRUGERSDROP GYMKANA - POLO SCURRY, won by Capt. Spencer's "ROAN" 1903", gilt interior, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London 1902; 2.15" (5.5 cms) long; 2 oz £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
*Lional Dixon Spencer (born 1875) was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borders, 6 June 1897. He served in India and then took part in Boer War operations in Natal including Lombard's Kop and was present at the defence of Ladysmith.
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TWO LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY LEATHER-CLAD METAL SHOE VESTA CASES and a painted pewter shoe vesta case (a souvenir of "KARLSBAD"); the latter 2.7" (6.8 cms) long (3) £70-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN SILVER VESTA CASE advertising the "B.P.O.E" (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), the reverse stamped with the words of "AULD LANG SYNE" 1910-20, and an American silver vesta case incorporating American coins of the period, c.1900; the latter 2.55" (6.5 cms) long; 2.2 oz (2) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY PLATED BRASS ELEPHANT VESTA CASE and two other plated brass vestas; the left one 2.3" (6 cms) long (3) £130-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A BRASS & ALUMINIUM VESTA CASE with a rule on one side, a brass & steel vesta case and penknife combined, and a brass hound mask vesta case; the latter 2.1" (5.4 cms) long) (3) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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THREE LATE 19TH CENTURY VULCANITE VESTA CASES Four other smaller vulcanite vesta cases & two bakelite vesta cases; the largest vest 2.55" (6.5 cms) long (9) £60-80 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN SILVER OVAL VESTA CASE with diagonal fluting, by S. Mordan & Co., London 1890, another silver example inscribed "Let Me Give Light" & initialled by L. Emmanuel, Birmingham 1895 and two silver, heart-shaped vesta cases, both initialled; the fluted vesta 2" (5 cms) long; 3.1 oz (4) £120-160 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BRASS VESTA CASE encircled by a dragon in relief chasing the seed pearl through the clouds, c.1900; 2.3" (6 cms) long £70-80 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN BRASS VESTA CASE in the form of a decorative bound trunk (with Registered Design lozenge), two plated mounted mussel-shell vesta cases, one inscribed "T.Smith 1906", and a gold-plated vesta case resembling a curved elongated drop; the latter 3.2" (8 cms) long (4) £120-140 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BRASS VESTA CASE in the form of a lady in a plumed headdress and decorative kimono, playing a drum; 2.4" (6 cms) long £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN 9 CT. ROSE GOLD VESTA CASE initialled "HHL" on the front, by H. Woodward & Co.Ltd., London 1903 and another Edwardian 9 ct. rose gold vesta case, inscribed, by A & J. Zimmerman, Birmingham 1904; the latter 1.65" (4.3 cms) long; 1.2 oz (2) £250-300 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE PLATED PEWTER VESTA CASE in the aesthetic manner with a finch on a leafy branch with blossom (the vestas accessed by depressing a leaf through a cut-out section) and another vesta case of a similar form with a bridge over a river in wooded valley on the front; each approx. 2" (5 cms) long (2) £80-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A 9 CT. GOLD BOOK MATCH HOLDER with engine-turned decoration, inscribed inside "From Gladys 1928" by S.J. Rhodes, London 1928, and another 9 ct. gold book match holder with wave-like engine turning, by Britton & Sons, Birmingham 1926, each approx. 2.5" (6.5 cms) long; 1.6 oz £300-350 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY GUN-METAL VESTA CASE with an applied silver hound mask and another gun-metal vesta case with applied silver & gem-set decoration; the latter 2" (5 cms) long (2) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER VESTA CASE with a flip cover, enamelled on the front with a coaching scene, the reverse inscribed "B.J. Barnato Esq. M.L.A. with all good wishes from E. Coward 1895-6", by Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1895; 2.25" (5.8 cms) long; 1.3 oz £300-500 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A CHINESE SILVER VESTA CASE with an applied dragon, unmarked 1910-20 & an Indian silver vesta case with figural decoration in relief and a vacant shield cartouche on one side, also unmarked c.1900; 2.25" (5.5 cms) long; 2.5 oz (2) £100-130 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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TWELVE VARIOUS LATE VICTORIAN / EDWARDIAN SILVER VESTA CASES mixed dates & makers, all Birmingham hallmarked between 1876 and 1908; the largest one 2" (5 cms) long; 8 oz (12) £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A SILVER MATCH BOX COVER engraved with a coronet above the numerals "XIX", by S.J. Rose, London 1935, an engine-turned match box cover, Birmingham 1923 & a larger silver match box cover, London 1898; the latter 2.9" (7.5 cms) long; 3.8 oz (3) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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ELEVEN LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLATED VESTA CASES one "Blackpool", two with sovereign cases, one Cerebos Table Salt, a tubular example, one with a slow match tube, one with a cigar cutter, one with a Stanhope viewer & compass and three others; the largest one 2.75" (7 cms) long (11) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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FIVE EARLY 20TH CENTURY NICKEL-PLATED VESTA CASES with celluloid wrap around advertisements, another similar vesta (a souvenir of Grimsby), two other nickel vesta cases, a plated Indian vesta case & a brass vesta case; the largest one 2.75" (7 cms) long (10) £50-80 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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TWELVE VARIOUS EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLATED "SOUVENIR" VESTA CASES with celluloid advertisements (Brighton, Hawarden, Blackpool, Manchester, Isle of Wight, Goldalming, Wales, Guildford, Eastbourne, Scarborough, Winchester & Douglas Isle of Man), most of them double-sided; each approx. 2.4" (6 cms) long (12) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY VULCANITE VESTA CASE with the battleship "Dreadnought" on one side, a Queen Victoria commemorative vulcanite vesta case, another vulcanite vesta case "Tornedo, King of Coasters", a brass & a lacquered cloisonné vesta case, a brass & leather vesta case, a nickel-plated vesta (Bisto & Cerebos salt) and a nickel "BIL STUMPS HIS MARK" vesta case; the latter 1.8" (4.7 cms) long (9) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN BRASS & PLATED VESTA CASE with a cigar cutter from the "PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO", an American plated vesta case from "CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR, 1893", a plated & celluloid souvenir of "City Hall, Toronto", an American plated vesta case "The State Fire Office" and three other American brass vesta cases; the largest one 3" (7.5 cms) (7) £70-90 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE PLATED VESTA CASE in the form of fluted seed pod with leaves & tendrils, together with a late 19th century plated vesta case in the form of a corncob with a portrait roundel of "COLUMBUS"; the latter 2.3" (6 cms) long (2) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN PLAIN SILVER VESTA CASE in the form of a mussel shell, maker's mark worn, Birmingham 1898, another plain silver, heart-shaped vesta case by W.H. Haseler, Birmingham 1898 and another silver example with scroll borders, possibly by A.W. Gossbee & Sons, Birmingham 1905; the latter 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 2.3 oz (3) £100-140 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BRASS VESTA CASE with flowers, leaves and a stylised cockerel in relief on each side, and another brass vesta case with a flower & a fledgling, crested bird on each side c.1900; the latter 2.25" (5.5 cms) long (2) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN "IRISH MARKET" VESTA CASE with engraving and inset pieces of Connemara marble, by Randall Bros., Chester 1900 and two nickel vesta cases on a similar theme; the larger one 1.75" (45 cms) long; 0.8 oz weighable silver (3) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE PLATED BRASS VESTA CASE in the form of a rodent; 2.5" (6.3 cms) long £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN SILVER VESTA CASE with a motoring scene on the front, initialled, together with a silver vesta case made from an 1821 crown piece and an Edwardian silver circular vesta case, later-engraved to resemble a football, Birmingham 1907; the motoring vesta 2.4" (6.2 cms) long; 3.1 oz (3) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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THREE SILVER CIRCULAR VESTA CASES:- An engine-turned example, Chester 1908, a plain example Birmingham 1907 and an engraved example, initialled, Birmingham 1905; the latter 1.75" (4.5 cms) diameter; 1.85 oz (3) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A BRASS VESTA CASE in the form of a cluster of golf clubs with a golf ball shaped cover, a nickel & leather-clad vesta in the form of a shotgun cartridge, three other non-precious vesta cases resembling deer's feet and a Victorian brass horse's foot vesta, initialled; the latter 2" (5 cms) long (6) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER VESTA CASE with a pierced front, initialled, an Edwardian silver circular vesta case with engraving and a German silver circular vesta case with engine-turning; the latter 1.75" (4.2 cms) diameter; 2.6 oz (3) £80-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SILVER VESTA CASE with a lady golfer in relief on the front, the reverse initialled, two other American silver vesta cases (both initialled), a plated vesta case with an oriental figure on each side and an Edwardian silver vesta case with engraving & scroll borders, initialled, Birmingham 1906; the golfing one 2.75" (7 cms) long; 3 oz weighable silver (5) £100-150 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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EIGHT VARIOUS LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN SILVER VESTA CASES (three with initials), a Canadian silver example with a beaver on the cover and a coat of arms, and an American gilt-metal example, initialled; the latter 2.5" (6.5 cms) long; 7.8 oz weighable silver (10) £180-220 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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NINE VARIOUS MATCH BOX COVERS mostly with celluloid wrap-arounds (Normandin Cognac, Souvenirs of the Great War, one Russian, one "In Memoriam" etc.); the largest one 2.4" (6 cms) long (9) £60-80 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY PLATED ADVERTISING VESTA CASE in the form of a bell engraved on one side with a buoy and inscribed "Bell's Asbestos" on the other, a Victorian plated early vesta case with scroll engraving, a Victorian silver vesta case, later-engraved with a golfer, a 20th century plated "drawer" vesta case and a Continental silver vesta case with a slide-out leather compartment; the latter 1.5" (3.6 cms) long (5) £80-120 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY NICKEL-PLATED VESTA CASE in the form of a dog sitting on its haunches, with gem-set eyes, a pewter poodle vesta, a brass pig vesta, a plated pig vesta, a brass dog vesta, a plated snail shell vesta and a recently made brass duck bill vesta case; the poodle 2.2" (5.4 cms) high (7) £150-200 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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VARIOUS PRINTED TIN VESTA CASES/BOXES a resin spark striker, six various cardboard / plastic vesta containers and two printed cardboard "Bougies de poche" boxes; the latter 3.1" (8 cms) long (lot) £80-100 (+ 26.4% BP*)
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