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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE TEA KETTLE resembling a paper lantern, decorated with applied chrysanthemum flowers, with a simulated bamboo handle and an X-framed stand (lacking burner), maker's mark "WC" and Chinese character marks, possibly by Wing Chun of Hong Kong c.1890; 12.4" (31.5 cms) to top of handle; 29.3 oz £500-700 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE PART-DRESSING TABLE SET to include a circular box & cover, a large hand mirror, a mounted hairbrush and a shoe horn, each piece decorated in relief with a dragon (contained in original fitted wooden box); by Wang Hing & Co., Hong Kong 1900-1920; the circular box 3.7" (9.2 cms) diameter; 8.3 oz weighable silver £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE CIGARETTE CASE decorated in relief with an applied dragon, gilt interior, unmarked 1900-1920; 3.25" (8.2 cms) long; 3.6 oz £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE VASES decorated in relief with prunus blossom on a textured ground, with plain waisted necks, by Luen Wo of Shanghai c.1890 (maker's mark "LW" & Chinese character mark); 5" (12.8 cms) high; 9 oz (2) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE MATCH BOX COVER decorated on the cover in relief with a battle scene depicting warriors on horseback storming the walls of a city, the sides and base with flat-chased bamboo foliage, unmarked, c.1900; 3" (7.5 cms) long; 1.7 oz £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN SMALL CIRCULAR DISH OR SAUCER decorated with enamelled polychrome flowers and a bird against a white ground, the underside with cloisonné enamelled flowers, maker's mark "CPK" with Russian state marks for 1896-1908; 3.25" (9.2 cms) diameter; 3.25 oz £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BOAT-SHAPED SALTS with batswing fluting, oblong pedestal bases and scroll handles, gilt interiors, crested, by William Fountain, London 1794; 4.75" (12 cms) long; 5.8 oz (2) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II CAST CANDLESTICKS on rounded square bases with knopped and shouldered columns and spool-shaped capitals, crested, maker's marks indistinct, possibly by Simon Jouet, London 1735 (with later, extender nozzles); 7.4" (178.6 cms) high; 24 oz (2) £1200-1600 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN IRISH TWO-HANDLED CUP OR ROSE BOWL with applied "Celtic" strap-work, zoomorphic interlaced scrolls and large domed bosses, resting on four cast dragon-mask feet, with upswept dragon mask handles, decorated with chased panels of strapwork, by West & Son, Dublin 1906; 15.3" (39 cms) wide overall; 77.7 oz £2000-2500 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE RECTANGULAR BOX decorated profusely on the sides, cover, front and back with native figures in tranquil garden landscapes, the cartouche inscribed "HW with best wishes from JWW", by Luen-Wo of Shanghai c.1900; 6" (15 cms) long; 10.1 oz £800-900 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SET OF FOUR GEROGE III OVAL SALTS on navette-shaped pedestal bases with reed borders, the bowls with gadrooned rims, initialled "F", by Peter & Anne Bateman, London 1798; 4" (10 cms) long; 12.8 oz (4) £200-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A CHARLES II NORTH COUNTRY PROVINCIAL TUMBLER CUP chased around the sides with flowers and foliage and two cartouches, both crested, no maker's mark, York 1675; 3.55" (9 cms) diameter; 5.3 oz £3500-4000 (+ 30% BP*)
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A balkans PARCELGILT DISH of lobed oval outline, with an applied reeded rim, and repoussé-work vignettes or roundels arranged around the raised central section, the vignettes with trefoil leaves, a lion, a gryphon, a wyvern and other mythical birds and animals, the centre with a vacant, navette-shaped cartouche, unmarked probably Serbian late 16th / early 17th century; 8" (20.5 cms) long; 6.6 oz £500-800 (+ 30% BP*)
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C A CASED CHILD'S BOWL & MATCHING SPOON by John Round, Sheffield 1924 and a 20th century Spanish trophy bowl on a domed foot with swan supports and a flaring rim, inscribed "EXCMO.SR. GOBERNADOR CIVIL REGATA COWES-SANDANDER 1958"; the latter 8" (20 cms) diameter; 15.4 oz (2) £100-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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C AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL FLEXIBLE FISH with a hinged head, hinged mouth and red glass eyes, inscribed "Tall Ships Race 1966 Falmouth-Skaw, presented by the Corporation of Lloyds and Lloyds Brokers", with English import marks for Chester 1902 (with wooden stand); 14" (35.5 cms) long; 8.1 oz £400-500 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF GEORGE I CANDLESTICKS on canted square bases with well centres and knopped and shouldered columns with spool-shaped capitals (and later, extender nozzles), crested, by David Willaume (I), London 1722; 6.5" (16.5 cms) high; 26 oz (2) £2000-3000 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN WAISTED BEAKER by Messrs. Barnard, London 1907 and a mid-19th century Russian milk jug of lobed circular form on four floral feet, by Lev Vasiliyev, Kaluga 1859; the beaker 3.4" (8.5 cms) high; 11.6 oz (2) £120-160 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY PICNIC SET in a fitted leather case with straps, to include a plain rectangular sandwich box (gilt interior) and a mounted glass spirit flask, crested, by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Ltd. London 1910/11; the sandwich box 4.5" (11.5 cms) long; 6.4 oz weighable silver £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE IV IRISH TEA POT & MATCHING SUGAR BASIN (A/F), crested & initialled, by Stephen Bergin, Dublin 1820/21; the tea pot 7" (18 cms) high; 34.7 oz (2) £200-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN EMBOSSED CHRISTENING MUG monogrammed, by Robert Harper, London 1865, another example with a wrythen-fluted lower body, initialled, by Messrs. Barnard, London 1896, a cased set of four bridge pencils with enamelled terminals, and a Royal Life Saving Society Medal awarded to "C.F.C.T. Hallaran, March 1914"; the mugs 3.5" (9 cms) high; 10.4 oz (4) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*) |
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C A MIXED LOT:- A set of four pierced circular bonbon dishes, maker's mark "JW&T", Birmingham 1919, four various napkin rings (three initialled), an egg cup, two small trophy cups, both inscribed, a pair of small vases (loaded), five various tea spoons, a cased set of six tea spoons (all inscribed), a small dish, inscribed & a child's spoon & two plated items; the vases 6.5" (16.5 cms) high; 18 oz weighable silver (lot) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A late 20th century waiter with a shell and scroll border, inscribed, an Indian toilet water bottle with a glass liner, by Grish Chunderdutt of Bhowanipore and Calcutta, an Indian mug and a small Continental plated tea pot; the bottled 6.25" (16 cms) high; 11 oz weighable silver (4) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY HOT WATER JUG of shaped oval outline with a waisted upper body and button feet, by Adie Brothers, Birmingham 1931 and another similar example, by H. Atkin, Sheffield 1907; the larger one 8.1" (20.5 cms) high; 33.7 oz (2) £250-280 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN BOAT-SHAPED BREAD DISH with pierced and part-fluted sides and a reeded rim, by Maxfield & Sons, London 1894; 12.4" (31.5 cms) long; 23.3 oz £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN CIRCULAR CAPSTAN INKWELL with a broad rimmed foot, engraved with a Viscount's coronet and the initial "V", also dated "June 2, 1894", glass liner, by J. Grinsell & Sons, London 1892 and a smaller square inkwell with canted corners, inscribed inside the cover, glass liner, by the same maker, London 1926; the latter 4.2" (10.5 cms) square (2) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF LATE 20TH CENTURY TOAST RACKS with seven arched bars, by C.J. Vander Ltd., Sheffield 1966 and another slightly larger toast rack by E. Viner, Sheffield 1939; the latter 5.4" (13.5 cms) long; 17.0 oz (3) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF SMALL EARLY 20TH CENTURY CANDLESTICKS on square bases, by J & R. Griffin, Chester 1913/14 and three other pairs of candlesticks on round bases (one pair initialled), all loaded; the tallest pair 9.3" (23.5 cms) high (8) £150-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN PEPPERETTES by Charles Stuart Harris, London 1892, a small modern "Jersey" can with cane-insulated handle, a late Victorian sauce boat and a mounted ivory paper knife (lacking finial); the peppers 4.75" (12 cms) high; 14.2 oz weighable silver (5) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SMALL CAST FIGURE OF A STAG on a stone plinth, maker's mark unclear, London 1934 and a late Victorian square gallery inkstand, by Elkington & Co.Ltd., London 1897; the stag 4.5" (11 cms) high; 5.3 oz weighable silver (2) £120-160 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- An early 20th century salver of shaped circular outline with a moulded border and scroll feet, the centre initialled "h", maker's mark "B.G.& Co", Sheffield 1923, together with a pair of pierced napkin rings, inscribed "Mary" & "Malcolm", by Roberts and Belk, Sheffield, 1921 and seven various condiments; the salver 10.5" (26.7 cms) diameter; 35.2 oz weighable silver (10) £240-280 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN EMBOSSED SUGAR CASTER decorated with wrythen fluting & flowers, vacant cartouche & wrythen finial, maker's mark "JB", Sheffield 1891 and a late Victorian beaker with embossed flowers and wrythen fluting around the lower body, by J. Wakely & F.C. Wheeler, London 1890; the latter 6.7" (17 cms) high; 14.9 oz (2) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A George IV folding fruit fork with embossed sides by Joseph Taylor, Birmingham c.1825, a Geoge III engraved needle case by the same maker, a late Victorian folding button hook with chased decoration, an Edwardian, plain folding button hook, a late Victorian button/glove hook with a lion mask handle and a pair of George IV fold-out lorgnettes by Mary Ann Holmes, London 1827; the needle case 3" (7.5 cms) long; 2 oz gross (6) £200-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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THIRTEEN VARIOUS BADGES/FOBS (six decorated with enamel), a small unmarked cross and a small copper medallion commemorating the centenary (1905) of Nelson's triumph at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and containing copper from H.M.S. Victory; the latter 0.65" (1.5 cms) diameter; 3.3 oz weighable silver (15) £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN VESTA CASE with embossed scroll borders, a suspensory ring and a gilt interior, by H. Matthews, Birmingham 1899 together with a Scottish "Unity" cigarette lighter with engine-turned decoration, initialled "RF", by Barker Brothers Ltd., Glasgow 1931 (metal innards), a pair of slender plain napkin rings, Birmingham 1912 (boxed) and an Edwardian mother of pearl-mounted folding fruit knife with one cutting blade and one spiked implement, initialled, by H. Wilkinson Ltd. Sheffield 1902; the vesta 2" (5 cms) long; 1.2 oz weighable silver (5) £100-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVERGILT-MOUNTED IVORY CIGARETTE CASE with an applied monogram, by Callow (of Mount Street), London 19921 and a small carved hardstone portrait cameo of a classical gentleman contained in a turned wooden case; the cigarette case 3.1" (7.8 cms) long (2) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN ENGRAVED MATCH BOX COVER on bun feet with a slumbering pig on the cover and "SCRATCH ME", the sides engraved with a lady and a gentleman each leading a pig to market,. by A. Barrett & Sons, London 1904; 2.9" (7.3 cms) long; 2.1 oz £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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A 19TH CENTURY CARVED WOODEN SHOE SNUFF BOX with a slide cover and inlaid brass piqué-work on the sole and the front, together with a late Victorian circular papier-mâché box with a painted hunting scene on the cover; the shoe 4.3" (11 cms) long (2) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE I SNUFF BOX cartouche-shaped with a slightly domed and engraved cover, reeded borders and a gilt interior, unmarked 1720-25 and a late 18th century Continental shell-shaped box, maker's mark (indistinct) and "12", probably German, 1770-1800; the latter 2.4" (6 cms) long; 2.3 oz (2) £300-400 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN NOVELTY MINIATURE MODEL OF A GARDENER'S WATERING CAN by William James Hornby, London 1901; 3" (7.5 cms) high; 2.25 oz £180-220 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY VIENNESE ENGINE-TURNED SNUFF BOX with white and blue-enamelled linear borders, c.1900 and a Viennese green-enamelled cigarette case with black borders, c.1900; the latter 3.5" (9 cms) long; 9.3 oz (2) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SMALL CYLINDRICAL BISCUIT BOX with reeded borders, by D & J. Wellby Ltd., London 1929; 4.5" (11.5 cms) diameter; 11 oz £300-500 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY NUTMEG GRATER rectangular with moulded sides, gadrooned borders and engraved floral scrolls on the cover, centred by the initials "BB", and opening to reveal a steel grater, the base also hinged, unmarked, probably Colonial 1800-1820; 3" (7.5 cms) long; 3 oz £300-350 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE III SCOTTISH SNUFF MULL oval cyliindrical form with reeded borders and a flush hinge, the cover inscribed "JAMES. B. NEILSON 1850", unmarked c.1800; 2.6" (6.5 cms) high; 3 oz £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE III MOUNTED CURLY HORN SNUFF MULL the cover with an engraved cartouche depicting a slumbering dog in his kennel, unmarked, probably Scottish, late 18th century; 4" (10 cms) long £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY POLYCHROME ENAMELLED PLAQUE with the near naked figure of a young girl eating fruit from a plate (the plaque probably cut from a cigarette case), unmarked, c.1895; 3" (7.5 cms) long £30-50 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL TOOTHPICK BOX with rounded ends and an inlaid cover, initialled, c.1785; 3.8" (9.8 cms) long £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 17TH CENTURY VINAIGRETTE/POMMANDER in the shape of an engraved flask with suspensory chains, and a small circular foot which unscrews to allow removal of the front panel to facilitate refilling, the reverse engraved with the portrait of a saint, unmarked c.1690; 2.4" (6 cms) long; 0.72 oz £1200-1500 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN CIGARETTE CASE with a musician and a holy man with architecture engraved on the cover and geometric designs with flowers on the reverse, struck inside with two marks; 4.3" (11 cms) long; 4.35 oz £40-60 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY NORWEGIAN PLIQUÉ A JOUR ENAMELLED DISH loosely resembling a longship with a dragon-mask prow and pearlescent enamel in the centre, by Marius Hammer of Christiania c.1900; 5.5" (14 cms) long; 1.5 oz (gross) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF IRONMONGERS:- An early 20th century snuff box shaped like a keystone with a flush hinge, engraved coat of arms and the inscription "All this done upon the gad-King Lear "12" and "30 June 1925", by H. Williamson, Sheffield 1924; 3.6" (9 cms) long; 3.8 oz £120-160 (+ 30% BP*)
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