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A LATE VICTORIAN CIGAR BOX plain rectangular with rounded corners and a cedar-wood lining, the cover with a gilt interior, by William Comyns, London 1900; 10.25" (26 cms) long £150-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A set of six small crab/lobster picks, a mounted steel penknife with applied gold stripes, a George III small box shaped like a book, four various thimbles and a pencil/map measurer (A/F); the box 1.1" (2.8 cms) long; 2.3 oz weighable silver (13) £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOX in the form of a miniature 18th century cutlery box, gilt interior, by Brook & Son (of Edinburgh), Sheffield 1918; 3.2" (8 cms) high; 4.8 oz £40-60 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE IV RECTANGULAR, ENGINE-TURNED VINAIGRETTE with reeded sides, raised borders and a vacant cartouche on the cover, with gold suspensory ring and chain, the gilt interior with a floral grille, by William Edwards, London 1826; 1.4" (3.5 cms) long; 0.85 oz £300-350 (+ 30% BP*)
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A WILLIAM & MARY / WILLIAM III TUBULAR NUTMEG GRATER with scratch-engraving on the body, a tulip flower with the initials "GB" on one cover and a tulip flower on the other cover, maker's mark only, by John Albright, London 1690-1700 (tinned steel grater); 2.75" (7 cms) long; 1.2 oz £600-800 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A small oval dressing table box on four legs with an engine-turned cover (lined), by C. S. Green and Co., Birmingham 1919, a small circular photograph frame, Birmingham 1914, a mounted steel cigar cutter, Birmingham 1906, a small bookmark, Birmingham 1923, two wine labels, and a Continental box; the latter 3.1" (7.8 cms) long; 2.1 oz weighable silver (7) £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN COLD-PAINTED FIGURE OF A TERRIER sitting on his haunches (perhaps an Irish or Fox terrier) (3.7" (9.3 cms) high £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SET OF CHINESE CHARACTER MENU CARD HOLDERS by LuenWo c.1900, a Chinese napkin ring chased with a bird, a deer and a dragon, four Japanese coffee spoons and six various napkin rings (most with dedications); the menu holders 2" (5 cms) high; 7.2 oz £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A small group of bone items (including three nickel/steel mounted dip pens, button hooks, etc.), a lacquered papier mâché vesta case, two tortoiseshell vesta cases, a wooden blotter, a German painted metal compass/folding binocular, a horn lens and a wooden blotter; the compass 3.25" (8.2 cms) long (lot) £60-80 (+ 30% BP*)
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THREE SMALL EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN COLD-PAINTED BRONZE FIGURES:- A fledgling bird, a pair of long-eared owls and a rodent; the latter signed (indistinctly); the bird 2.75" (7 cms) long (3) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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ANTIQUE BONE & IVORY PIECES:- A tape measure, a sewing clamp, two barrel-shaped thread winders, a gaming top, four small cubes with musical staves and notation engraved on each facet, and a pounce pot with turned wooden body; the latter 1.75" (4.5 cms) high (10) £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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THREE SMALL LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY GRADUATED BRONZE FIGURES OF ELEPHANTS with trunks raised, the largest one 4.5" (11.5 cms) long (3) £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN COLD-PAINTED FIGURE OF A DOG (perhaps a Great Dane), with a collar and erect ears; 4.5" (11.5 cms) long £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN COLD-PAINTED FIGURES OF DOGS (an Alsatian and a Terrier); the Alsation 4" (10 cms) long (2) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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NATIVE AMERICAN INTEREST:- A rare late 19th / early 20th century Austro-Hungarian cold-painted bronze figure of a native American Indian chief standing in his war bonnet holding a rifle at the ready, and gazing out to the horizon, signed by Karl Kauba, Vienna c.1900; 9" (23 cms) long £700-900 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A late 19th century mounted block of tropical (Caribbean) hardwood with the inscription "Barbados 10Sept, 1898" *, two pairs of George III sugar tongs (one pair crested), a George III gold-mounted ivory toothpick box and an early 18th century oval box with inlaid tortoiseshell & mother of pearl cover, unmarked 1725-35; the latter 2.75" (7 cms) long £100-200 (+ 30% BP*)
*Commemorating the date when a devastating hurricane hit Barbados killing hundreds of people. The wood is surely a section of one of the trees which fell victim to the winds.
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A GEORGE IV SCOTTISH MOUNTED CURLY HORN SNUFF MULL with a profusely chased and domed cover, set with a gold-mounted, faceted citrine boss, unmarked, 1825-30 together with a George III Scottish mounted horn snuff mull, inscribed "E. McCreery" on the cover, also unmarked, c.1800; the latter 3.5" (9 cms) long (2) £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A COLLECTION OF FOLDING FRUIT KNIVES AND PEN KNIVES TO INCLUDE:- Twelve fruit knives with mother of pearl sides (George III-modern), a tortoiseshell mounted steel multitool, four mounted steel penknives, a miniature enamelled steel knife, three other miniatures and two non-precious knives; the enamelled miniature example 1.2" (3 cms) long (23) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN VESTA CASE enamelled on the front "In me a match you'll always find", by Sampson Mordan, London 1886; 2" (5 cms) long; 0.9 oz £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN VESTA CASE, SOVEREIGN CASE & TIMEPIECE COMBINED gilt interiors, by William Neale, Birmingham 1887 (A/F); 3" (7.5 cms) long; 1.9 oz gross £200-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN SILVERGILT VESTA CASE & SLOW MATCH HOLDER in the form of a horseshoe, with a knurled wheel on one side, crested, initialled, and dated "Aug 1886", by George Unite, Birmingham 1885; 2" (5 cms) long £150-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN ENGINE-TURNED VESTA CASE resembling a leather cigar case of the period, the cartouche initialled & dated "Oct 1st 1892", by William Summers, London 1873; 2.1" (5.3 cms) long; 0.9 oz £70-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN VESTA CASE enamelled on the front in monochrome with "My last sixpence", suspensory ring, by Horton & Allday, Birmingham 1887; 1.8" (4.6 cms) long; 0.7 oz £100-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN NOVELTY VESTA CASE in the form of a tombstone with the stamped inscription "BILL STUMPS HIS MARK"*, by George Randle, Birmingham 1904; 1.8" (4.6 cms) long; 0.95 oz £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
*From Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers.
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A VICTORIAN VESTA CASE enamelled on the front "A match for you at any time", the reverse inscribed "Jack", by C. Saunders & F. Shepherd, Chester 1887; 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 0.8 oz £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN VESTA CASE embossed on the front with a young lady watering flowers in a formal garden, probably by Turner Brothers, Birmingham 1892; 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 0.75 oz £70-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY VESTA CASE enamelled on the front with a horse & jockey jumping through a horseshoe, unmarked c.1900; 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 0.85 oz £100-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL NOVELTY VESTA CASE in the form of a fish with a hinged head and red glass eyes, import-marked for London 1891; 3.2" (8 cms) long; 1.1 oz £300-400 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN VESTA CASE enamelled on the front in muted colours, with semi-naked young girl lying on a beach, by L. Emmanuel, Birmingham 1887; 1.55" (4.1 cms) long £150-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN VESTA CASE enamelled on the front with a coaching scene, by Joseph Whitten, Birmingham 1896; 2.25" (5.5 cms) long; 1.4 oz £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY VESTA CASE in the form of a padlock with Registered Design no., suspensory ring and a push-out vesta drawer with hinged striker, by Alfred Wigley, Birmingham 1882; 1.7" (4.4 cms) long; 0.35 oz £150-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN / EDWARDIAN VESTA CASE enamelled on the front with a flag on a yellow pole, suspensory ring, by G. Nathan &, R. Hayes, Birmingham 1901; 2.25" (5.6 cms) long; 1.3 oz £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY BOX in the form of a violin case, realistically modelled with latches, a keyhole escutcheon and a swing handle, gilt interior, by C. Saunders & F. Shepherd, London 1892; 2.75" (7 cms) long; 0.85 oz £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN HEART-SHAPED VESTA CASE with an applied 9 ct. gold cartouche, initialled, suspensory ring, by C. Saunders & F. Shepherd, Birmingham 1895 and another vesta with the bust of King Edward VII in relief on the front, by Joseph Walton, London 1901; the latter 2" (5 cms) long; 1.55 oz (2) £120-180 (+ 30% BP*)
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A RARE VICTORIAN CAST NOVELTY VESTA CASE in the form of a snail with its head raised and its upper & lower tentacles extended, the foot with a hinged cover, engraved with ridges for use as a striker, by Charles & Charles Asprey, London 1884, with inscribed retailer's mark "ASPREY & SONS, 166 BOND ST."; 2.7" (68 cms) long; 1.25 oz £1200-1500 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN COMBINED VESTA CASE & CONCEALED MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME with an enamelled horse's head on the front, inscribed "Vista", the front flap hinging forward to reveal the hidden frame with the photo of a young girl, also inscribed "Vista", gilt interior, suspensory ring, the reverse inscribed "Louis", by Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1904; 2.25" (5.6 cms) long; 2.1 oz £300-400 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY DUTCH VESTA CASE/SNUFF BOX with reserves of engine-turning and engraving and three Indian vesta cases; the Dutch example 2.4" (6 cms) long; 4.1 oz (4) £50-60 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN ENGRAVED VESTA CASE with "pinch" as opening, by W. Neale, Birmingham 1891 and a large vesta case with a slow match tube, and gilt interior, inscribed on the cover "A token of respect JM", unmarked c,1880; the latter 2.75" (7 cms) long; 4 oz (2) £140-160 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 20TH CENTURY MOUNTED, NICKEL-PLATED STEEL CIGAR CUTTER with textured sides, by Stephen J. Rose, London 1972; 5.8" (15 cms) long £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A RARE VICTORIAN VESTA CASE "Jobson's patent", the hinged cover housing a pull-out cloth tape printed with lighting-up times, by Henry Charles Freeman, Birmingham 1899 (A/F); 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 1.45 oz £200-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY CARVED IVORY VESTA CASE with a portrait on each side and seven other bone/ivory vesta cases, mostly French (including two with applied initials); the largest one 2.7" (6.8 cms) long (8) £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN VESTA CASE in the form of a mussel shell, the gilt interior with a swing-out cigar piercer, by Edwin Henry Watts, London 1896; 2.6" (6.6 cms) long; 0.9 oz £150-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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BOER INTEREST:- An Edwardian vesta case with a slow match tube & a sprung loaded cover, inscribed "KRUGERDORP GYMKANA POLO SCURRY won by Capt. Spencer's ROAN 1903", gilt interior, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London 1902; 2.1" (5.5 cms) long; 1.9 oz £60-80 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 20TH CENTURY HAND MIRROR enamelled on the back with flowers and translucent, pearlescent pink over an engine-turned ground, maker's mark "TP"?, London 1960 (loaded); 10" (25.5 cms) long £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A HAND-MADE ARTS & CRAFTS HAIR BRUSH AND MATCHING CLOTHES BRUSH with applied grapes, a mother of pearl boss and corded wire borders, by Amy Sandheim, London 1923 and another similar hair brush by another maker, Birmingham 1918; the latter 9.8" (25 cms) long (3) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN TORTOISESHELL, PART DRESSING TABLE SET TO INCLUDE:- A tray and two brushes, each with an applied gold monogram, a pair of tortoiseshell glove stretchers, a hair brush & a comb, and a Continental parasol handle, decorated with enamel and vari-coloured stones; the latter 9.5" (24 cms) long (7) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN MOUNTED RUBY GLASS SCENT BOTTLE in the form of an elongated cone with embossed screw cap, the body heightened with gilded leaves & flowers, unmarked c.1890; 8" (20.1 cms) long £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A QUANTITY OF DRESSING TABLE ITEMS:- Five brushes, eleven various mounted bottles/jars, a pair of scissors & two small boxes (lot) £120-160 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SMALL VICTORIAN MOUNTED CAMEO GLASS SCENT BOTTLE with a red globular body, decorated with white leaves and flowers, and an engraved screw cap, by Frederick Venour, Birmingham 1886; 2" (5 cms) high £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN SMALL NOVELTY GENTLEMAN'S SHOE with a wooden sole and heel, a cut-away back and a suspensory chain (perhaps for use as a wall pocket), by S. Blackensee & Sons Ltd., Birmingham 1909; 6.6" (17 cms) long £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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