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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY CIRCULAR DRESSING TABLE BOX on three legs with an inlaid tortoiseshell cover, by H. Matthews, Birmingham 1914, a smaller box with an inlaid tortoiseshell cover, no maker's mark, London 1919 and a similarly decorated mounted steel button hook; the latter 8.4" (21.2 cms) long (3) £120-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A GEORGE III TOILET BOX of circular form, the cover with a reeded border and a central crest, maker's mark "I.H", possibly by John Holloway, London 1794; 4" (10 cms) diameter; 8.2 oz £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CIRCULAR, BRASS-MOUNTED SHAGREEN SNUFF BOX the cover inset with a portrait miniature of a young lady with a white, brown-trimmed dress and flowers in her hair (behind glass), signed "Decroix", the tortoiseshell interior with a label detailing the sitter "Mme de St. Peyrolliesen", unmarked c.1800; 3.25" (8 cms) diameter £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A child's pusher & spoon (cased), a small cream jug, an Edwardian engraved egg cup and spoon, a spirit flask, initialled, an American cocktail spoon with metal corkscrew and bottle opener in the handle, an American mounted steel three-piece carving set and micro miniature camera in its original leather carry case; the camera 2" (5 cms) long; 10.8 oz weighable silver £120-140 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN CHEROOT CASE resembling a valise with a textured finish, niellowork straps and rounded ends, initialled and inscribed inside the cover, by N.N. Fyeofilov. Moscow 1866; 4" (10 cms) long; 4.1 oz £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- An early 20th century American circular dish with a slot-pierced border, engraved in the centre with the large initial "S", a late 18th / early 19th century horn beaker and cover with a goblet-shaped finial and a brass chain handle, a small early 19th century mounted horn beaker, a native-made bangle, two small gold-mounted bangles/napkin rings, unmarked, a small circular box with an agate-set cover, a modern Italian ingot set with an intaglio plaque (cased) and a gold-plated dip pen; the dish 9.75" (25 cms) diameter; 13.5 oz weighable silver (lot) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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FOUR EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE WINE LABELS each in the form of a crescent surmounted by a dragon, with chased detail, titled "CLARET", "WHISKY", "PORT" and "SHERRY", by Wang Hang & Co., Hong Kong 1920-30; each approx. 2.5" (6.5 cms) long;. 1.3 oz (4) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY DISH in the form of a miniature wicker basket with a handle in the form of a shrimp placed diagonally (perhaps for potted shrimps), by Thomas Johnson, London 1882; 4.1" (10.5 cms) long; 2.75 oz £200-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL GOLD CIRCULAR BOX with an engraved frieze of scrolls and florets around the sides, the cover with a border of seed pearls and an inset polychrome porcelain plaque, centred with a young lady cradling a lamb with attendant ewe & white doves, unmarked; 1.75" (4.5 cms) diameter; 1 oz (gross) £600-800 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SMALL LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE SCENT FLASK decorated in relief with an applied dragon, heightened with enamel, the screw cap secured by a chain, character maker's mark only, c.1900; 2.2" (5.5 cms) long; 0.5 oz £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN RECTANGULAR CIGARETTE CASE with rounded ends and mauve enamel decoration by Georg Adam Scheid, Vienna c.1890 and a black enamelled cigarette case with canted corners, inset gold-leaf highlights, and a central ivory panel, maker's mark "FVN", Vienna 1910-20; the latter 3.6" (9.1 cms) long; 7.5 oz (2) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A CHINESE IVORY CARD CASE carved with figures among trees and buildings, mid 19th century; 10.5 x 6.75 cms £200-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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THREE BOXES:- A Dutch square peppermint or comfit box with engraving and a reeded base, 1853, a 20th century Italian cigarette case, with profusely engraved decoration and circular Continental pill box with applied arms on the cover and a gilt interior; the latter 2" (5 cms) diameter; 3.95 oz (3) £80-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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THREE BOXES:- A small Victorian tortoiseshell casket lined to take four rings (lacking button pres), a George III tortoiseshell toothpick box inset with a portrait miniature (behind glass) and a late 18th century gilt-metal mounted tortoiseshell & ivory box, circular with polychrome relief on the cover, resembling a sulphide & depicting a monument, the word "FIDEL" and borders of laurel and beading (behind glass), c.1785; the latter 2.75" (7 cms) (3) £200-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY GEORGE II SCOTTISH MOUNTED IVORY SNUFF MULL upright in form, the cover with a stand-away hinge and an oval cartouche, initialled "JE" above the date, unmarked, c.1730; 2" (5 cms) high £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN MOUNTED WOODEN CASE with an easel stand fitted with a nickel-plated, pocket barometer, the mounts by H. Matthews, Birmingham 1902 together with a small late Victorian embossed pocket watch stand, by G. Nathan & R. Hayes, Chester 1900 and a cigarette case with a later-applied plaque; the watch stand 3.25" (8.2 cms) high; 4.6 oz weighable silver (3) £100-130 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SILVER TIMEPIECE with swing handle, the movement with enamel dial, 1902, the reverse with inscription; 9 cms £60-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A 20TH CENTURY 9 CT. GOLD BOOK MATCH HOLDER rectangular with reeded decoration, the interior inscribed "DRC, 11th May 1944", no apparent maker's mark, London 1937; 2.4" (6 cms) long; 0.95 oz £200-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MENNECY PORCELAIN SNUFF BOX in the form of a chest of drawers painted with flower sprigs, silver mounts, Paris 1753/54; 8 x 4.75 cms £200-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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THREE 18TH CENTURY ENAMEL BOXES one painted with roses; 6.5 cms, one painted with a girl playing a lute on copper gilt base and a pill box with Sheffield plate and tortoiseshell base £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A late Victorian heart-shaped dressing table box, monogrammed, a small Chinese, fan-shaped dish, two Dutch peppermints boxes, a small engraved Indian tot beaker, a cheroot holder case, a menu card holder, a matchbox cover, a miniature chamber stick, and five miniature vessels/pots, unmarked; the heart-shaped box 3.75" (9.5 cms) long; 10.4 oz (14) £140-180 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN BRASS SEAL with rampant lion & shield finial and monogrammed matrix, a gilt-metal six sided seal, two small gilt brass seals and a gilt-metal, cushion-shaped locket/seal with a pendant ring; the latter 1.2" (3 cms) long (5) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SMALL EDWARDIAN PORTE-CRAYON with a turquoise glass bead slider, by Marion & Co. Ltd., Chester 1902, five other various small pencils, a gold-mounted ivory pencil by S. Mordan & Co. and two column-type dip-pens/pencils (one initialled); the largest one 3.75" (9.5 cms) long (9) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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FIVE VARIOUS SMALL LATE VICTORIAN NOVELTY PENCILS:- A plated claw hammer, a brass-mounted pipe, a nickel-mounted ivory mallet, a mounted porcupine quill and a nickel mounted wooden ball; the mallet 2.4" (6 cms) long (5) £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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TEN VARIOUS LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY NON-PRECIOUS PENCILS (gunmetal, nickel, agate, vulcanite, etc.), together with small Waterman's fountain pen (lacking nib), and a steel penknife with a wooden stem and a carved dog's head terminal; the latter 6" (15 cms) long; (12) £70-90 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN PENCIL in the form of a reeded column with bloodstone seal terminal and engine-turning, by S. Mordan & Co., London 1880, an Edwardian double-ended porte-crayon by the same maker, London 1908, and a Victorian telescopic dip-pen & pencil with applied borders and a suspensory ring, also by S. Mordan & Co; the largest one 3.8" (9.8 cms) long (3) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- Four small late Victorian gold-plated pencils (one in the form of a cross), a small enamelled pencil, a Victorian bottle-shaped pencil advertising "GODD & RYLANDS, BARNSLEY", by S. Mordan (A/F), a gilt-metal pencil shaped like a club or bat (A/F) and an enamelled silvergilt pencil in the form of an Egyptian sarcophagus cabinet (also A/F); the latter 2.7" (6.7 cms) long (8) £100-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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PENCILS:- A late Victorian gold-cased dip-pen and pencil in the form of an engraved hexagonal column with bloodstone terminal, initialled, an engraved dip-pen and pencil of similar form, also with a bloodstone seal terminal, initialled, an engraved dip-pen and pencil with a reversible insert and a citrine-set terminal by S. Mordan & Co., an engraved column-type pencil, monogrammed and pencil with a "twist" stem by S. Mordan & Co.; the gold cased one 4" (10 cms) long (5) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN ENGRAVED DIP-PEN / PENCIL with a reversible insert, a hexagonal tubular body and a removable end cap revealing a lead compartment, inscribed "RUTH STEAD", unmarked c.1890; 5" (12.7 cms) long £40-60 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN THREE-COLOUR PENCIL with enamelled slider rings (black, blue & red), and a suspensory ring, by Edmund Bennett, London c.1905 (maker's mark & "925" only); 3.75" (9.5 cms) long £70-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY PENCIL in the form of a flintlock pistol with a scroll-decorated butt, the trigger guard acting a the slide, stamped on one side with the design registration date "8 July 1840" (incuse) and on the other side with the maker's name, by Sampson Mordan; 2" (5 cms) long, closed £200-250 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN GOLD-CASED QUIZZING GLASS a 9 ct. gold-mounted folding steel glove hook, a gold porte-crayon with an inscription & the date "1901" on one side, by Sampson Mordan & Co., and a smaller 9 ct. gold porte-crayon by the same maker (AF); the quizzing glass 2.75" (7 cms) long (4) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF PENCILS:- Eight various late 19th century / early 20th century, gold-plated examples to include:- A large chased pencil by W.S.Hicks of New York, a reeded example with a slide- out pen nib and folding steel penknife (Perry & Co. patent), an engine-turned pencil with a swivel ring and seal at the end and five other examples; the largest one 6.25" (16 cms) long, opened (8) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN GOLD CASE PENCIL/DIP-PEN in the form of an engraved column with a bloodstone seal terminal, and two 9 ct. gold pencils by S. Mordan & Co; the former 3.75" (9.5 cms) long (3) £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A RARE EDWARDIAN NOVELTY PENCIL (PORTE-CRAYON) in the form of Zeppelin, by Sampson, Mordan & Co., Chester 1910; 4" (10 cms) long; 1 oz £100-200 (+ 30% BP*)
*It is very likely that this pencil was made to coincide with the establishment of the World's first passenger airline DELAG (Deutsche Luftschifffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft, or German Airship Transportation Corporation Ltd) on Nov. 16th 1909. As an offshoot of the Zeppelin Company DELAG provided passenger air service until 1935 when it was taken over.
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GOLD PENCILS:- A 9 ct. gold brooch with a pull-out pencil by S. Mordan & Co., c.1900, a 9 ct. pencil with a reeded centre and telescopic end section, also by S. Mordan & Co., and a gold telescopic dip-pen and pencil, also by the same maker, with a pin brooch at the end; the latter 2.2" (5.3 cms) long (closed) (3) £250-300 (+ 30% BP*)
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A LATE VICTORIAN MOUNTED AGATE PENCIL with long brown/orange stem & engraving, a mounted agate clip pen with a blue stem, and a smaller mounted agate pencil with a turned stem; the latter 4.4" (11 cms) long (3) £30-50 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN SILVERGILT "CASTLETOP" VINAIGRETTE rectangular with engine-turned decoration, a serpentine thumb pieces and an uncommon view of Windsor Castle in high relief on the cover with trees and the river in the foreground, the base with an applied gold shield cartouche, by Charles Washington & Shirley Deakin, Birmingham 1853; 1.55" (4 cms) long; 0.95 oz £800-1200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A SCANDINAVIAN ANNULAR BROOCH domed and engraved with repeating pattern of stylised leaves on a branch, maker's mark "M?S" and month mark, unascribed, probably either Norwegian or Danish, late 18th century; 2.4" (6 cms) diameter; 0.4 oz £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EDWARDIAN SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SCHOOL PRIZE MEDAL inscribed "Presented by the London Invernesshire Association" and "Inverness High Public School 1903 Awarded to Catherine Taylor Dux", by Ferguson & MacBean of Inverness (F & m, CAMEL invs) c.1903; 2" (5 cms) diameter; 1.1 oz £100-120 (+ 30% BP*)
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A VICTORIAN SUGAR CASTER with a cylindrical body and wrythen fluting on the cover and above the foot, crested, by E. Finlay & H. Taylor, London 1886; 6" (15 cms) high; 5.4 oz £80-100 (+ 30% BP*)
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MOUNTED GLASS:- An early 19th century Continental flask with a faceted body, hinged cover and glass stopper, a preserve jar and cover, a silvergilt mounted toilet bottle with engraved Earl's coronet and cypher, a toilet bottle and a powder jar; the flask 6.25" (16 cms) long (5) £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY NORWEGIAN SMALL SILVERGILT AND MAUVE-COLOURED ENAMEL BOX oval with a hinged cover, inscribed inside "F.H. Dub from FMH 1916", by David Andersen of Christiania, with English import marks for London 1912; 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 0.95 oz £40-60 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- A contemporary silvergilt box with a hardstone cover, engraved intaglio, with a deer, maker's mark "JJS", London 2002, a Continental pill box with a faux tortoiseshell base and cover and engraved sides, an Indian card case with chased decoration and a decorative Continental tea strainer with English import marks for Chester 1908; the latter 5.5" (14 cms) long; 4.5 oz weighable silver (4) £100-150 (+ 30% BP*)
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TWO PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES of jewelled silver, possibly German 20th century, stamped "Sterling"; 12 x 13 cms £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A MIXED LOT:- An early 20th century mounted wooden bowl, a plated-mounted horn, a Victorian lighter in the form of a lamp, on a square base, a small Middle Eastern vessel and a Continental cream jug, the bowl 5.25" (13.5 cms) diameter; 10.7 oz weighable silver (5) £120-160 (+ 30% BP*)
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AN UNUSUAL BRISE WOOD FAN with pierced guards and sticks, the leaves applied on both sides with coloured stipple engraved medallions on paper and with painted flower borders, c.1800; 27.5 cms £150-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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FANOLOGY OR THE LADIES CONVERSATION FAN plain wood guards and sticks, paper leaves, uncoloured and printed with Directions, Questions and Answers. Cupid holds an inscription"This Fan Improves The Friendship" etc. The reverse is a mixture of questions and answers. Inv. C.F. Badini and Pub. March 18 1797 by R. Clarke, 26 Strand; 26 cms £500-800 (+ 30% BP*) c.f. Schreiber no: 63 and no:125
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CHARADES A fan with plain wood guards and sticks, glazed paper leaves with manuscript verses on both sides to be read for the benefit of participants in the game, late 18th century; 28.5 cms £100-200 (+ 30% BP*)
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A CHINOISERIE FAN ivory guards & sticks painted in fine detail and gilt with flowers & diaper patterns, paper leaves painted with reserves of a deer outside a farmstead and figures on an olive & gilt ground painted with insects, the reverse mainly plain with an insect, 18th century; 22 cms in a paper covered unfitted box stamped Chunshing £300-500 (+ 30% BP*)
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