Jun 20, 04:26 PM
Auction News 20 June 2010
Preview of the items that we will be auctioning on ebay from 20:15BST (19:15GMT) today. The Georgian silver teapot is a beauty!
HUGE VINTAGE SILVER PLATED WMF SAUCE BOAT This really is a ‘chunky’ old sauce boat – made by WMF and will hold 0.5 litres/1 pint. Very heavy! Gleaming silver, no dents or damage, some slight wear to interior base. Minor overall surface marks.
JAPANESE MEIJI SILVER TEASPOONS 84 NAGASAKI SERPENT A lovely set of 6 Meiji period silver teaspoons from Japan with serpent form handles and flower shaped bowls. Made in Nagasaki and each has ‘84’ markings. In fine condition, no dents or damage
GEORGE III SOLID STERLING SILVER TEAPOT LONDON 1803 A beautiful George III sterling silver teapot by Robert Hennell I & Samuel Hennell, fully hallmarked for London 1803. The engraving is probably very slightly later and incorporates an armorial device of an arm extended holding a cross and on the other a coat of arms. There is a date to the underside of lid of ’10.2.23’ and we presume that this was more or less when the piece when engraved. Lovely original ebony handle. Overall superb, there is a tiny old horizontal solder repair to the body at the coat of arms area of about 13mm by 2mm but it is not that visual. There are no dents!
DAVID-ANDERSEN SOLID SILVER RADHUS SPOON C. 1938 A solid silver demitasse spoon in the Radhus pattern by David-Andersen of Norway. No dents or damage, lightly used
DAVID-ANDERSEN SOLID SILVER DEMITASSE SPOONS X5 Here are 5 vintage solid silver demitasse spoons by David-Andersen of Norway. No dents, not heavily used. Some minor tarnish.
TH. MARTHINSEN NORWAY OPPHOYET ROSE SOLID SILVER SPOON A solid silver demitasse spoon in the Opphoyet Rose pattern by Th. Marthinsen of Norway. No dents or damage, lightly used
MOTHER OF PEARL SILVER AND STEEL LETTER OPENER 1996 A letter opener with a short mother of pearl handle, sterling silver ferrule fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1996 and steel blade. Not heavily used, there are a couple of knocks to the silver ferrule.
ANTIQUE SILVER METAL SPECTACLES This is a nice old pair of specs, the frame is silver (not hallmarked) and has hand cut decoration. There are very old solder repairs to the arms and one to the frame above one of the lenses – not that visible. One arm screw is a replacement. Lenses are fine.
ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER VESTA CASE MATCHSAFE 1901 A good looking vest case fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1901 having bright cut scroll and foliage design and engraved with later monogram ‘WMJ 1913’. Just some small knocks to the corner of lid, no dents to body etc and shuts fine.
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION STEEL TEA TRAY 1924 A good piece made for the 1924 Wembley Exhibition by S. Groves & Co Ltd in their ‘Sirius’ brand. It is attracted to a magnet so we presume it is made from thin sheet steel. Minor surface marks and a small knock to surface, no real dents.
SOLID STERLING SILVER TABLESPOON EDINBURGH 1763 A lovely sterling silver tablespoon by Ker & Dempster, fully hallmarked for Edinburgh 1763. The underside of handle is engraved with intials JM over FJ. Hanoverian without rattail pattern. Very good, no major wear to the bowl tip and extremely shallow knocks to underside from resting on tables etc.
3X HEAVY SOLID SILVER KINGS PATTERN DESSERT FORKS 1833 Here are 3 dessert forks in the Kings pattern, each fully hallmarked for London 1833 and made by John, Henry & Charles Lias. Armorial devices to underside of handles of a bird above wreath. They do have prong wear (please review photos) but otherwise in good shape. Some slight rub to 2 of the armorial devices.
HEAVY FRENCH PUIFORCAT SOLID SILVER NAPKIN RING ‘PETER’ A very nice early c.20th solid silver napkin ring from France engraved with the name ‘Peter’. This is 950 standard silver, ie purer than sterling silver. Made by the famous Paris silversmiths Emile Puiforcat. One very tiny surface knock and some minor surface marks, quite lovely!
ONSLOW PATTERN STERLING SILVER TEASPOON ‘PETER’ 1917 A nice large sized teaspoon or childs spoon in the Onslow pattern, fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1917 and engraved with name ‘Peter’ to underside. Made by James Dixon & Sons. No dents or damage, some minor surface marks to bowl underside from use
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