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Auction Items Photo Preview 21 April 2011
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ASPREY BOXED STERLING SILVER CIGAR CUTTER 1962 Item #29448
A good sterling silver cigar cutter bearing import hallmarks for London 1962, sponsor ‘MW’ and in Aspreys card presentation box. The cutter itself weighs 13.3g No damage, minor scuffs to box.
GEORGE VI CORONATION STERLING SILVER NAPKIN RING 1936 Item #29444
A very nice solid sterling silver napkin ring made to commemorate the coronation of King George VI in 1936. Fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1935, maker Adie Bros. Weighs exactly 35.1g No dents or damage, minor surface marks
LARGE CAST BRASS MODEL CANNON EL TIGRE 1797 NELSON Item #29455
This is a larger scale vintage model of an ‘El Tigre’ cannon, the barrel being 12 inches (30cm) long. Minor cosmetic wear to the wood. One of the metal barrel restrainers is missing to one side.
LARGE QUANTITY ANTIQUE VINTAGE SILVER PLATED ITEMS #4 Item #29423
This is a table full of vintage & antique silver plated items all sold together as 1 lot. This is quite a good batch including many wine goblets, some with ornate chasing, candelabra, several serving trays, cruet sets, milk jugs & sugar bowls, teaset, vases, coasters etc etc. Total of 66 items. This is a heavy lot at over 19kg unpacked weight. Variable and as found. Most pieces are undamaged and dent free, a few will have minor dents/damage. Plating is variable, some are fine, some will have slight wear. Generally it is a ‘better than average’ job lot that just needs polishing.
ORNATE ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER HAND MIRROR 1906 Item #29452
A good looking antique sterling silver hand mirror with ornate chased decoration. Fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1906. Silver is overall good with some edge dents but no holes etc. Glass has some slight movement within the frame and is showing some overall scratches and wear although it is still useable as intended.
ORNATE STERLING SILVER NAPKIN RING 1936 INITIAL ‘E’ Item #29445
A lovely looking sterling silver napkin ring with ornate bright cut scroll decoration and engraved with a single initial ‘E’. Weighs exactly 12.5g No dents or damage
PHILADELPHIA EXPOSITION 1926 SILVER PLATED SPOON Item #29366
A nice spoon from the Philadelphia Exposition of 1926, finial formed as the Mayflower. No dents or damage
REID & SONS SILVER GEORGE VI CORONATION CHILDS CUTLERY Item #29394
A lovely and unusual cased 3 piece child’s cutlery set retailed by Reid & Sons of Newcastle & made for the coronation of King George VI in 1936. The spoon and fork are by Frank Cobb & Co Ltd and fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1936, they weigh a combined 43g. The knife has a stainless steel blade and is marked ‘Souvenir of the Coronation 12th May 1937’ Some use wear but not too excessive. Small gap at knife handle hilt join but its rigid and useable. Case has minor marks to interior, exterior very good.
SOLID STERLING SILVER CIGARETTE CASE ‘RJ’ 1921 112g Item #28149
A sterling silver cigarette case fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1921 and engraved with initials ‘RJ’ to front. Has overall shallow knocks/dents and the silver is showing cracks visible to interior at the opposite side to the engraved initials. Some slight surface tarnish and marks. No interior straps
STERLING SILVER CHARM BRACELET 53 SILVER ENAMEL CHARMS Item #29451
A vintage sterling silver charm bracelet with heart shaped clasp fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1973 and with 53 silver charms, the majority with enamel badges from mainly UK locations with a few 800 standard silver Spanish ones. Overall very nice, charms all good, safety chain is currently detached from the clasp link. Some minor silver tarnish.
STERLING SILVER LINDISFARNE NAPKIN RING RNYC 1937 Item #29443
A very good looking heavy sterling silver napkin ring in the Lindisfarne pattern, made by Reid & Sons of Newcastle and fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1937. Has an enameled pennant of the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club. Weighs exactly 37.6g No damage
VINTAGE CHRISTOFLE SILVER PLATED TEA STRAINER Item #29359
An early c.20th silver plated tea strainer by Christofle of Paris, France. Gleaming silver with minor surface wear. There is 1 shallow dent to the outer rim.
VINTAGE GEORGE V & MARY SILVER JUBILEE COMPACT C. 1935 Item #29434
A vintage compact with photo print depiction of King George V and Queen Mary. English made. Some slight scratches to front, slight wear to the mirror silvering but still useable. The interior mesh is ripped.
VINTAGE MELISSA FAUX WALNUT GOLDTONE COMPACT Item #29454
A vintage compact with an unusual ‘walnut effect’ finish. The interior has a Melissa branded puff and a sifter. The compact ittself has no makers marks but almost certainly Melissa. Some wear and slight losses to the exterior finish in places but still looks quite nice. Minor loss of mirror silvering on one side edge.
VINTAGE ORIENTAL HANDPAINTED MOTHER OF PEARL COMPACT Item #29453
An unusual powder compact obviously of oriental origins, the lid incorporates a nice hand painted scene of riders in horseback on a thick mother of pearl shell background which gives some lovely depth and iridescence. A few tiny flakes missing to the painting. Mirror silvering has perished with age and its slightly ‘crude’ on the interior but probably just how it was made.
WADE VAUX BREWERY SUNDERLAND BITTER LUSTRE MUG Item #29360
A nice vintage large mug made by Wade for Vaux Breweries to promote their Sunderland Draught Bitter. The mug is made in a similar style to the traditional Sunderland pink lustre wares. Rear of mug features a Vaux dray. No chips or cracks. There is some glaze crazing to the base
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