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Victorian Four Piece Tea and Coffee Service

of oval section, half swirl fluted, the upper body plain and with a crest, with looped silver handles, those of the tea and coffee pot with insulators, Roberts and Belk, Sheffield 1893 (4)

Measurements:

height of coffee pot 20 cm weight 1515 grams

• EStimate $800 - $1,200
• sold $1,440 Incl BP

the sugar sifter of vase shaped form on spreading foot, with pierced pull off cover surmounted by bud finial, London 1896 together with a pepperette of vase shaped form with pull off cover with ball finial, Birmingham 1895 possibly Plant and Co. (2)

Measurements:

sugar sifter height 18 cm pepperette height 13 cm weight 210 grams

• EStimate $150 - $250
• sold $216 Incl BP

Towle

with enamelled yellow golden interior highlighted with blue rim, decorated with lined design to centre, Towle Sterling 1902

Measurements:

diameter 19 cm

• EStimate $80 - $120
• sold $192 Incl BP

the body later decorated with floral scroll work, tucked in at the base on a moulded foot with a loop handle, marks rubbed c. 1710

Measurements:

height 9.5 cm weight 226 grams

• EStimate $300 - $500
• sold $360 Incl BP

fiddle pattern fish slice with scimitar blade with engraved border and pierced with fish and bird, Johnathon Hayne London 1844, together with two berry spoons probably late 18th century (3)

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $144 Incl BP

comprising a pair of cauldron salt cellars with blue plastic inserts, Martin Hall and Co. Sheffield, 1887 and 1905, together with four assorted miniature pepper shakers, three with marks (6)

• EStimate $150 - $250
• sold $168 Incl BP

comprising four New York City souvenir spoons, all sterling, a whale bone handled toddy ladle with circular bowl and pouring lip, inset with a 1746 coin, unmarked c. 1780, and together with two sugar tongs, one early 19th century and one plated (7)

Measurements:

ladle length 34 cm

• EStimate $150 - $250

comprising a coin purse, three propelling pencils, all plated, one marked 'S. Mordan and Co' inset with seal (unmarked), together with a pair of knife rests, and a jug of plain bulbous form with a right angled turned wooden handle (7)

Measurements:

jug height 9 cm

• EStimate $100 - $200

of rectangular form with gadroon and shell border and a bold leaf and shell motif either end, with a swing handle, on four ball feet, the base engraved on an inset panel with initials within a shell and scroll motif, apparently unmarked, c. 1780

Measurements:

height 13 cm width 36 cm depth 28 cm

• EStimate $400 - $600
• sold $660 Incl BP

A Collection of Silver from the Estate of the late Dr Dominic Louis Serventy

He is commemorated for his work in the research of birds of the Australasian region with the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union’s D.L. Serventy Medal awarded annually in his honour. A number of the following lots have associated documents of provenance from the vendor that are available upon request.

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Cow Cream Jug

realistically formed as a cow or steer with untextured hide, looped tail handle and traditional ‘bee decorated’ hinged lid to the top, bearing London import marks for 1959 (A/F) Notes: The most prolific of makers of English silver cow cream jugs had been John (Johan) Schuppe in the third quarter of the 18th century. He […]

Measurements:

length 15 cm weight 120 grams

• EStimate $300 - $500
• sold $360 Incl BP

Scottish Provincial Perth Sauce Ladle c. 1820

with fiddle pattern, engraved with initials DM, Robert Keay, Perth Notes: It is interesting to note that Joseph Forrester (1805-1860) was an apprentice (together with his brother William) to Robert Keay of Perth. By 1825, following their apprenticeships they were working in London. Joseph apparently had a drink problem (well evidenced later in Tasmania) which […]

Measurements:

length 16 cm weight 25 grams

• EStimate $150 - $250
• sold $216 Incl BP

Pair of Dognose Rat Tail Britannia Standard Table Spoons

crested to the handles and lightly gilded all over with rat tail to base of bowl, maker’s mark rubbed, both Britannia Standard, one London 1716 and the second possibly another date (2)

Measurements:

length 20 cm weight 115 grams

• EStimate $200 - $300
• sold $690 Incl BP

with circular section body hob nail cut with a silver rim swing handle and pull off domed cover, William Hutton and sons, Sheffield 1917, together with a glass mounted European mustard pot with spoon, Elizabeth Eaton London 1853 (3)

Measurements:

height 20 cm height 9 cm

• EStimate $350 - $450
• sold $264 Incl BP

with plain body and wavy rim, leaf capped flying scroll handle on three hoof feet, maker's mark indistinct, London 1781

Measurements:

height over handle 9 cm weight 85 grams

• EStimate $300 - $400
• sold $240 Incl BP

with plain body and wavy rim, leaf capped flying scroll handle on three hoof feet, maker's mark indistinct, London 1774

Measurements:

height over handle 8 cm weight 80 grams

• EStimate $300 - $400
• sold $192 Incl BP

rectangular with upswept ends, a beaded rim, the sides embossed with floral scroll work on four scroll bracket feet and a wooden base, Lias bros, London 1839

Measurements:

18 x 13 x 8 cm

• EStimate $200 - $300

both with circular flat bottom bowls, each engraved with a crest, maker JG & C (unidentified), Edinburgh 1837 (2)

Measurements:

each length 14 cm weight 65 grams

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $216 Incl BP

Small Four Piece Silver Cruet Set

comprising two salts, a pepperette and a mustard pot all with blue glass liners together with three Old English shell pattern spoons, pepperette and one salt marked William Adams, Birmingham 1835, mustard and one salt, Adie Bros, Birmingham 1936, and spoons Birmingham 1972 (7)

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $144 Incl BP

Collection of Silver Ladles

comprising two British ladles, the first with a sifter ladle later decorated in naturalistic form, the bowl pierced with scrolls, Eley, Fern and Chawner, London c. 1808, the second a small fiddle pattern cream ladle, Mitchell and Russell Glasgow 1840, and a Danish cream ladle with rope work stem surmounted by a mask in cartouche, […]

Measurements:

total weight 90 grams

• EStimate $150 - $250
• sold $192 Incl BP

with ribbed bar and ball ended cross either end, G.M. Jackson, London 1895 (2)

Measurements:

length 8 cm, weight 120 grams

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $60 Incl BP

comprising an Exeter table spoon with bright cut feather edge, engraved 'TL' over 'CW 1807', a pair of sugar tongs with Queens pattern and crested on the bow, together with another pair of tongs and six small coffee spoons (10)

Measurements:

Exeter spoon length 20.5 cm weight 40 grams, weight of three tongs and six spoons all up 115 grams

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $120 Incl BP

comprising a parasol handle marked Benjamin Jacobs, London 1907, a single spool shaped dwarf candlestick marked S.J. Read, Birmingham 1972, a pair of German scissors c. 1900, an Indian case holder and a Middle Easter thimble set with green stones (5)

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $144 Incl BP

comprising a cake knife with composition handle and serrated blade, six Chippendale pattern cake forks, six two tined delicatessen forks, two cake spatulas, one 'berry' serving spoon together with two cake forks each with Mother of Pearl handles (18)

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $84 Incl BP

with boldly embossed grapes, vines, vine leaves and peacocks, on a wooden easel backing, apparently Greek, 950 std, c. 2000

Measurements:

height 26 cm width 21 cm

• EStimate $200 - $300
• sold $240 Incl BP

Pair of Sheffield Plate Wine Coasters

with plain bodies and everting sides, wooden bases, probably Blagden, Hodgson of Sheffield c. 1820 (2)

Measurements:

diameter 16 cm

• EStimate $300 - $400

the Sheffield plate coaster with tall openwork sides with alternating scroll and 'tear drop' motifs below a frieze of foliate scrollwork, wooden base, marked for James Dixon & Sons, c. 1840, the other plain sided with wooden base, London 1997 (2)

Measurements:

Sheffield plate coaster height 7.5 cm diameter 14.5 cm, modern coaster height 4 cm diameter 9 cm

• EStimate $200 - $400
• sold $336 Incl BP

one silver, with plain triangular outline with carrying handle for six slices, M.H & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1928, and the other a plated rack with carrying handle for six slices, marked EP and AT, c. mid to late 20th century (2) (A/F)

Measurements:

silver rack height 8.5 cm length 10 cm weight 70 grams, plated rack height 15 cm length 15 cm

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $72 Incl BP

the beakers of plain tapering form, with markings 'Shreve & Co', 'San Francisco', 'Sterling', c. 1920, together with a cream jug of plain bulbous form, on spreading foot with leaf capped moulded handle, marked 'Sterling Made in Siam' (A/F)

Measurements:

each beaker height 10 cm, cream jug height 10 cm, weight all up 425 grams

• EStimate $150 - $250
• sold $132 Incl BP

the dish of trefoil 'shell/leaf' form with looped carrying handle, marked for Stokes & Sons of Melbourne with English design patent registration 433032, for 1904, and the basket of woven form, marked for F.B. Rogers of Massachusetts USA (2)

Measurements:

dish height 14 cm width 19 cm length 17 cm, basket height 15 cm width 12 cm length 13 cm

• EStimate $200 - $400
• sold $108 Incl BP

in the Rococo style, with decorative scrollwork and leaf motifs and wooden enforced bases, together with a Victorian engraved chalice with figural support (3)

Measurements:

each candlestick height 28 cm, chalice height 24.5 cm

• EStimate $200 - $300
• sold $456 Incl BP

one rectangular with finely reeded border, marked 800, European c. 2000 together with two smaller Sheffield plated frames, one rectangular with pediment and a beaded border, WS&P Sheffield 1990, and the other plain circular WS&P Sheffield 1986 (3)

Measurements:

large rectangular frame height 27 cm width 21 cm, small rectangular frame length 12 cm width 8 cm, circular frame diameter 9.5 cm

• EStimate $200 - $300

comprising a tea and coffee pot, both with black wooden looped handles and fluted mushroom finials to the hinged lids, together with a creamer and sugar pot, both with plain bodies of oval baluster shape with vertical flutes, CS Harris, London 1904 (4)

Measurements:

coffee pot height 22 cm tea pot height 16 cm weight all up 1570 grams

• EStimate $1,000 - $1,500
• sold $1,320 Incl BP

George V Silver Canister Tea Caddy

with plain body oval section with pull off lid, the shoulders and lid flange of moulded scroll form, Atkin and Sons, Sheffield 1927

Measurements:

height 12 cm weight 250 grams

• EStimate $250 - $350
• sold $600 Incl BP

comprising a knife with scimitar blade and a fork with four tines, both decorated with handles of engine turned Old English Bead pattern, Roberts and Belk, Sheffield 1864, in fitted case (A/F) (2)

Measurements:

length knife 31.5 cm fork 23 cm

• EStimate $300 - $400
• sold $360 Incl BP

with triangular spatula blade pierced with scrollwork and an engraved border of floral scroll work, a rosette junction to the handle socket and a turned wooden handle, London 1762

Measurements:

length 28 cm weight all up 105 grams

• EStimate $300 - $500
• sold $456 Incl BP

with later embossed bowls with floral scroll motifs, the handles with matching engraving and stippling and the ends moulded and shaped, possibly attributed to Robert Gray, Edinburgh 1794 (2)

Measurements:

length 22 cm weight 130 grams

• EStimate $150 - $250
• sold $120 Incl BP

of oval form with plain bases, the sides half fluted below decorative crosslet and "wheel" pattern piercing with embossed everted rims, Levesley Bros, Sheffield 1902 (2)

Measurements:

length 17 cm, weight 160 grams

• EStimate $150 - $250

of shaped rectangular form with incurved corners and an engraved border, each with a hanging chain hallmarked for Birmingham, Rum 1960, Brandy and Vodka 1967, Whisky 1969, Port 1971, Sherry and Gin 1972 (7)

Measurements:

weight 70 grams

• EStimate $100 - $150
• sold $96 Incl BP

Two Silver Bright Cut Handled Caddy Spoons

of Old English pattern, the first with shell bowl and the second with plain circular bowl, both probably by George Wintle, London 1787 and 1794 (2)

• EStimate $150 - $200
• sold $108 Incl BP