Posts Tagged ‘nozzles’

Antique and Silver and Plate, Tea and Coffee Set, Tea Tray

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Antique and Silver and Plate, Tea and Coffee Set, Tea Tray
PLATED
Assorted Plate, comprising: two Salvers, 12 and 10in.; pair of Coasters, part pierced circular, turned wood bases; Entree Dish, oblong; Rose Bowl, hemispherical, Celtic borders, grille; Coffee Jug; two Hot Water Jugs; Teapot; Basket, circular; twelve assorted Wine Cups; two pint Mugs; half-pint Mug; Flask; [...]

three piece Tea Set, Snuff Box, Coffee Pot, Table Candlesticks

Friday, January 15th, 2010

three piece Tea Set, Snuff Box, Coffee Pot, Table Candlesticks
A Georgian Mazarine, circa 1760,
the oval body pierced with groups of saltier within scrolls around central engraved armorials, further pierced with pellet and mullet borders, apparently unmarked, 48oz. 18dwt .
A George III three piece Tea Set, Erne’s & Barnard, London, 1815, the
oblong bodies initialled below [...]

ANTIQUE SILVER CANDLESTICKS

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

ANTIQUE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Candlesticks are amongst the easiest objects for the beginner to assess it is rare that there is anything wrong with cast candlesticks though sometimes there are small cracks in the casting or along the seams where the separate parts of the casting are joined, but these are not serious faults.
Damage to the loaded [...]

SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
Chamber candlesticks, or chambersticks as they are commonly known, were undoubtedly made in large numbers from the late seventeenth to middle of the nineteenth century, when gas lighting became fairly universal. Once this happened, most must have been scrapped, since their main function was to light one to bed, and they were not [...]