Posts Tagged ‘octagonal’

A Cigarette Box, London, George III Milk Jug, pair of Ashtrays

Friday, January 15th, 2010

A Cigarette Box, London, George III Milk Jug, pair of Ashtrays
Assorted Silver, mostly post 1900 dates, comprising: silver-mounted cut-glass Claret Jug, baluster, three Bud Vases (one loaded); Tea Strainer with Stand; single shell Saint Cellar; Cream jug; three Bon-Bon Dishes; three Teaspoons; six Tea Knives, plated blades (case); and a pair of Saint Cellars, Avower [...]

ITALIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY, Milan, AMERICAN SILVER TABLE ARTICLES, SILVER-PLATED FIGURAL CENTERPIECE, ITALIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

ITALIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY, Milan, AMERICAN SILVER TABLE ARTICLES, SILVER-PLATED FIGURAL CENTERPIECE, ITALIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
SET OF TWELVE MEXICAN SILVER DINNER
PLATES, Priest, Juarez, each circular, the rims applied
with scrolls and shell-like motifs at intervals, plain
surfaces.
ITALIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY, Milan, of oval cartouche form, the rim applied with shells and scrolls, the handles with conforming decoration, 90 [...]

GERMAN SILVER PART DESSERT SERVICE, RUSSIAN ICONS WITH SILVER OKHLADS, SILVER SEDER PLATE, SILVER FIVE PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, Tiffany & Co.

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

GERMAN SILVER PART DESSERT SERVICE, RUSSIAN ICONS WITH SILVER OKHLADS, SILVER SEDER PLATE, SILVER FIVE PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, Tiffany & Co.
GROUP OF SILVER TABLE ARTICLES,
comprising: a Dutch spoon, maker’s mark TM in
monogram, Groningen, 1651, with rat-tail bowl,
pomegranate finial, engraved on back of bowl MA &
PH, an American water pitcher, Gorham Mfg. Co.,
1907, of [...]

BACHELORS OVAL TEAPOT, LARGE CYLINDRICAL TANKARD, TABLE SILVER CANDLESTICKS, CIRCULAR SILVER SALVER, SILVER CRUET

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

BACHELORS OVAL TEAPOT, LARGE CYLINDRICAL TANKARD, TABLE SILVER CANDLESTICKS, CIRCULAR SILVER SALVER, SILVER CRUET
AN OBLONG SNUFFERS TRAY, engraved with а crest, motto and initials, gadroon, shell and foliate border, 9in. , circa 1810.
A BACHELORS OVAL TEAPOT and matching Stand, the pot moulded with a horizontal rib bright-cut with trailing foliage above a crested roundel, straight [...]

AN 18CT GOLD OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH - TWO CONTINENTAL SILVER BOXES - GEORGE IV SILVER TEASPOONS

Friday, December 4th, 2009

AN 18CT GOLD OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH - TWO CONTINENTAL SILVER BOXES - GEORGE IV SILVER TEASPOONS
SUNDRY OBJECTS
Including a Scottish brass mounted ram’s horn snuff mull, early Nineteenth Century; a pair of silver heart-shaped salt cellars; two cigarette lighters; and two brass finger plates    (5)
AN 18CT GOLD OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH
White enamel with Roman chapters and subsidiary [...]

Antique Silver Tablespoons - Six Victorian Silver Teaspoons - Two George III Salt Cellars - A Victorian Cup

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Antique Silver Tablespoons - Six Victorian Silver Teaspoons - Two George III Salt Cellars - A Victorian Cup
Six Victorian Teaspoons, London, 1880, with Apostle terminals (case), and six silver-gilt Teaspoons, London, 1898, scroll and putto moulded.
A George III Hanoverian pattern Serving Spoon, Edinburgh, 1790; Old English pattern Soup Ladle, London, 1797; Dessert Spoon, Dublin, 1785; [...]

Antique Silver Dishes for Vegetables and Entree Dishes

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND ENTREE DISHES
Vegetables must have been served in something before 1760, but it is difficult to say what, as most useful examples of silver dishes are after this date. Look for thin spots on covers where arms may have been removed. Bottoms of dishes are often rather cut about, and if the [...]

Antique Silver Sauceboats

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

SILVER SAUCEBOATS

Sauceboats do not seem to have been in use before the reign of George I, and even at this period they are rare. They are mostly of the double-lip type, oval or octagonal, with a lip at each end, and an upright scroll handle in the centre of each side. After 1730, sauceboats become [...]

Antique Silver Tea Caddies

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

SILVER TEA CADDIES
Early tea caddies, like teapots, are rather small, owing to the high cost of tea. Early caddies do not seem usually to have been kept in a case, nor provided with a lock. It is probably fair to say that caddies made after 1740 were kept in two’s or three’s in cases capable [...]