Posts Tagged ‘POTS’

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; [...]

A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER TEAPOT - A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SALT AND PEPPER CASTERS - THREE SILVER BUTTON HOOKS - SILVER BELT BUCKLES

Friday, December 4th, 2009

A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER TEAPOT - A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SALT AND PEPPER CASTERS - THREE SILVER BUTTON HOOKS - SILVER BELT BUCKLES
A GEORGE III SILVER WINE FUNNEL
MAKER’S MARK OF JOI IN MOORE, 1790
Plain circular with three short reeds, reeded border, trefoil-shaped clip, pierced strainer bowl
A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN SILVER CRUETS
EDINBURGH, 1904, STAMPED ‘BROOK [...]

A Pair of Victorian Silver Candlesticks - A Victorian Punch Bowl - A Silver Caster

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

A Pair of Victorian Silver Candlesticks - A Victorian Punch Bowl - A Silver Caster
A two bottle Inkstand, London, 1925, oblong casket form, the inscribed hinged cover revealing two well sockets and a pen depression.
A silver-rimmed cut-glass Vase, Sheffield, 1925, tapered cylindrical, 7in.; and a silver-mounted faceted-glass Flask, London, 1919, silver cap and beaker base.
A [...]

ANTIQUE SILVER MUGS

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

ANTIQUE SILVER TANKARDS AND MUGS
Up to the end of the seventeenth century covered tankards and porringers are, I suppose, the two most commonly found pieces of silver. The increasing sophistication of the eighteenth century introduced an ever wider range of table silver together with ali the apparatus for the recently introduced tea, coffee and chocolate. [...]

ANTIQUE SILVER COFFEE POTS

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

ANTIQUE SILVER COFFEE POTS
Coffee pots have always been one of the most popular pieces of silverĀ  that or a pair of candlesticks has usually been the collectors first choice. Unlike candlesticks, however, coffee pots are amongst the most difficult things to evaluate.
Assuming the coffee pot to be a plain one, apart from a coat-of-arms possibly, [...]

ANTIQUE SILVER TEA POTS AND TEASETS

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

ANTIQUE SILVER TEA POTS AND TEASETS
A lot of the remarks about coffee pots apply to teapots, as indeed they apply to most hollow-ware. Early teapots were usually very small, as tea was extremely expensive (about the present day equivalent of t50 per
pound). As people like to use their silver, a large early teapot is very [...]