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Silver and Objects of Vertu including Gold Boxes

20 October 2022 | starting at 11:00 BST | with lot 1
21 October 2022 | starting at 11:00 BST | with lot 272

Day 1: Lots 1 to 271
Day 2: Lots 272 to 590

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590 lots available

A George III 18 carat gold vinaigrette Thomas Blake, London 1798 and another unmarked example (2)

A George III gold-mounted mother of pearl snuff box unmarked

A 19th century gold snuff box incused stamped 14, possibly Hanau

A 19th century Swiss gold snuff box Alexander Magnin, Geneva

A 19th century Swiss gold box maker's mark J C in a lozenge with a crown above and heart below, possibly for Joly Chenevard, with French occupation mark for 3rd Standard, with later hibou and eagle marks

A late 18th/early 18th century French gold snuff box marked for Paris 1798-1809, third standard, apparently no maker's mark

A 19th century Swiss vari-coloured gold box Alexander Magnin, Geneva

A Victorian 18 carat gold small vesta case Edward Smith, Birmingham 1855 together with eight siler vinaigrettes, (9)

An 18th century silver and enamel snuff box maker's mark T B,

An 18th century tortoiseshell and silver snuff box unmarked

A late 17th century filigree silver and enamel counter box unmarked

A gold pomander in the form of a pomegranate unmarked, possibly 19th century, French

A Louis XV gold, silver and mother of pearl snuff box with the discharge mark of Julien Berthe, Paris 1750-56 and a a late 18th/early 19th century mother of pearl and gold cage work snuff box, possibly Dutch (2)

An early 19th century agate and gold mounted snuff box with 1804-7 Viennese control mark

A George III vari-coloured gold and malachite almanac cover unmarked,

A Victorian gold and enamelled almanac cover unmarked, London circa 1839

A Louis XV vari-coloured gold and enamelled oval snuff box Jean-Joseph Barrière, Paris 1772, with the cow export discharge mark, further later French control marks and various incuse stamped numbers

A Louis XV gold, tortoiseshell and piqué-posé snuff box Laurent Viardot, Paris 1762

A Louis XV gold and Japanese lacquer snuff box maker's mark poorly struck, almost certainly Pierre-François Drais, Paris 1771

A late 18th/early 19th century jasper, gold and enamelled snuff box unmarked

A mid-18th century German diamond-set porphyry and gold mounted snuff box with later French eagle's head control mark

A George III silver snuff box Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1809 with two other snuff boxes (3)

A French silver musical snuff box Charles-Jules Bunel, Paris circa 1821, stamped Paris 1st standard and moyenne garantie and three other snuff boxes (4)

A George III silver and parcel-gilt snuff box John Linnet and William Atkinson, London 1810 with two other snuf boxes (3)

A collection of silver snuff boxes and other items various makers and dates (8)

A quantity of silver vinaigrettes and novelties Various makers and marks (7)

A collection of seven George III and IV silver and silver-gilt vinaigrettes and boxes various maker's and dates (7)

A Charles II silver mounted sea bean snuff box Simon Romney, London circa 1680 together with a silver mounted carved mother-of-pearl snuff box, possibly Dutch early 19th century, unmarked (2)

A collection of Georgian silver mounted cowrie shell and hardstone boxes various makers and dates (6)

An eclectic collection of seven silver items various maker's and dates (7)

A George III silver-gilt mounted agate snuff box Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1813

Two 18th century silver nutmeg graters by Samuel Meriton and ten further items (12)

A William IV silver and silver-gilt snuff box Edward Smith, Birmingham 1836

An unusual Chinese silver book-form snuff maker's mark M K, Canton, circa 1860-90, and nine further silver boxes (10)

A continental 19th century silver-gilt ladybird pill box no maker's mark, possibly Paris circa 1819, small article census mark

Two silver card cases Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1835 (2)

A George IV silver castle-top 'Newstead Abbey' snuff box Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1825

A good large silver articulated silver fish Neresheimer, Hanau, importers mark for Berthold Muller, and import marks for Chester 1903

BOER WAR INTEREST: two Continental combination corkscrew and twin bladed pen / fruit knives blade of brass example stamped G R & S together with a silver commemorative pen / fruit knife, Atkin & Oxley, Sheffield 1831, commemorating the coronation of William IV Queen Adealaide, with twin portraits in relief, blade engraved 'C W Hart', and a small silver cigar cutter, Birmingham 1881 (4)

A silver and gold vesta case, incuse JH possibly Joseph Hawkins, Birmingham 1899 together with a silver and gold match box, Asprey & Co Ltd, London 1933, also stamped Asprey patent No21914

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