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NEW & INCOMING ACQUISITIONS : 2021

(December 2020, to Present)

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Ceramics & Glass  /  Furniture  /  Fine Art  /  Silver & Vertu  /  Inquiry

Stock is listed chronologically within categories.

Not yet illustrated items will be listed at the end of each category.

CERAMICS & GLASS :

Ming Dynasty Ko-Sometsuke Small Bowl

Jiaqing, 1522-1566, Likely Jingdezhen

In the Ko-Sometsuke manner, the small bowl painted with a deer and monkey
beneath a bird in flight and two flowering trees and scattered insects,
the rim exterior and interior and footrim with a double line,
the interior painted with a flower;
the verso with a Fu Gui Jia Qi shop chop mark :
'Excellent Wares for the Wealthy Nobility',
or 'Beautiful Vessel for the Rich and Honorable'

5" Wide / 2.5" High

SOLD

Ming Kraak Porcelain Klapmuts Bowl

Wanli, China, c1600-1610, Rinaldi Group II 

The central roundel painted with "auspicious symbols",
including a lingzhi above a scroll on a ground of ruyi scepters suspending ribbon scrolls and tassels;
the cavetto having lobed panels of peach bloom sprays and auspicious symbols,

divided by opposing ruyi scepters(instead of alternating panels of beaded pendants)
the rim with eight peony blooms, the verso with prunus branches and seated birds;
the sides with lobed peach filled ovals and panels of stylized lingzhi
8.25" Wide / 2.25" Deep

SOLD

Ming Dynasty Large Kraak Porcelain Large Klapmuts Bowl

Wanli, Rinaldi Group V, c1600-20

Of good strong color, the deep round dish with a flattened lightly barbed rim,
the central roundel painted with "auspicious symbols",
the cavetto and rim divided into four wide and four narrow segments;
the wide segments of oval beach blooms alternating with two further auspicious symbols
beneath two "Toatie" masks alternating with diapered panels;
the narrow panels with tied ribbons; the rim verso having two small flowers with tendrils and long leaves;
the sides with four jewel-filled ovals and four narrow panels of stylized "lingzhi"

8.5": Wide

SOLD

Three 17th Century Copper Alloy Candlesticks :
Left : 'Capstan' Candlestick, Spain or Portugal, 17th Century 5" High, 13.1 oz.;
Middle : A Very Good Quality 'Heemskerk' Candlestick, Dutch, c1650, 8-5/8" High, 42.1 oz. (SOLD)
Ref : 'Domestic Metalwork. 1640-1820', Gentle & Feild, p. 123, Pl. 12, for an almost identical example;
Right : Rare Spiral Twist Stem Candlestick, Spanish, c1680, 6" High, 14.1 oz; spiral twist with hexagonal base.
All spiral twists are rare and desirable. Ref : 'The Brass Book', Schiffer, p. 189, Pl. A, for a similar example (SOLD)

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17th Century Salt-Glazed Stoneware Westerwald Jug

Germany, c1690,

Moulded with incised scrolling flower stems and moulded flower heads,
highlighted in blue and reserved on a manganese ground
moulded strap handle
5" High x 4.5" Wide Over Handle

SOLD

Three Kangxi Silver-Mounted Blue & White Small Porcelains

China, c1680-1722, the Mounts Dutch

Kangxi Blue & White Silver-Mounted Tea Caddy, c1680-1700, Dutch Mounts, Hendrik Frederik Koen, SOLD

Kangxi / Yongzheng Blue & White Silver-Mounted Lidded Jug, c1680-1730, Dutch, Mounts Jacob Helweg

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Good Kangxi Moulded (after Delftware) Blue & White Deep Dish

China, c1690-1700

The well painted molded deep dish delicately potted with a fine glaze,
the central roundel with floral sprays within a cavetto and rim molded in 8 swirling panels,
verso with three blooming prunus branches and blue fretted square .
A plate of identical form and similar decoration, is illustrated,
Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain, Howard and Ayers, p. 35, Pl. 18 :
"A fine and characteristic example of K'ang Hsi cobalt-blue and (white) style of painting.
The plate imitates a common European silver form,
which may however have been transmitted by way of an intermediary in delftware."
8-3/8" Wide

SOLD

Kangxi Blue & White Porcelain Peacock Border Charger
China, 1690-1722
Having eight large central flower-filled petals reserved on a trellis-diapered ground,
the rim with four peach basket cartouches reserved against richly decorated panels
of long-tailed peacocks, within chrysanthemum heads and scrolls.
(A similar large dish is illustrated in "Chinese Ceramics", He Li, p. 288;
In the V&A Museum Collection, museum number : C.792-1910;
And a pair in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Avery Brundage Collection)
15-3/8" Wide

SOLD

Queen Anne / George I Heavy Baluster Small Wine Glass

England, c1710-20

The round funnel bowl with a deep solid base above a teared baluster stem
having an angular knop above a round basal knop,
and raised on a wide domed and folded foot with snapped pontil

5.5" High, The Rim, 2.75" Wide, The Foot, 3.25" Wide
13.3 oz.

SOLD

George I Two-Teared Heavy Baluster Wine Glass

England, c1720

The bell bowl having a solid base with single tear
above a stem with upper annulated knop over an inverted baluster
with a further tear, and a basal knop,
the foot, domed and folded
6.5" High, The Rim 3" Wide, The Foot 3" Wide / 8.1oz.

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Yongzheng Silver-Mounted Blue & White Teapot, c1722-35,

China, Silver Mounts 19th Century Dutch, Mark : TH

The neck and spout with marked silver mounts,

the shoulders painted with wide-bordered lappets filled with chrysanthemum heads and leaves

each side with further chrysanthemum and peonies with

grasses issuing from a blue hollow rock;

4.75" High / 7" Wide Over Spout

SOLD

George II Baluster Wine with Two Tears

England, c1730

The bell shaped bowl with a deep base with single small tear,
over an inverted baluster stem with additional small tear and basal knop,
raised on a folded foot, snapped pontil
6-7/8" High, The Rim 2-5/8" High, The Foot 2-5/8" Wide / 10.2 oz.

SOLD

Dutch Painted Chinese Export Teapot

Yongzheng, Early 18th Century

Enameled in The Netherlands in the Dutch doré manner,
and known as "Basket of Flowers and Fisherman" decoration,
A small bowl of the same pattern was also a late 1727 purchase
by Augustus the Strong for his collection ( the Japanese Palace),
and the inspiratioin for  Helen Espir's book,
"European Decoration on Chinese Porcelain"
5.2" High

RESERVED

Rare George II Hollow Bobbin Stem Glass Tazza, c1740

The circular tray having a wide 5/8" rim,
raised on a tapering bobbin stem of six hollow knops
above a folded conical foot with snapped pontil
6.75" High x 7.5" Diameter

SOLD

George II Brass Taperstick

England, c1740-45

With an early petal form base surmounted by a central column
having an inverted baluster knop above two small basal knops,
and basal knopped cylindrical nozzle and integral drip pan
4.5" High / 5.8 oz.

SOLD

Rare Pair of George II Glass Water Bowls

Jacobite Interest, c1745-50

Each thick heavy deep round bowl of inverted ogee shape,
having wheel engraved circlets at the rim,
above sides with floral wheel engraving of "Jacobite significance" :

Carnation, Tulip issuing a further tulip, Lily of the Valley, & Scottish Roses

Each 4.25" Diameter / 30.5 oz.

SOLD

George II Jacobite Pan-Topped Airtwist Wine

England, c1750

The pan top bowl engraved to the upper border engraved with
a scrolling band of flowers including :
a 6-petalled rose, honeysuckle, passion flower, carnation, lily of the valley,
asters, sunflower, and trailing forget-me-nots
above a multiple strand airtwist stem with central swelling knop and conical foot
6.25" High

SOLD

George II Jacobite Drawn Trumpet Wine Glass

England, c1750

A delicate and elegant drawn trumpet bowl
engraved with six-petalled rose with convex centers,
sided by an opening bud to one side, and an unopened bud to the other,
above an elongated plain stem raised on a conical foot with snapped pontil
6.5" High
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George II Jacobite Waisted Bucket Bowl Wine Glass

England, c1750 

A surprisingly lovely and delicate glass with unusual form,
the waisted bucket bowl engraved with open rose head and single bud,
raised on a straight stem with tight multi-airtwist above a domed circular foot
Note : The waisted bucket is apparently comparatively rare,
Seddon in his Appendix, reporting only 5 examples examined out of 472 drinking glasses.
("The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses")
6.5" High

SOLD

George II Engraved Pan-Topped 'Mercury Twist' Wine Glass
England, c1750 

The pan-topped bowl having an engraved floral border to the rim,
each side with a 4- and 6-petalled flowers and fern-like foliage (possibly a Scottish rose),
the straight stem with a single series air twist and a pair of corkscrews or "mercury twists",
slightly domed conical foot, snapped pontil
6.25" High

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George II Opaque Twist Glass Sweetmeat Dish, Oversewn Foot,
England, c1750 
The shallow round ogee bowl with a dentelated rim
above a short knopped multiple series opaque twist stem
raised on an oversewn conical foot with snapped pontil
3.25" High, The Rim 3.5" Wide / Weight : 7.2 oz.

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Pair of Chelsea White Leaf & Basket-Moulded Stands
England, c1752-54
The white-glazed oval lobed Chelsea stands,
each with a plain center surrounded by basket-moulding,
the ends with deeply moulded grape stems
and overlapping serrated leaves sided by crabstock handles
Each, 11" Diameter

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Pair of Large Bow Porcelain Platters
England, c1755
Painted with blue, pink, bright green and yellow enamels,
centering a Chinese fashioned large pale cobalt blue hollow rock sided by stylized bambo,
a blooming lotus and peony,
each side of the wide flat rims centering a large bright green lotus leaf
and lotus blossoms, alternating with smaller peony flowerheads
Each 16.5" Wide / 10.5" Deep / 1/5" High

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George II / III Engraved Jacobite Airtwist Wine with Domed Foot

England, c1755-65

 The drawn trumpet bowl engraved with a

6-petaled Jacobite rose sided by one bud and leaves on trailing thorny stems

above a dense airtwist tapering stem
raised on an unusual 'domed foot' with snapped pontil

Of the 487 glasses examined by Geoffrey B. Seddon for

Jacobites and Their Drinking Glasses,

only 12 engraved with roses were recorded as having a 'domed foot'

6.25" High

SOLD

Chelsea Red Anchor Polychrome Large Moulded Bowl

England, c1755

Of spirally lobed form, the base with further spiral moulding
and painted in green and puce with a band of upright leaves,
floral sprays to the interiod;
red anchor mark verso
7.25" Diameter

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First Period Worcester Hexagonal Polychrome Teapot Stand

in the Scarce 'Chinese Musicians' Pattern

England, c1758-60

Of shaped hexagonal form, painted in bright polychrome enamels, heightened with gilt,
likely modeled after a Chinese original, the border a Worcester addition,
depicting three Chinese ladies, the central figure playing a flute
attended by two figures holding fans, and a young boy holding a ruyi scepter
5.75" Diameter

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George II / III Engraved Airtwist Stem Ale Glass

England, Mid-18th Century 

The elongated slightly flaring bowl quite finely engraved with hops and barley,
raised on a long tight airtwist stem above a conical foot with snapped pontil
7.75" High / 2.5" Wide, The Rim / 3" Wide, The Foot

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Pair of George III Facet-Cut Glass Candlesticks

England, c1770

Of fine quality, flat-cutting and weight,
the faceted sconces with dentelated drip rims over faceted nozzles over an annulated knop,
the diamond-faceted stems raised high domed feet with flat scalloped rims,
rough pontil scar to each verso
10.5" High, The Foot, 6" Wide / 52.4 oz Total Weight (4 lbs. 4.4 oz.)

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Rare Isleworth Porcelain Powder Blue Fluted Dessert Plate
England, c1770

Recent studies have shown that some few powder blue dishes are not Bow, as once believed,
but from Isleworth, Middlesex, whose porcelain has now begun to be properly attributed.
The porcelain is of bone-ash, similar to Bow, and patterns are similar to Bow and Worcester -
the founders of Isleworth having both worked previously with Worcester.
The decoration varies slightly, as to the psuedo Chinese character marks verso

 
7.75" Diameter
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Fine First Period Worcester Sir Joshua Reynolds Scalloped Deep Plate

England, c1770-72

In extraordinary condition,

Inspired by 17th century Japanese Kakiemon palette and design,
depicting a colorful long-tailed pheasant perched on a turquoise hollow rock
sided by a blue branch issuing turquoise leaves and flowers,
within a "wet blue" lobed ground,
with quite intact gilding of leaf sprays alternating with trellis diapering

8.5" Diameter

SOLD

First Period Worcester Polychrome Deep Dessert Plate,

From the "Bishop Sumner" Service

England, c1775

Richly decorated in the manner of a Chinese famille verte original,
the enamels heightened with gilt on a creamy ground

depicting a fight between a kylin and phoenix,
the six-paneled border with birds, flowers and mythical beasts,
the verso with three floral sprays
The pattern is a direct copy of a Chinese original from the Kangxi period (1662-1722)
although the palette is not true to the Chinese porcelain.
8.75" Diameter

SOLD

Chinese Export Miniature Blue & White Garniture

Jiaging / Daoguang,c1820

The 5-piece garniture with three lidded baluster jars alternating with two sleeve vases,

each depicting two Chinese gentlemen in fenced garden

(one likely a scholar, the other a boy holding and upright lotus),

sided by hollow rocks with berries (probably prunus) and large banana leaves

Height : The Tallest, 4.75"

SOLD

Rare Set of Nine Continental Glass Roemers, Dutch or German, c1880

By repute, a gift to the British Royal Household by Tsar Nicholas II,

 in 1909 to King Edward VII,

SOLD

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'FINE ART' & 'FINE TEXTILES' :

Charles I Beadwork & Stumpwork Panel

England, c1670

The rectangular panel of glass beadwork having stumpwork accents,
the panel divided into 12 bordered squares, depicting as follows :
1st Row : a griffin, a winged angel, a mermaid, and a parrot;
2nd Row : a blue thistle, a hunter with his game, a maiden waiting, and a tree;
3rd Row : a unicorn, a sunflower; a tree lined garden; and a lion.
The faces of silk-covered stumpwork with embroidered details
Image Size : 10.25" x 13.25"
SOLD

Charles II Beadwork & Stumpwork Embroidery on Silk

England,c1660

Depicting two maidens,or a mother and daughter,

in a garden before a fountain,

all highly dimensional and tightly beaded

Sight Size 9" x 10.25"

SOLD

 
Norwood Creech
American South / Contemporary
"Gilded Veggie High Tunnel"
Charcoal and Oil on Metallic Ground, on Linen
Signed Lower Right : Norwood Creech 2018
Image Size : 24" x 48"

SOLD

Norwood Creech

American South / Contemporary

"Still Life with Bottles"

Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
Signed l.r.

Image size : 9-7/16" x 21-1/4"

In Stock, Linked

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SILVER & VERTU :

Two Fine & Rare Early 17th Century Silver "Marked" Bodkins :
The top, James I / Charles I, with Maker's Mark G, also with Ear-Spoon
the shaft scratch-engraved to one side with original owner's initials " . I B ." ,
reverse struck with a single mark : "G" in a plain shield, unascribed ( bodkins rarely marked)
5-5/8" Long / 0.3 oz
The bottom, James I, c1610-20, with Ear-Spoon, Maker's Mark Partially Cast (S?)
Of very heavy gauge silver,
the shaft scratch-engraved to each side with original owner's initials ": M . N :", and ". E . R ."
5-3/8" Long / 0.5 oz

SOLD

Silver-Mounted Black-Jack Tankard, Impressed Date 1605
The leather small 'jack' of baluster form with an unmarked silver-mounted rim,
the front tooled 'E.B' '1605',
the underside of the foot inscribed 'I W'
4.5" High

SOLD

James I Silver Seal Top Spoon
William Limpanny, London, 1613
The fig shaped bowl attached to a tapering hexagonal shaft notched at the bowl,
the nicely shaped baluster finial attached with a V-joint;
the bowl struck with a crowned leopards head;
the shaft with maker's mark WL in a shaped punch, date mark and lion passant
6.5" Long / 1.6 oz.

SOLD

Pair Charles II Silver Lace Front & Back Trefid Spoons
Robert King, London, 1678 
Each ovoid bowl with a ribbed rat tail sided by foliate scroll decoration,
the shaped trefid upturned terminals with foliate scroll decoration

to the front and down the upper part of the shafts;
very good marks verso
7.5" long / 3.1 oz.

SOLD

William & Mary / William III Silver 'Teardrop' Nutmeg Grater, c1690-1700,
the cover with scratched owner's initials 'L*H'

1" High / 1.25" Long (closed) / 3.25" (fully open) / .7 oz., SOLD

and a

William & Mary Silver Tubular Nutmeg Grater, Thomas Kedder, London c1690
the cover with a Tulip

Marked cap to the other end TK (Thomas Kedder);
the interior housing a removable silver tubular grater (rasp), also marked.
2.75" Long / 1 oz.

SOLD

 
William & Mary Silver 'Teardrop' Nutmeg Grater, Thomas Kedder, London c1690
The covers engraved with a Tulip, & a Tudor Rose,

of good gauge silver, the desirable teardrop form,
with nut storage space inside,
the base the hinged base opening to a metal rasp

1" High / 1.25" Long (closed) / 3.25" (fully open) / .7 oz.

SOLD

William and Mary Silver Sucket Fork
Adam King, London, 1691
The two-pronged fork with flat stepped shaft
opposing a small oval bowl with ribbed rattail attachment;
mark London Silver Spoonmakers, 1500-1697, Timothy Kent, p.50, AK over escallop between pellets
Lit. : Illustrated The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America,
Michael Clayton, 1971 Pl. 60, p. 36.

SOLD

William & Mary Silver Canon-Handled Basting Spoon
Lawrence Jones, London, 1697

William & Mary Silver Canon-Handled Basting Spoon
Lawrence Jones, London, 1697
The large deep bowl verso with rattail attachment and

engraved with original arms for the family of Thornbury:
Arms: Per fess gules and argent a lion rampant azure
below a Secondary Crest engraved
A cubit arm the hand holding a dagger erect (proper?)
mark Grimwade #1557, Jo beneath a crown, mullet below
15" Long / 5.5oz

SOLD

Rare Queen Anne Britannia Standard Dognose (Wavy-End) Teaspoon
London, 1709, Lacking Maker's Mark
The small teaspoon of heavy gauge silver, with ovoid bowl and rattail attachment,
the stem with only date and London mark (as was often the case due to the lack of space);
the dognose (wavy-end) terminal not showing signs of engraving or erasure
Teaspoons before c1730 are known to be very rare.
4.25" Long / .3 oz.

SOLD

Rare George I Britannia Standard Gadrooned & Crested Tazza
Sarah Holaday, London, 1722
The rather rarely found gadrooned rim and footrim without repairs;
fully marked, and of good gauge Britannia
9.25" and 12.5 oz

SOLD

Early George I Britannia Standard Large Canon-Handled Basting Spoon

Gundry Roode, London, 1715

The large oval bowl with a plain rat-tail attachment to a tapering "canon" handle with double ball finial,
the handle scratch initialled 'I.S' over 'S.S' below the terminal;
fully marked on the lower stem, a faint maker's mark on the upper stem
16" Long / 5.4 oz

SOLD

Rare George I Silver Portrait Snuff Box, 'Queen Mary'
Dennis Langton, London, c1720 
Of good gauge silver, with reeded edged and a stand-away hinge,
the cover die-cast with a portrait of Queen Mary II (of William & Mary)
amongst birds and foliate scrolls within an oval surrounded by further embossed decoration of masks,
foliate scrolls and trellis type diapering, gilded to the interior;
Literature : Illustrated 'British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection', John Culme.
3" Long, 2.25" Deep, .5" High / 1.75 oz.
SOLD

Six Georgian Silver & Britannia Marrow Spoons

England and Ireland, 1722-1774

George I Britannia Silver Marrow Spoon, Charles Jackson, London, 1722
Two George II Irish Silver Marrow Spoons, :

Ester Forbes, Dublin, 1730 (rattail), and marks rubbed. 1735 (crested)
George II Silver Marrow Spoon, Paul Hanet, London, 1735-40
George III Irish Silver Marrow Spoon, William Sutton, Dubliln, 1750
George III Silver Shell & Scroll Back Marrow Spoon, William Collings, London, 1774

Each priced separately

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George II Large Silver Beaker, Humphrey Payne

London,1741

Of heavy gauge silver with planishing marks showing,

the tapering body with fold-over rim and bold foot,
chased in accord his earlier Queen Anne manner of decoration,
fully marked below the rim
6.5" High / 4.25" Wide at Rim / 12.62 oz.

SOLD

Scarce George II One-Piece Silver Apple Corer
England, c1740-50
The pre-1750s one-piece form of good gauge silver and usual cylindrical form,
the blade of conforming half-circular shape,
the central girdle and bulbous end with incised concentric lines;
marked to the junction between corer and haft with T (device) H beneath a crown

SOLD

Very Fine Silver Small Salver with Cast Pierced Border

Thomas Gilpin, London, 1749

A fine quality small salver or waiter, of shaped circular form with scroll rim,
the finely detailed raised cast border pierced with fruiting grape vines
between Bacchanalian masks and stylized shells,
raised on three lion mask and grapevine feet

Thomas Gilpin, a contemporary of Paul de Lamerie,

is regarded as one of the great Rococo silversmiths.
Grimwade notes Gilpin "is an extremely accomplished exponent of Rococo style."
7" Diameter / 15.8 oz.
SOLD

George II Provincial Silver Tankard
John Langlands I, Newcastle, c1752
Of heavy gauge silver, in the earlier George I broader form,
the scroll handle with typical Newcastle "tongue" and terminating in a large heart;
the front engraved with conjoined script initials 'H M B' below a crest:
a fleur-de-lis with serpent entwined, Fairbairn's 148.8;
6.5" High, 7.5" Over Handle / 18.9 oz.

SOLD

Good Pair George II Rococo Cast Silver Candlesticks

John Cafe, London, 1755

Elaborately decorated square bases with knopped stems,
having fine rope twist (cording) to the shaped nozzle and lower annulated knop,
the flaring square bases stepped and having four shell corners; original shell-edged bobeches

crisp marks verso, with owner's initials P over S * K and pr 40=6

10" High, the Bases x 4.75" Wide / 43.4 oz

SOLD

George II-III Silver-Mounted Armorial Cowrie Shell Snuff Box
William Lestourgen, London, c1755-60 
The large ovoid cowrie shell with substantial silver mounts,
the cartouche-form hinged cover with elaborate embossed and chased rococo shell

and scroll decorations centering a coat of arms beneath a viscount's coronet,
the interior gilt, silver cover with maker's mark only : WL fish above
3" Long, 2.25" Deep, .5" High / 1.75 oz.
SOLD

Early George III Hanoverian Silver Hash Spoon
Joseph Bell II, London, 1762
Of heavy gauge silver in the Hanoverian pattern with upturned tip and single drop heel
over a deep ovoid bowl, the terminal scratch engraved to the verso ''AM to CM'' ;
particularly crisp marks
14" Long, The Bowl, 4.5" Long x 2.5" Wide / 5.92 oz.

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Two Quite Rare George III Pierced Silver Bougie Boxes :

Left : George III Pierced Silver Bougie Box, Edward Aldridge II, London 1768

The round drum-form box pierced with vertical staves and scrolling foliage,
centering a lozenge engraved in contemporary conjoined script EMM
the pull off top with French gadrooned rim and reeding,
and gadrooned circular extinguisher
2.75" High / 2.75" Wide / 4.5 oz.

SOLD

Right : George III Pierced Silver Bougie Box, Richard Glanville, London 1777 

Of heavy gauge silver in a circular lidded form,
pierced to the sides with vertical slats and circlets between reeded upper and lower borders,
the hinged cover also pierced with radiating slats and circlets
around a shaped opening and having a hinged crescent shaped extinguisher
1.5" High / 2" Wide / 1.5oz.

SOLD

Early George III Silver Adjustable Dish Cross

John Langford II & John Sebille, London, 1766

An early example, each arm with rectangular trellis sliders
surmounted by pierced shell form dish supports
on spurred c-scroll legs ending in pierced foliate feet,
the deep burner with removable French gadrooned li;
marked to each piece
11.25" Long, 3.25" Overall Height / 15.9 oz.

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George III Vase-Form Silver Argyll
Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp, London, 1783

Of elegant vase shape with a beaded upper rim, footrim and cover,
having an outer warming jacket with small side filling spout

7.25" High / 15.7 oz.

SOLD

George III Silver Adjustable Dish Cross

William Abdy I, London, 1789

A particularly pretty dish cross,

with beaded and bright cut pierced center, dish rests and feet

12.25" Long / 15.8 oz.

SOLD

(Also see listed 'above',

an Early George III Silver Adjustable Dish Cross,

John Langford II & John Sebille, London, 1766)

George III Silver Wine Funnel
Stephen Adams, London, 1790

SOLD
& a
George III Scottish Silver Funnel Stand
Edward Livingstone of Dundee, Scotland c1800
Each with reeded edged and wetll fitted,
the funnel with slightly ogee bowl with star-shaped piercing sided by a shell tang,
engraved with conjoined contemporary script initials MCH;
the stand with domed center, marked to the underside
with provincial maker's mark (partially struck but legible),
thistle, and George III duty mark
Funnel, 5.5" High x 3.5" Diameter / 3.5 oz.
Stand, 3-15/16" Diameter / 1.5 oz.

SOLD

George III Silver 2-Part Wine Funnel
Abstinando King, London, 1800,
SOLD
George III Silver Funnel Stand
Thomas Wallis & Jonathan Hayne, London, 1810 

Each of heavy gauge silver and reeded rims,
the funnel with three applied side ribs,
engraved to the body in contemporary script, 'J. Keere;
the stand with high domed center
Funnel 6.75" High x 3.25" Wide at Rim
The Stand 3-15/16" Diameter

SOLD

George III Silver Toasting Fork
JR (presumably Josephus Read), London 1800
The long ebonized faceted toasting fork having ending in a silver fork
having three tapering prongs with baluster swelling below a reeded tapering silver ferrule,
the shaft terminal with silver ring attachment;
housed in a later leather and velvet-lined fitted case, retailed by Asprey, London
30.75" Long

SOLD

George III Telescopic or Sliding Silver & Shagreen Toasting Fork
London, 1807-8
The sliding toasting fork having four silver sections collapsing into a shagreen-covered handle,
and terminating in a silver 3-prong fork,
fully marked, maker, H.M
Length Closed, 6" / Length Extended, 21.5" / 4.3 oz. Total Weight

SOLD

George III Scottish Provincial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup
William Young, Dundee, Scotland, c1810
The nut in exceptional condition,
the upper rim silver-mounted with stylized leaf-form edge,
the lower mount joined with a corresponding leaf-form edge
the rim struck once to the rim and three times to the underside WY
6.25" High / Bowl Width, 3.75" / 6.5

In Stock, Linked

Fine Pair of George III Silver Strawberry Dishes

Philip Rundell, London, 1819
Of heavy gauge silver, each circular dish having lobed and fluted sides with everted rims
surrounding a plain field centering the marital arms of Brymer and Tugwell, and motto,"VIRTUTE "
9.75" Diameter / 38.1 oz.

SOLD

 Scarce George IV Silver Kitchen Grater, Charles Rawlings, London, 1824

arms for Hunter quartering Thompson, with motto SPERO MELIORA (I hope for better things)

Of heavy gauge silver, at 2.6 oz., and 4.25" High

Georgian silver kitchen graters of this form are quite rarely available.

4.25" High / 2.6 oz. Total Weight

SOLD

George IV Silver Waiter

William Bateman, London 1825

Of quite heavy gauge silver, the round waiter (or small salver) with gadrooned rim

around a plain field centering the contemporary arms of Goodwyn :

raised on three paw feet issuing from acanthus leaves

7" Diameter / 10.4 oz.

In Stock, Linked

Fine Pair of William IV Silver Salad Servers
William Theobalds, London, 1834
Of heavy gauge silver, double struck in the Fiddle/Thread pattern,
each crested with holding a lady standing, holding a sword and balance scale
Each 11" Long / 13.1 oz.

SOLD

Fine William IV Silver Military Thread Basting Spoon

Paul Storr, London, 1835

Crested for the family of Astley

Of heavy gauge silver, as expected with Storr wares,

the rare 'Military' variant of 'Old English Thread',
having a strong threaded 'pip' at the terminal

12.5" Long / 6.1 oz

SOLD

Very Good Victorian Silver Flat-Lidded Tankard, in the Charles II Style,

William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman, London, 1898 

Of heavy gauge silver,
with a broad tapering body sided by a scroll handle with thumb-piece,
the flat-lidded hinged cover with single step and reeded border,
the foot also reeded
6.5" High / 26.5oz.

In Stock, Linked

Good Pair George V Silver Nutcracker

George Howson, London, 1926

The reversible nutcrackers with a central pivot between pierced and incised oval holders,
tapering reeded handles, one engraved with conjoined Gothic initials 'ASI',
each handle fully marked
6.5" Long / 7.8 oz.

In Stock, Linked

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