MCB1 - A 'SUPERB' SET OF FOUR WLM.IV. FRUIT SERVING SPOONS - OF V.GOOD GAUGE - FINELY DECORATED & GILDED TO THE BOWLS AS 'BERRY SPOONS' - IN A FITTED PRESENTATION CASE - THE STEMS WITH THE INITIALS OF THE RECIPIENT 'W.P. WARNER' - EXCELLENT HALLMARKS FOR: 'MARY CHAWNER' - LONDON 1835.  22.3cm  275gms total  

£475  

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6518 - A 'FINE' PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN GRAPE SHEARS - VERY WELL CAST IN THE FORM OF VINE BRANCHES WITH LEAVES & BUNCHES OF GRAPES - FULLY MARKED BY: 'YAPP & WOODWARD' - BIRMINGHAM 1848.  15cm  78gms 

£445 

(AN IDENTICAL PAIR BY JOSEPH WILLMORE ARE ILLUSTRATED IN: 'THE SILVERSMITHS OF BIRMINGHAM' - PLATE 18)

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6222 -  A 'FINE & RARE' SET OF SIX NATURALISTIC TEA SPOONS - EACH WITH A FINELY DETAILED CAST TERMINAL & WITH DIFFERENT FLOWER HEAD BOWLS - FROM THE EARLY 'LIBERTY & CO' PERIOD, WHEN THE COMPANY  WERE EXPLORING MATERIALS FROM JAPAN & THE FAR EAST - THESE BY THE UNIDENTIFIED MAKER 'SM' AND FULLY MARKED FOR 'LIBERTY & CO' LONDON 1897.  

£795 

(THE ORIGINAL FITTED CASE IS NOW RATHER UNTIDY)

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6218 - A GEO.IV. CADDY SPOON - THE BOWL NICELY ENGRAVED WITH A FLORAL MOTIF AND WELL MARKED FOR: 'JAMES HENRY DANIEL' - LONDON 1826.  

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6205 - A CHARMING EDWARDIAN CADDY SPOON - THE FLUTED PETAL BOWL WITH SHELL END TO THE STEM - BY: 'THOMAS BRADBURY' - SHEFFIELD 1908. 

£135

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6540 - AN INTERESTING GEO.III. COPPER COUNTER BOX OF RIBBED OUTLINE - ENGRAVED AT EITHER END AND TO A BAND AT THE WAIST FOR: 'ESTHER JANE ROBERTS' & CONTAINING 8 GILT 'SPADE GUINEA' TOKENS C1800.  44 x 30 mm 

£345  

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6199 - A 'V.GOOD' EARLY GEO.I. MINIATURE PORRINGER - PART FLUTED BODY WITH SCROLL HANDLES - BY: 'JAMES GOODWIN' - LONDON 1714.  3cm  22gms

£690

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B095 - AN C18TH ITEM FOR 'PERSONAL' USE - A SILVER TOOTHPICK & EAR SCOOP ON A SUSPENSE RING - UNMARKED C1750. 8cm  

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6183 - A PAIR OF EARLY GEO.I. 'TRENCHER' SALTS - OCTAGONAL FORM WITH INCURVED SIDES - INSCRIBED: 'E OVER I * F' - THE MAKER: '?O' - LONDON 1716 77mm x 58mm x 26mm 110gms

(EARLY EXAMPLES OF THIS FORM)

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B096 - A 'FINE & RARE' EARLY VICTORIAN LIFE MEMBERS IVORY PASS FOR THE 'NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION' - ISSUED TO 'G G. ADAMS' - A MEMBER FROM 1861 - 1896 AND LISTED IN 1890 AS COL.G.G.ADAMS - THE 'NRA' WAS FORMED IN 1860 INITIALLY ON WIMBLEDON COMMON - LATER MOVING TO 'BISLEY' - THE PASS IS SIGNED BY: CAPT. 'ST JOHN - MILDMAY' WHO WAS THEN SECRETARY OF THE 'NRA' IN ADDITION TO BEING INVOLVED IT'S FORMATION.  44mm  

(G.G. ADAMS IS NOT RECORDED IN THE PRIZE LIST'S DURING HIS MEMBERSHIP)  

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5792 - A CHARMING 'SPARROW BEAK' CREAM JUG OF GOOD GAUGE IN C18TH STYLE BY: 'GARRARDS' - MARKED FOR: 'SEBASTIAN GARRARD' - LONDON 1920. 8.5cm 110gms

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B097 - A 'FINE & RARE' 'BEETHOVEN QUARTETT SOCIETY' IVORY PASS - THE SOCIETY WAS FORMED TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF THE COMPOSER WITH THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF A COMPLETE CYCLE OF QUARTETS TAKING PLACE IN 1845.- IT IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS PASS IS - 'NO.I'   36mm  

£390 

(A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THIS INTERESTING SOCIETY CAN BE PROVIDED)  

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BW02 - A GEO.III. LEMON STRAINER WITH GEOMETRIC PIERCING - THE RIM CLIP INSCRIBED: 'A I W' - THE MAKERS MARK PIERCED, THE REMAINDER CLEAR FOR - LONDON 1772. d. 102mm

£335
 

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6577 - A PAIR OF RARE 'ANDIRON' TEA TONGS WITH BALUSTER ARMS BELOW A SWIVEL HINGE SURMOUNTED BY AN URN FINIAL - PLAIN FLAT OVAL GRIPS - UNMARKED  C1710 - 1720. 

(WITHOUT REPAIRS!)  

6531 - A PAIR OF GEO.II. TEA TONGS WITH GOOD 'TARGET' HINGE PLATES - WELL MARKED TO THE EARLY SHELL GRIPS FOR 'JOHN MANSFIELD' - LONDON C1735. 

JCK25 - A CHARMING EARLY VICTORIAN PEPPER CASTER OF 'GOTHIC' FORM & NICELY DECORATED & PIERCED - THE INTERIOR GILDED - BY: 'GEORGE RICHARDS' - LONDON 1844.  9.5cm   56gms

6176 - A 'FINE' VICTORIAN SUGAR SPOON OF NATURALISTIC FORM - THE GILDED BOWL EMBOSSED WITH FRUITING VINE - THE STEM FORMED AS LEAFY TENDRILS - BY: 'HILLIARD & THOMASON' - BIRMINGHAM 1859.   13.5cm 

6124 - A GEO.II. VASE SHAPED SUGAR CASTER OF GOOD SIZE & GAUGE - THE COVER WITH PIERCED DIAPER PANELS & URN FINIAL - BY: 'SAMUEL WOOD' - LONDON 1741. 17cm 230gms

BJ01 - A GEO.II. DBL CRESTED BALUSTER CASTER WITH REEDED BoRDERS & URN FINIAL - WELL MARKED FOR: 'JABEZ DANIEL' - LONDON 1755. 115mm

6331 - A 'FINE' EARLY GEO.I. SMALL PORRINGER - THE PART FLUTED BOWL WITH ROPE GIRDLE & PUNCHED DECORATION & WITH REEDED SCROLL HANDLES - BY: 'SETH LOFTHOUSE'  - LONDON 1714.  6cm  66gms   

6267 - A V.GOOD EARLY GEO.I. 'BUN' CASTER - THE BALUSTER BODY WITH CENTRAL GIRDLE & WITH AN ENGRAVED CYPHER - BY: 'WILLIAM LOOKER' - LONDON 1715.  10.5cm  100gms

6160 - A RARE EARLY GEO.I. TEA TONGS - PLAIN BALUSTER LIMBS WITH SPADE GRIPS - EACH INITIALLED 'I & M' - MARKED: 'SR' IN EACH GRIP FOR AN UNRECORDED MAKER C1725

6190 - A PAIR OF GEO.II. TEA TONGS - SHAPED RINGS TO 'C' SCROLL ARMS - THE BOX HINGE INSCRIBED 'SMW' - SLENDER LOWER LIMBS TO SMALL 5 LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'WILLIAM CRIPPS' - LONDON C1755.  

(ONE SMALL EARLY REPAIR)

6195 - A 'SCARCE' GEO.III. SILVER MOUNTED SPIRIT CORK - THE REEDED CAP INCISED FOR 'RUM' - A SILVER CAP TO THE BASE - UNMARKED AS NOT A REQUIREMENT PRIOR TO 1791. C1780/90

(AN IDENTICAL EXAMPLE IS ILLUSTRATED & DESCRIBED IN 'WINE LABELS' - PAGE 327)

5686 - A GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET OF CURVED OVAL FORM WITH REEDED BORDER - INCISED FOR 'MADEIRA' - BY: 'JOHN WHITTINGHAM' ? - LONDON 1796.

5122 - A GEO.III. DIE STAMPED BOTTLE TICKET WITH 'PUTTI GATHERING GRAPES WITH A BACCHUS MASK BENEATH' BY: 'COCKS & BETTRIDGE' - BIRMINGHAM 1810.

5976 - A GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET WITH CUT CORNERS & REEDED BORDER - INCISED FOR: 'PORT' - BY: 'ELIZABETH MORLEY' - LONDON 1814.

6102 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. CADDY SPOON - THE OVAL BOWL WITH CENTRAL FLOWER MOTIF & WITH A 'FRILLED' BORDER & LEAF ENGRAVED HOLLOW HANDLE - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1820.

6104 - A 'RARE' WLM.IV. CADDY SPOON OF UNUSUAL FORM - THE LARGE SCOOP WITH SHAPED SIDES - THE HANDLE WITH CHAMFERED BORDER - BY: 'WILLIAM EATON' - LONDON 1813. 10cm 21gms

6101 - A GEO.III. SILVER-GILT CADDY SPOON OF 'SCOOP' FORM WITH TURNED M.O.P HANDLE - BY: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1806.

6097 - A 'V. GOOD' GEO.III. CADDY SPOON FORMED AS A LEAF WITH STRONGLY EMBOSSED 'VEINS' & LOOP HANDLE - MARKED WITH THE LION PASSANT & A VERY GOOD DUTY PUNCH FOR - BIRMINGHAM 1797.

(AN IDENTICAL EXAMPLE IS ILLUSTRATED IN 'CADDY SPOONS' PLATE 59) 

5733 - A 'RARE' EARLY C18TH 'AND IRON' TONGS, HINGED WITH BALUSTER ARMS & FLAT OVAL GRIPS - UNMARKED C1710/20.

6058 - AN EARLY GEO.III. TEA TONGS OF GOOD GAUGE - THE BOX HINGE INSCRIBED: 'H' - ELABORATE LOWER LIMBS & BOLD TRI LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'JAMES HARMER' - LONDON C1760.

6123 - A GOOD & 'V. SCARCE', EARLY GEO.II. 'SPARROW BEAK' CREAM JUG - OF BALUSTER FORM WITH SCROLL HANDLE & COLLET FOOT - THE MAKER UNCLEAR - POSSIBLY: 'JAMES GOODWIN' - WELL MARKED FOR LONDON 1728. 8.5cm 115gms

6016 - AN EARLY GEO.III. CREAM JUG WITH CUT RIM & LEAF CAPPED SCROLL HANDLE - VERY WELL MARKED FOR THE EARLY PARTNERSHIP OF: 'NATHANIEL APPLETON & ANNE SMITH' - LONDON 1768. 100mm

6096 - A 'FINE & SCARCE' GEO.III. CADDY SPOON FORMED AS A LEAF WITH NICELY ENGRAVED 'VEINS' & WITH A SMALL LEAF APPLIED TO THE LOOP HANDLE - BY: 'THOMAS WILMORE' - BIRMINGHAM 1804 .

5748 - A GEO.II. TEA TONGS WITH STURDY UPPER ARMS ABOVE A PLAIN BOX HINGE ABOVE 'CUTTER' SHAFTS & BROAD '5' LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'ABRAHAM BARRIER' C1755

6070 - A 'FINE& SCARCE' GEO.III. 3 PIECE SUGAR TONGS - THE CAST ARMS WITH 'JEWELLED' DECORATION - THE NICELY ENGRAVED BOW WITH: 'H * P' - WELL DETAILED SHELL BOWLS - BY: 'JOHN FAUX & GEORGE LOVE' - LONDON C1780.

BST03 - A DELIGHTFUL GEO.III. BRIGHT-CUT SUGAR TONGS - THE NARROW ARMS WITH SCALLOPED BOW - MARKED IN THE SMALL BOWLS FOR: 'THOMAS PRATT & ARTHUR HUMPHREYS' - LONDON C1780.

(IT IS PROBABLE THAT THIS WAS A SINGLE YEAR PARTNERSHIP - BEING REGISTERED IN 1780 & RECORDED BY 'HEAL' FOR THIS YEAR ONLY)

5351 - A GEO.II. EARLY 'ESCUTCHEON' BOTTLE TICKET - DECORATED WITH FRUITING VINE & INCISED FOR: 'MADEIRA' - BY: 'SANDYLANDS DRINKWATER' - LONDON C1745.

5637 - A FINE MID VICTORIAN CAKE KNIFE (WEDDING?) - THE BLADE FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED EACH SIDE - IN ORIGINAL FITTED MOROCCO CASE - BY: 'BROWN & CLARK' - BIRMINGHAM 1860. 300mm

5716 - A 'FINE' VICTORIAN CADDY SPOON - THE GILDED BOWL FINELY DECORATED WITH VARIOUS SHELLS - THE HANDLE NICELY FORMED AS A STALK WITH LILLY PADS - BY: 'HILLIARD & THOMASON' - BIRMINGHAM 1852.

(THESE WERE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CADDY SPOONS TO PRODUCE REQUIRING A GREAT DEAL OF HAND FINISHING - THE SMALL SPLIT VISIBLE ON ONE SHOULDER PROBABLY RESULTING FROM THE STRESS CREATED BY THE FLY PRESS)

6069 - A 'FINE & SCARCE' GEO.III. BEAD EDGE SUGAR TONGS - NICELY DECORATED WITH FLOWERS - WELL ENGRAVED TO THE BOW: 'L OVER A.M' & WITH SUPERBLY DETAILED SMALL ACORN BOWLS - BY: 'JOSEPH STEWARD.II' - LONDON C1780.

6072 - A 'FINE' & UNUSUAL VICTORIAN SUGAR TONGS - IN A 'DOUBLE STRUCK' ELIZABETHAN PATTERN VARIANT & OF HEAVY GAUGE - BY: 'FRANCIS HIGGINS' - LONDON 1866.

5945 - A GEO.III. SAUCE BOTTLE TICKET WITH CUT CORNERS & REEDED BORDER - INCISED FOR: 'SOY' - BY: 'PETER & ANNE BATEMAN' - LONDON 1794.

6056 - A MID VICTORIAN CADDY SPOON - THE OVAL GILDED BOWL TO SHORT TWISTED STEM & 'FALSTAFF' MASK TERMINAL - THE REVERSE INSCRIBED: 'MARY' - BY: 'HENRY HOLLAND' - LONDON 1868.

5382 - A VICTORIAN PROVINCIAL CADDY SPOON - THE BOWL WITH DOUBLE SHELL DETAIL - THE SHAPED POINTED HANDLE WITH THREADED BORDER - BY: 'GALLIMORE & SONS' - SHEFFIELD 1891

5767 - A GEO.II. TEA TONGS WITH 'TARGET' HINGE INSCRIBED 'A R' ABOVE ELABORATE SCROLLED SHAFTS & BROAD '5' LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'THOMAS BAMFORD' C1755

5688 - A GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET WITH CUT CORNERS & REEDED BORDER - PIERCED FOR 'CLARET' - BY: 'PHIPPS & ROBINSON' - LONDON 1800.

5831 - A GEO.III. CADDY SPOON - THE OVAL BOWL WITH FLUTED BORDER & DECORATED WITH FLOWERS - THE HOLLOW HANDLE LIGHTLY ENGRAVED - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1793.

6014 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. SWING HANDLE CAKE BASKET OF WIRE WORK FORM WITH APPLIED TRAILING VINES - FLOWERS & EARS OF WHEAT - BY: 'WILLIAM VINCENT' - LONDON 1770. 30oz 35cm

S119 - A GEO.II. TEA TONGS WITH 'TARGET' HINGE SPURRED SHAFTS & WELL DETAILED '5' LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'JOHN ALLEN' C1740

PC126 - A SMALL GEO.III. SIFTER LADLE WITH CELTIC END & GEOMETRIC PIERCING - BY: 'FRANCIS HOWDEN' EDINBURGH 1792 14cm

S-114 - A GEO.II. TEA TONGS, THE SHAPED SHAFTS WITH 'SPURS' A GOOD 'BULLSEYE' HINGE & WITH 5 LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'WILLIAM CHATTERTON' - LONDON C1755.
(illustrated on page 88 of: 'C18th. silver tea tongs')

S124 - AN EARLY GEO.II. TEA TONGS WITH RING STOPS DBL 'C' SCROLLS AND A CHARMING SMALL RAISED BOX HINGE INSCRIBED 'E*W' AND WITH TINY SHELL GRIPS - BY: 'JOSEPH REASON' C1730

5837 - A 'CHINESE EXPORT' URN SHAPED CASTER WITH GADROONED BORDER & OF HEAVY GAUGE - THE SCREW ON COVER WITH ACORN FINIAL - THE BASE WITH A SET OF PSEUDO HALLMARKS - BY: 'CUTSHING' - CANTON C1860 95mm 120gms

5838 - A CHARLES.II / JAMES.II. TUMBLER CUP - THE SMALL PLAIN BOWL MARKED TO THE BASE WITH OLD STANDARD MARKS - THE DATE LETTER NOW LOST - THE MAKER: 'RS' A MULLET BELOW - WITHIN A HEART SHAPED PUNCH - LONDON C1685. 4cm 30gms ('JACKSON' PAGE 140, ILLUSTRATES THIS MARK)

5833 - A 'SCARCE' BOTTLE TICKET WITH CANTED CORNERS & REEDED BORDER - INCISED FOR 'GENEVA' - BY: 'PETER & ANNE BATEMAN' - LONDON 1795. (THE TITLE 'GIN' NOT BEING USED IN 'POLITE SOCIETY' AT THIS DATE)

5834 - A GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET WITH CANTED CORNERS & REEDED BORDER - PIERCED FOR 'CALCAVELLA' - BY: 'THOMAS & JAMES PHIPPS' - LONDON 1817

5660 - A SMALL VICTORIAN BOTTLE TICKET WITH CAST BORDER & PIERCED FOR: 'GIN' - BY: 'ALFRED TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1855.

3301 - A GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET - WITH CANTED CORNERS & REEDED BORDERS INCISED FOR 'WHISKEY' - BY: 'JOSEPH WILMORE' - BIRMINGHAM 1814.

5845 - A PAIR OF 'V.GOOD' EARLY GEO.II. OBLONG TRENCHER SALTS WITH INCURVED ANGLES & OF GOOD GAUGE - BY: 'EWARD WOOD' - LONDON 1728. 80mm x 64mm x 35mm 120gms

5455 - A RARE - QUEEN ANNE - MINIATURE PORRINGER OF V.GOOD GAUGE WITH WAISTED PART FLUTED BODY - BY: 'WILLIAM FLEMING' - LONDON 1704. 33mm 42gms ( ex cook collection)

1011 - A CHARMING PAIR OF MID VICTORIAN CRESTED SALTS DECORATED WITH ALTERNATING FLORAL BANDS WITH GILDED INTERIORS & SET ON PEDESTAL FEET - BY 'RICHARD SIBLEY' - LONDON 1866 44mm 100gms (a well regarded maker of the regency period)

5646 - A LARGE & UNUSUAL 'GORGET' SHAPED BOTTLE TICKET INCISED FOR:
'S. WHISKEY' - UNMARKED EARLY c19TH.

5699 - AN EARLY GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET - IN CAST 'BACCUS MASK' FORM - INCISED FOR: 'WHITE WINE' - 'IR CROWNED' POSSIBY 'JOHN RICH' - LONDON C1765.

5773 - A 'SCARCE' GEO.III. BOTTLE TICKET - SHAPED & REEDED OUTLINE - INCISED FOR: 'SHRUB' - BY: 'ELIZABETH MORLEY' - LONDON 1798.

5785 - A 'RARE' GEO.I. TEA TONGS WITH NARROW WAISTED BOX HINGE & MARKED IN THE SMALL 'SPOON' GRIPS FOR: 'FN' AN UN-RECORDED MAKER (PERHAPS 'FRANCIS NELME'?) C1725.

S-103 - A 'FINE' & 'UNUSUAL' GEO.II. TEA TONGS - SIMPLE 'S' SCROLLS & MARKED IN THE SMALL 'SPOON' GRIPS, A LION PASSANT C1740.

S-106 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.II. TEA TONGS OF HEAVY GAUGE - THE FINGER RINGS WITH CUSHIONS - CUTTER SHAFTS & UNUSUAL TRI LOBED GRIPS - BY: 'RICHARD MILLS' - LONDON C1755.

5751 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.II. TEA TONGS - SIMPLE 'S' SCROLLS - MARKED IN THE TRI LOBED GRIPS FOR A RARELY ENCOUNTERED MAKER: 'JOHN HAGUE' - LONDON C1760
(unusual as, by this date, marking was usually to the rings)