Sold Items (Boxes)

7437 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.I. SNUFF BOX - STEPPED OUTLINE WITH CUT CORNERS - THE COVER NICELY ENGRAVED & WITH TWO GEOMETRIC BANDS - ONE DISGUISING THE SUPERB HINGE - MARKED ONLY WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MAKER: "SM" C1725. 60mm x 43mm 50gms

SOLD

7248 - A GEO.III. PATCH BOX - CIRCULAR FORM WITH ENGRAVED COVER - FULLY MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1793. 22.3mm

SOLD

6930 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - NICELY REEDED OVERALL - THE GRILL V.FINELY PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A BASKET OF FLOWERS - BY: 'JOHN SHAW' - BIRMINGHAM 1810. 48mm x 28mm

SOLD

 7387 - A CHARMING EARLY C18TH SMALL POMANDER - PEAR SHAPED & UNSCREWING TO 4 SEPARATE GILDED COMPARTMENTS - GRILL PIERCED TO THE BASE - THE SUSPENSE RING WITH AN EARLY FRENCH CONTROL MARK - C1720. 32mm 15gms

SOLD

 

7319 - A 'FINE & SCARCE' EARLY GERMAN 'RIECHDOSE' OR POMANDER - UNSCREWS TO REVEAL 2 COMPARTMENTS - 1 HAVING A DOMED GRILL - C1720. 30mm 20gms

SOLD

7320 - A GEO.III. 'BALL' POMANDER - PIERCED & DECORATED OVERALL - TYPICALLY UNMARKED & PROBABLY BIRMINGHAM C1800. 25mm

SOLD

7277 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. CIRCULAR PATCH BOX - THE COVER NICELY BRIGHT ENGRAVED & INITIALED 'H' - BY: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1795. 38cm

 SOLD

7175 - A 'SUPERB' GEO.III. SNUFF BOX - THE COVERS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH UNUSUAL GEOMETRIC & FEATHER MOTIFS - THE INSIDE FINELY GILDED & WELL MARKED FOR: 'THOMAS WILLMORE' BIRMINGHAM 1802. 60mm x 30mm x 18mm 45gms

7147 - A DELIGHTFUL GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - THE COVER WITH A GEOMETRIC PATTERN OF SHADED CIRCLES - THE BASE NICELY DECORATED - A 'SUPERB' GRILL PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH AN URN & FLOWERS - WELL MARKED FOR: 'MATTHEW LINWOOD' - BIRMINGHAM 1806. 25mm x 18mm

7135 - A 'SUPERB' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - FORMED AS A VERY WELL DETAILED 'PURSE' - THE PANELS & SIDES WITH AMOEBA & HATCHED DECORATION - THE ENDS WITH APPLIED CAST FLORAL BANDS - THE GRILL PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWER MOTIF - BY: 'JOHN SHAW' - BIRMINGHAM 1819. 28mm x 20mm

7136 - A V.GOOD GEO.III. OVAL PATCH BOX - FINE BRIGHT-CUT DECORATION & WELL MARKED FOR: 'COCKS & BETTRIDGE' - BIRMINGHAM C1810. 25cm

7091 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE OF OVAL FORM - CRESTED TO THE COVER WITH A DUCAL CORONET & MONOGRAM - THE GRILL WITH FINELY DETAILED ENGRAVING 'A BASKET OF FLOWERS' - BY: 'JOHN SHAW' BIRMINGHAM 1809. 31mm

6954 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. CAST SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX - DECORATED OVERALL WITH ALTERNATING BANDS OF LEAVES & ROSETTES BY: 'MATTHEW LINWOOD' - BIRMINGHAM 1806. 6cm x 4cm 78gms

6955 - A 'FINE' & VERY PRETTY EARLY C20TH AMERICAN POMANDER - DECORATED OVERALL WITH ROSES - THE HINGED COVER WITH SUSPENSE CHAIN - MARKED FOR THE 'BALTIMORE SILVER COMPANY' AND WITH THE SCARCE 'B' DIAMOND PUNCH - IN USE ONLY FOR 1904 - FOUNDED IN 1903 BY FRANK M SCHOFIELD, THE COMPANY CHANGED THIS PUNCH TO 'H' WHEN IT BECAME HEER-SCHOFIELD - C1904. 4cm 32gms

6927 - A 'SUPERB' WLM.IV. LARGE VINAIGRETTE - THE COVER WITH A FINELY DETAILED CAST FLORAL BORDER AND ENGINE TURNED BASE - THE GRILL VERY FINELY PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A MUSICAL THEME - BY: 'THOMAS EDWARDS' - LONDON 1833. 48mm x 35mm 44gms

6928 - A 'V.FINE' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - THE COVER WITH 'GREEK KEY' MOTIF AND NICELY ENGRAVED FLORAL DETAIL TO THE BASE - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A MILITARY THEME - BY 'MATHEW LINWOOD' - LONDON 1804. 38mm x 28mm

6929 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.IV. VINAIGRETTE - ENGINED TURNED OVERALL WITH A CAST FOLIATE THUMB PIECE - THE GRILL WELL PIERCED AND ENGRAVED IN A GEOMETRIC PATTERN - BY: 'CHARLES RAWLINGS' - LONDON 1825. 35mm x 25mm

6810 - A GEO.III. PATCH BOX - THE COVER NICELY BRIGHT ENGRAVED - BOTH PARTS FULLY MARKED - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1796.  28mm 

 
   

6793 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. PATCH BOX - FINE 'CHEQUERED' DECORATION TO BOTH COVERS - MARKED FOR: 'THOMAS HARPER' - LONDON 1802.  25mm x 9mm

"THE MAKERS BIOGRAPHY & CAREER IS VERY INTERESTING WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE USA & TO FREEMASONARY"   

 
   

6786 - A CHARMING GEO.III. 'OCTAGONAL' VINAIGRETTE - BRIGHT ENGRAVED BORDER AND INCRIBED WITH TWO SETS OF INITIALS - THE GRILL SIMPLY PIERCED - BY: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1801.  20mm 

 

6813 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. SNUFF BOX - OF CURVED OUTLINE WITH DISGUISED HINGE & LEAFY DECORATION - THE INSIDE NICELY GILDED & WELL MARKED FOR: 'JOSEPH WILMORE' - BIRMINGHAM 1806.  60mm x 25mm  

6812 - A 'SUPERB' GEO.III. SNUFF BOX - OF CURVED FORM WITH DISGUISED HINGE & RIBBED OVERALL - THE INSIDE FINELY GILDED & WELL MARKED FOR: 'JOHN BETTRIDGE' - BIRMINGHAM 1812.  66mm x 40mm 

6731 - A 'V.GOOD' FILIGREE BOX & COVER - PERHAPS A POMMANDER - FINELY DETAILED DECORATION OVERALL & WITH A ROPE BORDER - UNMARKED  C1800. 38mm x 20mm 

6814 - A SUBSTANTIAL EARLY VICTORIAN SNUFF BOX - RECTANGULAR WITH REEDED INCURVED SIDES & APPLIED CAST THUMB PIECE - THE COVER WITH A MILITARY PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION - BY: 'YAPP & WOODWARD' - BIRMINGHAM 1847.   77mm x 50mm  100gms 

6818 - A WLM.IV. SMALL VINAIGRETTE WITH APPLIED CAST FLORAL BORDER & REEDED SIDES - A CHARMING CAST GILDED GRILL - BY: 'THOMAS SHAW' - BIRMINGHAM 1836.  26mm x 18mm 

6620 - A GEO.III. CIRCULAR PATCH BOX WITH ENGRAVED DOMED COVERS & WITH A RIBBED GIRDLE - BY: 'JOSEPH WILMORE' - BIRMINGHAM 1810.  27mm  

6605 - A GEO.III. PATCH BOX - NICELY ENGRAVED & INSCRIBED: 'MH' - BY: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1795.  24mm 

5898 - A GEO.III. ELLIPTICAL PATCH BOX WITH BRIGHT ENGRAVED BORDER - MAKERS MARK ONLY FOR: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM C1800 23mm

5816 - A 'FINE & RARE', MID VICTORIAN, 'NOVELTY' VESTA CASE OF RECTANGULAR FORM AND OF V.GOOD GAUGE (60gms) - NICELY ENGINE TURNED DECORATION WITH A CENTRAL ROUNDEL FINELY MONOGRAMMED 'TB'. THE CASE WITH A CONCEALED - FOLD OUT BLADE - BY: 'HENRY WILLIAM DEE' - LONDON 1872. (ALSO STRUCK WITH 2 FRENCH IMPORT MARKS) 58mm X 30mm X 12mm

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31J - A V.GOOD WLM.IV. SNUFF BOX - CRESTED & NICELY DECORATED OVERALL - THE INSIDE GILDED & OF HEAVY GAUGE - BY: 'CHARLES RAWLINGS & WILLIAM SUMMERS' - LONDON 1836 93mm x 30mm x 28mm 110gms

(THE DECORATION NOW A LITTLE SOFT BUT A V.GOOD SNUFF BOX)

6787 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. SILVER-GILT 'LONDON' VINAIGRETTE - ENGINE TURNED OVERALL AND WITH A FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED GRILL - WELL MARKED FOR: 'JOHN REILY' - LONDON 1814.  33m x 23mm 

6730 - A CHARMING FILIGREE POMMANDER WITH FLOWERHEAD FINIAL - THE BASE SIMILARLY DECORATED & SET ON 3 BALL FEET - UNMARKED  C1800.   27mm  

6702 - A V.GOOD WLM.IV. SMALL 'BOOK' VINAIGRETTE WITH ENGINE TURNED COVERS - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'TAYLOR & PERRY' BIRMINGHAM 1833.  26mm x 20mm

6651 - A GEO.III. OVAL BRIGHT-CUT PATCH BOX - THE COVER FINELY ENGRAVED & WITH A DISGUISED HINGE - THE INSIDE GILDED AND WELL MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1797.  28mm  

6604 - A CHARMING GEO.III. SMALL PATCH BOX - REEDED BORDER & GILDED INTERIOR - INSCRIBED BOTH INSIDE & OUT WITH 2 SETS OF INITIALS (A TOKEN?) - VERY WELL MARKED FOR A RARELY SEEN MAKER: 'GEORGE PEARSON' - LONDON 1818.  20mm 

6528 - A CHARMING GEO.III. 'FILIGREE WORK' PATCH BOX - NICELY DETAILED DECORATION & INSCRIBED TO THE COVER 'RR' - UNMARKED BUT BIRMINGHAM C1800.  23mm  

6530 - A GOOD GEO.III. SMALL CIRCULAR PATCH BOX WITH BRIGHT ENGRAVED DECORATION - MAKERS MARK ONLY FOR: 'JOSEPH WILLMORE' - BIRMINGHAM C1810.  20mm 

4941 - AN EARLY C19TH DUTCH COUNTER BOX - THE COVER IDENTIFYING THE '7' PROVINCES - THE BASE WITH 'HOLLANDIA 1801' - MARKED ONLY WITH A CONTROL MARK FOR C1806.  21mm

6220 - A CHARMING EARLY VICTORIAN VINAIGRETTE OF CUSHION SHAPE WITH INCURVED SIDES - THE COVER DECORATED WITH A LEAFY BORDER AROUND A CENTRAL PANEL INSCRIBED: "FORGET ME NOT" - THE GRILL NICELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH A FLORAL MOTIF - BY: 'NATHANIEL MILLS' - BIRMINGHAM 1840.  32mm x 22mm

 

6120 - A CHARMING GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - THE COVERS WITH FINE BRIGHT-CUT DECORATION - THE GRILL VERY NICELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE - BY: 'JOHN SHAW' - BIRMINGHAM 1809. 33mm

6075 - A GEO.IV. VINAIGRETTE WITH 'LATTICE' DECORATION TO THE PANELS - REEDED SIDES & WITH A NICELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED GRILL - BY: 'LEDSAM & VALE' - BIRMINGHAM 1822. 26mm x 20mm

5871 - A GEO.III. SNUFF BOX OF CURVED RECTANGULAR OUTLINE WITH REEDED DECORATION OVERALL - BY: 'JOHN SHAW' - BIRMINGHAM C1805. (NO DATE LETTER STRUCK) 70mm x 40mm x 15mm

6000 - A V.GOOD GEO.III. SILVER-GILT 'LONDON' VINAIGRETTE - THE COVERS & SIDES WITH 'BASKET-WEAVE' ENGINE TURNED DECORATION - THE GRILL VERY FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'JOHN REILY' - LONDON 1815. 35mm x 25mm x 10mm

5821 - A V.GOOD GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE OF HEAVY GAUGE WITH REEDED PANELS & SIDES - A CAST & APPLIED FLORAL THUMB PIECE - THE GRILL VERY FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED AS A 'BASKET OF FLOWERS' - BY: 'JOHN SHAW' - BIRMINGHAM 1812. 35mm x 27mm x 12mm

BW01 - A GEO.III. 'LONDON' VINAIGRETTE FORMED AS A 'PURSE' WITH NICELY DETAILED DECORATION - THE GRILL PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH A GEOMETRIC MOTIF - VERY WELL MARKED, THE ASSAY OFFICE OVERSTRIKING THE MAKER WITH THE DUTY PUNCH! - LONDON 1817. 25mm x 18mm x 10mm

5906 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.IV. SNUFF BOX - THE ENGINE TURNED PANELS WITH CONTRASTING FEATHER BORDERS & WITH FINE GILDED INTERIOR - BY: 'LEDSAM VALE & CO' - BIRMINGHAM 1829 64cm x 34cm x 15cm

6650 - AN EARLY VICTORIAN VINAIGRETTE - NICELY ENGINE TURNED COVERS WITH APPLIED CAST THUMB PIECE & FOLIATE GRILL - BY: 'NATHANIEL MILLS' - BIRMINGHAM 1848.  32mm  

6219 - A CHARMING GEO.III. SMALL OCTAGONAL VINAIGRETTE - THE DOMED COVER WITH A GEOMETRIC BORDER - THE GRILL SIMPLY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1800.  21mm

6180 - A GEO.III. CIRCULAR PATCH BOX - THE COVER NICELY ENGRAVED - WELL MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1794   28mm 

6182 - A QUEEN ANNE 'BUST PORTRAIT' PATCH BOX - THE COVER VERY WITH A WELL DETAILED PORTRAIT -  UNUSUALLY FLANKED: 'A' 'R' - RATHER THAN  'Q' 'A'  - STRUCK TO THE BASE: 'IA C1710    21mm

 6119 - A 'V. GOOD' - GEO.III. SMALL OCTAGONAL VINAIGRETTE - THE COVERS WITH 'CRISP' GEOMETRIC DECORATION - THE GRILL SIMPLY DOMED & PIERCED - FULLY MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1804. 20mm

 6344 - A FINE & CHARMING VINAIGRETTE OF PLAIN CIRCULAR FORM WITH PULL OF COVER & LIFT OUT GRILL - SUPERB MARKS FOR THE RARE PARTNERSHIP OF: 'HENRIETTA & WILLIAM EASTWICK' - LONDON 1801  2cm

(WILLIAM WAS APPRENTICED TO HIS MOTHER IN 1794 & FREE IN 1801 - THEIR WORK IS RARELY ENCOUNTERED)

6266 - A VERY PRETTY GEO.III. SNUFF BOX - OF STEPPED OUTLINE WITH APPLIED CAST BORDERS - THE COVERS NICELY ENGRAVED - BY: 'JOHN BETTRIDGE' - BIRMINGHAM 1818  55mm x 35mm 

 

6221 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE IN THE FORM OF A PURSE - V. WELL DECORATED WITH 'FISH-SCALE' ENGINE TURNING - THE GRILL FINELY GILDED & DECORATED WITH A DOUBLE LOOP OF FRUITING VINES - BY: 'MATTHEW LINWOOD' - BIRMINGHAM 1816.  45mm x 27mm

6181 - A GEO.III. PATCH BOX OF ROUNDED RECTANGULAR FORM - THE HINGE COVER BRIGHT ENGRAVED - WELL MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1796    32mm

6126 - A 'FINE & RARE' GEO.I. SNUFF BOX - RECTANGULAR FORM WITH CANTED CORNERS - THE COVER FINELY ENGRAVED WITH CLASSICAL SCROLLS 4 BIRDS & 2 BANDS WITH LINEAR DECORATION - ONE BEING, THE VERY WELL 'DISGUISED' HINGE - THE BASE INSCRIBED: 'EH' AND WELL MARKED FOR 'EDWARD HORNE' - LONDON 1725.

IT IS UNUSUAL TO FIND AN EXAMPLE, SO FULLY MARKED AND IN SUCH FINE CONDITION. 62mm x 45mm 46gms 

6121 - A 'RARE' & UNUSUAL - GEO.III. LONDON VINAIGRETTE - OF SIMPLE ROUND FORM, WHICH OPENS TO REVEAL A NICELY DETAILED GRILL - FINELY ENGRAVED WITH A THISTLE WITHIN A SWAGGED BORDER - BY THE RARELY ENCOUNTERED PARTNERSHIP OF: 'RICHARD LOCKWOOD & JOHN DOUGLAS ' - LONDON 1801. 27mm

(ALSO STRUCK WITH 2 SMALL FRENCH CONTROL MARKS)

6064 - A QUEEN ANNE PATCH BOX WITH 'BUST PORTRAIT' - MARKED TO THE BASE: 'MC' - THE MAKER UNASCRIBED. C1705. D.24mm

6004A - A GEO.III. SNUFF BOX OF CURVED FORM - THE COVERS & SIDES WITH CHEQUERED DETAIL - EACH OF THE COVERS CRESTED & BOTH WITH A FULL SET OF MARKS FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1807. 68mm x 48mm x 15mm

5933 - A GEO.IV. SNUFF BOX WITH ENGINE TURNED COVERS & REEDED SIDES - BY: 'EDWARD SMITH' - BIRMINGHAM 1829. 68mm x 26mm x 14mm

6021 - A SMALL SWIVEL ACTION BOX WITH FILIGREE COVERS & DECORATED SUSPENSE RING - THE SWING OUT CONTAINER WITH 4 PIERCED M.O.P. COUNTERS - UNMARKED PROBABLY EUROPEAN EARLY C19TH. 17mm

6076 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - DEEP RECTANGULAR SHAPE WITH APPLIED CAST BORDERS TO BOTH PANELS - THE COVER WITH A MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION & WITH ANOTHER TO THE INSIDE - THE GRILL VERY FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'SIMPSON & SON' - BIRMINGHAM 1819. 44mm x 30mm x 15mm

6065 - A GEO.III. PATCH BOX - A LITTLE LARGER THAN USUAL - THE COVER WITH A 'SHIELD & RIBBON' INSCRIBED: 'AS' - LIGHTLY GILDED INSIDE WITH BOTH PARTS MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM C1795. D.32mm

5980 - A GEO.III. CIRCULAR PATCH BOX - THE COVER NICELY DECORATED WITH BRIGHT-CUTTING & A VACANT SHIELD - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1798. 26mm

6023 - A 'RARE' GEO.I. 'BUST PORTRAIT' PATCH BOX - FLANKED 'G R' WITHIN A REEDED BORDER & MARKED TO THE BASE: 'H' ? C1720. 25mm

6024 - A CHARMING SMALL GEO.I. PATCH BOX - THE COVER ENGRAVED WITH A STYLISED ROSE - BOTH PARTS MARKED - BY: 'BENJAMIN COOPER' LONDON C1725. 17mm

5971 - A 'V. GOOD' GEO.III. OVAL PATCH BOX - THE COVER PARTICULARLY NICELY DECORATED - THE MAKERS MARK ONLY FOR: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM C1800. 25mm

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(THE ADDITIONAL MARKS OF 'STERLING' & 'SILVER', WERE ADDED TO THESE SMALL BOXES, LACKING FULL ASSAY, WHEN SOLD IN AMERICA)

5897 - A GEO.III. CIRCULAR PATCH BOX WITH BRIGHT ENGRAVED BORDER & INSCRIBED 'ES' - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1799 27mm

6020 - A DELIGHTFUL C19TH RUSSIAN MINIATURE BOX CONTAINING 5 TINY DICE - THE SLIDING COVER WITH A GOLD 'PIP' - A SUSPENSE RING & MARKED TO THE LID ONLY, '84' (875 STANDARD) C1880. 26mm

6018 - A CHARMING & SCARCE GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE - OF RADIATING SHELL SHAPE - THE GRILL FINELY DECORATED WITH A 'LEAF' - BY: 'MATTHEW LINWOOD' BIRMINGHAM 1806. 25mm

(AN EXAMPLE - THE SAME DATE, IS ILLUSTRATED BY: ERIC DELIEB IN, 'SILVER BOXES' PAGE 87)

 

6022 - A RARE GEO.I. 'BUST PORTRAIT' PATCH BOX - THE COVER DETAIL IN PARTICULARLY GOOD CONDITION & FLANKED 'G R' - BY: 'JOHN ALBRIGHT' LONDON C1720. 22mm

5983 - A GEO.III.VINAIGRETTE OF SLIM FORM WITH CANTED CORNERS - THE COVERS NICELY DECORATED - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH A FLORAL MOTIF - BY: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1815 40mm x 30mm

5981 - A PRETTY GEO.III. OVAL PATCH BOX - THE COVER DECORATED WITH A VACANT SHIELD - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1798 25mm

5982 - A VERY SCARCE - GEO.III. 'GAMING COUNTER' BOX - THE COVER WITH ROTATING POINTER & ENGRAVED '1 TO 10' - FULLY ASSAYED, NO MAKERS MARK BUT BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1798 28mm

(AN EXAMPLE WITH THE SAME DECORATION BUT WITH ROMAN NUMERALS, IS ILLUSTRATED IN 'INVESTING IN GEORGIAN SILVER' 'ERIC DELEIB' PAGE 117.)

5970 - A 'V. GOOD' GEO.I. SNUFF BOX WITH CANTED CORNERS - A DISGUISED HINGE & THE COVER VERY NICELY DECORATED - A CLEAR MAKERS MARK - PROBABLY FOR: 'ISAAC CORNAFLEAU' - LONDON C1720. 57mm x 43mm

(THE QUALITY OF DECORATION, SUPPORTS THE INFORMATION IN 'GRIMWADE' THAT: "HIS WORK IS RARE, MOSTLY OF SMALL DOMESTIC PIECES OF HIGH QUALITY")

 

5967 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE OF GOOD GAUGE & SIZE - VERY NICELY DECORATED IN THE FORM OF A 'PURSE' - THE BASE INSCRIBED 'AMS' - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH FLORAL DETAIL - BY: 'JOSEPH WILMORE' - BIRMINGHAM 1818. 35mm

5899 - A GEO.III. PATCH OR COUNTER BOX - NICELY ENGRAVED & WITH A RIBBED GIRDLE - CONTAINING 3 x M.O.P. NUMBERED COUNTERS - MAKERS MARK ONLY FOR: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM C1800. 23mm

4400 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.IV. SILVER-GILT VINAIGRETTE - THE ENGINE TURNED PANELS EACH WITH AN APPLIED CAST BORDER - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1825. 42x27x12mm

5893 - A 'SUPERB' GEO.III. SILVER-GILT VINAIGRETTE WITH FINELY TEXTURED DETAIL & OF HEAVY GAUGE - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWERHEAD MOTIF - BY: 'JOHN REILLY' - LONDON 1810 37cm x 27cm X 17cm

5848 - A 'V.GOOD' WLM.IV. VINAIGRETTE - WITH REEDED SIDES & 'BASKET WEAVE' ENGINE TURNED PANELS - A VERY NICELY CAST & APPLIED FLORAL BORDER - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'WILLIAM SIMPSON' - BIRMINGHAM 1832 44mm x 30mm X 10mm

5658 - A 'FINE' & SUBSTANTIAL WLM.IV. SNUFF BOX - ENGINE TURNED SIDES & BASE WITH CAST BORDERS - THE COVER WITH
A CENTRAL PANEL INSCRIBED: 'W' & WITH DEEP CAST & APPLIED FOLIATE SURROUND -
88x38x33mm & 162gms
BY: 'EDWARD SMITH' - BIRMINGHAM 1836

5896 - A 'SUPERB' EARLY VICTORIAN 'BOOK' VINAIGRETTE - ENGINE TURNED COVERS & WITH WELL DETAILED SPINE & BINDING - IN FINE ORIGINAL CONDITION WITH A FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED GRILL - BY: 'TAYLOR & PERRY' - BIRMINGHAM 1841 40mm x 25mm

5900 - A GEO.III. PATCH OR COUNTER BOX - ENGRAVED DIAPER DECORATION & CONTAINING 4 x M.O.P. COUNTERS - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1801. 21mm

5846 - A 'V.GOOD' - EARLY VICTORIAN SNUFF BOX WITH APPLIED CAST BORDERS & ELABORATE SCROLLED DECORATION OVERALL - THE STEPPED BEVELLED COVER SET WITH A BLOODSTONE PANEL - BY: 'WHEELER & CRONIN' - BIRMINGHAM 1843. 80mm x 52mm x 28mm 150gms

5847 - A 'FINE' - EARLY VICTORIAN PARCEL GILT VINAIGRETTE - THE COVER WITH A 2 COLOUR LATTICE DECORATION & APPLIED CAST FLORAL BORDER - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - IN ORIGINAL FITTED CASE - BY: 'NATHANIEL MILLS' - BIRMINGHAM 1837 37mm x 25mm X 10mm

5825 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. SNUFF BOX OF HEAVY GAUGE WITH ENGINE TURNED DECORATION AND AN APPLIED TABLET ENGRAVED WITH A HOUND - BY: 'HENRY CHAWNER' - LONDON 1814. 83mm x 52mm x 20Mm 130gms

5826 - A GEO.III. PATCH BOX WITH BRIGHT ENGRAVED COVER & FULLY MARKED FOR: 'SAMUEL PEMBERTON' - BIRMINGHAM 1790.

5827 - A 'SCARCE' QUEEN ANNE PATCH BOX WITH A FINE BUST PORTRAIT TO THE COVER - THE BASE WITH A NAIVE INSCRIPTION: 'MH 1735' -THE MAKERS MARK PARTLY OBSCURED 'T?' C1703 (THESE LITTLE PORTRAIT BOXES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CORONATION SOUVENIRS)

5719 - AN EARLY VICTORIAN SNUFF BOX OF 'SHOOTING INTEREST' THE COVER INSCRIBED: 'LEITH - SHOOTING CLUB - 2ND PRIZE GAINED BY: 'ALEXr HENRY' - 1847' A TABLET TO THE UNDERSIDE INSCRIBED: 'GAINED 5 TIMES' - BY: 'FRANCIS CLARK' - BIRMINGHAM 1839. 80x45x16mm
(ALEX HENRY DESIGNED A VERSION OF THE FALLING BLOCK RIFLE WHICH ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS IN THE 1870'S)

5822 - A 'FINE' GEO.II. CARTOUCH SHAPE SNUFF BOX WITH CHARMING ROCOCO DECORATION TO THE COVER - BY: 'WILLIAM HUTCHINSON C1740 70mm x 55mm 48gm

794 - A CHARMING GEO.iii. VINAIGRETTE OF CUSHION SHAPE WITH RIBBED COVERS - THE CAST GRILL FINELY DETAILED WITH A RUNNING STAG AMIDST TREES - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1815. 28mm X 20mm X 12mm

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5808 - A 'FINE & SCARCE' - GEO.III.VINAIGRETTE OF CURVED RECTANGULAR OUTLINE, SUPERBLY DECORATED AS INTERWOVEN LATTICEWORK - THE CHARMING GRILL PIERCED & ENGRAVED WITH SIMPLE FLOWERS - BY: 'PETER, ANNE & WILLIAM BATEMAN' - LONDON 1804. 44mm x 25mm x 14mm

5746 - A GEO.IV.VINAIGRETTE.- THE COVERS NICELY ENGRAVED & WITH DOT PRICKED BORDERS - THE GRILL FINELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'JOHN BETTRIDGE' - BIRMINGHAM 1827

5631 - A 'FINE & RARE' DBL SIDED GEO.III.GOLD WATCH CASE VINAIGRETTE WITH CAST FLORAL SURROUND & TWO ENGINE TURNED COVERS - BENEATH ONE, A VERY PRETTY PIERCED GRILL - THE OTHER REVEALING A PLAIT OF HAIR BEHIND GLASS - UNMARKED C1820

5795 - A GEO.III. VINAIGRETTE OF SLIM RECTANGULAR FORM WITH RECESSED HINGE - THE STEPPED COVER WITH GOOD BRIGHT-CUT DETAIL - THE GRILL NICELY PIERCED & ENGRAVED - BY: 'SIMPSON & SON' - BIRMINGHAM 1817. 36mm x 23mm x 6mm

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5793 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. 'HYDRANT' NUTMEG GRATER WITH SCREW OFF COVERS - BRIGHT-CUT DECORATION - DOT PRICKED BORDERS & A VACANT SHIELD CARTOUCH - BY: 'JOSEPH TAYLOR' - BIRMINGHAM 1798. 35mm

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