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A fine Irish Queen Anne pair of silver salt cellarsJospeh Walker, Dublin, c.1700-5of rare dodecagonal trencher form with circular bowls, initialled " G over R*A" together with a crest engraved all above an inscription "Newry 1718" Of a heavy gauge and large size. Size: 7.5cm diameter Weight: 6oz 5dwt Stock Number: A645 Price: £3,750 |
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A fine and rare Queen Anne Act of Union MedalJohn Crocker, London, 1707with a Portrait Bust of Queen Anne and on the reverse a figure of her as Pallas Athene below the inscription "Novae Palladium Troiae" (The Palladium of New Troy). In Classical Greek Mythology a figure of National invulnerability. Executed by John Croker the design of the Medal was approved on 20th February 1707 by Sir Issac Newton, in his office as Master of the Mint. The price of the Medal was stated as being £1 17s 0d. Though much rarer than Croker's smaller Union Medals examples are in the Collections of the British Museum (The Hull Grundy Gift) and the Royal Collection, though both of these lack the original Shagreen fitted case which this Medal still retains.In Good order, minor edge knock at 5 o'clock. The case in good order. Size: 69mm diameter Weight: 3oz 5dwt Stock Number: A644 Price: £1,650 |
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A George I silver mugFrancis Batty II, Newcastle, 1724of plain baluster form with a leaf capped scroll handle, inscribed "Dedit R.W at Meruit A.G" Note: this bears the very rare feature of a double striking of the date letter in error by the Assay Office. Size: 8.5cm long Weight: 5oz 7dwt Stock Number: A643 Price: £1,450 |
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A rare George I Provincial silver tumbler cupTimothy Plummer, York, c.1716-20plain circularsuperb colour and condition. Note: The rarest of all York silver are those handful of pieces produced in the City during the period when the Assay Office fell into disuse (1716-c.1776), which simply bear the maker's mark.In the 2000 exhibition "Three Centuries of York Silver 1550-1858" 466 items were drawn from collections all over Britain, only 6 pieces from this period were found including Newcastle assayed wares and only 2 of those bore solely York Goldsmiths marks so can truly be said to have been made within the City. Timothy Plummer was the last in an illustrious line of York Goldsmiths. Size: 7cm diameter Weight: 2oz 2dwt Stock Number: A642 Price: £6,750 |
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A rare Scottish Provincial George III silver tablespoonDalyell & Hunter, Dumfries, c.1775Hanoverian pattern, initialled "W over RM"Provenance: How of Edinburgh.Amongst the rarest of Scottish Provincial marks, in over ten years only one other tablespoon and a teaspoon bearing this short lived partnerships mark has been noted. In superb original condition Size: 21cm long Weight: 1oz 13dwt Stock Number: A641 Price: £2,250 |
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Documentary: A fine pair of Charles II silvergilt marriage spoonsJohn King, London, 1670Trefid pattern, later gilded and cased c.1820.Finely engraved with period Armorials marking the Marriage of Samuel Brandling of Ipswich, Suffolk to Anne Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk on 14th July 1670 at St Peter Le Poer, London.Samuel Brandling was later admitted to Gray's Inn.It is rare to find spoons surviving with their original Armorials, the later Georgian case and re-gilding shows they must have still been treasured possessions within the Brandling family some 150 years later. Size: 19cm long Weight: 2oz 15dwt the pair Stock Number: A640 Price: £2,950 |
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A George II Provincial silver pap boatJospeh Collier of Plymouth, Exeter, 1749of plain oval form with a pouring lip. Excellent colour, a rare early form in West Country silver Size: 11.5cm long Weight: 1oz 14dwt Stock Number: A639 Price: £1,250 |
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A George III pair of silver sugar tongsEdward Sawyer, Birmingham, 1779feather edge pattern with engraved foliate bowls, lightly erased and re-initialled "B over ME" Whilst Birmingham became a major centre for the production of silver smallwork and toys in the eighteenth century, relatively little flatware was ever produced, especially within the first ten years of the Assay Office opening. A rare pair of sugartongs. Size: 13cm long Weight: 19dwt Stock Number: A638 Price: £240 |
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An early Swiss silver etuimaker's mark H crowned, Vevey, c.1730-50of plain tapering oval form with stiff leaf engraved borders and a domed faceted cover, traces of gildingSize: 9.5cm long Weight: 9dwt Stock Number: A637 Price: £220 |
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A Scottish Provincial George III pair of silver sugar tongsRobert Keay I, Perth, c.1810-20Fiddle Pattern, initialled "MB"Size: 15cm long Weight: 1oz 1dwt Stock Number: A634 Price: £78 |
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A fine George III silver salvermaker's mark TC (probably Thomas Carter), London, 1784circular with a beaded rim raised on four bracket feet, finely engraved with a period Armorial for the Campbell familySize: 35cm diameter Weight: 41oz 2dwt Stock Number: A632 Price: £1,450 |
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A rare George III silver pictureback tablespoonBenjamin Bickerton, London, 1766Hanoverian pattern, with a fine flaming heart pictureback to the reverse of the bowl, initialled "WP"Size: 20cm long Weight: 1oz 11dwt Stock Number: A631 Price: £425 |
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A rare George III pair of silver sugartongsCharles Neale and Daniel May I, London, 22 March 1783-12 January 1784bright cut engraved and initialled C over G*ANeale and May were only in partnership for a period of ten months making this pair of tongs a particular rarity Size: 14.5cm long Weight: 1oz 2dwt Stock Number: A629 Price: £125 |
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Scottish Provincial: A George III silver toddy ladleCharles Fowler, Elgin, c.1809-1824Fiddle pattern with the rare St Giles and Cathedral markSize: 17cm long Weight: 1oz 3dwt Stock Number: A628 Price: £375 |
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A George IV set of six silver dessert spoonsJohn Coakley of Liverpool, Chester, 1st January-5th July 1828Fiddle patternJohn Coakley of Liverpool assayed at Chester between 1828-1833. That these spoons bear the "I" date letter used 1827-8 allows us to place them within the first six months of his submissionsIn the whole of 1828 Coakley only submitted 85 dessert spoons for assay, with a gradually declining output ending with just 8 submitted in his last year of 1833. Size: 17cm long Weight: 5oz 13dwt Stock Number: A627 Price: £225 |
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A rare George II silver tablespoonRichard Pargeter, London, 1732Hanoverian pattern, initialled "T I*E" Inscribed to the reverse of the bowl George & Vulture, Cornhill" also initialled "H&M" to the reverse of the stem and bowl and initialled "B" to the inside of the bowl. The George and Vulture Inn stands today in St.Michael's Alley, Cornhill as one of London's last remaining Chop Houses. It has numerous claims to fame, or at least notoriety being one of the meeting places for the debauched "Hell Fire Club" in the early part of the 18th century. The Drury Lane Actor and Comedian Richard Estcourt founded his "Beefsteak Club" at the Inn. Though it was to achieve worldwide fame in the 19th century as the fictional London residence of Mr Pickwick in Charles Dickens "Pickwick Papers". Several London Inns and Taverns would have their name and address inscribed on valuable silver to discourage less illustrious customers from illicitly removing them. The subsequent engraved initials may refer to it being held for the use of a specific customer or society which frequented the George and Vulture. It is indeed likely that the single "B" in the bowl refers to the Beefsteak Club.Size: 20cm long Weight: 1oz 16dwt Stock Number: A626 Price: £575 |
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An unusual George III silver serving spoon with mourning inscriptionmaker's mark T (?), London, 1792Old English pattern, inscribed:"Thomas Edgcome, Died Dec 18th 1791, Aged 44 years"
Size: 31cm long Weight: 3oz 1dwt Stock Number: A625 Price: £240 |
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A George III pair of silver sugartongsStephen Adams I, London, c.1775-80the rare concave arms with beaded borders and unusually elongated chased wrythen shell bowls, foliate engraved sprays bordering the script initials "TEM"Size: 14.5cm long Weight: 1oz 5dwt Stock Number: A624 Price: £85 |
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A very fine William III silver dognose spoonThomas Allen, London, 1698the plain rattail bowl with a dognose pattern stem, initialled "T over GE" Bearing one of the finest set of marks seen on a seventeenth century spoon. Size: 20cm long Weight: 1oz 18dwt Stock Number: A623 Price: £1,750 |
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A George IV pair of silver school prize medalsone Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, the other George Knight, London, 1823circular with reeded and matted laurel borders and plain suspension rings, engraved as prizes for "ENGLISH" and "FRENCH", both awarded to "MISS PORTER"Size: 3.5cm diameter Weight: 11 dwt all in Stock Number: A620 Price: £260 |
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An Irish Provincial George III silver tablespoonCarden Terry, Cork, c.1785-95Old English Celtic taper pattern, profusely bright-cut engraved and initailled "JAL"Size: 22cm long Weight: 2oz Stock Number: A617 Price: £270 |
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A George III silver pictureback tablespoonBenjamin Bickerton, London, 1767Hanoverian pattern, the bowl decorated with the Prince of Wales feathers issuing from a crown.Later initials to the front of the stem Size: 20.5cm long Weight: 1oz 5dwt Stock Number: A616 Price: £380 |
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Channel Islands: A George II silver tablespoonJean Gavey, Jersey, c.1750Hanoverian pattern, crestedSize: 20cm long Weight: 2oz 7dwt Stock Number: A615 Price: £340 |
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An Irish William IV silver meat skewerJames Scott, Dublin, 1832of plain tapering form with a flared ring terminal, crested for Brereton of IrelandIn superb original condition with crisp marks Size: 30.5cm long Weight: 2oz 9dwt Stock Number: A614 Price: £295 |
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A rare early Victorian silver single cigar caseThomas William Dee, London, 1862of torpedo form with engine turned decoration throughout.No earlier example of an individual silver cigar case appears to be recorded. Given Dee's reputation for novelty and innovation in silver it may be that this is the earliest known individual cigar case. Size: 13cm long Weight: 1oz 3dwt Stock Number: A612 Price: £475 |
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A George II pair of silver tablespoonsPhilip Roker II, London, 1733Hanoverian pattern, crestedExcellent marks Size: 20.5cm long Weight: 4oz 7dwt Stock Number: A611 Price: £320 |
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Worshipful Company of Salters: A Victorian silver salt spoonJohn Bodman Carrington for Carrington & Co. overstriking George Fox, London, 1893the gilt shell bowl with cast rocaille stem surmounted by the Company's Arms and Motto "Sal Sapit Omnia" (salt flavours everything), initialled "V"Size: 12cm long Weight: 11dwt Stock Number: A609 Price: £75 |
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An early Dutch silver comfit/snuff boxJan de Hoop, Amsterdam, 1736of rare Heart shape the cover cast with three Maidens in a field gathering flowers in the folds of their dresses. There can be little doubt that from the rare shape and decoration of the box that it intended to serve as a Love Token though practically it may have been used either for comfits or for snuff.
Size: 5cm long Weight: 1oz Stock Number: A607 Price: £1,500 |
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A rare George III silver Armorial wine labelunmarked, c.1770pierced and engraved with the crest and motto of Ayscough of Newcastle, Northumberland and Scotland, titled "SWEET WINE"Size: 4cm long Weight: 3dwt Stock Number: A605 Price: £495 |
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A fine Victorian silver sifting spoonCharles Thomas and George Fox, London, 1852with a gilt shell bowl pierced with foliate scrolls and a cast rocaille handle, matted and hand chased throughout, crested In superb pristine condition Size: 17.5cm long Weight: 2oz 9dwt Stock Number: A604 Price: £575 |
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A George II pair of rococo silver gilt tea tongsPhilip Roker II, London, c.1739-55of cast and chased naturalistic form with the arms finely modelled as leaf entwined branches maker's mark and standard mark clearly struck to each foliate bowl extremely crisp detailing throughout Size: 12cm long Weight: 1oz 2dwt Stock Number: A602 Price: £275 |
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A George III silver caddy spoonCocks and Bettridge, Birmingham, 1805Old English pattern with a shovel form bowl, bright cut engraved throughout with foliate wrigglework borders and vacant cartouches  Size: 6cm long Weight: 5dwt Stock Number: A601 Price: £125 |
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A German brass and steel forkCarlsbad, c.1740the pistol shaped handle with cast brass Coach and Horses decoration Provenance: Ex Bill Brown collection Size: 18cm long Stock Number: A597 Price: £175 |
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An early American Colonial pair of silver tea tongsmaker's mark AB struck twice, tentatively ascribed to Adrian Bancker, New York, c.1730-40of cast scroll scissor form with naive foliate engraved decoration to the hinge, initialled 'LG' and marked twice just above the finger rings with AB beneath a foliate device. Adrian Bancker's mark is usually AB struck within a plain oval, Belden however notes another AB punch within a heart which she tentatively ascribes to Bancker and another version of his mark within a rectangular punch is recorded in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on a silver cream pot (accession no.44.88). With no other candidiate of the period bearing the correct initials it is more than likely that these tongs bear another unrecorded early version of his mark. In excellent original condition. Size: 11.5cm long Weight: 16dwt Stock Number: A590 Price: £1,650 |
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Last Chester Date Letter: A silver Armada dishMargaret Joyce and John ffoulkes Lowe, Chester, 1st July-24th August 1962the plain circular dish with a double reeded border, bearing large specimen marks for the last Chester date letter The last Chester date letter was used for only 55 days from the 1st July until 24th August 1962.
Size: 11.5cm diameter Weight: 3oz 14dwt Stock Number: A586 Price: £190 |
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A George III pair of silver serving spoonsWilliam Eley and William Fearn, London, 1804Old English pattern with finely engraved Crests for Gordon (or Hay-Gordon) In superb condition with clear marks Size: 30.5cm long Weight: 7oz 6dwt Stock Number: A580 Price: £275 |
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A Canadian Victorian pair of silver sugar tongsWilliam James Veith, Halifax, Nova Scotia, c.1850Fiddle pattern fully marked to both arms, one set of marks appears to overstrike the punches of another Canadian maker and may account for why the tongs were double struck with identical marks Size: 16.5cm long Weight: 1oz 10dwt Stock Number: A575 Price: £280 |
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A Scottish Provinical George IV pair of silver toddy ladlesRobert Naughton, Inverness, c.1820-30Fiddle Pattern, initialled 'JML' in script each Bearing the 'RN' Conucopia and Thistle marks Size: 16.5cm long Weight: 2oz 5dwt Stock Number: A571 Price: £325 |
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A Charles I/Commonwealth silver pomanderunmarked, English, c.1640-60circular with stamped beaded borders, the cover simply decorated with a Rose This box bridges the gap between the true late Elizabethan and Stuart sectional pomanders and the later Georgian box form vinaigrettes with pierced grilles. Undoubtedly it would have been one of a number of inexpensive gew gaws offered by Goldsmiths at one of the many fairs held up and down the country during the seventeenth century, though given its ephemeral nature and minute size, that it survives at all is miraculous. Size: 14mm wide Weight: 1 gram Stock Number: A570 Price: £325 |
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An Early American silver soup ladleDaniel Van Voorhis, New York, c.1785-90Old English pattern with a pronounced rib to the reverse of the stem, finely bright cut engraved with a cartouche and pendant drop, initialled 'H.A.M' for the Morris family of New York Maker's mark struck twice In excellent condition and of a very fine colour Note: A matching set of ten tablespoons by the same maker for the Morris family were sold at Christie's New York sale of Important American Silver (23/01/09, Lot 100). Size: 32cm long Weight: 4oz 4dwt Stock Number: A569 Price: £875 |
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A James II Provincial silver tumbler cupMarmaduke Best, York, 1688plain circular engraved with a naive scrollwork cartouche enclosing the initials 'P over W*G' Provenance: formerly from the collections of the famous author Agatha Christie No more could be asked, in terms of provenance, condition and the superb original blue grey colour, of this rare untouched piece of seventeenth century provincial silver. An exceptional example.
Size: 7.5cm diameter Weight: 2oz 6dwt Stock Number: A565 Price: £13,950 |
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A fine Queen Anne silver tobacco boxBenjamin Pyne, London, 1710-11oval with moulded borders and a pull off cover superbly engraved with the ship Christopher and presentation inscribed to the interior Richard DuCane was an important Huguenot at the begining of the 18th century, he was a Director of the Bank of England and a portrait of him admist his large family can still be seen in the NPG. Christopher Burrow was a Captain for the British East India Company.
Size: 10cm long Weight: 3oz 10dwt Stock Number: A562 Price: £6,950 |
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A George II silver casterGeorge Weir, London, c.1727-9of baluster form with a finely pierced and ribbed domed cover, engraved with the period Crest of the Kirby family Weir had an unusually short working career of only 2 years but his work was highly accomplished, this caster in particular is of the heaviest gauge and identical pattern to examples produced by DeLamerie at the same period.
Size: 15cm high Weight: 8oz 3dwt Stock Number: A559 Price: £1,950 |
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A very fine George II silver salverPaul Crespin, London, 1744shaped circular with a tied reeded rim interspersed with rocaille shells and engraved with a central period armorial within a foliate rococo cartouche, all raised on three incurved tapering bracket feet. Scratch Weight: 'No.1 36="2'"" Paul Crespin was one of the most important Huguenot Goldsmiths working in London in the middle of the eighteenth century. His work can be found in all the major American and European Museums. He worked to latest French taste for an elite clientele, this salver being in the most fashionable, yet restrained, Parisian taste of the period. A very rare opportunity to own a piece from the workshop of one of the great makers. Size: 33cm diameter Weight: 34oz 17dwt Stock Number: A556 Price: £7,700 |
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A rare William III North Country dognose spoonmaker's mark II struck twice alongside an incuse fleur-de-lys, York/Leeds, c.1700Dognose pattern with a pronounced ribbed rattail to the bowl. These particular marks are recorded by Jackson on a Communion Paten in a prominent York Church, bearing the inscription "Given to Holy Trinity Church Goodramgate 1706" (Jacksons p.524) Whilst a fleur de lys mark can be found on Leeds plate of the period (which is found on some Yorkshire Church Plate), there is a mention of a 'Mr Jones of York' for whom no work has currently been found. He was fined by the Goldsmiths Company for selling substandard gold rings in 1700, precisely at the time when hallmarking had been briefly suspended in York and interim punches may have been employed. A rare example of these highly intriguing North Country marks Size: 20cm long Weight: 1oz 9dwt Stock Number: A553 Price: £2,950 |
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A George III Provincial pair of silver sugartongsThomas Wigan, Bristol, c.1770Old English Laurelled Edge, initialled at right angles to the bow 'I+H' A rare example of Bristol silver Size: 13cm long Weight: 1oz Stock Number: A550 Price: £220 |
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An Arts and Crafts silver and lapis lazuli caddy spoonLiberty & Co., Birmingham, 1902the planished fig shaped bowl with a square flared stem applied with wirework borders and ropetwist details beneath a polished lapis finial bordered with chased leaves.
Size: 10.5cm long Weight: 17dwt all in Stock Number: A544 Price: £1,350 |
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A Scottish Provincial Victorian pair of sugar tongsJohn Duncan and James Begg, Aberdeen, c.1837-44Fiddle pattern with shell fluted bowls, initialled 'DMK' Rarely these tongs bear the marks of two different Aberdeen silversmiths
Size: 15cm long Weight: 1oz 10dwt Stock Number: A521 Price: £240 |
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A rare Scottish Provincial George III silver QuaichDonald Fraser (early mark), Inverness, c.1804-10of circular form with twin lug handles, initialled for subsequent members of the same family 'R MD' and 'A M McD' Excellent heavy gauge Size: 10cm long Weight: 2oz 17dwt Stock Number: A515 Price: £2,250 |
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A Scottish George III pair of 'Jacobite' silver shoe bucklesWilliam Napier, Glasgow, c.1760of chased oval form with steel chapes Note: these rare buckles have, hidden in the detail of the chasing, a small face eluding to the Jacobite cause. Size: 6.5cm long Weight: 2oz 10dwt all in Stock Number: A506 Price: £575 |
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An Irish Provincial George III silver waiterDaniel Lysaght, Limerick, c.1780-4shaped circular with a shell and scroll border, all raised on three pad feet, crested and initialled The crest is that of O'Beirne of Connaught Note: this waiter has the identical cast border as waiters known by Samuel and Joseph Johns of Limerick. Several Limerick Goldsmiths were known in the later part of the eighteenth centruy to have adopted a Harp punch outline, as is the case with this mark. When Lysaght was required to register a mark at the Dublin office this clearly would have been an inappropriate design so a plain rectangular punch was used after this date, c.1784. Size: 16.5cm diameter Weight: 8oz Stock Number: A493 Price: £5,750 |
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A George III gold mourning ringWilliam Archer Price, London, 1816gold with black enamel bands and borders, 'Eliz: Mary.Mortlock:Died 5 April 1817. Aged 60'. Note: Elizabeth Mary Mortlock (nee Harrison) married the influential Cambridge landowner Sir John Mortlock on 3 October 1776 in St Mary the Great, Cambridge. A portrait still exists showing her with her son (Sir John Cheetham Mortlock) painted by the artist John Downham. Size: 2cm diameter Weight: 4dwt all in Stock Number: A414 Price: £620 |
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'An Illustrated Guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858..'published June 2010, author Michael Baggott'An Illustrated Guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858 & A Transcript and Index of the York Assay Office Ledger 1805-1821' The book comprises a photographic guide to York hallmarks covering the period 1776-1858, a catalogue of examples of items produced by York silversmiths during this period and most importantly a Transcript and Index of the York Assay Office Ledger (1805-1821) detailing each item sent for assay over this period. The book is Hardback, A4 size, 328 pages with over 120 black and white illustrations. It is a limited editon of 100 copies. Due to size and weight postage for the book within the UK is £7.50 by Royal Mail recorded delivery. Overseas clients are requested to email us for a postage quote UPDATE: OUT OF PRINT Size: A4 Weight: - Stock Number: A127 Price: sold |
