Michael Baggott Silver and Antiques

Enlarge	A George III pair of silver sugartongs Stephen Adams I, London, c.1775-80 the 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
Enlarge	A very fine William III silver dognose spoon Thomas Allen, London, 1698 the 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
Enlarge	A George IV pair of silver school prize medals one Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, the other George Knight, London, 1823 circular 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
Enlarge	A Scottish Provincial Victorian silver anatomical medal John Duncan of Aberdeen alongside marks for Edinburgh,1842 circular with a cast and chased raised border of Thistles beneath a cast foliate scroll mount for a suspension ring, in the original yellow silk lined fitted leather case Inscribed: "Marischal College and University, Aberdeen, Session 1842-43" "Breadalbane Medal gained by James Milne in the Anatomy Class, A.J.Lizars M.D F.R.C.S.E Professor" Size: 6cm wide Stock Number: A619 Price: sold
Enlarge	A rare Scottish George III silver basting spoon William Robertson, Edinburgh, 1795 Old English Celtic taper pattern, initialled "D" clearly struck with an additional standard mark A fine spoon in superb condition Size: 34cm long Weight: 3oz 5dwt Stock Number: A618 Price: sold
Enlarge	An Irish Provincial George III silver tablespoon Carden Terry, Cork, c.1785-95 Old English Celtic taper pattern, profusely bright-cut engraved and initailled "JAL" Size: 22cm long Weight: 2oz Stock Number: A617 Price: £270
Enlarge	A George III silver pictureback tablespoon maker's mark BB, London, 1767 Hanoverian 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
Enlarge	Channel Islands: A George II silver tablespoon Jean Gavey, Jersey, c.1750 Hanoverian pattern, crested Size: 20cm long Weight: 2oz 7dwt Stock Number: A615 Price: £340
Enlarge	An Irish William IV silver meat skewer James Scott, Dublin, 1832 of plain tapering form with a flared ring terminal, crested for Brereton of Ireland In superb original condition with crisp marks Size: 30.5cm long Weight: 2oz 9dwt Stock Number: A614 Price: £295
Enlarge	A rare early Victorian silver single cigar case Thomas William Dee, London, 1862 of 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
Enlarge	A George II pair of silver tablespoons Philip Roker II, London, 1733 Hanoverian pattern, crested Excellent marks Size: 20.5cm long Weight: 4oz 7dwt Stock Number: A611 Price: £320
Enlarge	An Irish Victorian silver private die teaspoon maker's mark JS, Dublin, 1863 King's pattern variant with the die struck lettering: "The County Carlow Agricultural Society" Size: 14.5cm long Weight: 1oz 5dwt Stock Number: A610 Price: £95
Enlarge	Worshipful Company of Salters: A Victorian silver salt spoon John Bodman Carrington for Carrington & Co. overstriking George Fox, London, 1893 the 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
Enlarge	An early Dutch silver comfit/snuff box Jan de Hoop, Amsterdam, 1736 of 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
Enlarge	A rare George III silver Armorial wine label unmarked, c.1770 pierced 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
Enlarge	A fine Victorian silver sifting spoon Charles Thomas and George Fox, London, 1852 with 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
Enlarge	A George II pair of rococo silver gilt tea tongs Philip Roker II, London, c.1739-55 of 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
Enlarge	A George III silver caddy spoon Cocks and Bettridge, Birmingham, 1805 Old 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
Enlarge	A German brass and steel fork Carlsbad, c.1740 the pistol shaped handle with cast brass Coach and Horses decoration Provenance: Ex Bill Brown collection Size: 18cm long Stock Number: A597 Price: £175
Enlarge	A rare and early Scottish figural wood and steel fork c.1700-20 the plain steel prongs fitted with a carved wooden handle in the form of a military figure in traditional Highland dress bearing a spear or Halberd The naive carving of the handle is highly suggestive of work which may well have been carved by the original owner of the fork. A rare example of Scottish eigtheenth century Folk Art Provenance: Ex Bill Brown Collection Size: 14.5cm long Stock Number: A594 Price: sold
Enlarge	An early American Colonial pair of silver tea tongs maker's mark AB struck twice, tentatively ascribed to Adrian Bancker, New York, c.1730-40 of 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
Enlarge	Last Chester Date Letter: A silver Armada dish Margaret Joyce and John ffoulkes Lowe, Chester, 1st July-24th August 1962 the 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
Enlarge	A George III pair of silver serving spoons William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1804 Old 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
Enlarge	A Canadian Victorian pair of silver sugar tongs William James Veith, Halifax, Nova Scotia, c.1850 Fiddle 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
Enlarge	A Scottish Provinical George IV pair of silver toddy ladles Robert Naughton, Inverness, c.1820-30 Fiddle 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
Enlarge	A Charles I/Commonwealth silver pomander unmarked, English, c.1640-60 circular 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
Enlarge	An Early American silver soup ladle Daniel Van Voorhis, New York, c.1785-90 Old 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
Enlarge	A James II Provincial silver tumbler cup Marmaduke Best, York, 1688 plain circular engraved with a naive scrollwork cartouche enclosing the initials 'P over WG' 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
Enlarge	A fine Queen Anne silver tobacco box Benjamin Pyne, London, 1710-11 oval 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
Enlarge	A George II silver caster George Weir, London, c.1727-9 of 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
Enlarge	A very fine George II silver salver Paul Crespin, London, 1744 shaped 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
Enlarge	A rare William III North Country dognose spoon maker's mark II struck twice alongside an incuse fleur-de-lys, York/Leeds, c.1700 Dognose 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
Enlarge	A George III Provincial pair of silver sugartongs Thomas Wigan, Bristol, c.1770 Old 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
Enlarge	*Contact Details Update* New Telephone Number 07957 732938 We would like to inform our customers that our contact details have now been updated. The new telephone number to call us on is: 07957 732938 Our email addresses are: Baggottsilver@aol.com or Baggottsilver@btinternet.com Please note that the P.O.Box has been discontinued Stock Number: A000 Price: On Request
Enlarge	An Arts and Crafts silver and lapis lazuli caddy spoon Liberty & Co., Birmingham, 1902 the 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
Enlarge	A Scottish Provincial George IV pair of silver tableforks Alexander Cameron of Dundee, Newcastle 1828 Fiddle pattern, initialled 'B' Size: 20.5cm long Weight: 2oz 11dwt: 2oz 13dwt Stock Number: A530 Price: £170 the pair
Enlarge	A Scottish Provincial Victorian pair of sugar tongs John Duncan and James Begg, Aberdeen, c.1837-44 Fiddle 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
Enlarge	A Documentary Scottish Provincial silver tablespoon Colin Richardson, St Andrews, c.1820-40 Fiddle pattern , initialled 'GB' This spoon bears the makers mark of Colin Richardson very deliberately overstriking itself three times to form separate cross punches. Alongside the additional maker's mark 'D McG' probably for an unrecorded member of the McGregor family who were also known to have marked silver in St Andrews. Size: 22cm long Weight: 1oz 17dwt Stock Number: A520 Price: £640
Enlarge	A rare Scottish Provincial George III silver Quaich Donald Fraser (early mark), Inverness, c.1804-10 of 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
Enlarge	A Scottish George III pair of 'Jacobite' silver shoe buckles William Napier, Glasgow, c.1760 of 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
Enlarge	An Irish Provincial George III silver waiter Daniel Lysaght, Limerick, c.1780-4 shaped 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
Enlarge	A George III gold mourning ring William Archer Price, London, 1816 gold 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
Enlarge	'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

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A George III pair of silver sugartongs

Stephen Adams I, London, c.1775-80

A very fine William III silver dognose spoon

Thomas Allen, London, 1698

A George IV pair of silver school prize medals

one Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, the other George Knight, London, 1823

A Scottish Provincial Victorian silver anatomical medal

John Duncan of Aberdeen alongside marks for Edinburgh,1842

A rare Scottish George III silver basting spoon

William Robertson, Edinburgh, 1795

An Irish Provincial George III silver tablespoon

Carden Terry, Cork, c.1785-95

A George III silver pictureback tablespoon

maker's mark BB, London, 1767

Channel Islands: A George II silver tablespoon

Jean Gavey, Jersey, c.1750

An Irish William IV silver meat skewer

James Scott, Dublin, 1832

A rare early Victorian silver single cigar case

Thomas William Dee, London, 1862

A George II pair of silver tablespoons

Philip Roker II, London, 1733

An Irish Victorian silver private die teaspoon

maker's mark JS, Dublin, 1863

Worshipful Company of Salters: A Victorian silver salt spoon

John Bodman Carrington for Carrington & Co. overstriking George Fox, London, 1893

An early Dutch silver comfit/snuff box

Jan de Hoop, Amsterdam, 1736

A rare George III silver Armorial wine label

unmarked, c.1770

A fine Victorian silver sifting spoon

Charles Thomas and George Fox, London, 1852

A George II pair of rococo silver gilt tea tongs

Philip Roker II, London, c.1739-55

A George III silver caddy spoon

Cocks and Bettridge, Birmingham, 1805

A German brass and steel fork

Carlsbad, c.1740

A rare and early Scottish figural wood and steel fork

c.1700-20

An early American Colonial pair of silver tea tongs

maker's mark AB struck twice, tentatively ascribed to Adrian Bancker, New York, c.1730-40

Last Chester Date Letter: A silver Armada dish

Margaret Joyce and John ffoulkes Lowe, Chester, 1st July-24th August 1962

A George III pair of silver serving spoons

William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1804

A Canadian Victorian pair of silver sugar tongs

William James Veith, Halifax, Nova Scotia, c.1850

A Scottish Provinical George IV pair of silver toddy ladles

Robert Naughton, Inverness, c.1820-30

A Charles I/Commonwealth silver pomander

unmarked, English, c.1640-60

An Early American silver soup ladle

Daniel Van Voorhis, New York, c.1785-90

A James II Provincial silver tumbler cup

Marmaduke Best, York, 1688

A fine Queen Anne silver tobacco box

Benjamin Pyne, London, 1710-11

A George II silver caster

George Weir, London, c.1727-9

A very fine George II silver salver

Paul Crespin, London, 1744

A rare William III North Country dognose spoon

maker's mark II struck twice alongside an incuse fleur-de-lys, York/Leeds, c.1700

A George III Provincial pair of silver sugartongs

Thomas Wigan, Bristol, c.1770

***Contact Details Update***

New Telephone Number 07957 732938

An Arts and Crafts silver and lapis lazuli caddy spoon

Liberty & Co., Birmingham, 1902

A Scottish Provincial George IV pair of silver tableforks

Alexander Cameron of Dundee, Newcastle 1828

A Scottish Provincial Victorian pair of sugar tongs

John Duncan and James Begg, Aberdeen, c.1837-44

A Documentary Scottish Provincial silver tablespoon

Colin Richardson, St Andrews, c.1820-40

A rare Scottish Provincial George III silver Quaich

Donald Fraser (early mark), Inverness, c.1804-10

A Scottish George III pair of 'Jacobite' silver shoe buckles

Contact Details Update