fine art

An Edwardian silver three piece tea service, comprising teapot, sugar basin and cream jug, 684 grams gross, Sheffield 1907 (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A three piece silver tea service, Birmingham 1933, teapot, sugar basin and cream jug, 533 grams (see illustration).

Sold for £250

An Edwardian silver mounted claret jug, with beaded border, Sheffield 1908.

Sold for £120

A George V planished silver bowl, of small form, raised on three short hoof feet, Birmingham 1924, 116 grams. Diameter 4.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £110

Four silver serviette rings, three engine turned Birmingham 1928, one later, 88 grams.

Sold for £55

A Victorian silver coloured rattle and teether, in the form of a jester with bells. Overall length 6.5 ins.

Sold for £45

A silver mustard pot and pepperette, the mustard Chester 1922, pepperette hallmark rubbed.

Sold for £55

A silver mounted cut glass scent bottle, of globular form, Birmingham 1903. Height 4.25 ins.

Sold for £85

A silver sugar sifter, Birmingham 1929.

Sold for £70

A silver pepperette, with detachable lid, London 1902, 79 grams. Height 5.5 ins.

Sold for £60

A collection of miscellaneous silverware, including pair of knife rests, button hook, silver handled knife, salt spoon, specimen vase and pickle fork (7).

Sold for £60

A cut glass decanter, with locking mechanism, the mount by James Dixon & Son, Sheffield, together with another decanter monogrammed with a Prince of Wales plume.

Sold for £65

A silver coloured basket, stamped "84" also "HH & A.T 1849", 629 grams. Width 11 ins.

Sold for £140

A pair of late Victorian silver sweetmeat dishes, pierced and of shaped outline, each raised on three ball feet, Sheffield 1896, together with a small circular pin tray, Sheffield 1906.

Sold for £60

A Samson Mordan & Company silver mounted menu holder, Chester 1913, height 4.25 ins, width 3.5 ins, together with a silver chamberstick holder and combined Vesta case, London 1903, width 1.75 ins.

Sold for £600

A silver caddy spoon, London 1904, a silver toast rack, small silver stand, butter knife, spoon and serviette ring (cased).

Sold for £75

A Historical Heirloom Collection Cook Bicentenary tankard, hallmarked "Sterling Silver", 22 ounces, cased.

Sold for £340

A Historical Heirloom Collection Mayflower cream jug, 7.2 ounces troy, cased (see illustration).

Sold for £150

A Historical Heirloom Collection Moon Landing beaker, English sterling silver, approximately 9.75 ounces troy, cased. Height 5.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £160

A Historical Heirloom Collection Prince of Wales Investiture goblet, sterling silver, 11.2 ounces troy, cased. Height 6 ins.

Sold for £180

A Victorian silver helmet shaped cream jug with sugar basket to match, each piece repousse and foliate engraved, Sheffield 1883, 303 grams (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A George III silver basting spoon, London 1801, maker "W.S.", 112 grams. Length 12 ins.

Sold for £85

A pair of George III silver basting spoons, London 1796, 210 grams. Length 11.25 ins.

Sold for £260

A collection of miscellaneous Georgian silver flatware, comprising tablespoon and five dessert spoons, various makers, various marks, 225 grams.

Sold for £120

A collection of flatware, comprising pair of silver sugar tongs, salt spoon and four other spoons, 105 grams.

Sold for £50

A pair of silver asparagus tongs, London 1906, 139 grams.

Sold for £135

A pair of spring loaded Continental silver lorgnettes, inlaid with blue and white enamel, circa 1900.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A large silver table cigarette box, with engine turned lid to open interior, Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1937. Width 9.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A silver bowl, Sheffield 1969, 174 grams. Diameter 4 ins.

Sold for £85

A George V silver cocktail shaker, Birmingham 1932, 397 grams. Height 8.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

A silver caster, with detachable lid, London 1915, 116 grams. Height 7 ins.

Sold for £90

A silver snuffbox, with engine turned top, decorated to each side with a hound and pheasant scene, probably London 1906. Width 2.5 ins.

Sold for £200

A silver jewellery casket, square with canted angles, with engine turned lid, Birmingham 1925. Width 4.25 ins.

Sold for £160

A set of six silver teaspoons, Newcastle hallmark, George III, maker T.W.

Sold for £55

A set of six George III silver teaspoons, London 1800, makers mark for Peter, Ann & William Bateman.

Sold for £75

Six silver teaspoons, Newcastle mark, also stamped with a London hallmark probably 1806, maker T.W. or I.W.

Sold for £42

A pair of silver salts, with spoons, Birmingham hallmark.

Sold for £75

An Edwardian hat pincushion, Birmingham 1907.

Sold for £48

An early 20th century green onyx and gilt metal mounted pedestal, with square revolving platform above a leaf cast socle and column support raised on a square stepped base with square feet. Height 39 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A 19th century brass and steel watchmakers lathe, by J. Prescot, with ebony handle. Height 10 ins, length 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £280

A 19th century brass and steel watchmakers lathe, by J. & T. Jones Prescot. Length 14 ins, height 6.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A 19th century brass and steel watchmakers cutting tool, raised on mahogany base. Height 12 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £270

Three cased watchmakers tools, Shardlow micrometer and two others.

Sold for £50

A collection of seven 19th century glass clock domes, two with wooden bases. Heights from 9 ins to 21 ins.

Sold for £120

A collection of principally 19th century watchmakers precision tools, brass, stainless steel and alloy, dividers, clamps, gauges (8).

Sold for £85

A collection of principally 19th century watchmakers precision tools, magnifying glass, calipers, vices, protractors, etc. (12).

Sold for £200

A collection of principally 19th century clockmakers precision tools, including clamps, calipers, etc.

Sold for £150

A collection of 19th century watchmakers precision tools, brass and steel (5).

Sold for £90

A collection of cased watchmakers precision tools, principally brass and steel (4).

Sold for £130

A collection of principally 19th century watchmakers tools, calipers, gauges, clamps, etc. (16).

Sold for £60

A workbench, formerly the property of a Master Watchmaker, with sliding work surface and fitted with eighteen drawers containing a variety of tools, springs, watch glasses, etc.

Sold for £650

A collection of documents relating to cattle movement etc., circa 1943/45, many in relation to County of Cumberland War Agricultural Executive Committee, etc.

Sold for £50

A collection of six bone and composition fans, late 19th/early 20th century, various sizes.

Sold for £160

Three ostrich feather hat plumes, circa 1930. Each height 26 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £80

A Japanese Meiji period miniature bronze vase, club shaped and with character marks to base, together with a brass cylindrical box with painted and mother of pearl battle scene to lid. Vase height 4 ins, box diameter 2.5 ins.

Sold for £50

Two 18th century Turkish oil lamps, metal, in the form of mythical birds. Heights 7 ins and 5 ins.

Sold for £50

A Chinese porcelain figure with opium eater. Width approximately 5.5 ins, height 4.25 ins.

Sold for £110

A Russian lacquered box, depicting two knights on horseback fighting in landscape, with red painted interior, signed and dated 1955.

Sold for £45

A soapstone carving of a hippopotamus. Length 6 ins.

Sold for £38

Two Chinoiserie lacquered boxes, one decorated with applied crowns, the other with metal bindings and also a small Chinese cinnabar box. Widths from 3.5 ins to 4.5 ins.

Sold for £50

A Chinese carved ivory or bone figure, seated male holding a child. Height 2.5 ins.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A Chinese soapstone figural carving, female with child seated, hand-coloured. Height 5.25 ins.

Sold for £65

A Chinese jade or hardstone carved seated Buddha. Height 2 ins.

Sold for £42

A Wilkinson Sword letter knife, presentation cased. Length 8.5 ins.

Sold for £40

A pair of miniatures, "The Last Supper" and "When Did You Last See Your Father?". Each 2.5 ins x 3.25 ins, in pierced brass frames.

Sold for £130

A Chinese carved ivory figure, female in standing pose holding flowers and raised on a wooden plinth. Height 9 ins.

Sold for £180

A pair of Victorian brass piano sconces.

Estimated: £30 - £40

A late 19th century brass framed mirror, foliate embossed, bevelled plate and with candelabra beneath. Width 10 ins, height 17 ins.

Sold for £55

A pair of Chinese Cloisonne ginger jars, each raised on a wooden stand, foliate and scroll decoration. Height including stand 8.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

A 19th century bronze and iron door knocker, in the form of a fish. Height 14 ins.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A 19th century walrus tusk carving, in the form of a cribbage board and raised on short feet. Length 12.75 ins.

Sold for £95

Four 19th century copper cylindrical measures, graduated. Heights from 4.25 ins to 2.5 ins.

Sold for £40

A 19th century root carving, a small mammal. Length 10 ins.

Estimated: £50 - £80

An Oriental lacquered wooden tray, decorated with birds, crabs and foliage. 22.5 ins x 34 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

An Eastern carved stone/marble figure, mythical bird. Height 6 ins, length 10 ins.

Sold for £90

A pair of early 19th century birch lidded vessels, each with locking mechanism, with turned handle to lid and cylindrical turned body. Width 5.25 ins, height 4.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £430

A pair of Chinese cinnabar and enamel vases, decorated with chasing dragons, with blue enamelled interior and bases and each with wooden stand. Height excluding stand 9.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A Japanese Shibayama vase and cover, with eagle finial to cover with silvered interior, with further interior lid, metal body with eight Shibayama panels in hardstone and mother of pearl and with seal mark to foot. Height 12.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1600

Two Chinese silver boxes, one cylindrical basketwork form with interior teapot and cup, the other in the form of a house with hinged lid. Diameter and height respectively 4 cm and 5 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Benin bronze mask, male figure with headdress. Width 8 ins, height 12 ins.

Sold for £200

A Japanese ivory or bone shrine, circa 1900, with a pair of hinged doors revealing deity. Height 7 ins.

Estimated: £120 - £180

A pair of Cloisonne enamel vases, with green ground decorated with iris. Height 15.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

A pair of Cloisonne vases, decorated against the blue ground with floral sprays. Height 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £140

A Cloisonne Ginbari vase, with signature to base. Height 6.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A 19th century turned hardstone urn, probably Blue John, with flared lip, baluster body and knopped stem raised on a square base. Height 14 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £2100

A 19th century serpentine urn on plinth, classical form, with J.B. Drew Serpentine Manufacturer label to base. Height 12.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Four pieces of Treen, Fernware box, 19th century nutcrackers, probably Scottish and two Mauchlin Ware boxes, "Castle from Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh" and "The Broomfields".

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Tibetan horn, painted metal with applied pierced mouldings. Length 16 ins.

Sold for £40

Five 19th century miniatures, Indian, Taj Mahal, etc., oval on ivory and housed within a single circular frame. Each miniature 50 mm x 38 mm (see illustration).

Sold for £220

A cold painted bronze hen, raised on a marble base. Height 4 in including base, width 3 ins.

Sold for £85

A Blue John model of a piglet, carved and raised on a shaped base, with ruby coloured eyes. Overall length 62 mm (see illustration).

Sold for £190

A Chinese bronze pot pourri holder, with detachable lid and body decorated with prunus blossom and with similarly decorated pierced base, late 19th century. Height 11 ins.

Estimated: £200 - £300

A 17th century Dutch brass wall sconce, the oval backplate with a beaded rim framing an embossed standing figure holding a tulip, with foliate engraved background supporting two cast scrolled branches. Height 15 ins. PROVENANCE - Sotheby's, The Tristram Jellinek Collection 1996, lot 705 (see illustration).

Estimated: £500 - £800

A large collection of share certificates debentures, etc., Brazil Railway Co., Buenos Aires, Lacroze Tramways, Confederate States of America Loan certificates, principally late 19th and 20th century, approximately 100.

Sold for £600

Two Lawn Tennis measures, brass, each with crossed arrows trademark. Diameters 4.25 ins and 4.5 ins.

Sold for £38

An early 20th century Scarborough type fishing reel, wood and metal. Diameter 6 ins.

Estimated: £20 - £40

An R.& J. Beck 1917 three draw telescope, leather bound and brass. Length extended 32.5 ins.

Sold for £55

A pair of 19th century brass candlesticks, with integral sconces with drip tray beneath and raised on a circular spreading foot. Height 9 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £70

A George III shagreen knife box, with brass carrying handle and lock, with plush lined interior containing a quantity of silver handled and steel knives and forks. Height 12 ins, width 9 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £380

A pair of Toleware table lamps, painted columns highlighted with gilding and raised on ball feet. Height excluding light fitting 18 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £170