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Scottish Provincial Silver Coin Punch Ladle by Robert Keay

April 19th, 2012

Scottish Provincial Silver Coin Punch Ladle by Robert Keay Circa 1800-1836 with the eagle perth hallmark inset with rare Dundee Cross & Highlander Silver Shilling trade token minted 1797-1798.

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Rare & Unusual Flip Top Silver Vesta Case

March 22nd, 2012

Rare and unusual Flip Top Silver Vesta Case made by John Millward Banks assayed in Birmingham 1894. The vesta case has very fine floral engraving to the base and top with an oval cartouche initialled J.A. and also has a hidden hinge, with striker to the front and ring to the rear – £195.00  

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Oil on Canvas ‘Farmer Hughes’ dated 1941

January 14th, 2012

Oil on Canvas ‘Farmer Hughes’ dated 1941 by Victoria Davidson. She was born Munich in 1917, moved to London 1935 and died in 1999.  She was a prolific and accomplished illustrator, cartonist and poster designer who worked on advertising for campaigns for Nestle, Kellogs, the Post Office, Guiness and designed posters for London Transport 1959-63. £265

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Signed William Moorcroft Moonlit Blue landscape vase

January 4th, 2012

This signed William Moorcroft Moonlit Blue landscape vase, circa 1924, is beautifully decorated with four trees in a blue rolling landscape. It stands at 7.5 inches. The Moonlit Blue landscape design was launched in 1922 and shown at the Wembley Exhibition in 1924. This is a very fine, signed example of a rare and much [...]

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9ct rose gold bracelet

December 19th, 2011

This wonderful bracelet is a lovely example of rose gold. Whereas pure gold is of course yellow in colour, coloured gold – such as rose gold – is achieved via a process of alloying gold with other elements in various proportions. Widely used for jewellery, rose gold is a gold and copper alloy. It can [...]

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Late 18th to early 19th century Old Sheffield Plate wax jack

December 4th, 2011

Old Sheffield Plate wax jacks are now quite rare. They were designed to hold long coils of sealing wax and were a common endowment for a desk writing set. Today they are very sought after pieces, making attractive ornaments for display. Enthusiasm for Old Sheffield Plate is very high and is evidenced in the high [...]

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Washington Irving: The Old English Christmas (London: T.N. Foulis)

November 28th, 2011

This is the book that helped nurture America’s recognition of the holiday of Christmas by celebrating English festive traditions. Written by the famous 19th century American author, essayist, biographer and historian Washington Irving, who produced the famous stories ‘Rip van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, it was said to have even influenced Charles Dickens’ [...]

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John Speed map of Northamptonshire, 1616, Latin edition

November 16th, 2011

Published by John Sudbury and George Humble, 1616, and from John Speed’s atlas ‘The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine’, the Latin edition is arguably the rarest of all editions, being produced for the overseas market. It is a very attractive map which includes insets of the town plans of Northampton and Peterborough. It features [...]

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Silver Alexander Ritchie Iona fork, Birmingham 1934

November 12th, 2011

This splendid silver fork is a fine example of the work of Alexander (Alec) Ritchie, one of the most respected and sought-after Scottish silver jewellers of the 20th century. Along with his wife Euphemia, whilst working on the Isle of Iona in Scotland from 1899 to 1940, they popularised the use of the Celtic Cross in [...]

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Irish silver marrow scoop

November 4th, 2011

This is an excellent example of collectable Irish silver, hallmarked in Dublin in 1780, priced £340. Marrow scoops, or marrow spoons, were part of the array of silver dishes and utensils sitting on well-to-do European dining tables during the 18th century, when marrow was considered a delicacy and meat was a luxury only the wealthy [...]

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