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A stunning Victorian, Silver Vinaigrette by prolific silversmith, Nathaniel Mills, featuring ‘The Scott Monument’.
Birmingham 1863
Weight: 18.7 grams
The Scott Monument commemorates the author Sir Walter Scott, located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.
Hand-pierced grill, engraved initials, crisp detail & hallmarks, gilded interior, and overall superb condition.
No damage or repair
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Santé! A large French antique, sterling silver & etched glass decanter.
The silver lid featuring simple geometric borders, hallmarked with French silver Minerva head and maker’s mark for Henri Gauthier.
Antique cut glass bottle embellished with beautifully hand-etched flowers and pontil mark base. Heavy gauge silver lid with cork lining.
Measurements: 18cm high, 9cm width, 6.5cm depth
Maker: Henri Gauthier, 29 Rue Beauvoir, Paris.

A BOXED, SIGNAL HOIST BROOCH BY BENZIE OF COWES
Constructed in 9ct gold with six enamelled signal flags spelling ‘MARIAN’, a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter built by Hambly of Cardiff, 1889.
Hallmarked Birmingham, 375 with maker's marks to reverse.
Measuring: 4.3cm
Weight: 5.8 grams
Condition: No damage or repairs. DM for price.

A Three Compartment, Edwardian, Silver Torpedo Cigar Case, Birmingham 1904 by Thomas Bishton, (1903-1944). Engraved with scroll and flowers, featuring a vacant cartouche, hallmarked thumb operated button/ clasp and gilded interior.
Weight: 115 grams
Dimensions: 13cm length, 5.75cm wide
Condition commensurate with age and use.
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Find your path of enlightenment with this fine example of a 19th century, Sino-Tibetan Gilt, Chased Silver Ceremonial Bowl with flared pedestal base and splayed rim.
Probably made for the export market, it is deeply chased in high relief with raised gilded dragons, Sino-Himalayan cloud motifs, against a background that has been lightly tooled. The gilding provides an beautiful contrast between the silver in high relief and fine gold appliqué.
Diameter of bowl: 16.5cm
Circumference: 45cm
Height: 10.5cm
Base width: 7.25cm
Condition commensurate with age and use.
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A fine quality 19th century Tibetan Straits Silver and gold openwork lid box.
Tibetan silver tooled and cutaway box with lid, decorated with gold gold dragons and lotus flower with engraving to the underside. Floral and Greek key borders
Dimensions: Approx. 3.8×7.8×12.2 cm
Weight: 399 grams

A practical Georgian, Sterling Silver teapot by Alexander Field with scallop shell silver handle, silver finial, bright cut vine and dove bird decoration, sitting on ball feet, hallmarked London 1790. Weight: 586 grams/ 19 Troy oz.
No repairs, good overall condition with minor bruising to body.
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A Antique Sterling Silver table flower vase, having a round body with straight tapering sides, with chased border decoration and lion head & shell decorative handles, sitting on a fluted pedestal foot.
Made by Hawksworth, Eyre & Co of Birmingham, 1909.
Weight: 972g, 31.25 Troy ounces.
Approximately 30cm high,
50cm diameter opening. Please note that this vase is not loaded.
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ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SILVER PLATED & ETCHED GLASS CLARET JUG c.1880
The baluster body beautifully hand engraved with diamond cut pattern, and silver plated collar engraved with a floral boarder with monogram cartouche. Mounted with a hinged lid, thumb-piece and an elegant plain handle decorated with vine leaves at the base.
Dimensions: 28cm high, 35cm diameter with collared base.
Condition: No chips to glass.
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Namji, Cameroon Beaded Fertility Dolls
Circa 1940’s
These wooden dolls originate from the Namji people of north-western Cameroon is in a highly stylised, geometric human form. Its proportionately small head is incised with a stark facial expression on both sides. Both faces have shell eyes.
The torso is adorned with multiple strings of shell beads. The wrists, ankles and necks are adorned with coral and turquoise beads respectively.
These dolls were given to young Namji girls to play with, but also to prepare them for motherhood. Caring for such dolls also was thought to promote fertility. Often such dolls were worn strapped to the back like a real infant.
Occasionally, these dolls were given to infertile women in the hope that it would aid pregnancy. They were commissioned from a carver for this purpose after which they were taken to the tribe’s witch doctor/ nganga, who performed rituals to inject force and respect (nkinda) into the doll. These dolls became fe**sh objects and were provided with food offerings and care to sustain its power.
Mounted on Perspex plinths, overall in good condition with wear and tear commensurate with earlier use.



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Our CEO is a second generation antique dealer, having enjoyed a long and extensive career in the antiques industry over the last thirty years, scouring the country for quality antiques, spanning four centuries, and countless genres.

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People have bought and collected precious items from time immemorial, whether for status or just pleasure. Antique silver and gold jewellery are intrinsic, and in most instances have practical uses. Solid silver and gold items have a minimum, scrap value based on weight, linked directly to the price of the base material.

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A Symbol of Purity - Perfect for a wedding gift or anniversary.
This stunning Victorian 18ct gold and natural seed pearl pendant and detachable brooch by Hunt and Roskell, Late Storr & Mortimer in original velvet lined, Moroccan leather box.
Comprising natural seed pearls and 0.5ct old cut diamond.
Weight: approximately 16.11 grams
Hunt & Roskell were located on Bond Street, London and held the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria. They exhibited at the Great Exhibition held in 1851, as well as in New York and Paris.
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A Fine Georgian Tortoiseshell Circular S***f Box, Circa 1771. Gilt mounted with miniature portrait of Mrs Deeds, a member of the Forbes Family, initialled G. S. 1771
Gifted by Duncan Forbes.
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A RARE ANTIQUE GERMAN SILVER-GILT CEREMONIAL ANOINTING SET COMPRISING TWO LIDDED OIL POURERS AND HEAVILY EMBELLISHED TRAY
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NUREMBERG.
Tray chased with decorative scrollwork and putti with a pair of oil jugs featuring hinged lids decorated with scrollwork.
Original gilding and patina.
Excellent condition with minor bruising to pedestals and tray.
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A George Il Silver Sugar Bowl
London 1727 of plain circular
form, rising from a circular foot. The rim is decorated with a stepped circular band and features a gilded interior.
Hallmarked London 1727, maker’s mark obscured and unidentified.
In good overall condition considering this item is almost 300 years old.
Thick gauge and good patina.
Diameter of rim: 12.5cm
Diameter of foot: 7.5cm
Height: 6.8cm
Weight: 221g/ 7.1 Troy oz
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An Indian 22ct gold lapel button, Circa 1880, depicting The Hindu Goddess Vishnu. The Goddess appears to be flanked on one side by Ganesh and a peacock to the other. The lapel button features a rope twist border and two lugs to the reverse side.
Overall condition is good with rubbed surface wear with original patina.
Measuring approximately 2.7cm x 2.3cm and weighing 6 grams, un-hallmarked.