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An Early Victorian 12 Place Silver Kings Pattern Canteen by George Adams
US$13,340.20 **A very fine early Victorian silver double struck King's Pattern 12 place setting canteen service with the shell and diamond heel. This wonderful table service consists of 91 pieces made up of:****12 table/serving spoons****12 table forks****12 table knives****12 dessert spoons****12 dessert forks****12 dessert knives****12 teaspoons****4 sauce ladles****1 pair of sugar tongs****1 carver****1 serving fork****Total weighable silver: 4567g or 146.8 ozT (161 oz)****The silver handled (filled) dinner & dessert knives retain their original steel blades.****All the pieces hallmarked for London, the dates are between 1847 - 1874\. All by George Adams.****Except the sugar tongs which are hallmarked for London 1858 by Elizabeth & John Eaton, and the knives, carver & serving fork are hallmarked for Sheffield 1860 by Harrison Bros & Howson.****The blades are stamped V R with a dagger between.****All the pieces are in very good condition with no damage or repairs. The decoration is crisp throughout. Various crests and monograms. A very fine set of silver cutlery.****George William Adams (Chawner & Co)****He was a prolific maker of fine silverware in the second half off the nineteenth century. ****In 1838, George William Adams married Mary Chawner, the daughter of William Chawner. It was agreed that he would go into the business with her mother (Mary Chawner), and a joint makers mark was registered from March - November 1840\. After this, George Adams took over Chawner & Co, and ran it exceptionally well. He was an exhibitor at the 1851 Great Exhibition**** and the company became one of the largest producers of top quality silver flatware in Victorian England. The Chawner & Co pattern book was published in 1875, and became the encyclopedia for Victorian flatware patterns. It was heavily referenced by Ian Pickford in his now-standard reference book on silver flatware.****In 1883, Chawner & Co was sold to Holland,...
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A Very Rare York Silver Teapot. Barber & Whitwell, York 1815
US$1,905.75 **A very rare York silver George III teapot. Of oblong form with a raised band round the middle. The raised lid and finial are the same shape, a curved spout and a fruitwood handle. All standing on a pedestal on four ball feet.****Clearly hallmarked for by James Barber and William Whitwell, York 1815.****This is a very rare and highly...
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A Set of 4 Silver Strawberry Dishes, London 1835 by Robert Garrard
US$12,705.00 **A very rare set of four silver strawberry or salad/serving dishes London 1835 by Robert Gerrard II. Each scalloped circular body with wavy rim, the center engraved with an armorial for Viscount Ashbrook. (see photo), with the motto 'Mens conscia recti' which translates as 'A mind conscious of rectitude'.** **Hallmarked for London, 1835 by the royal silversmith Robert Garrard...
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A Very Fine Chinese Silver Cream Jug
US$381.15 **A Chinese export silver coloured milk jug of baluster form with bamboo modelled handle and bamboo engraving to the body. With a vacant shield shaped cartouche.****Marked to the base with a Chinese character mark and 'MK' for a Cantonese silversmith of the early twentieth century.****Marks to the base. No erasure, splits or repairs.****A very important and collectable piece of...
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A Superb George II Scottish Silver Teapot, by Edward Lothian, Edinburgh 1749
US$4,446.75 **A Rare & Superb George II Scottish Silver Teapot, Edinburgh 1749 by Edward Lothian. The body is raised in the inverted pear-shaped form, plain except for a crest and motto to each side - see pictures. A cast, tapering and gadrooned spout. The silver handle capped with an acanthus leaf and with wooden spacers. The very good fitting domed...
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A George III Silver Coffee Pot London 1763 by William Grundy
US$1,905.75 **A very good Georgian silver coffee pot of baluster form with a cast swan-neck spout, pedestal foot and ebonised handle. The domed lid with a spiral finial.****Marked to the body for London 1763 by William Grundy. Marked to the lid with the lion passant. Crested to each side with a stag's head.****A fine coffee pot in original condition with...
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A Superb Georgian Silver Salver by Richard Rugg London 1768
US$5,444.39 **A very good large George III silver salver of circular form. The cast border of shell and scrolling beaded decoration. The central plate bright cut engraved with flowers and foliage. The centre with an armorial crest within a shaped cartouche. The whole standing on four ball and claw feet.****Marked to the underside for London 1768 by Richard Rugg the...
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ANTIQUE 20thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER LARGE COCKEREL ORNAMENTAL FIGURE c.1900
US$5,075.65 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique early 20th Century German solid silver ornamental, realistically modelled figure of a cockerel, of large size, with detachable head and spreading wings, heavy gauge and high quality of workmanship. The figure is beautifully engraved to the last detail and well refined.The body hallmarked with German Hanau marks of B.Neresheimer & Sohne (founded 1893), head and body is...
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ANTIQUE 20thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER IMPRESSIVE LARGE NEFF GALLEON SHIP c.1930
US$8,378.94 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 20th Century German very impressive solid silver model of a ship, called a "Nef" in the style of the 15th-16th Century examples, impressively large and very detailed. The three-masted galleon with pierced gallery and crew on board deck and in crows nests. The hull decorated in relief and the front applied with a cast grotesque bird and...
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ANTIQUE 19thC FRENCH SOLID SILVER SET OF 12 DINNER PLATES, ODIOT c.1870
US$16,256.00 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century French rare and important set of twelve solid silver dinner plates, each of shaped-circular form with ovolo borders. Engraved with the important Melzi family crest (Francesco Melzi, c.1491-1568/70 was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He was a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci)Each plate is hallmarked French silver...
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ANTIQUE 20thC RUSSIAN GOLD & ENAMEL 2ND CLASS ST.STANISLAUS MEDAL BADGE c.1900
US$2,534.65 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 20th Century Russian Imperial Order of St Stanislaus 2nd Class (Civil) badge / medal, the cross covered in translucent red enamel. The badge is Hallmarked Russian Imperial Gold 56 (585 standard), St. Petersburg, year 1908-1917, workmaster's mark AK (Albert Kebel, one of the most important Russian Imperial jeweller specializing in enamelled medals and gold objects) ### CONDITIONIn...
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ANTIQUE 20thC IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SOLID SILVER & ENAMEL SUGAR BOWL & TONGS c.1910
US$5,837.95 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique early 20th Century Imperial Russian solid silver-gilt and cloisonne' enamel sugar bowl and tongs, particularly large size and fine quality, richly gilt and beautifully enamelled with multicoloured stylised design on stippled ground and applied with stylised scroll handles. The sugar bowl is hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875 standard), Moscow, 1908-1917, Maker's mark in Cyrillic G.S (Grigoriy Sbitnev),...
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ANTIQUE 19thC IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SOLID SILVER TEA & COFFEE SET, 4th ARTEL c.1890
US$12,698.60 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique late 19th Century Imperial Russian solid silver five piece tea and coffee set, comprising of teapot, coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and cake basket, although by different makers the set features an identical and very unusual Rococo design, extremely heavy gauge, each hinged cover terminating with a cast floral finial, plain scroll handles, richly gilt...
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