Silver & Objects of Vertu including Flatware Wednesday 17 April 2013 Knightsbridge, London Silver & Objects of Vertu including Flatware Wednesday 17 April 2013 at 11am Knightsbridge, London Bonhams Enquiries Please see page 2 for bidder Montpelier Street information including after-sale Ellis Finch Knightsbridge collection and shipment +44 (0) 20 7393 3973 London SW7 1HH www.bonhams.com Please see back of catalogue James Clare for important notice to bidders Viewing +44 (0) 20 7393 3974 Sunday 14 April 11am to 3pm Lucy Gregory Customer Services Monday 15 April 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm +44 (0) 20 7393 3858 Tuesday 16 April 9am to 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 [email protected] Bids Illustration +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Front: The Gilmour Collection of +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Press Enquiries: wine labels Julian Roup To bid via the internet Back: Lot 40 +44 (0) 20 7468 8259 please visit www.bonhams.com Inside Front: Lot 218 Inside Back: Lot 219 Please note that bids should be Sale Number: 20794 submitted no later than 24 hours before the sale. 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Buyers Please contact: Ian Walsh +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 After 21 days from the sale date please contact the +44 (0)20 7225 2828 or email +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax department. bonhams@mbeknightsbridge. co.uk Sellers Payment of sale proceeds Transfer of Purchased CITES FEES INCREASE +44 (0) 20 7468 8240 Lots on the inter-company van run Re-export permit applications for +44 (0) 20 7447 7430 fax all lots marked with the symbol Box Size Guide Price ‘Y’ being shipped outside of the Valuations, taxation Small (12 bottle wine case) £15* EU are now charged at £47 per & heritage Medium (book carton/half tea chest) £35* application. +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 Large (tea chest) £50* +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax [email protected] *Prices include + VAT per box Catalogue subscriptions • A Loss & Damage Warranty fee To obtain other catalogues or of 1.5% on invoice total + VAT take out an annual subscription: will be charged Subscriptions Department • Includes two week’s free +44 (0) 1666 502200 storage at destination +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax • Storage thereafter: £15 + VAT [email protected] per box, per week, or part thereof • Same rates apply, irrespective of distance using Bonhams Transit except transfers between NBS, KB and Relay Road, which are 50% of the published rate Please contact: [email protected] Contents Objects of Vertu 1 Early Spoons 28 Flatware 50 Foreign Flatware 142 Old Sheffield Plate 174 Electroplate 177 Modern Silver 182 The Andrew Gilmour Collection of Silver Wine Labels 202 Antique Silver 219 1 1 Objects of Vertu 1 Y A William IV silver-gilt mounted malachite vinaigrette possibly by Thomas Diller, London 1836 Rectangular form with curved corners, the cover inset with a plain malachite panel, the sides and base profusely engraved with foliate scrolls, the hinged grille ornately pierced in a similar manner, length 4.5cm, together with a George III ivory, tortoiseshell and gold toothpick box, English, circa 1790, the ivory body in the form of shield, with tortoiseshell banding and bright-engraved gold embellishments, the centre inset with a navette shaped panel of ribboned hair, length 8cm and a late 18th century pique-work snuff box, circa 1790, the 2 rectangular tortoiseshell body with curved ends, the body inset with gold flowerheads and stars dot-engraved and bead borders, length 9.5cm. (3) £600 - 800 €700 - 930 2 An early Victorian silver-gilt castle-top vinaigrette depicting Warwick Castle by Taylor & Perry, Birmingham 1843 Rectangular form with raised foliate rim, the sides and base with engraved engine-turning, the grille pierced with foliate scrolls, length 4.5cm, together with a William IV silver-gilt example, by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1833, curved rectangular form, the body bright-engraved with flowers and beaded rims, the cover with central rectangular reserve, the cast grille pierced with floral scrolls, length 3.5cm, weight total 1.5oz. (2) £500 - 600 €580 - 700 3 3 A George III silver vinaigrette by Ledsam & Vale, Birmingham 1819 Formed as a purse and hinging in half to reveal a foliate pierced hinged grille, gilt interior, width at widest point 2.5cm; together with two William IV vinaigrettes, the first, possibly by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1830, rectangular form with floral engraving, the hinged cover opening to reveal a pierced foliate hinged grille, gilt interior, length 2.9cm, the second, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1835, rectangular form, machine-turned decoration, opening to reveal a pierced foliate hinged grille, gilt interior, engraved with initials length 4.5cm and a Victorian snuff box, by Francis Clark, Birmingham 1838, rectangular form with reeded body, the cover with central rectangular cartouche engraved with initials, hinged lid with gilt interior, length 6cm, weight 3.5oz. (4) 3 £500 - 600 €580 - 700 4 | Bonhams 4 5 4 A George III kitchen nutmeg grater by John Robins, London 1814 Cylindrical form with reeded loop handle, each side with steel rasp, the flush-hinged base engraved with two crests, height 8cm. £600 - 800 €700 - 930 The left crest is for CARRELL, COCKS, DEN[NE], FULTON and HORROCKS. The right, possibly for SMALLMAN of Kent. 5 A George III silver nutmeg grater by Phipps & Robinson, London 1804 Plain oblong form with rounded ends, hinged cover and base, steel rasp, initialled, length 4.7cm. 6 £500 - 550 €580 - 640 6 A George III silver patch/snuff box by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1798 Rounded rectangular form, the demi-hinged cover with bright-engraving and central vacant reserve, length 3cm; together with another oval example, Birmingham 1802 modelled as a shell and hinging in half to reveal later-enamelled interior, length 2.5cm, a snuff box, by Francis Clark, rectangular form with all-over engine turning, gilt interior engraved to the underside of cover, length 5cm, and another similar example, Birmingham 1807, length 4.9cm, weight 2.5oz. (4) £500 - 700 €580 - 820 7 A William IV silver nutmeg grater by Gervase Wheeler, Birmingham 1836 Rectangular form, the hinged cover and base with engraved engine turning, the body with reeded sides and foliate scroll thumbpiece, steel rasp, length 3.7cm. £500 - 600 €580 - 700 7 Silver & Objects Of Vertu | 5 8 A late 18th/early 19th century silver and paste set Masonic Past Masters jewel maker’s mark only, stamped ‘I.S’ in rectangular punch, circa 1800 The paste set body formed as a domed arch supported by Corinthian columns on a pedestal base, the openwork centre formed as the sun with inset red glass eyes between a pair of spread compass on a chevron applied with paste flowers, height 14cm. £500 - 700 €580 - 820 8 9 A pair of George III silver buckles maker’s mark only, by Thomas Wallis (II), London circa 1785 The curved rectangular ring cast and chased with foliate tipped reeds on a linear grounds with beaded border, width 6cm, together with a pair of Georgian paste buckles, a Southern Russian silver and niello clasp, two pairs of Egyptian metalware and niello belt clasps with dagger-shaped pins and another similar gilt-metal and enamel example. (Qty) £500 - 700 €580 - 820 9 10 Y A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver-gilt and enamelled vinaigrette by Samuel Goldschmidt, Vienna 1866 Compressed circular form, the hinged lid with enamelled scene of a couple reading in a landscape and opening to reveal a gilt interior and removable grille, the underside also with enamelled scene of a couple playing the lute, with translucent red enamel sides embellished with painted gold scrolls, with ring attachment, diameter 2.3cm; together with a collection of boxes, comprising: two silver and tortoiseshell patch boxes, by Levi & Salaman, Birmingham 1906 and 1911, one inlaid with coast of arms, the other with floral roundel, a plain circular patch box by Levi & Salaman, Birmingham 1920, a similar example, by Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham 1911, plain, a small Irish box, by William Egan & Sons, Dublin 1947, cylindrical form, the cover engraved with initials, a 19th century German snuff box, by Karl Kurz, Kesselstadt, with import 10 marks for Samuel Boyce (Boaz) Landeck, Chester 1905, rectangular form, embossed with a shepherdess and her sheep, a similar example, stamped ‘TRB’ 925 ‘XR’, heart form; and two mother of pearl and silver pen knives, Sheffield 1900, weight of weighable silver 3.5oz.