SH070 - A Gentleman’s Collection of English and Irish Silver
auction
Shapiro Gallery, 162 Queen St, Woollahra, SydneyChild’s Fork and Spoon
having handles depicting the Pied Piper above a rabbit, probably early 20th century (2)
- Measurements:
- length 10cm
- EStimate $20 - $50
- sold $36 Incl BP
Possibly William Hutton and Sons
Two Bellsthe bodies partially pierced and decorated with names and symbols of apostles Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and having looped handles, early 20th century (2)
- Measurements:
- height 8.5cm, diameter at rim 7cm
- EStimate $25 - $55
- sold $192 Incl BP
Five Piece Tea Service
all plain bodied oval section with moulded rims, the coffee pot having pronounced neck and lightly domed hinged cover with composition finial, with long swan neck spout and composition handle, teapot lightly compressed oval section with similar handle and finial, milk jug having one metal looped handle, twin handled sugar basin and slop bowl, marked […]
- Measurements:
- teapot height 23cm
- EStimate $120 - $180
- sold $168 Incl BP
Six Fish Knives and Six Fish Forks
plain ribbed pattern and marked “Grosvenor Delphic”, probably mid to late 20th century (12)
- EStimate $20 - $50
- sold $18 Incl BP
Six Cake Forks
three tined with plain handles having central decorative band and terminating in foliate moulding, marked ABSA etc and probably late 20th century; together with six cake knives having Queens pattern handles and blades marked ‘Arlington’,late 20th century; and together with two rectangular salts having four paw feet, one with blue glass liner, four small salt […]
- Measurements:
- fork length 14cm; knife length 18cm; ladle bowl diameter 7.5cm respectively
- EStimate $25 - $55
- sold $84 Incl BP
John Culme
'The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths: Jewellers & Allied Traders 1839 - 1914', Vol I & II, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1987(2)
- EStimate $200 - $300
- sold $288 Incl BP
Arthur G. Grimwade
Reference Book 'London Goldsmiths 1697 - 1837: Their Marks and Lives', Second Edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1982.
- EStimate $50 - $100
- sold $168 Incl BP
Hernmarck and Jackson
Two Sets of Silver Reference Bookscomprising Carl Hernmarck, ‘The Art of the European Silversmith 1430 – 1830’, Vol I & II, London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977 with display box and Charles James Jackson, ‘A Illustrated History of English Plate: Ecclesiastical and Secular’,Vol I & II, New York: Dover Publications, 1969 (4)
- EStimate $40 - $60
- sold $120 Incl BP
Four Silver Reference Books
comprising Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, ‘Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver’, London: Thames and Hudson, 1989; Arthur Grimwade, ‘Rococo Silver 1727 – 1765’, London: Faber and Faber, 1974; Charles Oman, ‘Caroline Silver 1625 – 1688’, London: Faber and Faber,1970 ; and John Culme, ‘Nineteenth Century Silver’, London: Country Life Books, 1977 (4)
- EStimate $40 - $60
- sold $72 Incl BP
J.B. Hawkins
Colonial Silver Reference Bookscomprising ‘Nineteenth Century Australian Silver’, Volumes One and Two, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1990, both signed and encased by display box and ‘Australian Silver 1800-1900’, Sydney: The National Trust of Australia, 1973, signed; together with exhibition booklet ‘The J. and J. Altmann Collection of Australian Silver’, National Gallery of Victoria, 1981 and John Deveraux Kernan, […]
- EStimate $40 - $60
- sold $240 Incl BP
Douglas Bennett
Reference Book 'Collecting Irish Silver 1637 - 1900', London: Souvenir Press, 1984together with three Irish silver reference booklets (4)
- EStimate $40 - $60
- sold $120 Incl BP
Brett, Clayton and Waldron
Three Silver Reference Bookscomprising Vanessa Brett, ‘The Sotheby’s Directory of Silver 1600 – 1940’, London: Sotheby’s Publications, 1986; Michael Clayton, ‘The Collector’s Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America’, revised edition, Suffolk: Antique Collector’s Club, 1985; and Peter Waldron, ‘The Price Guide to Antique Silver’, 2nd edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1982 together […]
- EStimate $30 - $50
- sold $168 Incl BP
Victoria and Albert Museum
Silver Reference Bookscomprising Charles Oman, ‘English Silversmiths’ Work Civil and Domestic’, London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1965 and a collection of small reference booklets covering covering periods and styles; together with Timothy Schroder, ‘The National Trust Book of English Domestic Sliver 1500 – 1900’, Middlesex: Viking, 1988 and two auction catalogues (16)
- EStimate $20 - $40
- sold $168 Incl BP
Three Spoon Reference Books
comprising Ian Pickford, ‘Silver Flatware: English, Irish and Scottish 1660 – 1980′, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1983; Michael Snodin, ‘Letts Collectors’ Guides: English Silver Spoons’, revised edition, London: Charles Letts Books Limited, 1982; and Simon Moore, ‘Spoons 1650 – 1930’, Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd, 1987 (3)
- EStimate $20 - $40
- sold $120 Incl BP
Three Hallmarking Reference Books
comprising Seymour B. Wyler, ‘The Book of Old Silver: English, American, Foreign’, New York: Crown Publishers Inc, Thirty-Fifth Printing, 1979; John P. Fallon, ‘Marks of London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths 1837 – 1914’, London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1992; and hancocks & Co Jewellers, ‘Hallmarks & Date Letters on Silver, Gold and Platinum’, Revised Edition, London: NAG […]
- EStimate $30 - $50
- sold $84 Incl BP
Miscellaneous Silver Reference Books
twelve various English, Irish, Scottish and European silver, gold and pewter reference books and booklets (12)
- EStimate $40 - $60
- sold $48 Incl BP
Large French Silver Twin Handled Rectangular Tray
with central engraved coat of arms between mottos surmounted by cornet on turned ground
- EStimate $12,000 - $18,000
John Green, Robert Mosley & Co
Pair of Candlestickshaving plain circular bases with reeded rims rising to vase shaped stem with bell shaped sockets and removable nozzles, bases engraved with widows lozenge and armorial and loaded, bearing marks for John Green, Robert Mosley and Co, Sheffield 1799 (2)
- Measurements:
- height 28.5cm
- EStimate $1,500 - $2,000
- sold $2,160 Incl BP
Large Twin Handled Oval Tray
having pierced rim and four ball feet
- Measurements:
- width 65cm
- EStimate $600 - $800