16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
2037
A Victorian Silver Table-Service
Mostly by Walker and Hall, Sheffield, Mostly 1899
Beaded Old English pattern, engraved with initials, comprising:
Top tray
24 table-forks
24 dessert-forks
Second tray
24 table-spoons
24 dessert-spoons
Fourth Tray
12 fruit-forks, with mother-of-pearl handles
12 fruit-knives, with mother-of-pearl handles
Fifth Tray
12 egg-spoons, mostly with gilt bowls
A pair of sugar-tongs, 1888
2 butter-knives
Sixth Tray
24 teaspoons
8 salt-spoons, with gilt bowls, four 1888
4 mustard-spoons, with gilt bowls
2 serving-forks
A jam-spoon, by a differing maker, 1871
Bottom tray
2 soup-ladles
2 basting-spoons, one 1888
4 sauce-ladles
A pair of knife-rests
4 silver plate ice crushers
in fitted oak canteen with six fitted detachable trays, the third tray empty, and a further fixed tray, with spaces for further items, the canteen 49.5cm wide, weighable silver 309oz 13dwt, 9,700gr (188)
Sold for £6,000
Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000
Each piece fully marked as expected. The marks are clear. There is only some minor surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The canteen with marks and scratches. There are many empty spaces in the canteen, particularly the knives which are mostly lacking.
Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 16th Nov, 2024
A spectacular life-size silver fox, modelled in the late 19th century by famed Victorian taxidermist James Rowland Ward, will be offered for sale with an estimate of £25,000-35,000 (all figures exclude buyer's premium). The model was presented to Sir Bache Cunard, legendary huntsman and scion of the Cunard shipping family, as a testimonial for his services to hunting in South Leicestershire and was paid for by subscription by members of his hunt.
In a superb offering of watches in the sale is an interesting selection of vintage pieces, with early and rare examples. The earliest wristwatch in the sale is a good Rolex: 18 Carat Two-Coloured Gold ‘Prince Brancard’ Watch (ref: 971) dating from the 1930s (estimate: £4,000-5,000). One of the rarest watches is a 1951 Omega: 14 Carat Rose Gold ‘Museum Cosmic’ Triple Calendar Moonphase Wristwatch (ref:3944) (estimate: £14,000-16,000). Reference 3944 was the first watch in Omega’s Cosmic line; it was made in three different metals, rose gold like the present example, being the rarest.
Period jewellery in the sale is led by a dazzling Art Deco Diamond Double Clip Brooch by Le Roy et Fils Ltd (estimate: £5,000-7,000). There is also a good offering of impressive rings in the sale, most notably a Diamond Cluster Ring (estimate: £15,000-20,000). Modernist jewellery is also a strong feature, with a good selection on offer by the likes of Leo de Vroomen, Andrew Grima, Alan Gard, Thomas A Payne and Kutchinsky.
Viewing
Sunday 10th November to Thursday 14th November 11am-4pm, Friday 15th November 8am-4pm, and morning of the sale from 8am
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