17th May, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
2207
Two George III Scottish Silver Basting-Spoons
One by David Marshall, Edinburgh, 1789 and One by Alexander Gardner, Edinburgh, 1792
each Pointed Old English pattern, one with feather edge cartouche and engraved foliage, each engraved with initials
32cm long and slightly smaller, 6oz 3dwt, 192gr (2)
Sold for £120
Estimated at £120 - £180
Each marked on back of handle. There is some wear to the marks, particularly on the Alexander Gardner example, but each is still legible. There is some overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The wear is noticeable as a softening to the engraving. There is a shallow bruise to the bowl on the Alexander Gardner example.
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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 17th May, 2025
An extraordinary Victorian Silver-Mounted Green or Amber Glass Claret-Jug in the Form of a Squirrel is one of the rarest lots coming up in the Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale this May. This charming piece was made in 1882 by Alexander Crichton, a Scottish silversmith who found fame creating whimsical novelty silver-mounted claret-jugs and scent-bottles in forms such as dodo, a walrus, and a crocodile. Also noteworthy amongst the silver in the sale is a George V Silver Copy of the Warwick Vase on a Silver-Mounted Ebonised Wood Plinth. The Warwick Vase, now in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, was discovered in the late 18th century by Scottish art dealer Gavin Hamilton at Hadrian's Villa in Rome and in the decades since it was discovered it was to prove a popular form for silversmiths to copy.
The Jewellery section of the sale offers interesting pieces with coloured stones, a good range of pieces by Scandinavian designers such as Georg Jensen and Lapponia as well as period jewellery. Watches, too, offers a broad spectrum of vintage, collectable and luxury watches, including an unusual and large Silver "Patentee" Alarm Watch made by Viner in London in 1819, and a 1920s National Watch Co. 18 Carat Gold Single Push Chronograph Wristwatch.
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Wednesday 14th May - Thursday 15th May 10am-4pm, Friday 16th May 8am-4pm and the morning of the sale from 8am.
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