17th May, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
2230
A French Silver Plate Table-Service
by Ravinet and D'Enfert, Paris, 20th Century, Retailed by Christofle
each piece stamped with berried husks and thyrsi, comprising
12 table-spoons
12 table-forks
12 fish-forks
12 fish-knives
12 dessert-spoons
12 dessert-forks
12 cake-forks
12 teaspoons
11 coffee-spoons
8 various serving implements
and the following with stainless steel blades
12 table-knives
12 cheese-knives
in fitted green simulated leather covered canteen with four drawer (139)
Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500
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.
Viewing
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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