HANSONS AUC TIONEERS AND VALUERS
Wednesday 11th December 2013 at 10.30am Silver and Plated Wares 1. A pair of silver sugar nips, London 1862, surmounted by a man seated upon a barrel and with shell cast bowls, 16cm long, weight 1.8ozt £60-£100 2. A cased silver and green enamelled dressing table set, Charles S Green & Co Ltd, Birmingham 1927, comprising; two hair brushes, two clothes brushes a hand mirror, together with a similarly decorated powder compact (6) £80-£120 3. Han Wang - a Chinese silver Colonial golf trophy, of hemispherical footed form with stiff foliage, below ribbed rim, roundel inscribed Singapore Golf Club Spring Cup, 1903, hallmarked, 11cm diameter £200-£300 4. An Indian white metal embossed bowl, circa 1890, cast in relief on matt ground, figures amongst foliage, 9cm diameter £50-£100 5. A Chinese export silver attendant beside rickshaw, 8cm long £40-£60 6. An unusual silver eagle caddy spoon, Joseph Willmore Birmingham 1843, designed as an eagle’s head handle with feathered bowl, 8cm long £400-£600 7. A silver novelty toddy cup, Charles Horner, Chester 1904, in the form of an oversized thimble and titled, ‘Just a thimbleful’, 5cm high £80-£120 8. A silver plated teapot by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904), manufactured by James Dixon & Sons, of spherical shape, with ebony handle and three scroll feet, stamped with facsimile signature, ‘Chr. Dresser’, marked, ‘J D & S, 2273’, lozenge registration mark for 1880, 11.5cm high. See Widar Halen - Christopher Dresser, page 181 for illustrated reference £800-£1200
9. An Indian white metal bowl, embossed with a continuous frieze of figures and exotic animals, unmarked, 6.5cm high along with a further white metal bowl with continuous farmland scene of paddy fields 3.5cm high and a small white metal figure of cattle pulling a carriage 2.5cm high (3) £100-£200 10. A collection of silver flatware to include: six Old English pattern table forks, Robert Stebbings London 1901, monogrammed, ‘SK’, weight 13.5ozt, along with six side forks John Round & Sons, Sheffield 1905 and 1907, weight 8.5ozt and four silver Old English pattern spoons Sheffield 1920, weight 7ozt (16) £250-£350 11. A collection of silver spoons, to include: four fiddle pattern dessert spoons, Richard Pearce London 1819, monogrammed, ‘H’ along with two James Beebe London 1825, a set of six fiddle pattern tea spoons Samuel Whitford, London 1859, monogrammed, five further fiddle pattern teaspoons London 1836, two Old English serving spoons, ‘TH’ London 1808, monogrammed, ‘S’, and three others; Peter and Anne Bateman London 1796, ‘T.D’ London 1803, and, ‘JS AS’ London 1850, and a pair of 19th Century silver sugar nips, ‘IB’, total weight 22.5ozt (quantity) £200-£300 12. A set of twelve silver handled table knives Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1910, each with pistol grip and scroll handle, 26cm long, along with nineteen side knives by the same date and maker 21cm long (31) £200-£300 13. A set of twelve silver Old English pattern three-prong forks Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1910, weight 24ozt, 19.5cm long and twenty one smaller examples by the same maker and date, weight 26.7ozt, 16.5cm long (33) £400-£600 14. A set of six silver and ivory handled knives and forks, Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1909, the three pronged forks and broad bladed knives each with plain pistol grip style ivory handle (12) £80-£120
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15. A set of twelve silver forks and nine knives, Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1910 (marks rubbed), each piece with pistol grip style handle, forks 14cm long, knives 16.5cm long along with a set of eight silver two prong forks and seven fruit knives Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1909 and 1910, each with reeded handle, forks 18cm long, knives 19.5cm long and a set of six French silver plated oyster forks with florally cast handles and a silver sugar shovel (42) £200-£300 16. An eleven piece yellow enamel and silver dressing table set, Horton & Allday Birmingham 1928 and 1929, each piece with yellow guilloche enamel detail, comprising; a hand mirror, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes, two faceted glass jars and covers, a garland and bow decorated jar and cover, a scent bottle, a shoe horn and a button hook (11) £100-£150 17. Three silver import figures, bearing import marks for B Muller and Son, Chester 1902 and 1903, modelled as; a child holding a horn aloft, 8cm high, a putti with an anvil 5.7cm wide and a classical figure holding a lyre, 7cm high (3) £100-£150 18. A pair of Matthew Boulton, Old Sheffield Plate two branch candelabra, circa 1800, each baluster stem raised on stepped circular base the removable top section issuing two sinuous branches, impressed double sun mark, 44cm high (2) £100-£200 19. A George II style silver lidded tankard, Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1927, the handle with a heart shaped terminal and, ‘chair back’ thumb piece, inscribed to body for, ‘Liverpool Royal Golf Club, 1929’ 18cm high, weight 23.82ozt £300-£400 20. A silver mug in Georgian style, London 1861, of baluster form, with acanthus scrolled handle and foliage chased decoration to body, raised on a spreading foot, makers mark J.B, together with a further baluster shaped mug Chester 1904, total weight 16.22ozt (2) £240-£280
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