JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 29 April 2025 / 10:00 am start
A rare late Victorian silver combination whistle-vesta case - elegant plain oval tubular form, with striker, suspension loop and hinge on the gently curved side, by A & J Zimmerman Ltd (Arthur & John Zimmerman), Birmingham 1897. 36gms. L.80mm,
Estimate: $300 - $400
A 19thC European embossed silver table lighter - with floral and scroll framed cartouche and wrythen lobed spherical body. Adjustable wick and turned wood handle. Typically for lighting of cigars. H.65mm.
Estimate: $200 - $400
A c.1900 Russian silver folding hinged cigarette case - gold applied script initials and thumb piece set with blue stone. Impressed marks. 136gms.
Estimate: $260 - $500
A George III silver caddy spoon - fiddle pattern. London 1815 by Josiah Snatt a specialist spoon maker.
Estimate: $80 - $140
A Victorian silver tea caddy spoon - the large bowl embossed with a swan. The antique style handle with bead detailed and portrait head. London 1891 by Pairpoint Brothers.
Estimate: $100 - $200
An Edwardian silver pair of Georgian style sugar scissor nips - shell bowls. London 1902 by William Hutton & Sons Ltd. 32gms.
Estimate: $120 - $240
A George III silver waiter, by Peter and Anne Bateman, London 1791 - with bead edged cavetto rim, raised on three splay feet. Engraved with a crest: a winged heart gules ensigned with a sovereign’s crown beneath a banderole with the motto 'Forward'. 200gms. Dia.175mm,
Estimate: $300 - $500
An early 1900s silver salver - gadrooned rim, plain centre, raised four ball and claw feet. London 1910 by Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd. 386gms. Dia.200mm.
Estimate: $360 - $560
A silver and decorative fish themed cut glass wine ewer - with silver hinged lid, top mount with spout and handle. London 1876 by Jane Brownett & Alexander Jones. The ovoid body finely engraved with fish amongst reeds. On after market period brass steeped foot. H.340mm.
Estimate: $200 - $400
A William IV silver three-piece tea set, by Thomas Dick, London 1826 - compressed circular form raised on domed pedestal bases, chased and engraved with floral designs, the pot lid with floral finial. Total 1466gms.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
A 12 place 90-piece silver cutlery canteen by Walker and Hall, with eight additional silver plated serving utensils, Sheffield 1972 - double struck leaf and berry pattern with thread edge. Comprising 12 each: table forks, entree forks, dessert spoons, soup spoons, teaspoons, with six table spoons and 12 silver handled stainless bladed table knives and 12 entree knives. Total weight excluding knives 4255gms.
Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000
A Victorian silver mounted steel and Japanese carved bone handled carving set - the four pieces: knife, two forks and steel each with a carved bone handle featuring a monkey to the top and other animals and snake etc. One small loss. The collars Sheffield 1886 by William Yates a noted flatware and handle maker. Together with an old note about the set.
Estimate: $280 - $500
A pair of elegant silver column candlesticks, by Martin Hall & Co., Sheffield 1898 - of slightly tapering octagonal section, raised on bead edged ogee plinth bases and with conforming nozzles. H.230mm. Weighted bases
Estimate: $300 - $600
A rare and early George I silver mug -the plain body with an elaborately framed cartouche enclosing scripted initials. Double scroll handle. H.110mm. London 1716 by William Fleming a noted mug maker. 296grms.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,200
A 19thC New Zealand historical silver mug - presentation engraved 'Warrengate (Whanganui) Polo Sports 17th March 1894 Cigar & Umbrella Club Race Won by ...' Birmingham 1883 by W Spurrier & Co. H.105mm. 215gms. In original leather and gilded fitted case.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
A New Zealand historical silver trophy cup - engraved 'Presented by The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company To T.G. Smith, Wells Hill. For Best Pen 5 Merino Ewe Hoggets. Blenheim. 27th Nov. 1889'. Engraved to the front with a colonial mountain and pastoral landscape with sheep and a cow. H.235mm. 308gms
Estimate: $1,300 - $2,000
The New Zealand historic 'H.B. HUNT CLUB CUP 1905' - presentation engraved 'Won by E. S. Petits ‘MEPHISTO’, engraved with three jumping horses and riders. Birmingham 1903. H.270mm. 440gms.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
A cased presentation silver foundation laying trowel - engraved 'Presented to W.H. Ross Esq. On The Occasion Of Laying The Foundation Stone Of The St. Albans Presbyterian Church January 31st 1925’. Ivory handle. L.250mm. 96gms. In original leather fitted case.
Estimate: $600 - $900
A 'New Zealand And South Seas International Exhibition' silver presentation box - the lid engraved as above and 'Presented to Mrs Sutherland Ross by the Women's Executive As A Token Of Their Appreciation And Regard. 23-11-25'. Birmingham 1923 L.180mm. 509gms total.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
The New Zealand historic 1886 and 1890 silver 'Papakaio Ploughing Match' trophy cup - 'Won by AlexR. Hall'. Engraved to the reverse 'CUP For Champion Lot On Field to Be Won Twice by Same Competitor'. Large scrolling handles. Edinburgh 1882 for G & T Young Dunedin. H.325mm. 523gms. With stand.
Estimate: $1,400 - $2,000
The New Zealand historic 'A.A. & P.A. 1881' silver trophy cup for Best Cow, presentation engraved, awarded to John Grey Esq. and presented by 'Messrs. Wilson & Horton'. Engraved and embossed with a cow. London 1879 by Richards & Brown (Edward Charles Brown). H.195mm. 208gms.
Estimate: $850 - $1,400
A late 19thC New Zealand historical silver plate trophy cup - presentation engraved ' Auckland Bowling Club 1883.4 Won By J Miller, Skip.'. The column support as a lyre. Tarnished. H.215mm.
Estimate: $280 - $400
