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Click here to subscribeA collection of items to include a bright engraved small oval box Birmingham 1905 a cedar lined cigarette box Birmingham 1901 with presentation inscription also crested five assorted cigarette cases a purse vesta cases cheroot holders a match box cover two ashtrays a plated Ronson table lighter a medal and other pieces (qty)
A Victorian ivory and gilt metal purse, with turquoise watered silk lining and guinea pocket, fastening bar marked BREVETE S.G.D.G, the ivory panels front and back inscribed "Presented to Miss Swaine together with 20 guineas; a brooch and earrings on her leaving Derby, By her numerous friends in appreciation of her unvarying courtesy while at the Royal Hotel May 12th 1894"; together with a cased paste brooch and earrings, 85mm x 53mm
1 Book "Colour Designs for Modern Interiors" by Julius Hoffmann, with 80 coloured plates, a lady's 1930's coloured mesh purse with chain, a Red Indian carved stone figure of a bird, a soapstone figure of a bird, a metal flower group, a small book stand on gilt and red ground, a small photograph in leather case, an ebonised cylindrical case with cover, Richard Hudnut perfume set, an A.A. badge, a quantity of gentleman's collars and a quantity of various dolls furniture and china
A collection of small silver, comprising a line engraved purse, Birmingham 1919, a four-piece cruet set, Birmingham and Chester 1919, a long octagonal trencher salt, London 1904, an egg cup, Birmingham 1975, a Victorian bookmark commemorating the 1887 Jubilee, Birmingham 1886, an engine-turned cigarette case, Birmingham 1937, two Chinese white metal items and a plated bookmark.
An officer’s regimental dress sporran, the gilt cantle cast with thistles and foliage, with central oval crest inscribed The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders above a banner inscribed PENINSULA, EGYPT, WATERLOO, the grey horse hair body with six gold bullion wirework tassels suspended from double-knotted blue and gold cords, the purse inscribed to reverse R&HB Kirkwood, 66 & 68 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, suspended from a silver fetter link chain Length approximately 50cm
A 17th/18th century brass mounted leather sporran, the plain worn leather purse surmounted by a brass cantle, crudely engraved with stylised thistles, St Andrew’s cross, and monogrammed, with push-button opening mechanism Length 21cm Note: With accompanying note stating this: Sporran [was] left behind at Barcaldine by Macdonald of Glencoe where he had been storm-stayed by snow in December 1691 consequently he was two days late in reaching Inveraray to sign the Oath of Allegiance by 1st January 1692, which gave Campbell of Glenlyon the excuse for the Massacre of Glencoe. Provenance: The Campbell Collection.
A small group of Sewing Accessories including a Sorentino needle wallet, white metal tape measure, mother of pearl flower shaped cotton winder, ivorine acorn shaped tape measure, bone tape measure, Birmingham silver thimble, heart shaped leather pin cushion, bone counter box, a purse and two other items (a lot)
Chinese silver novelties to include: a heart shaped scent bottle, embossed with prunus blossom, with suspension loops and chain, 2.8cm high, an oval pin cushion, embossed with birds amid chrysanthemums and prunus blossom, 6cm high, a filigree work miniature incense burner, applied with flowers and leaves, on three scrolled feet, by Wang Hing, 6cm high, a miniature box, in the form of a lidded bamboo basket, by Wang Hing, 4cm high, two menu holders; one in the form of a fan embossed with birds perched on bamboo shoots, 5cm high, the other embossed with a dragon, 6cm wide and a chain mesh purse with engraved frame, 6cm wide, all early 20th century, (7)
A late Victorian oblong silver vesta case, the thumb operated hinged lid engraved ‘to Teddy from Ocky, Feb. 1899’, enclosing a gilded interior, maker’s mark indistinct, Birmingham 1894, 5.2cm wide, a Victorian silver sovereign purse, of oblong form, embossed with flowers and leaves, with chain suspension, maker’s mark LS, Birmingham 1890, 4.3cm wide and a late Victorian engraved silver vesta case, with inscription, maker’s mark R.B.S., Birmingham 1897, 4.5cm high (3)
An attractive and unusual Turkish embroidered purse the pear-shaped felted wool ground finely worked in silk tambour stitch on each face with a two-handled urn of flowers containing a spray of tulips pinks and cornflowers within multiple floral borders the back face scalloped at top to form closing flap; three original added green silk tassels and interior lined in green cotton. Probably Brusa west Anatolia early 19th century max dim. open 9in. x 7in. 23cm. x 17.5cm. One side a little faded the black and white silk cord edging handle closing loop and toggle probably later additions. Attached to inside flap is a small paper label bearing the following ink inscription in a contemporary hand: ‘Turkish bag brought from Syria circa 184[?]-1849 by the great Eastern traveller Sir Gardiner Wilkinson’. Sir John Gardner (or Gardiner) Wilkinson (1797-1875) was the greatest British Egyptologist of his day. From 1843-4 he was in the Balkans an account of which expedition he published in two volumes as Dalmatia and Montenegro in 1848. In 1847 he published A Handbook for Egypt. Including Descriptions of the Course of the Nile to the Second Cataract Alexandria Cairo the Pyramids and Thebes the Overland Transit to India the Peninsular of Mount Sinai the Oases etc. which became the basis for Murray’s standard guide for travellers to the Middle East. It was at this time travelling through lands all of which were under Ottoman domination that Sir Gardner may have collected this purse. A recent biography Sir Gardner Wilkinson and his Circle by Jason Thompson was published by the University of Texas Press in 1992.