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Click here to subscribeINVERNESS - a goat's hair sporran, with marks for Inverness circa 1870, maker Ferguson Brothers, with incuse marks to reverse FERGUSON BROs/INVss, the intricately engraved cantle with central crest incorporating a hand holding a dagger and motto MANU FORTI, with three studs to the top edge, white goat's hair body and red morocco leather change purse, with original black waist belt also with red morocco lining Width 16cm Crest is probably that of clan Mackay. Motto translates as WITH A STRONG HAND £400-600
A George VI cigarette box, square shaped, 3 1/2in. (9cm); a late Victorian vase, pierced and circular tapered, with inscription, 6 1/2in. (16.5cm); a Victorian silver purse, rectangular engraved initials foliated scrolls, 3 1/2in. (9cm); and a George V cigarette box, rectangular engraved initials, 3 1/4in. (8cm). (4)
A mid nineteenth century provincial Russian niello snuff box the niello covers depicting buildings by a river 84 zolotnik assay mark partially obscured town mark for 1865 cyrillic maker’s mark 6.2cm long and a nineteenth century Russian gilt metal purse with polychrome enamel decoration around a memorial scene (2)
A small silver purse possibly H. Matthews Birmingham 1902 the rectangular body heavily embossed with green man foliate design with birds and a central cartouche engraved with initials “MH” engraved on reverse “1903” with attached chain 2.75" wide and a small pill box J. Wilmot Birmingham 1900 of plain cylindrical form 1.75" diameter approx. 3oz
Various items of silver including a lady’s purse of waisted form with ribbons and floral swags Birmingham 1918 9cm high; a pedestal bonbon dish with pierced sides Birmingham 1970 9cm diameter; a rectangular ring box with central vacant cartouche within planished finish hinged lid enclosing velvet lined interior Chester 1907 14cm wide 7 oz of weighable silver (13).
A 19th century Continental enamelled oval lady’s purse probably French the central vignette showing a couple on bench with another figure on a barrel smoking a pipe within repeating opal beading green foliate decoration on blue ground with gilt metal borders the reverse with polychrome foil central medallion on blue ground within conforming borders with red watered silk interior 8.5cm wide.
Three silver cased purse watches, comprising, a Dunhill 'Captive' silver and black enamelled folding purse watch, circa 1929. no.825925. ref; 1942. silvered dial with luminous skeleton Arabic numerals and hands and signed 'Dunhill' and 'Chronometre Tavannes', the outer black enamelled case with two polished silver bands, the watch with hinged 'double doors' opened by compressing the terminals, import marks for Glasgow 1929. Tavannes 15. jewel movement, (cf. Balfour, Michael, Alfred Dunhill One Hundred Years and More' p.207), Elem/Exello Watch Co, a leather bound rectangular purse watch, silvered dial with luminous Arabic numerals and hands, leather bound outer case with single sliding three-quarter shell, no.1419945. import marks for Glasgow 1929. Exello Watch Co 17. jewel movement, and a Swiss shagreen covered square folding purse watch, with an engine turned silver dial and Swiss 15. jewel movement, the case Birmingham 1931.
Three ivory and abalone inlaid card cases, comprising; a case of purse type with a central silver floral engraved lozenge-shaped panel and an abalone border and band, a case with alternate ivory and abalone vertical bands and a monogram, and a case with central ivory panels one engraved and painted with a garter cartouche and with abalone and mother of pearl borders, each approximately 10.5cm x 8cm (4in x 3.25in)
Three 19th century tortoiseshell and inlaid card cases, comprising; a small case inset with a wire lozenge design, 8.5cm x 5cm (3.25in x 2in), one case decorated with all-over pique point circular florets, 10.5cm x 7.5cm (4.25in x 3in), and a French case in the form of a purse, the cover inlaid with a border of 'C' scrolls and leaves, approximately 10cm x 6cm (4in x 2.25in)
A group of small silver, comprising, a silver mounted table bell, with a gadrooned border on three paw feet, the dome pierced and embossed with scrolling flowers and leaves and a cartouche and engraved with a presentation inscription (damaged), Birmingham 1894. by S Walton Smith, a silver mesh purse with a belt clip, import marks for S Blanckensee & Sons Ltd, 1904. an easel-shaped watch stand, 1910, and a pair of late Victorian(?) silver oval framed spectacles