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Click here to subscribeA collection of silver and white metal items to include a small silver capstan inkwell, a small bowl with enamelled interior inscribed "Towle Sterling 059" to base, 4 cm diameter, a silver bookmark as an owl, a silver and glass set photo / menu stand as thistles, a silver toddy cup holder with glass cup and a silver mounted dressing table jar, a white metal ladle stamped "Sterling 925" to back, a further decorative white metal spoon and an Indian white metal hinge-lidded box with embossed floral decoration, 12 cm wide x 3 cm high
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) SUITE OF CUTLERY, 1902 silver, comprising; A SINGLE SOUP SPOON, with deep almost circular bowl and with incised heel, pierced terminal, 26.7cm long; A SINGLE DESSERT SPOON, with deeper bowl and with incised heel, pierced terminal, 23.3cm long; A SINGLE DINNER FORK, with four prongs, pierced terminal, 26cm long; and A SINGLE DESSERT FORK, with four prongs, pierced terminal, 23cm long, each with maker’s mark DWH (David W. Hislop), hallmarked Glasgow 1902 (4) Provenance: Fra H. Newbery and Jessie NewberyElsie Newbery and by family descentBarclay Lennie Fine Art, GlasgowDonald & Eleanor Taffner, New YorkLyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh The Taffner Collection, 7 September 2012, lot 23Private European collection Literature: Howarth T. Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, New York, 1953, pl. 50Neuwirth W. Josef Hoffmann: Cutlery for the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna 1982, p. 30Mackintosh was commissioned in 1902 by Jessie and Francis (Fra) Newbery to create an elegant table set for 12 people. Fra Newbery, then director of the Glasgow School of Art, was a strong supporter of Mackintosh’s work and played a crucial role in promoting his career. His wife, Jessie Newbery, was an accomplished embroiderer and influential figure in the Arts & Crafts movement. Their long-standing friendship with Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret Macdonald, fostered many creative collaborations.The commissioned cutlery set included a soup spoon, dessert spoon, dinner fork, and dessert fork. The order was placed through the Glasgow jeweller Edwards & Company and was executed by David W. Hislop, a skilled silversmith who had previously worked with Mackintosh on various projects. The cutlery set was later divided between the Newberys' daughters, Mary and Elsie. Over time, Mary’s pieces were sold separately between 1970 and 1980.Mackintosh’s cutlery design is revolutionary in its form. The spoons and forks feature exceptionally long, slender handles with a distinctive longitudinal oval opening. The forks are particularly striking, as the transition between the handle and the bowl was seamless, creating the illusion of a single, continuous band of metal. On the back, the bowls (except for the dessert fork) have a rectangular support with vertical embossing. The design anticipates Josef Hoffmann’s 1903 flaches Modell (flat model) cutlery, which was later showcased at the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition Der gedeckte Tisch (The Laid Table).
A large silver gilt bowl and cover on pedestal foot. The knop in the form of a pomegranate with cherub mask handles. Engraved an the applied amarial is ' Le maintien dray', the motto of the Royal House of Orange. It was first incorporated into the Royal Arms in 1815. Total weight 1980gm. 33 x 30 x 26cm
A Royal Albert Silver Maple pattern part tea and dinner service, comprising two twin handled vegetable dishes and covers, four teacups and saucers, five cake plates, a twin handled sandwich plate, milk jug, sugar bowl, gravy boat and saucer, oval serving dish, eleven dinner plates, twelve bowls, and twelve side plates.
A George V silver three piece tea service, comprising teapot, twin handled sugar bowl and milk jug, of bellied form with a gadrooned border, the teapot engraved From the Parishioners of Barnwood to Dorothy FM Fowler on Her Marriage 27th June 1912, the sugar bowl and milk jug each initialled and dated, Sheffield 1911, 27.44g gross, together with a pair of plated sugar tongs.
SNYDER & BEDDOES; a George V hallmarked silver twin handled pierced bowl, Birmingham 1912, length 13cm, also an Art Deco inspired George VI silver fronted and wooden easel back photograph frame, Birmingham 1945, combined weighable silver approx 3.01ozt/93.5g (2).Condition Report: We have included the weight of the silver element of the photograph frame as it is currently detached.
ROYAL WORCESTER; a late Victorian hallmarked silver mounted four setting coffee service, comprising four silver mounted coffee cans, silver mounted milk jug, silver mounted twin handled sugar bowl, silver mounted coffee pot and four yellow ground gilt decorated saucers, the teapot hallmarked for William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London 1894, the remaining items later hallmarked for London 1896, combined weighable silver approx 3.7ozt/115g.Condition Report: There is a small hairline crack to one of the saucers, however all other items appear in good condition with no cracks, chips or hairlines, all items also appear free from crazing but all have light surface ware and tarnishing from silver.
ELKINGTON & CO; an Edwardian hallmarked silver four branch epergne, with four detachable hallmarked silver flutes, with later added central bowl, hallmarked for London 1919, maker's mark indistinct, raised on skeleton frame, diagonal measurement 37.5cm, height to top of flute holder 12cm, each flute height 12.5cm with a diameter of 8cm, the central bowl height 7cm, diameter 20.5cm, combined approx 45ozt.Condition Report: The bowl, even though it is a replacement, still looks the part, there is some movement between the bowl's foot rim and the recess of the stand but nothing too detrimental.
TIFFANY & CO; a vintage sterling silver three piece cutlery christening set comprising knife, length 17.5cm, fork and spoon with gilt wash bowl, with naturalistic patterned handles with cartouche with the engraved initials, possibly 'JML', combined approx 4.8ozt, in Tiffany presentation box.Condition Report: The knife handle may be filled which may affect the weight, the box is dirty and tatty.
A small quantity of collectors' items, including a York Insignia Southern Regiment plaque, 18 x 15cm, a small silver plated twin handled sugar bowl, Poole Pottery seal, length 15cm, two Bovey Pottery money banks modelled as penguins, both height 15.5cm, a floral decorated Poole vase, diameter 15cm, a copper bucket with swing loop handle and a further Poole Pottery tray, 34 x 21cm (9).
JOHN GRINSELL & SONS; a Victorian hallmarked silver mounted horn hunting beaker, Birmingham 1886, height 9.5cm, diameter 6cm, also a large George V hallmarked silver photograph frame, manufactured by Sanders & Mackenzie, Birmingham 1925, 19 x 13cm, two further small hallmarked silver photograph frames, both Birmingham 1923, both 7.5 x 5cm, a Mappin & Webb silver plated scent bottle, height 10cm, and a Mappin & Webb silver plated bowl, diameter 10.5cm (6).
HILLIARD & THOMASON; a pair of Edwardian hallmarked silver card table clover leaf shaped clip-on ashtrays/dishes, Birmingham 1902, William Hutton & Sons Ltd; an Edwardian small lobed silver pedestal bowl, Birmingham 1906, diameter 9cm, and Jones & Son; an Art Deco George V hallmarked silver spoon, London 1935, length 15cm, combined approx 4.99ozt/155.1g (4).
A silver milk/cream jug, large sugar bowl and mustard pot, the milk and sugar by Harrison Fisher & Co, Sheffield 1918, oval half fluted form with reeded handles, 15.4oz; a small silver plain oval drum mustard and spoon, E S Barnsley & Co (Edward Souter Barnsley), Birmingham1912, 1.3oz excluding blue glass liner.Qty: 3
Set of six Victorian silver Apostle spoons, Henry Williamson Ltd., Birmingham 1900, with sifter spoons and sugar tongs, cased; silver sweetmeat bowl, Gilbert & Co., Birmingham 1910; silver mug, Joseph Gloster Ltd., Birmingham 1919; silver rattle, by George Unite; two Victorian glass jars with silver lids and a tea strainer, total weighable silver 9.3ozt.
Two Regency sarcophagus form tea caddies, early 19th century; the burr yew example with inlaid sycamore strung edges, an inset bone keyhole surround and bun feet, its hinged cover opening to twin subsidiary caddies and an associated glass bowl, 18cm high, 32cm wide; the rosewood example with mother-of-pearl inlay to the lobed cover, the interior with subsidiary caddies, an associated glass bowl and a silver spoon, 18cm high, 34cm wide; (later elements)
ASSORTED CUTLERY, including cased set of six George V silver teaspoons with matching tongs, Lee & Wigfull, Sheffield 1910; cased set of six Edward VII silver teaspoons, Joseph Rogers & Sons, Sheffield 1908; cased set of six silver-handled dessert knives; cased set of gilded bean handled coffee spoons, each with a coloured enamel bowl; along with silver-handled button hook and shoe horn, two child's silver spoons, etc.Provenance: private collection Denbighshire