Objets de Vertu and antique collectibles in silver

In addition to the items appearing on this page, you may be interested in reviewing our collections of vinaigrettes, snuff-boxes and other boxes of various kinds. Other categories with their own pages are seals and writing implements, buttons and buckles and wearable silver generally.

Click on Thumbnails below	Description	Stock number
	A pair of miniature coasters with turned wood bases, 2.5 inches diameter, London 1789 perhaps by Joseph Scammell. Price: £795.00	2280
	An engraved bodkin with earscoop by G over W, perhaps George Watkins, London circa 1670 initialled ILP and IW*. Price: £775.00	2618
	A cased silver filigree folder with a miniature almanac (1817) unmarked circa 1700. Price: £750.00	8801
	A silver gilt dog-whistle decorated with a spaniel's head in relief by Phipps and Robinson, London 1804. Price: £555.00	2137
	A silver compass with locking mechanism, the dial inscribed DOLLOND LONDON by Joseph Glenny, London, 1803. Price: £550.00	1612
	An 11-inch neo-classical candlestick with beaded foot and sconce with wooden base inset, Sheffield 1786, John Parsons & Co crested with an eagle out of a coronet. Price: £525.00	2567
	A silver gilt brightcut whistle with coral teether by William Pugh, Birmingham 1784 - 1801. Price: £475.00	8491
	A 6-slice toast-rack on foliate feet by John Evans II, London 1847. Price: £430.00	2389
	A table bell of good gauge with tapering handle, the finial formed as a steeple by Carrington & Co. London 1914. Price: £425.00	9779
	A diamond shovel by Heath and Middleton, Birmingham 1903 also incised '13079'. Price: £375.00	9820
	A collapsible leather-encased brass telescope for rifle-mounting by Steward, 406 Strand, London No 270, with presentation plaque to Q.W.R.V, No 8. (Broadwood) Company, 1st Ladies Prize. Sergeant A. Anderson, 13th Augt 1862 Price: £375.00	8090
	A 'bullet' teapot with push-on lid and large winged spout possibly Spanish circa 1740. Price: £350.00	7269
	A goose eggcup on rectangular foot with reeded base and gilt interior by John Emes, London 1801. Price: £340.00	9819
	A curious oval milk-can with parallel sides and a clip mounting for a belt by Gibson and Langman, London 1890. Price: £330.00	2547
	An engine turned apple-corer with screw-in blade by John Tongue, Birmingham 1841 initialled LR. Price: £325.00	1604
	A silver-mounted glass vase with starcut pedestal base and hobcut bowl by William Abdy II, London 1792. Price: £295.00	1546
	A small tubular flask with screw-top lid embodying a cork stopper by Emes and Barnard, London 1822 crested with a lion rampant. Price: £295.00	1779
	A silver handbag frame chased with patterns and florets by SM (device below), Amsterdam 1840. Price: £295.00	6107
	A bosun's call by Aston and Sons, Birmingham 1858 (A.F.). Price: £275.00	2266
	A bougie box of unusually small size, with swing handle by ?John Troby, London 1798. Price: £275.00	2444
	A large plain medicine spoon by Francis Higgins, London 1865. Price: £275.00	2100
	A solid silver chisel tightly engraved with flowers and curlicues by Joseph Bladon, London 1902. Price: £260.00	2379
	A Dutch chatelaine-hook by IK, Hoorn 1775. Price: £250.00	2358
	An engine-turned silver-gilt dental or make-up mirror by Abraham Brownett, London 1864. Price: £245.00	2093
	A needle-point carefully encased in a folding holder fully marked for Sheffield 1908 by Charles William Fletcher with Registration number 520103, perhaps a scarifier. Price: £245.00	1631
	A French hanging tea-strainer with border of shells and scrolls Paris 1819-39, 1st standard by O over W, heart and crossed swords between. Price: £225.00	2548
	A 19th century silver combination cylinder-lock probably Middle Eastern, unmarked circa 1880. Price: £225.00	9605
.	A brightcut threadwinder circa 1800, unmarked. Price: £225.00	6582
	A squat circular silver box with finely decorated front grille and plain rear grille and internal breath-activated mechanism creating a whirring sound; unmarked, early 19th century. Price: £225.00	2059
	A disc pincushion for a chatelaine by Sampson & Mordan, London 1875. Price: £220.00	1783
	An Australian napkin ring with birds and a butterfly maker J.M. Wendt, Adelaide and Broken Hill circa 1890. Price: £220.00	1662
	An Australian napkin ring with ginko fronds and a vacant shield-shaped cartouche maker J.M. Wendt, Adelaide and Broken Hill circa 1890. Price: £220.00	1663
	Miniature fire-irons as depicted in Houart (L'Argenterie Miniature Ill. 215) circa 1690 unmarked. Price: £220.00	1060
	A silver-gilt threadwinder engraved with arabesque patterns on a matted ground by Sebastian Crespell, London 1833. Price: £210.00	2213a
	A silver-gilt threadwinder engraved with arabesque patterns on a matted ground by Sebastian Crespell, London 1833. Price:	2213b
	A silver-gilt threadwinder engraved with arabesque patterns on a matted ground by Sebastian Crespell, London 1833. Price:	2213c
	A quiche (?) slice in Old Sheffield Plate with brightcut border and ivory handle possibly French, circa 1790 initialled PC. Price:	9062
	A cased pair of napkin rings by Charles Stewart Harris, London 1889 initialled EDL and JDL in monograms. Price: £195.00	9018
	A small cased pipe with silver bowl and ebony stem by Sampson Mordan, London 1886. Price: £185.00	2445
	A pair of French cased napkin rings, engine-turned and inscribed MONSIEUR and MADAME. Maker V over D in a lozenge with sausage between, each engraved on the inside '23 Juin 1887', the original case by F. Ducot, Bordeaux. Price: £180.00	1241
	A Russian purse of silver mesh on a floral frame in the English manner Moscow 1825-1827 by unknown maker EE (Cyrillic). Price: £180.00	6125
	A long rectangular toothbrush box with both ends pieced with foliate patterns by Frances Douglas, London 1850. Price: £175.00	2387
	A pair of heavy napkin rings by C. H. Cheshire, Birmingham 1881, the contemporary case by W.C. Travers,jeweller, silversmith and optician of Southport (retailer). Price: £165.00	1778
	A pair of napkin rings with piercing and engraved decoration by C. Cheshire, Birmingham, 1888 initialled R. Price: £150.00	9017
	A napkin ring with inlaid strips of agate, engraved with thistles by J. Cook & Sons, Birmingham 1913. Price: £135.00	1646
	A Royal Assurance menu-holder by HCF Ltd, London 1919. Price: £130.00	1932
	A pair of heavy plain napkin rings b Kemp Brothers, London 1937, both stamped inside KEMP BROS, UNION ST, BRISTOL.  One engraved inside 'From Mum, Dec. 1938', the other engraved similarly for 'Nov 1938'. Price: £120.00	2025
	A pair of napkin-rings engraved with stylised fronds and flowers by Archer, Martin and Marsh, Sheffield 1907, one initialled EWT. Price: £120.00	8953
	A steel-bladed palette-knife with tortoise-shell handle & silver oval cartouche circa 1780. Price: £110.00	6411
	A miniature oval filigree tray unmarked, nineteenth century. Price: £95.00	2168
	A napkin ring engraved with flowers by Briddon Bros, London 1881. Price: £75.00	1789
	A small ivory apple corer circa 1835. Price: £75.00	2325
	A smoker's companion with prodder, stamper and cheroot holder Birmingham 1903 by G. E. Walton Ltd. Price: £75.00	2331
	A card with 8 early metal buckles mounted and dated by a museum curator/collector: various dates 1250 - 1720; discovered in fields near Colchester.. Price: £75.00	8197a
	A card with 11 early metal buckles mounted and dated by a museum curator/collector: various dates 13th - 17th century; discovered in fields near Colchester.. Price: £75.00	8197b
	An engraved napkin-ring by Robert Pringle, London 1918. Price: £65.00	8519
	A napkin ring engraved with 2 parallel bands of decoration between 2 rows of dots by Gibson and Langmann, London 1886. Price: £58.00	9461
A medicine glass engraved with Tea- and Tablespoon measures in a treen case decorated with a coat of arms embodying a chevron circa 1840. Price: £40.00		7518
	A steel quill-cutter in blond tortoiseshell case with earpick, toothpick and buttonhook circa 1850. Price: £28.00	7954