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 taperstick with hexagonally panelled base by Thomas Morse, London 1721. Price: £1,600.00	1306
	A Gibson spoon inscribed 'C. Gibson Inventor, 71 Bishopsgate St Within' by Charles Gibson, London 1827 (1st year of manufacture). Price: £950.00	1109
	A chamberstick engraved with shells and cross-hatching by William Moulson, London 1840. Price: £875.00	7671
	An aide-memoire with silver covers, leather pockets and 7 bone boards, one for each weekday; by Henry William Dee, London 1874 initialled LG. Price: £850.00	9037
	An apothecary's balance in its original case with silver pans and complete set of weights + glass measure from Young and Son, Royal Scalemakers, 5 Bear Street, Leicester Sq., the pans by Thomas Meriton, London 1809. Price: £795.00	6412
	A cased silver filigree folder with a miniature almanac (1817) unmarked circa 1700. Price: £750.00	8801
	A silver eyebath circa 1780 with maker's mark only, probably for John Holloway, London circa 1780. Price: £675.00	9773
	A plain miniature paintbox with gilt interior and containing 12 colours by W.H. Wakefield, Birmingham 1900. Price: £625.00	1644
	A silver gilt brightcut whistle with coral teether by William Pugh, Birmingham 1784 - 1801. Price: £575.00	8491
	A silver compass with locking mechanism, the dial inscribed DOLLOND LONDON by Joseph Glenny, London, 1803. Price: £550.00	1612
	A miniature glass-and-silver egg-timer by Saunders and Shepherd, Chester 1903. Price: £550.00	1069
	A brightcut toothpowder box, toothbrush and tonguescraper in case by Joseph Taylor Birmingham 1890; the toothpowder box with 3 anchors and 2 lions among the marks! The toothbrush has a slip-joint strengthening the handle.. Price: £450.00	1466
	An engraved bodkin of customary form by G over W, London circa 1680 initialled MK. Price: £425.00	1116
	A 6 bar toastrack with gadrooned frame and shell decoration to feet and thumbpiece by Thomas, London 1921. Price: £425.00	9725
	A table bell of good gauge with tapering handle, the finial formed as a steeple by Carrington & Co. London 1914. Price: £425.00	9779
	An engraved bodkin of customary form with earscoop maker's mark indistinct, circa 1680 initialled E:B. Price: £410.00	8234
	A large magnifier in mother-of-pearl case with silver mounts, London circa 1760. Price: £395.00	9157
	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
	An engine turned apple-corer with screw-in blade by John Tongue, Birmingham 1841 initialled LR. Price: £325.00	1604
	A small double-ended medicine spoon by Henry Holland, London 1874 crested with a stag's head munching a twig. Price: £325.00	1004
	A large Coddington lens engraved with initials and a crest by A.C.W circa 1830 with the arms of Purvis over POST NUBIDA PHOEBUS and initialled WP. Price: £315.00	1630
	A filigree case with needlebook within unmarked, Birmingham circa 1800. Price: £295.00	1641
	A dish on rectangular pedestal foot, the interior sculpted as Gladstone London 1884 by C.S. Harris. Price: £295.00	1584
	A silver-mounted glass vase with starcut pedestal base and hobcut bowl by William Abdy II, London 1792. Price: £295.00	1546
	A silver handbag frame chased with patterns and florets by SM (device below), Amsterdam 1840. Price: £295.00	6107
	A silver pipecase complete with clay pipe of later date with storm-lid, hinged body and detachable mouthpiece-cover unmarked circa 1840, the lid engraved with crest of double-headed phoenix in a bed of flames with sun above. Price: £275.00	1073
	An engine-turned German spice-box in the shape of a baluster caster, 3 parts unmarked, probably German circa 1740. Price: £275.00	8917
	A collapsible shaving brush with Victorian floral decoration on the case London 1850 by Charles Boynton. Price: £265.00	7539
	A basket pincushion with swing-handle and floral decoration by Joseph Taylor, Birmingham circa 1790. Price: £265.00	9612
	A pair of crested eggcups by WR for William Robertson, Edinburgh circa 1790 (+ duty-mark and thistle) and crested with a stag's head beneath STEADY for MacAdam. Price: £250.00	9162b
	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 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
	Miniature fire-irons as depicted in Houart (L'Argenterie Miniature Ill. 215) circa 1690 unmarked. Price: £220.00	1060
	A quiche (?) slice in Old Sheffield Plate with brightcut border and ivory handle possibly French, circa 1790 initialled PC. Price: £210.00	9062
	A cased pair of napkin rings by Charles Stewart Harris, London 1889 initialled EDL and JDL in monograms. Price: £195.00	9018
	A tongue-depressor with tortoiseshell handle marked for Sheffield 1806 the maker's mark presumably concealed by handle as on folding knives of the period. Price: £195.00	6269
	A pair of heavy engraved napkin rings in the form of buckled belts by H. Wilkinson, Sheffield 1879. Price: £180.00	1541
	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 medicine spoon by Thomas Johnson, London 1876, crested with a raptor displayed over initials CRK in a monogram. Price: £165.00	9493
	A pair of napkin rings with piercing and engraved decoration by C. Cheshire, Birmingham, 1888 initialled R. Price: £150.00	9017
	A bulbous whistle with marked suspensory ring by William Summers, London 1890. Price:	1406
	A pair of napkin-rings engraved with stylised fronds and flowers by Archer, Martin and Marsh, Sheffield 1907, one initialled EWTe. Price: £120.00	8953
	A single-bowled O.E. medicine spoon of small size by Charles Hougham, London 1790 crested with a crescent and arrow-head above. Price: £110.00	1171
	A steel-bladed palette-knife with tortoise-shell handle & silver oval cartouche circa 1780. Price: £110.00	6411
	A 1.8 inch saucepan with fiddle handle and 2 legs by J. & H. Lias, London 1847 initialled L. Price: £95.00	6710
An 18th century steel earpick and tweezers circa 1760. Price: £95.00		6156
	A 9ct gold-mounted cigarette-holder with amber mouthpiece and silver case by Henry Perkins and sons, London 1902. Price: £75.00	8619o
	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
	A watchkey with stag in an oval, Dutch circa 1860. Price: £65.00	9735
	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 scent-bottle with gold cap circa 1820, the cap marked with illegible maker's mark. Price: £52.00	1193
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