119 Louis XV Old Standard (.958) Silver Tastevin, Paris, 1773-1774, by Charles-Joseph Fontaine (Master in Meaux 1765, received in Paris 1769), of traditional saucer form, with applied "coiled snake" handle, engraved under the rim "L. Gaboriau", dia. 3-1/4", l. 4", 2.25 t. oz.
Estimate: 400 - 700
120 Napoleon III First Standard (.950) Silver Tastevin, third quarter 19th century, by Flisot & Cavenne, active Paris, 1864-1868, of traditional saucer form, with applied "coiled snake" ring handle, engraved, below the edge, "Achille Dupuy", dia. 4-1/8", l. 5", 4.95 t. oz.
Estimate: 400 - 700
121 Continental .800 Silver-Mounted Cut Glass Urn, fourth quarter 19th century, of campana form, the glass body with diamond pattern on the lower half and starburst-and-lattice design on the upper half, mounted with a silver gadrooned rim and lip joined by palmette and ram's-head mounted scrolling handles, raised on a waisted silver foot with shaped dome and square plinth, h. 14-1/2", dia. 8-1/4", w. 12-1/2".
Estimate: 2000 - 4000
122 Fine Christofle Bronze Argente Jardiniere, fourth quarter 19th century, Paris, in the rococo taste, of oval form, the body beautifully chased in a latticework pattern with robust acanthus-scroll feet and edging, quartered by rococo cartouches and fitted with a conforming silvered tin liner, with conjoined monograms on the side cartouches "AG", and on the ends "EM" and "HC", h. 5-1/8", w. 11", l. 16-1/4".
Estimate: 1800 - 2500
123 Set of Six Christofle Silverplate Butter Spreaders, fourth quarter 20th century, Paris, each with a "blunt"-shaped blade and stylized flat "pistol" handle, with reeded ferrule, l. 3-3/4", presented in the original printed olive green pasteboard Christofle box, 3-1/8" x 4-1/4".
Estimate: 75 - 125
124 Christofle "Cluny"-Pattern Silverplate Asparagus Server, fourth quarter 20th century, Paris, the blade pierced in a palmette pattern, l. 9-1/4".
Estimate: 75 - 125
125 Pair of Continental Bronze Argente Two-Light Sconces, second quarter 20th century, in the Ottocento taste, the backplates in the form of a pair of addorsed scrolls joined by shells, urns and foliage, with a pair of scrolling arms emanating from the lowermost urn, each arm terminating in a melon-form cup, fitted with faux candles and electrified, h. 18-1/2", w. 12", d. 5-1/4".
Estimate: 1800 - 2500
126 German .800 Silver "Four Seasons" Coffee and Tea Set, first quarter 20th century, by J. D. Schleissner Sohne, Hanau, in the Historismus style, including a coffeepot, h. 10-1/4", a teapot, h. 7-3/4", a sugar bowl, h. 5-1/2", and a cream jug, h. 4-3/4", each with an ovoid body decorated with opposing floral-mantled oval cartouches separated by vertical laurel swags, one cartouche of each piece decorated with a repousse putto allegorical of one of the four seasons, the other cartouche void, the pots with fluted and laurel draped "gooseneck" spouts and hinged, domed lids en suite, with ivory insulated squared handles, the sugar bowl with opposing handle and fitted lid, the jug with one handle and "duck's beak" spout, each raised on a leaf-and-dart-banded circular foot, no monograms, 58.45 total t. oz.
Estimate: 600 - 900
127 German .800 Silver Snuffbox, first quarter 20th century, by J. D. Schleissner Sohne, Hanau, of rectangular form, in the neoclassical taste, the sides decorated with embossed circular cartouches of putto between musical trophees, the hinged lid embossed with a winged putto on a floral garland, h. 1-1/8", w. 2-3/8", d. 2-1/2", 2.83 t. oz.
Estimate: 300 - 500
128 German .800 Silver Snuffbox, first quarter 20th century, by Ludwig Neresheimer & Co., Hanau, in the rococo taste, the cartouche-form box decorated with embossed rococo scrolls, the hinged lid with a neoclassical scene, the whole retaining traces of gilding, h. 1-1/8", w. 3-1/4", d. 3", 3.67 t. oz.
Estimate: 300 - 500
129 Pair of Georg Jensen "Acorn"-Pattern Sterling Silver Salad Servers, designed in 1915 by Johan Rohde (1856-1935), with the post-1945 Jensen mark, including a salad serving fork and spoon, l. 7-7/8", 5.14 total t. oz.
Estimate: 200 - 400
130 Pair of Georg Jensen Ornamental Pattern #141 Sterling Silver Salad Servers, designed in 1912 by Georg Jensen (1866-1935), with the post-1945 Jensen mark, including a salad serving fork and spoon with stylized "blossom" finials, l. 10-1/4", 8.75 total t. oz.
Estimate: 1500 - 2500
131 Large Buccellati .800 Silver Dresser Box, third quarter 20th century, Milan, of oval form, decorated all over with realistically chased oak branches with collet-set, sea-green hardstone cabochons, the hinged lid opening to reveal the gilt interior, marked on the underside "Buccellati / Milano - Roma / 800", h. 2-1/2", w. 9-1/4", d. 8", 33.18 t. oz.
Estimate: 1800 - 2500
132 Buccellati .800 Silver Model of a Fawn, fourth quarter 20th century, Milan, the recumbent figure realistically detailed, signed "M. Buccellati / Italy / 800", h. 4-3/4", l. 8", 21.09 t. oz.
Estimate: 2500 - 4000
415 Victorian Silverplate Figural Centerpiece, third quarter 19th century, unmarked but possibly Elkington & Co., Birmingham, featuring two greyhounds on either side of a pair of twisted palm trees, all on a rocky crag, all realistically modeled and well detailed, h. 17-1/2", dia. 10-1/8".
Estimate: 200 - 400
440 Unusual Regency Old Sheffield Plate Hot Water Urn with Sterling Silver Crest Finial, first quarter 19th century, the sterling finial part-marked by Joseph Craddock and William Ker Reid, 1812-1824, the fused plate body in the form of a horizontal barrel with reeded head hoops, the downturned spigot in one head, with rotating S-shaped handle and turned wooden finial, the body with opposing ringed lion's-masque handles and raised on four flat columnar legs ending in lion's-paw feet, above a shaped plinth centering a detachable burner and raised on four spherical feet, the fitted oval lid with a well-cast and chased sterling silver finial in the form of an elephant's head erased and collared: the crest of Pigeon of Beckham & Yockthorpe, Norfolk, h. 18", w. 9-3/4", l. 13-3/4".
Estimate: 500 - 800
441 Regency Cased Sterling Silver and Stained Ivory Fruit Service, hallmarked Sheffield, 1811-1826, by Thomas Sanson and John Nowill, including twelve forks, l. 6-1/4", and twelve knives, l. 7-5/8", the forks with four tines, the knives with blunt-shaped blades, all with green-stained ivory handles carved with a central textured lozenge with radiant palmettes to a gadrooned silver ferrule, presented in the indigo velvet-line fitted mahogany case with two lift-out trays, the lid with inlaid brass plaque and stringing, h. 2-1/4", w. 10-1/4", d. 9-1/4".
Estimate: 900 - 1200
442 Two Pairs of Sterling Silver Master Salt Spoons, the first an English Regency pair, hallmarked London (no city mark), 1815, by Thomas Streetin, in the traditional "Fiddle" pattern, with gilt bowls and engraved crest of a rose and a lion's head couped, l. 4", and the second an American pair in Gorham's "Delhi" pattern, introduced in 1881, Providence, Rhode Island, retailed by Spaulding & Co., Chicago, monogrammed "LRF", l. 3-1/2", 1.48 total t. oz.
Estimate: 100 - 200
443 Pair of Victorian Gilt Silverplate and Glass Compotes, bearing a British design registration date of September 16, 1870, in the Renaissance Revival taste, each with a gilt silverplate tripodal base, each foot with an applied figure of a putto riding a fierce wyvern, all below a ring of floral medallions and an ovoid standard surmounted by a receptacle fitted with a scalloped, cut and frosted glass dish, overall h. 9-1/4", dia. 8-3/4".
Estimate: 1500 - 2500
444 Late Victorian Sterling Silver Gilt and Cut Glass Compote, hallmarked London, 1897-1898, by Edward Barnard & Sons, with a central ovoid standard above a stepped and shaped base, decorated with chased floral panels, laurel and ivy leaf banding, and a pair of seated musical putti, surmounted by a circular glass dish in a finely cut diamond and fluted pattern, with a central putti finial, h. 8-1/2", dia. 8-1/4", 36.27 t. oz. (excluding glass).
Estimate: 1200 - 1800
445 Victorian Silverplate and Cut Glass Claret Jug, fourth quarter 19th century, by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, the spherical glass body cut in a diamond lattice and oculus pattern with a starburst base, the tall neck clad in a silverplate collar embossed in the form of a fluted column with acanthus and cabochon banding, with a hinged "duck's beak" spout with gilt interior and C-scroll finial billet, to a scrolling acanthus-mounted handle, h. 13-1/4", dia. 5-1/4".
Estimate: 1000 - 1500
446 Pair of Victorian Cased Silverplate and Ivory Fish Servers, fourth quarter 19th century, including a knife with scimitar-shaped blade, l. 12-3/4", and a five-tined fork, l. 9-3/4", the silverplate blade and fork heel pierced and engraved with scrolls, crosses and swags, each with a baluster-carved ivory handle with annulated and gadrooned base to an embossed silverplate ferrule, presented in the original fitted, ruched blue satin-lined case, w. 5-1/4", l. 15-1/4".
Estimate: 500 - 800
447 Good Pair of Edwardian Silverplate Candlesticks, first quarter 20th century, by Hawksworth, Eyre & Co., Sheffield, in the Georgian taste, the baluster standard with a spiral-fluted knop above and a gadrooned one below, surmounted by a gadrooned cannon-form nozzle, fitted with a detachable spiral-fluted square bobeche, raised on a steep spiral-fluted dome above a stepped square base with gadrooned edge, h. 10-1/2", w. 4-7/8". The design of these candlesticks is taken after a popular model by silversmith Ebenezer Coker (fl. London, 1738-1783), which he cast extensively as both single sticks and candelabra throughout the 1760's.
Estimate: 700 - 1000
448 George V Silverplate and Faux-Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, first quarter 20th century, by Barker Brothers, Birmingham, in the Adam taste, of oval form, the straight sides decorated with printed celluloid faux-tortoiseshell sections framed by silverplate stringing, the hinged and domed lid with vasiform finial, the whole with narrow reeded banding and raised on four scroll-crested pad feet, h. 7-3/4", w. 6-1/2", d. 4-1/2".
Estimate: 600 - 900
449 Set of Twelve George V Silverplate Service Plates, first quarter 20th century, by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, each of circular form with recessed plateau and beaded rim, dia. 10-1/4".
Estimate: 900 - 1200
450 Victorian Sterling Silver Sauce Dish, hallmarked London, 1875-1876, by Barnard & Sons, of flattened spherical form, the body with a pair of realistically detailed coquille handles, the fitted lid with acanthus-bud finial, the interior gilt, engraved on the body with the crest and motto of Solomon Barnato Joel (1865-1931) of Great Stanhope Street, London, h. 4-3/4", dia. 6", w. 7-3/4", 17.23 t. oz.
Estimate: 600 - 900
451 George V Sterling Silver-Mounted Cut Glass Biscuit Barrel, hallmarked Sheffield, 1915-1916, by James Dixon & Son, the slightly bulbous spherical body cut on the lower half with a diamond and octagon pattern, on the upper half with arching fans, and on the base with a starburst, the sterling silver collar embossed with acanthus and scrolls, with a pierced floral swing handle and fitted lid with stylized floriform finial, h. 5" (8-1/2" with handle), dia. 6-1/4".
Estimate: 900 - 1200
452 Edwardian Cased Silverplate and Faux-Ivory Fish Service, first quarter 20th century, including six fish forks, l. 6-3/4", and six fish knives, l. 8", the forks with four tines and waisted heels, the knives with scimitar-shaped blades, all with celluloid faux-ivory handles of rounded rectangular section, presented in the original cream satin- and black velvet-lined, fitted trapezoid-shaped case, l. 8-3/4", w. 9-3/4".
Estimate: 125 - 250
453 American Silverplate Salver, second quarter 20th century, by the Friedman Silver Co., Brooklyn, New York, in the Georgian taste, with shaped and applied "shell-and-scroll" border, the conforming plateau engraved with a wide band of leafy scrolls on a trellised ground, raised on three shell-and-scroll feet, dia. 14".
Estimate: 150 - 300
454 Pair of English Silverplate Wine Coolers, second half 20th century, by Royal Castle, Sheffield, each with a lobed ovoid body, applied floral-scroll banding and opposing "oak branch" handles, the shaped rocaille rim fitted with a conforming detachable liner, the whole raised on a waisted and gadrooned circular foot, h. 10", w. 12", d. 9-3/4".
Estimate: 1200 - 1800
455 English Silverplate Wine Cooler, third quarter 20th century, of campana form, the body lobed on the lower half and decorated with floral rim, opposing handles and applied cartouche of the arms of the United Kingdom, raised on a waisted and cavetto-domed foot en suite, h. 10-3/4", dia. 9", w. 10-3/4".
Estimate: 100 - 200
456 Contemporary English Sterling Silver Punchbowl, hallmarked London, 2010, by "SA Ltd.", in the Victorian taste, of hemispherical form, with shaped shell-and-scroll rim, the body decorated with repousse leafy scrolls and lattices between rococo cartouches, all on a textured ground, raised on a domed foot en suite, the interior gilded, h. 11", dia. 16", 118.64 t. oz.
Estimate: 6000 - 9000
457 English Sterling Silver Figure of a Pheasant, hallmarked Sheffield, 2010, by Camelot Silverware, the electroform, bonded porcelain-filled figure realistically detailed and in near life-size, h. 11-1/2", l. 20", weighted.
Estimate: 1400 - 1800
615 Five New Orleans-Retailed Coin (.900) Silver Tablespoons, third quarter 19th century, probably New York, retailed by Henry Peat Buckley (1822-1903), New Orleans, Louisiana, in an up-tipt "Fiddle" pattern, engraved, on the reverse, "Lamkin", l. 6-3/4", 4.50 total t. oz. By tradition, these spoons belonged to John Tillman Lamkin (1811-1870) of Holmesville, Mississippi, who served as District Attorney of Bay St. Louis in the 1840's and, during the Civil War, as Captain of Co. E, 33rd MS Inf., C.S.A. and later Representative (MS) to the 2nd Confederate Congress.
Estimate: 150 - 300
616 Set of Six New Orleans-Retailed Sterling Silver Coffee Spoons, third quarter 19th century, by the Whiting Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, in the "Empire" pattern designed in 1858 by John Polhamus and Henry Hebbard, retailed by Edward Augustus Tyler (1815-1879) of New Orleans, Louisiana, monogrammed "RLS", l. 4-1/8", 2.25 total t. oz.
Estimate: 75 - 125
617 Six Whiting "Madam Jumel"-Pattern Sterling Silver Dinner Forks, the pattern introduced in 1908, Providence, Rhode Island, each monogrammed "B" and variously dated on the reverse 12-19-1911 through 1914 and 12-25-1922 and 1923, l. 6-3/4", 7.84 total t. oz.
Estimate: 60 - 90
618 Pair of Whiting "Lily"-Pattern Sterling Silver Salad Servers, the pattern introduced in 1902, Providence, Rhode Island, including a salad serving fork and spoon, l. 11-1/2", no monograms, 8.55 total t. oz.
Estimate: 600 - 900
619 Six-Piece Samuel Kirk & Son Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Set, 1925-1932, Baltimore, Maryland, in the American neoclassical taste, including a kettle-on-stand, h. 13-1/2", l. 6-1/4", a coffeepot, h. 11", l. 9", a teapot, h. 9-3/4", l. 9-/2", a covered sugar urn, h. 9-1/4", w. 7", a cream jug, h. 7-1/2", l. 6-1/4", and a waste bowl, h. 4-7/8", dia. 6-3/4", each of goblet form with a wide bulbous band of chased acanthus leaves and a repousse acanthus leaf-and-bud calyx, with crested floral handle(s), milled leaf-and-dart banding and raised on a circular domed foot, the kettle stand with four acanthus-scroll legs centering a spirit burner, the kettle, tea and coffee pots with figural dolphin's-head spout, each piece monogrammed "G/E*D", 192.07 total t. oz.
Estimate: 8000 - 12000
620 Four American Sterling Silver-Handled Serving Pieces, first quarter 20th century, including a Gorham cake knife, pattern H941, with serrated steel blade, l. 14-3/4", a Baltimore "Repousse"-style carving knife, l. 11-3/4", and fork, l. 10-3/4", with steel blade/tines, and a G. H. French & Co. "Repousse"-style tomato server with pierced silverplate spade, l. 8-7/8". Provenance: Lucille Gillis (Mrs. John Duncan) Minor (1889-1954), by descent through the family.
Estimate: 100 - 200
621 Nine Pieces of Kirk "Repousse"-Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware, second quarter 20th century, Baltimore, Maryland, including four seafood/cocktail forks, l. 5-1/4", three demitasse spoons, l. 4-1/2", one bouillon spoon, l. 5", and one master butter knife, l. 6-1/2", all but the butter knife monogrammed "O", 6.43 total t. oz.
Estimate: 75 - 125
622 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Cream Jug, the pattern introduced in 1884, this example before 1891, New York, the ovoid body with milled acanthus-scroll band above a gadrooned calyx, the waisted neck with integral spout and applied acanthus banding and crested handle, raised on a circular domed foot en suite, h. 6-1/4", l. 5-3/4", dia. 4", 15.82 t. oz.
Estimate: 300 - 500
623 Pair of Tiffany Sterling Silver Compotes, the pattern introduced in 1883, these examples before 1891, New York, each of circular form, with a stylized wavy edge and decorated with a band of repousse floral cartouches flanked by wavy gadroons, raised on a waisted stem and domed foot en suite, h. 4-1/2", dia. 8-3/4", 37.23 total t. oz. Several distinctive elements here - e.g., the heart-shaped cartouches and the gracefully undulating wave edge - indicate that these compotes were almost certainly designed by Charles Osborne (1847-1920).
Estimate: 3000 - 5000
624 Tiffany & Co. "Lap Over Edge"-Pattern Sterling Silver Ice Cream Server, the pattern designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean (1841-1886), New York, the handle acid engraved with pomegranates and butterflies, the curved bowl gilt, monogrammed on the reverse "M", l. 11", 4.18 t. oz.
Estimate: 1800 - 2500
625 Pair of Tiffany & Co. "English King"-Pattern Sterling Silver Gilt Serving Spoons, the pattern designed in 1885 by Charles Grosjean (1841-1886), New York, no monograms, l. 8-3/4", 8.62 total t. oz.
Estimate: 700 - 1000
626 Tiffany & Co. "English King"-Pattern Sterling Silver Gilt Sauce Ladle, the pattern designed in 1885 by Charles Grosjean (1841-1886), New York, no monograms, l. 7", 3.67 t. oz.
Estimate: 250 - 400
627 Tiffany & Co. "Japanese"-Pattern Sterling Silver Fish Slice, the pattern designed in 1871 by Edward Chandler Moore (1827-1891), New York, the scimitar-shaped blade engraved with a butterfly and bamboo, l. 12-1/4", 4.95 t. oz.
Estimate: 1200 - 1800
628 Tiffany & Co. "Chrysanthemum"-Pattern Sterling Silver Soup Ladle, the pattern designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean (1841-1886), New York, monogrammed "S", l. 12-1/2", 14.08 t. oz.
Estimate: 1200 - 1800
629 Tiffany & Co. "Chrysanthemum"-Pattern Sterling Silver Sugar Tongs, the pattern designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean (1841-1886), New York, no monograms, l. 4", 0.90 t. oz.
Estimate: 100 - 200
630 Rare Gorham "Bird's Nest"-Pattern Sterling Silver Preserve Spoon, the pattern introduced in 1865, Providence, Rhode Island, the shaped bowl gilded, monogrammed "RLS", l. 9-1/8", 2.06 t. oz.
Estimate: 400 - 700
631 Good 19th-Century "Medallion"-Pattern Sterling Silver Sauce Ladle, the pattern designed in 1862 by John R. Wendt, New York, the finial with a medallion of Mars, the gilt bowl with everted spout and upturned edge with a neoclassical medallion at the crest, l. 6-3/4", 1.54 t. oz.
Estimate: 400 - 700
      
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