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Lot# 1

Irish Silverplate Tureen

Chased foliate motif throughout four scrolled feet.
Faint markings to the underside, includes a shield form and IE, 2 to the rim under the lid.
Approximate dimensions: 6 1/2 high x 8 1/2 wide x 5 1/4 inches deep..
Condition: Light surface wear. Possibly replated.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Irish Silverplate Tureen

Lot# 1

Estimate: $300 - $400

Lot# 2

Pair of Silverplate Pheasant Table Decorations

Both with hinged wings.
Approximate dimensions: 6 3/4 - 9 1/2 high x 16 3/4 - 20 1/2 inches long..
Condition: Some surface wear. Silverplate loss, mainly to the larger pheasant.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 3

Austrian .800 Silver Samovar

Hanau.
Circa 1925.
With chased floral decoration.
PATENT marked to the spout, apparent illegible mark to the base, birds head with long beak.
Approximate dimensions: 15 1/4 high x 10 1/2 wide x 12 inches deep. Approximate weight: 3,914 grams..
Condition: Pitting to the chased decoration throughout, likely from the manufacturing process. Light surface wear overall.

Estimate: $2500 - $3000

Austrian .800 Silver Samovar

Lot# 3

Estimate: $2500 - $3000

Lot# 4

German Kohlbecker Silberwarenfabrik .800 Silver Rose Pattern Flatware

Comprising 12 teaspoons, 6 demitasse spoons, 12 seafood forks, 1 cake server, and 1 pair of ice tongs.
Marked ANTIKO 800.
Approximate weight: 492 grams..
Condition: Light wear overall.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 5

Continental .800 Silver Figural Novelty Shakers

Six rural men and women in various poses.
Male and female pair marked with Dutch Minerva head mark with M robed male marked with HOLLAND, key, lion passant, Minerva head, H female with hands on hips marked lion passant, Minerva head, H, B ...HOLLAND with some illegible man with hands on hips marked fleur de lis, 800, illegible female holding flower shares these marks but doesnt have 800.
Approximate weight: 290 grams..
Condition: Light tarnish. Some rubbing to detail and general surface wear. Woman with hands on hips with small hole to the dress.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 6

Russian .84 Silver Faberge Style Boar

Boar seated on its hind legs.
Marked Cyrilic Faberge mark, face in profile, 84.
Approximate dimensions: 5 1/2 inches long. Approximate weight: 236 grams..
Condition: Light tarnish and surface wear.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Russian .84 Silver Faberge Style Boar

Lot# 6

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 7

Collection of Various Sterling and Other Silver Items

Comprising set of 8 shaker sleeves lacking inserts 4 833 marked miniature goblets shot mixer miniature compote set of 4 Gorham small shakers set of 3 Gorham shakers small sterling bowl small 800 silver napkin ring 4 various pill boxes, one with shell English Rye badge 3 salt spoons filled corkscrew 2 unmarked silver metal rattles.
Approximate weighable silver: 448 grams..
Condition: Some wear and tarnish throuhgout.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 8

Three Sterling Silver Hollowware Pieces

Comprising a small Frank Smith Co. coffee pot with C monogram Shreve Co. mug with monogram and a small Shreve Co. dish with monogram.
Coffee pot marked S crescent lion rampant / STERLING / 2325 mug marked SHREVE CO. / SAN FRANCISCO / STERLING dish marked SHREVE CO. / STERLING / 2281.
Approximate weight: 666 grams..
Condition: Some tarnish and surface wear.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Three Sterling Silver Hollowware Pieces

Lot# 8

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 9

Collection of Antique Silver Items Including English Sterling

Comprising a London 1877 figural slotted spoon London 1809 small oval footed tray Dutch export repousse oval box small box with shield to front, possibly French German .800 silver small oval box small .90 silver christening cup with inscription Donald Edward , 23 June 1912 and a .84 silver round engraved box, likely Ottoman.
Approximate weight: 580 grams..
Condition: Small oval box missing pin to the hinge, so the lid i s loose. Some surface wear and tarnish throughout.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 10

Watson Gilded Sterling and Enamel Coffee Spoons

Comprising a set of 12 with mint green enameled handles and a set of 8 with various colors.
Both sets marked Crown, W, lion passant, STERLING.
Approximate weight includes enamel: 238 grams..
Condition: Minor tarnish, light wear overall.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 11

George II Richard Bayley Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, London, 1742

London.
1742.
The body of plain, flaring form, with s-form spout, stepped domed lid, and carved walnut handle. On one side, an extensive engraved oval laurel leaf wreath enclosing a banded sheaf of wheat over a banderole. Probably for a member of the Fair family.
Near right side of handle, upper edge, marked with script capital RB, lower case g, lion passant, etc. Underside scratch incised M W and more faintly, JG/1168
Approximate dimensions: 8 3/4 inches high. Approximate weight includes wood handle: 718 grams..
Literature: Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 Their Marks and Lives (London: Faber and Faber, 1982), page 164, 2279 and page 434..
Condition: Some scratching to surface.

Estimate: $1000 - $1500

Lot# 12

Towle Craftsman Pattern Sterling Silver Flatware Set

Comprising 10 dinner knives, 10 butter spreaders, 10 dinner forks, 10 salad forks, 10 bouillon spoons, 13 teaspoons, 2 tablespoons, 1 pierced tablespoon, 1 baby spoon, 1 infant feeding spoon, 1 baby fork, 1 serving fork, 1 pickle fork, 1 gravy ladle, 1 pie server. (73 pieces total).
Marked Lion rampant in T mark, TOWLE, STERLING.
Approximate weighable silver: 2,058 grams..
Condition: Light wear throughout.
Box included.

Estimate: $1400 - $1500

Lot# 13

Gorham Three Piece Sterling Silver Tea Service

Comprising a teapot, creamer, and lidded sugar.
Marked Lion passant, anchor, G / STERLING / A2443.
Approximate dimensions: 6 1/2 - 9 1/2 inches high. Approximate weight: 1,378 grams..
Condition: Light surface wear. Spacers with wear. Teapot handle slightly loose.

Estimate: $1000 - $1500

Gorham Three Piece Sterling Silver Tea Service

Lot# 13

Estimate: $1000 - $1500

Lot# 14

S. Kirk and Son Inc. Sterling Silver Repouss Teapot

Decorated with a dense repouss floral motif.
Marked HAND DECORATED / S. KIRK SON INC. / STERLING / 103.
Approximate dimensions: 9 1/4 inches high. Approximate weight: 978 grams..
Condition: Tarnish and light surface wear.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Lot# 15

Cased Set of Six La Paglia Sterling Silver Coupe Cups

Flared rims pierced section under the baluster stems with flower and leaf motif, tapered round foot.
Marked with sallet over S in shield, STERLING / 170 34/4.
Approximate dimensions: 5 3/8 high x 4 inches diameter. Approximate weight: 900 grams..
Condition: Light tarnish and surface wear.
With wood case.

Estimate: $1000 - $1500

Lot# 16

Heirloom Sterling Silver Damask Rose Pattern Flatware

Comprising 8 dinner knives, 8 butter knives, 8 dinner forks, 8 salad forks, 8 seafood forks, 8 bouillon spoons, 8 teaspoons, 2 ladles, 1 serving spoon, 1 serving fork, 1 jelly server, 1 master butter spreader, 1 lemon fork, 1 pair of ice tongs, 1 cake server, 1 cheese server, and 1 unassociated plated ladle. (67 pieces total).
Marked Heirloom Sterling, Damask Rose.
Approximate weighable silver: 1,916 grams..
Condition: Surface wear and tarnish.

Estimate: $600 - $900

Lot# 18

Collection of Pewter Including Lidded Beaker, Creamer, and Plates

Comprising the lidded beaker with faded mark I S... creamer with faded mark ....IN STREET and 12 various dishes.
Approximate dimensions: Beaker 12 inches high, creamer 4 3/4 inches high, dishes 7 3/4 - 10 inches diameter..
Condition: Some wear throughout.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 19

Eight Tudor Style Pewter Spoons with Painted Rack

Eight spoons with a painted wood rack the rack with a ship scene and H.S. / J.N.W. / ENCKHUYSEN / 1592.
Spoons with crown with KH over Tudor Rose.
Approximate dimensions: Spoons 7 3/8 inches long, rack 17 5/8 high x 10 inches wide..
Condition: Some wear to the paint and fading to the marks.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 20

Six 18th Century English Pewter Dishes by Samuel Ellis

Touch marks, SAMUEL ELLIS bracketting a hind also pictorial mark over X S ELLIS in band to rim. Touch marks to underside of basin.
Circa 1840.
Samuel Ellis, active second quarter, 18th Century. The rims engraved with ducal crest with spotted ewe emergent from the five leaved crown. Additionally, lot includes a basin with shallow rim by Birch Villers - Cotterell, and a shaped oval platter with eight-lobed rim, unmarked.
Various marks.
9 3/4 Diameter, the dishes, the platter 16 3/8 L. x 11 3/4 D. and the basin, 2 5/8 H. x 10 5/8 Diameter.
Good condition with obvious signs of use.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 21

Early 18th Century Pewter Basin

Inscription to the top reads Feare God and Obaye the Kind / Monmouth.
Marked to the rim RK over two leaves in shield marks to the underside are mostly illegible, appears to be a bird with wings outstretched with UP.......ON.
Approximate dimensions: 2 5/8 high x 10 1/2 inches diameter..
Condition: Surface wear and rubbing.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Early 18th Century Pewter Basin

Lot# 21

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 22

Seven English 18th Century and Early 19th Century Pewter Dishes

England.
1750-1790 approximately.
by Blackwell, Lowe, Bush, etc. Including an oval platter with gadrooned rim with Rashleigh family crest on rim two pewter chargers two rimmed bowls and two rimmed dishes
Various touch marks to undersides. The two dishes with mid- 20th Century inscriptions. The smaller charger with S N B to side.
7 1/2 - 16 1/2 Diameter, overall. The Rashleigh platter 12 1/2 L. x 9 5/8 W.

Good condition, overall. Typical scratching, dents, etc. The larger charger has some oxidation and pitting.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 23

18th Century Collection of English and Continental Pewter Articles

Comprising a pair of pricket sticks with faded mark to one base pair of candlesticks wine jug witgh crown over F and iron cross to the lid pitcher marked VR / OS small teapot honey pot creamer with crown over tudor rose mark pair of sugar bowls and two shakers.
Approximate dimensions: 2 5/8 - 13 1/2 inches high..
Condition: Surface wear and rubbing throughout.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 24

19th Century Collection of English Pewter Table Articles

Comprising coffee pot incised with Martin H.... 1845 tankard with faint inscription and marked 1895 / crown / VR / 64 tankard marked BA 1814 tankard with spout with inscription to the underside marked crown / CR / 345, 4 horse small oval box with DURIE stamped to the interior pair of miniature tankards each stamped with GILL and a littany of various markings and a pair of round salt cellars.
Approximate dimensions: 2 1/4 - 12 1/2 inches high.
Condition: Some wear throughout.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Lot# 25

Four 19th Century American Pewter Table Articles

J. Danforth, active New England Eban Smith, Beverly, Massachusetts, active 1813 - 1856 Daniel Curtiss, Albany, NY active 1822-1840. English basin circa 1780.
1780 - 1850.
Comprising: A No. 2 coffee pot by J. Danforth a teapot by E. Smith a dish by D.Curtis and an English basin, by ...Thomas...on.
Each with touch marks to underside.
11 1/4 H., the coffee pot. The basin 2 3/4 H. x 8 Diameter.

Estimate: $300 - $400

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