designed as a spinning top with telescopic shaft and suspension loop, engraved registration mark, Rd no 1594, 8,4cm fully extended; a silver vest-pocket pencil case, apparently unmarked, 19th century, the hexagonal body engraved with foliage, the cover with a coiled serpent, 10cm long, 15g; an Edward VII silver dressing-table box, George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester, 1906, the hinged cover with a pastoral scene with figures at various pursuits, the front and sides moulded with foliage and acanthus leaves, the base engraved with the initials HK, 23cm long, 140g; and an Irish silver tot measure, maker's initials, JCB, Dublin, 1983, the tapered textured body and rolled rim, 5cm high, 30g