Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session Three
Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 622
About this Item
Birmingham, England
An Edward VII silver tea caddy, Thomas Hayes, Birmingham, 1901
the hinged cover embossed with a pair of dancing cherubs, enclosed by a vine, the body embossed in relief with Neptune astride his seahorse attended by putti riding on the backs of dolphins, sirens, Salacia in a dolphin-drawn chariot, and further mythological figures, reeded borders, gilt interiors, 9cm high, 230g; a late Victorian silver tea caddy, William Hutton & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, 1899, the ovoid body with domed hinged cover, surmounted by an urn-shaped finial, 10cm high, 155g; a George III silver caddy spoon, William Pugh, Birmingham, 1814, the rectangular bowl with canted corners, a stippled foliate border enclosing a rectangular vacant cartouche, foliate decorated handle engraved with the initials 'JBL', 10g; a George V silver caddy spoon, Adie & Lovekin Ltd, Birmingham, 1924, designed as a tea leaf, with ribbed socket, lacking handle, 10g; a pair of George III silver sugar tongs, The Batemans, London, 1791, with bright-cut decoration enclosing a vacant cartouche, 27g; a pair of George III silver sugar nips, London, maker's initials possibly HP, date mark indistinct, 42g; a pair of George III 'Kings' pattern silver tongs, London 1809, William Ealey, 52g, and two further examples, 31g all in
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