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Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020

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Sold for

ZAR 23 450
Lot 246
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
  • A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450

About this Item

Birmingham & London, England
A Victorian tortoiseshell and silver-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1898
cylindrical, the cover set with piqué work depicting garlands, trumpets, bows and flowerheads, enclosed by a pierced rim and moulded leaf border, raised on a conforming base, minor losses, 10cm high; an Edward VII silver and tortoiseshell-mounted box, William Comyns & Sons, London, 1907, circular, the cover set with a tortoiseshell panel with silver piqué work depicting garlands, lyres, bows and flowerheads, enclosed by a moulded leaf-and-berry border, dents, 9,5cm diameter; an Edwardian tortoiseshell pin tray, oval, with indented sides, the centre with piqué work depicting garlands, a lyre, and ribbon-tied bows, cracks to the tortoiseshell, 11cm wide; and a George V silver and tortoiseshell-mounted jewellery casket, Ledsam & Vale, Birmingham, 1917, demi-lune with canted sides, the hinged cover set with a tortoiseshell panel decorated with silver piqué work depicting ribbon-tied garlands suspending a medallion with bows and flowerheads, the rim moulded with an egg-and-dart border, raised on four cabriole legs, fitted with a beige velvet interior, the two back feet with dents, 5cm high, 12,5cm wide

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