Silver & Plated Ware, Coins & Medals Department
| The Silver, Plated Ware, Coins & Medals auctions take place four times a year.
The auctions include everything from Georgian silver tea sets, Edwardian salvers and Victorian candlesticks to more contemporary silver and novelty items such as pin cushions, snuff boxes, vinaigrettes, scent bottles and trinket boxes. The Coin and Medals section includes gold coins and base metal coinage. |
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The Silver department is headed up by Naomi Wilson. The department holds valuation days every Wednesday from 12pm-4pm but are also able to provide auction valuations during the week for those visiting offices in the Jewellery Quarter, or sending in details by email or via the website. For probate and insurance valuations, it is advisable to call prior to your visit for information on charges etc.
Featured Lots from the auction on 1st March 2010
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1.Lot 26 George III pair of silver sauce boats made by Hester Bateman with 'stamped' rim, high arch leaf capped handle and raised above three shell mounted hoof feet. Hallmarked London 1779. Sold for £1,400 |
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2. Lot 28 |
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3. Lot 94 |
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4. Lot 112 |
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5. Lot 113 |
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6. Lot 175 |
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| 7. Lot 360 Victorian Novelty silver vesta case modeled as a gas meter marked W. Parkinson & Co London & Birmingham, hallmarked William Hair Haseler Birmingham 1898, 333740 registered in 1899. Height measures 4.2 cm. Sold for 1,050 |
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8. Lot 377 |
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9. Lot 459 A gilt metal pendant commemorating the life of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591-1646). Sold for £1,100 |
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10. Lot 460 Two white metal (test as silver) oval pendants - probably ex-earrings - with the image of Charles l (?) and the Royal arms of the House of Stuart assumed after the accession of James I in 1603 to the rear. Sold for £440 |
