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A good pair of heavy riding boot drinks measures complete with their plastic interiors marked as approx 1.5oz and approx 1oz. Made by Grenadier.

A pair of cut glass salts with sterling silver rims fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1905, maker J C Plimpton & Co. These come with a nice pair of unmarked silver spoons with ring handles, gilt wash to bowls (probably antique Chinese).

A pair of cut glass salts with sterling silver rims fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1905, maker J C Plimpton & Co. These come with their original silver spoons too.

Have never seen a cased set of these before. Made by Wm Hutton & Sons of Sheffield c. 1900

Here are 3 lovely looking pedestalled small dishes with ornate repousse work. There are 2 smaller ones and one slightly larger one. Made by Charles Edward Nixon of Sheffield and retailed by William Marshall & Co of Edinburgh, late Victorian in date.

A silver plated rectangular tray with chased surface and ornate rim. Great for serving up sandwiches etc. Made by Falstaff.

A very fine 3 piece by Dixon in design D1800 which can be found in the Dixon catalogue c.1931. This one has a nice lid to the sugar bowl. Good larger size jug and bowl. Teapot 2 pints capacity. Interestingly the price in 1931 for this set was 112 shillings (equivalent to approx GBP500 adjusted for inflation nowadays!).

A Georgian sterling silver teaspoon sized spoon with repousse berry work to the gilded bowl and bright cut fruit work to handle. Made by Robert Rutland and bearing partial hallmarks for London 1817.

A very fine looking large basting spoon (these also make great serving spoons!)

This is quite an interesting case - its is made from steel that has been deliberately burnished (fire blackened) and has a sapphire-opal coloured 'stone' set button in what appears to be a gold mount (untested). The interior is engraved 'F.E.ELLIOTT FROM CAPT THOMPSON THE CASTLE DOVER 1900-1906'.

A late c.19th EPNS 'storm' chamber stick by James Dixon & Sons complete with its candle snuffer.

A good larger sized oval tea tray with chased surface and swags to the pierced gallery. Sheffield made.

A nice small cigar/cheroot cutter with a gently planished (hand-hammered) surface. Simply marked '930S' - probably Norwegian (Marius Hammer in particular used this standard occasionally). The cutting aperture is quite small at 1cm.

Here are 2 nice pieces of vintage butter advertising, a New Zealand Butter 1925 empire exhibition one and an Anchor Butter logo handled one.

Here are 2 good vintage silver plated wine bottle coasters, each having chased surfaces. English made. Each will accommodate a standard sized wine bottle.

A cased set of 12 sterling silver spoons by John Pinches, each handle depicting a different British bird in a gilt silver cartouche. Comes with original certificate and documentation. Spoons are fully hallmarked for London 1973/74.

Here are 4 good looking trinket dishes with realistic looking reproduction Chinese 'dragon' and 'fat man' dollar coins. They have been XRF tested as copper. Slightly different sizes.

A good looking German 800 standard silver bon-bon dish, the central base depicting a group of cherubs in a landscape and with ornate pierced work and repousse swags etc to the main body.

A sterling silver sugar bowl by James Deakin & Sons fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1926. No engravings.

A good looking larger 3 piece by Dixon in EPBM c. 1870, the coffee pot with a lovely bright cut floral finial, gorgeous handle and all pieces having bright cut work to handles. Grapevine feet and this extending to the lower spout of the pot. Gilt wash to interior of jug and bowl.