Special Offers

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 longer length cake knives with mother of pearl handles and silver plated blades.

Here are 2 good looking servers - a berry bowl example with a nicely shaped handle and a particularly nice large apostle spoon with exaggerated crimp work to bowl and bright cut finishing to the handle.

Here are 3 large bread knives with steel blades, one has a sterling silver handle fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1900, the other 2 have silver plated handles.

Here are 4 lovely shorted length cake knives with the same ornate handle pattern, 3 blades having bright cut work. Assorted makers.

A collection of 4 Old Sheffield Plate sugar tongs c. 1770-1800

Here are 6x silver plated small dish covers by Elkington, date marked for manufacture in 1934 and each bearing the Anchor & Anchor-Donaldson Line logo to fronts. They are kind of tea - plate sized.

A good antique Chinese export silver spoon by Wing Nam & Co c. 1900. Will be c. 900 standard. Gilt wash to bowl interior.

A deco period dish frame complete with its original Pyrex glass bowl and lid.

A deco period oval faceted body tea pot with paw style feet, Sheffield made. Capacity c. 1.5 pints.

A set of 6 early c.20th Chinese 'good luck' spoons, handmade and having applied mother of pearl panels set with gold coloured character. In mock-croc case.

A cased set of 6 tea knives with acetate faux bone handles and EPNS blades. In mock-croc covered case.

An unusual early c.20th 3 piece EPBM set by Atkin Bros with strong Celtic decoration. Pot capacity 1.5 pints.

A good and scarce cake knife in the silver sands pattern by Community (1966). silver plated handle and steel blade.

A nice looking double dish with art nouveau style handles incorporating hearts.

These are really quite incredible little pieces! There are 5 forks and 5 knives, they are unmarked silver plated, and each handle is a semi-precious stone including carved amber (with inclusions), carved amethyst quartz, other quartz, carved rock crystal, agates etc. Forks range in size from 10cm to 10.5cm, knives 11.8-12cm. We assume they were intended for use as date or olive utensils. Probably dating c. 1920, origin middle eastern at a guess.

An interesting assortment of pieces all with sterling silver handles and steel uppers. Includes a 26.7cm pistol grip handled Trotter family branch crested dinner knife (motto 'festina lente') hallmarks rubbed, 25cm meat fork (hallmarks rubbed), 27.8cm bright cut dinner knife (lion passant & duty mark only fairly rubbed), 22cm 4 pronged dinner fork (Sheffield 1828 part rubbed) and a 25.8cm early Victorian dinner knife with rubbed crest, hallmarks rubbed, blade marked Thornhill London.

A larger than normal milk jug in hotelware style made for the military by Elkington in 1961. Capacity 1 pint (500ml).

A nice set of Grecian pattern fruit pudding spoons and larger server, the case bearing a Maltese retailers label to interior.

A lovely set of 6 knives in Hanoverian pattern (to go with rattail) with silver plated handles and steel blades. Made by Bournes of Sheffield.