English Silver: 20th Century Silver

George V sterling silver covered urn. Made by Charles & Richard Comyns in London in 1925. Girdled urn with capped scroll side handles on raised foot. Cover domed. Applied strapwork. Gadrooning and twisted fluting. Traditional Georgian Classical form with nice heft. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 8 3/8 x W 7 3/8 x D 4 1/2 in. Heavy weight: 23.5 troy ounces. #BU165

George V sterling silver ice bucket. Made by Hollings & Hitchinson in Birmingham in 1933. Straight sides with stepped L-form bracket handles. Cover stepped with round and tapering wood finial. Snazzy Art Deco from across the Atlantic. Fully marked including no. 2434A. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 5 3/4 x W 7 x D 5 in. Gross weight: 21 troy ounces. #BV197

George VI sterling silver box. Made by Robert Pringle & Sons in London in 1939. Rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged and tabbed; top has engine-turned wave ornament and rectangular mono plate (vacant) in upper left corner. Interior cedar lined and partitioned. Underside leather lined. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 x W 7 x D 3 1/2 in. Gross weight: 16 troy ounces. #BV167

Edwardian sterling silver bowl. Made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd in London in 1905. Bellied with flat shoulder and gadrooned rim. Three leaf and scroll-mounted talon supports. Well circular and solid (vacant). Solid leafy ornament in open and leaf-inset diaper ground with scrollwork. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x D 11 3/4 in. Weight: 41 troy ounces. #BR790

English sterling silver box, 1953. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with tab, and canted and lined side edges. Allover engine-turned ornament on sides and top; ends plain. Box and cover interior cedar lined. Box underside felt lined. Fully marked including worn maker’s stamp, London assay stamp, and Elizabeth II coronation stamp. Very good condition apart from a few minor pings.

Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x W 8 5/8 x D 3 3/4 in. Gross weight: 18 troy ounces. #BU943

Pair of English Georgian silver café au lait pots. Made by James Dixon & Sons in Sheffield 1936-7. Each: Conical body and stepped and domed hinged cover with stained-wood vasiform finial. Capped stained-wood double-scroll handle. The coffeepot has a faceted and leaf-capped spout with scalloped mount. The hot milk pot has a curved and faceted spout. Fully marked including date letters for 1936 (hot milk jug) and 1937 (coffeepot), and no. Y611/2. Excellent condition.

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English Edwardian Neoclassical sterling silver mustard pot. Made by John & William Deakin in Chester in 1908. Rectilinear and bellied body with alternating gadroons and flutes on 4 ball supports. Reeded scroll bracket handle. Cover hinged with domed patera and vasiform finial. Detachable cobalt glass liner. Fully marked. Very good condition. Dimensions: H 2 1/4 x W 3 1/2 x D 2 in. Weight (without glass): 1.5 troy ounces.

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Edwardian Thread & Shell sterling silver sardine set. Made by John Round & Son in Sheffield in 1904. This set comprises a fork with 5 wide tines and server with curved bell-form blade. King-shaped handles. In leather-bound case with silk lining and fitted velvet. Fully marked. Very good condition. Some wear to case.

Dimensions: Fork: H 4 1/4 in. Server: H 4 1/4 in. Case: H 1 x W 5 3/4 x D 3 3/4 in. Total weight (silver only): 1 troy ounce. #BV251

Elizabeth II sterling silver serving tray. Made by Edward Viner in Sheffield in 1960. Round with well and molded and gently scrolled rim. Pretty and old fashioned. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 7/8 x D 14 1/2 in. Weight: 33 troy ounces. #BU963

Edwardian glass jar with sterling silver cover. Made by Arthur Wilmore Pennington in Birmingham in 1908. Jar round and curved with short straight neck. Cut ferns, diaper, and stars. Cover has central hair receiver hole and small pin holes. Shell and scroll ornament. Cover fully marked and numbered 4092. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 3 x D 3 1/4 in. #PM

George V sterling silver coffeepot. Made by S. Blanckensee & Sons Ltd in Birmingham in 1925. Faceted with conical body, leaf-capped s-scroll spout, and hinged and domed cover with vasiform finial. Capped and scrolled stained-wood handle. Perennially popular Georgian that works on traditional and Modern tables. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 1/2 x W 6 3/4 x D 3 1/2 in. Gross weight: 13.5 troy ounces. #BU987

George VI sterling silver salver. Made in Richard Comyns in London in 1937. Round with molded curvilinear piecrust rim and 3 hoof supports. A handy piece in ever popular traditional Georgian. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 1 3/4 x D 14 in. Weight: 40.5 troy ounces. #BU311