Late 18th to Early 20th Century
Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £480 |
Comprising; the bellows with pique inlay and inscription ‘Forget me not’ 13.5cm wide, four shoes with pique inlay including one with bone inlay, 8.5cm wide; a pair with stippled detail; another relief carved with brass hinged cover engraved ‘Christmas 1909’; and five other examples (one with associated lid); Together with three papier-mâché shoe snuffs, including one with mother-of-pearl inlay; a further two pairs of ornamental shoes, a single example; a miniature bellows with metal nozzle; a brass chimney ornament in the form of a shoe and a brass mounted glass boot vesta, the latter, 6.5cm high
Condition report:
All with inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.
Various chips, knocks and losses with some missing inlay to some.. Please see images of the most obvious.
Tarnishing to some of the metal inlays.