HOWELL JAMES & CO, LONDON: A SET OF VICTORIAN BRASS AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED DESK POSTAL SCALES (4)
Circa 1880
With two portrait plaques, the arm engraved with maker's details of 'Howell James & Co. Regent St. London', with four weights and one associated, 20.5cm wide; Together a silver plated dragon embossed tea-caddy, 9.5cm high; a silver-plated urn shaped lamp base, 'W&H', 11cm high; and an embossed box, late 19th Century
Howell James & Company were a firm of jewelers and silversmiths based in Regent Street in London which operated between 1819 and 1911.
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£100 - £150
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Hammer price:
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£260 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition report:
The porcelain plaques with a few chips to the edges. These are most apparent from the reverse as the plaques are tightly fixed. The portrait with teh roses and wheat in her hair is worse than the other. The girl with the pearls does have a chip but it is concealed at the top.
Tarnishing and wear commensurate with use and age.
