A SILVER VINAIGRETTE, A SILVER MOUNTED SMELLING SALTS BOTTLE AND EIGHT FURTHER ITEMS (10)
The George III vinaigrette with a scroll pierced and engraved grille, London 1813, the smelling salts bottle London 1894, also a Victorian cornelian dip pen, a gold cased propelling pencil, with a bloodstone seal stone terminal, five further pencils and a folding pocket knife
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£120 - £160
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Hammer price:
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£180 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Condition Report; Vinaigrette London 1813, hinge to lid a little worn, cornelian dip pen unmarked, the top end is probably associated with the lower end, seal at the end is badly chipped, gold cased pencil upon closer inspection has a dual function end, the pencil end can be pulled out to be replaced by a dip pen section, which when inverted goes back in to the body of the implement, dent to the body, mid 19th century date, no mark. Pencil with letter opener end, Birmingham 1899, the smelling salts bottle - it has not been possibly to remove the ground glass stopper, monogram engraved to the hinged lid, chip to the bottom
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