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Ball desk petrol lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill This is a rare antique desk liquid-petrol lighter, created in London England by the luxury brand of Alfred Dunhill, back in the 1929. The unusual lighter is the iconic ball shaped model named Unique with the Dunhill lift arm retailed in Paris France. The lighter has been assembled and carefully crafted in the shape of a ball in solid sterling silver with plain surfaces. This lighter show very nice condition with minimal traces of use and beautiful guilloche. Recently cleaned and serviced, not polished just to preserve the antique patina. History This classic petrol lift arm lighter...

A silver-mounted walking cane, maker's mark MJ, London, 1913, stamped Brigg, the silver pommel stamped 'RT 1914', on the Malacca shaft, with a horn ferrule, 96.5 cm long This is a b...

Desk butane lighter designed by Dunhill. This is an exceptional beautiful lift arm butane desk lighter, created in London England by the Alfred Dunhill Company, back in the 1980-199...

Silver-Mounted Carved Wood Torah Pointer (Yad) Austro-Hungarian, Early 20th Century Height 13.5cm, width 3cm, depth 3cm This spiral-twisted Torah pointer, or yad, is used in the syn...

Half-Giant desk lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill This exceedingly rare antique desk lighter was created for the renowned luxury house Alfred Dunhill and retailed exclusively throu...

English sterling silver humidor lined in Spanish cedar with hallmarks, Mid-19th Century.

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Asprey London 1917 solid sterling silver Jewellery box with a faux tortoiseshell top made by the amazing Charles and Richard...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver christening set in the Art Deco style, boxed; an addition to our collection of silver christening gifts. This exceptional antique George VI sterling silver christening set consists of a napkin ring, an egg cup and a spoon. The surfaces of the napkin ring and egg cup are plain and embellished with applied crown motifs incorporating the date ‘1937’ and initials ‘GVI’*. The plain rounded egg cup is ornamented with an elongated indented border to the pedestal and is supported by a stepped octagonal foot, all in the Art Deco style. The napkin ring has a plain quadrilateral shaped form with a convex curved anterior surface, bearing the aforementioned motif. The spoon is embellished with the engraved initials ‘GVI’ amidst collared bands to the stem and features an impressive crown shaped terminal. The reverse surface of the spoon is plain and features a tapering heel to the bowl. The pieces of this antique Art Deco style christening set are fitted to the original hinged leatherette box with satin and velvet lined interior, secured with a push fit catch. The anterior maroon leatherette surface of the box cover is embellished with a central cream panel encompassed with a gold scrolling border and accented with the royal cypher depicting ‘GVIR, 1937’ below the royal coronet. The interior of the cover bears the retailer’s mark ‘By appointment to H.M The King, The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent Street, London, W.1’. This impressive christening set was crafted by the renowned and highly collectable silversmith Robert Edgar Stone; the posterior surface of the napkin ring bears R. E. Stone’s signature in addition to the full hallmarks. Each component of this set will have been crafted in the same year but due to the hallmarking system the egg cup and napkin ring are struck with the date letter ‘b’ and the spoon bears ‘a’. This set was crafted to commemorate the coronation of George VI (1895-1952), which took place at Westminster Abbey in London on 12th May 1937 Condition This antique christening...

A stylish Sterling silver box made to house cigars, cigarettes and matches, each in their own separate compartment. Made in hallmarked silver; London 1897 and with the cigar compartm...

Beautiful and substantial antique English crystal and sterling silver spirit/liquor decanter with lock and key, circa early 20th Century, England. D...

Sterling silver mounted on ebony conductor's baton, signed London 1941. It's perfect . ref. A/6

A beautiful sterling silver funnel from luxury maker Dunhill, by Mary Dunhill, circa early-20th century, London, England. As marked: "Mary Dunhill", "Ste...

An exceptional mid-19th century Russian silver Torah pointer (yad), attributed to the celebrated Moscow master silversmith workshop from Ignatiy and Pavel Sazikov,- two of the most i...

Antique 20th Century English solid silver cased barometer. The case is of a smooth, circular form with a hinged lid allowing the barometer within to be viewed. When the lid is lifted...

This is a vintage walking cane. An English, ebonised mahogany and brass stick with hallmarked silver collar, dated to 1935. Appealing, well used cane with great character Displays a...