Mary Cooke Antiques Ltd Sterling Silver

This spectacular piece has a shaped broad rectangular form and stands on four winged paw feet. The edge of the main body is decorated with gadrooning interspersed with raying shells,...

A RARE GEORGE III COMBINATION ARGYLE/BACHELOR TEAPOT MADE IN LONDON IN 1805 BY JOHN EMES. This piece stands on an oval, stepped, pedestal foot decorated with reeding. The oval vase shaped body rises to a reeded rim and is engraved with a contemporary Crest. The domed, pull-off, cover terminates in a ball finial and this piece has an elegant swan neck spout and fruit wood handle. The interior displays a conical central section, with cap, for filling with hot water or coal, so that the heating element would keep the sauce warm. This piece is unusual, as the central heating section can be removed, so that it could be used as a bachelor coffee pot. This piece is in excellent condition and is well marked on the base, cover, conical section and its cap. John Emes was a prolific, very fine, silversmith whose work shows a taste for elegant design and fine finish. He had workshops at Amen Corner...

A VERY FINE GEORGE II CREAM BOAT MADE IN LONDON IN 1740 BY JOSEPH SANDERS. The Creamboat has an elongated, shallow, form which rises to an everted and shaped rim. The main body st...

AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF GEORGE I TAZZAS MADE IN LONDON IN 1725 BY WILLIAM DARKER The Tazzas stand on a trumpet shaped spreading foot and the circular top has a slightly raised rim ...

CHESTER - AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III DRINKING MUGS MADE IN CHESTER IN 1765 BY RICHARD RICHARDSON II. The Mugs are modelled in a style which is seldom seen from...

AN IMPORTANT GEORGE IV FOUR BOTTLE DECANTER stand MADE IN LONDON IN 1823 BY William Bateman I This very rare piece has a square platform base with gadrooned edge, displaying a Ro...

AN EXTREMELY RARE GEORGE III APPLE CORER WHICH WAS MADE IN LONDON CIRCA 1786-90 BY HAMPSTON & PRINCE. The Corer has a tubular form with a reeded band where the blade meets the han...

A VERY FINE & SUBSTANTIAL PAIR OF GEORGE II CAST CANDLESTICKS MADE IN LONDON IN 1748 BY WILLIAM GOULD. The Candlesticks are cast and modelled in a muc...

AN IMPORTANT & VERY RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER SAUCE TUREENS, WITH THEIR ORIGINAL STANDS, MADE IN LONDON IN 1773/74 BY SEBASTIAN & JAMES CRESPEL. The Tureens ...

This extremely rare and fine garniture of George III neo classical baskets were made in London in 1778 by Philip Freeman. The Baskets all stand on a square pedestal foot which is pierced with horizontal pails and roundels, as well as being engraved with prick dot designs. The Classical vase shaped main bodies are also pierced with horizontal pails and roundels and the front of each piece displays a disc cartouche engraved with a contemporary Crest. The rim and swing handle, instead of being decorated with beading, are unusually engraved with various prick dot and bright cut bands, including stylised flower heads. Each basket is in excellent condition, has a blue glass liner and is fully marked in the foot. The baskets are of a very rare decorative design and Philip Freeman was known for producing unusual baskets and pails, although his work does not survive in great quantity. These are also unusual in that they stand on a pierced foot, echoing the designs on the main body. The smaller baskets would have been used for cream and the larger ones for sugar, however it is extremely rare to find a garniture. They are almost always found singly or in pairs, in sizes. A very rare Classical garniture of outstanding quality. Measures: Height of the sugar basket, to the rim: 5.4 inches, 13.5cm. Height of the cream basket...

The Faulkbourne hall cased tea caddies. An important and very unusual pair of George III tea caddies made in London in 1793 by William Frisbee, all contained within a contemporary velvet and silk lined satinwood case. The hinges and handle also hallmarked for 1793. The pair of tea caddies are of an unusual oval form with upwardly curved rim. The sides are beautifully engraved with an upper and lower band of bright cut scrolls and foliate motifs on a scratch engraved and prick dot ground. Each side is engraved with an unusual bright cut cartouche with incuse corners. One cartouche is vacant and the other is engraved with a contemporary Scottish Crest with the motto "Nil Conscrire Sibi - Consious of no Wrong " above. The curved, slightly domed, cover is engraved with an outer band identical to those shown on the sides and terminates in a Neo Classical urn finial, also engraved with bright cut designs. The caddies are most unusual as they open from the side, not in the usual manner from the front. The caddies are each in excellent condition and are fully marked in the foot and with the maker's mark and sterling mark on the cover. The pair of caddies are contained within a most breathtaking satinwood case with hallmarked hinges and escutcheon shaped handle and reeded oval mounts. It is most unusual to find fully hallmarked hinges, and handle, which accurately date the case, as the same date as the caddies. The interior is lined with the original silk, velvet and gold braid. The Crest and Motto are those of Lieut-Col Jonathan Bullock of Faulkbourne Hall, County Essex. He was M.P. for Essex in many parliaments and, in 1763, married Miss Elizabeth Lante. He died without issue in 1809 and his estates devolved upon his nephew Jonathan Joshua Christopher Watson who, in 1810, assumed the surname and Arms of Bullock by Royal Licence. The Bullock family were descended from Robert Bullock of Herburghfield, County Berkshire. He was Sheriff of County Berks and Oxford under Richard II. He died in 1405. Faulkbourne Hall is a Grade 1 listed Manor House in the village of Faulkbourne in Essex, the manor being first mentioned under Edward the Confessor. The earliest surviving parts of the Hall, a red brick building with turrets, date from the 15th century. Sir Edward Bullock, Knight, purchased the Hall and Manor of Faulkbourne in 1637. The hall is considered a fine specimen of early Tudor red...

The Salvers/Stands are of the finest quality and stand on four cast panel feet, with a scroll end and reeded edge. The main body is oval in form with a raised rim which is decorated ...

These exceptional Wine Goblets stand on a square pedestal foot decorated with circular reeding and an eclectic mix of bright cut and prick dot designs. The foot rises to a vase shaped bowl, with beautiful rim engraved with bright cut designs, including stylised foliate motifs and wriggle work bands. The front of the bowl is engraved with an unusual contemporary Crest. The interior is finely gilded and the foot displays...

This extremely fine George III neoclassical antique sterling silver bread basket was made in Sheffield in 1777 by Richard Morton & Company. This beautiful basket stands on a flared beaded foot pierced with arched vertical pails. The main body is decorated with beaded bands and pierced with wave motifs, flower heads in ovals and plain vertical pails. The main body is also engraved with laurel leaf garlands. The arched, beaded, swing handle is pierced with oblong motifs, stylised quatrefoils and roundels. The centre of the bowl is engraved with a contemporary Armorial, with tied ribbons above, and crossed branches below. The Arms are those of Wesby of Thornhill, County Clare...

This very fine piece stands on a circular pedestal foot decorated with reeding and engraved with stylised foliate bright cutting. The Classical vase shaped main body rises to a reede...

This exceptionally fine George III antique sterling silver Salver was made in London in 1781 by the Royal Silversmiths, Wakelin & Taylor. The Salver is of an unusual size and is oval...

This extremely fine and rare Charles II Lace back trefid spoon was made in London in 1682 by the prolific, quality, spoon maker, Lawrence Coles. As you will see from the images, the ...

This very fine and beautiful Sauceboat stands on an oval pedestal foot decorated with applied beading and a band of bright cut designs. The high, elongated, main body also displays a...

These side handled bowls were almost certainly used as eating vessels. The bowl has circular baluster sides which rise to a straight rim. The cast handle is shaped and naively pierce...

This very unusual Wine Label is broad rectangular in form, with cut corners, and displays a beautiful outer pierced border containing flower heads. This very fine example is well mar...

This fine mug stands on an applied circular foot and has a baluster main body and everted rim. This piece has a scroll handle and the front is engraved with ...

This very fine George III Pocket Nutmeg Grater was made in London in 1802 by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson. This example is of a large size for a pocket example and may well have b...

This exceptional pair of George III antique sterling silver entree dishes were made in London in 1800 by Richard Cooke. The Dishes are rectangular in form, with lobed borders, and te...

These exceptionally fine George III Chamber Candlesticks were made in London in 1818 by William Burwash. The Chambersticks have circular bases which display a raised border unusually...

The wine taster stands on a narrow circular foot and has slightly baluster sides, and everted rim. The sides are decorated with punch bead bands, as w...

The mug has a "tucked in" base and stands on a circular stepped foot decorated with reeding. The baluster shaped main body rises to an everted rim and the scroll handle is decorated ...

The dish is oval in form with a raised shaped rim decorated with an applied gadrooned band interspersed with ovals and acanthus leaves. The border is engraved, on one side, with a co...

The saucepan is of a small size and has a baluster shaped body rising to an everted rim. The sparrow beak spout is decorated with a double drop below and the silver section of the ha...

These very fine salad servers are modeled in the fiddle and thread pattern and are of a quite excellent thick gauge of silver. The spoon has an unusual egg shaped bowl and the fork s...

The Basket stands on an oval foot which is pierced with horizontal pails and roundels and displays an applied beaded rim. The arched swing handle, and rim of the main body, are also ...

The skewer is of typical form with a ring end, however this example has an oval bright cut cartouche under the ring, on both sides, one of which is engraved with a contemporary crest...

A George III old English pattern fish slice London.

A George III Old English pattern serving spoon George Smith III & William Fearn, London (1765-1792).