George Gibbs silvered steel wick trimmer, after 1808

English cast brass wick trimmer raised on short posts at the finger loops and wax pick. There are two scroll embellishments below the finger rings and a double raised ridge design at...

Deeply carved round cinnabar box with straight sides and a blue enameled interior and underfoot. The unusual design is a stylized phoenix bird - its claws and tail are disguised as s...

English Georgian Antique Chamberstick Candlestick W/ Wick Trimmer Item # 107PQP29L-3 A very nice circular brass chamberstick from the first quart...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare pair of antique George IV English sterling silver boxes; an addition to our 19th century silverware collection. These exceptional and rare antique George IV sterling silver boxes have a plain rectangular form. The surface of each silver box is plain and unembellished, with applied thread decoration to the lower rim. Each box is fitted with a plain hinged hallmarked cover, ornamented with further applied thread decoration to the upper rim. The upper plateaus of the covers are individually embellished with an impressive contemporary bright cut engraved crest: one bears out of a ducal coronet a wyvern below the motto 'Avi Numerantur Avorum' - The forefathers of our forefathers are numbered and to the other an eagle regardant with wings extended grasping an escutcheon charged with a lion's head, below the 'Virtute et Robore' - By Virtue and Strength. By virtue of its size these versatile 19th century boxes could be used for a multitude of functions. Such original boxes of this period and size are becoming increasingly difficult to locate. Condition These antique silver dressing table...