George III Gold & Enamel Magnifying Glass with Red Leather Case, circa 1770

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 VERY FINE ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER EARLY GEORGE III SIDEBOARD DISH MADE IN LONDON IN 1770 BY THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT SILVERSMITH, FREDERICK KANDLER. The Pitt Rivers Sideboard Dish has a raised border which displays a shaped gadrooned rim. The border is engraved with a contemporary Armorial with supporters either side and the Motto "AEQUAM SERVARE MENTEM - a contented mind" below. The Dish is in excellent condition, is of a good weight and colour. The reverse is also engraved with its original scratch weight of 33oz 13dwt. The Arms and Motto on the Dish are those of Pitt. This family has several branches all descended from a common ancestor, including Pitt, Earl's of Chatham, Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister etc. It was John Pitt who was clerk of the Exchequer during the reign of Eizabeth I and it was his eldest son Sir William Pitt Knight who was comptroller of the household and a principal officer in the Exchequer during the reign of James I. The Arms on the Dish are those specifically of George Pitt...

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...

In the manner of Paul Storr. A very rare George IV Bachelor Inkstand made in Sheffield in 1822 by Thomas & James Settle. This exceptionally rare Inkstand is modelled in the bachelor...

A very unusual cased George III folding fruit knife and folk made most probably in Sheffield circa 1786-90 The Fruit Knife and Fork is of an unusu...

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...

This large American Victorian standing magnifying glass is encased in a carved and turned walnut frame and is adjustable to height with a wooden screw set device. Made circa 1880 the...

George III sterling silver skewer / letter opener, circa 1800 Estate of Vanderbilt Lehman Fine sterling skewer / letter opener with hallm...

Fine quality circa 1790 Georgian letter box, with three compartment fitted interior (see image). Exterior has original double brass hinged slope top with serpentine shaped front, and...

Silvered magnifying glass with handle mimicking deer antlers.

Brass magnifying glass with handle - a wonderfully functional, very large and heavy piece. The brass surround is quite nice and the handle could be w...

Hand Held Magnifying Glass with Faceted Glass Handle A lovely piece for your study in good vintage condition with a chunky knob handle The Glass is 8”...