A very fine George III Pocket Nutmeg Grater made by Thomas Willmore.

The Salver stands on three cast panel feet with scroll ends, and a beaded border. The raised rim is also decorated with a beaded band and the centre is beautifully engraved with a co...

A Very Fine William IV Pocket Nutmeg Grater Made in Birmingham in 1836 by Joseph Willmore. The Nutmeg Grater is of a large size, with reeded rounded sides. The hinged cover is engra...

An Exceptionally Rare George II Antique Silver "Acorn" Nutmeg Grater Made in London circa 1750 by Samuel Meriton This very rare example is modelled to simulate an acorn and is decorated with reeded and beaded bands to simulate the shape of an acorn. The cover unscrews to reveal the removable steel grater and this piece is in excellent condition, with a good colour. The cover is very well marked with SM for Samuel Meriton and this is the manner in which acorn nutmeg graters are unusually marked, with the maker's mark only. Similar examples are contained within the famous Robert & Meredith Green...

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...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique George V English sterling silver salver; part of our dining silverware collection. This exceptional antique sterling silver salver has...

A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique George III English sterling silver sauce tureens; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. These magnificent antique George III sterling silver sauce tureens have a rectangular rounded form. The body of each tureen is plain and embellished with chased fluted decoration to the lower portion. The upper rim of each body is encompassed with a cast and applied gadroon decorated border. These impressive antique silver tureens...

A very Fine Meissen Rococo Ewer, c1745 Additional information: Date : c1745 Marks :Meissen crossed swords Origin : Meissen Saxony Colour : Pol...