Sterling silver tray dated 1933

A large late 19th century circular copper tray with pie crust edge.

A late 19th century copper sauté pan by Benham & Froud of London, circa 1880. Copper pan with tinned interior and riveted iron handle, with a hole for hanging. Marked with the Benh...

An Edwardian decanter by John Grinsell & Sons, ribbed pinch glass with sterling silver collar. Hallmarked Birmingham 1901. Weight: 0.9 kg. ...

A Victorian framed print of "SCREW STEAM SHIP WATER BALLAST HOLDS & CARGO TRADER" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. From John Scott...

A WWII ship's bell from the Royal Navy minesweeper HMS Queen of Thanet, dated 1941. Pendant number J-30. Diameter: 27cm - 10 ½ inches. Height: 28 cm - 11 inches. HMS Queen of Thanet (J30), formerly HMS Melton, was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Hamilton & Company in Port Glasgow, Scotland. Melton was launched in March 1916 with the pennant number 898. During World War I she served with the Auxiliary Patrol. Post-war she was transferred to the Mine Clearance Service. Between the wars Melton was sold to Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co in 1927. She was bought by The New Medway Steam Packet Company in 1929 and converted for excursion work on the River Medway and River Thames. She was renamed Queen of Thanet. For the next twelve years she could be found working from Sheerness and Southend. Regular excursions took her to Gravesend, Margate, Clacton and Dover as well as cross-channel voyages to Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk. In September 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty for minesweeping duties once more and commissioned as HMS Queen of Thanet, pennant number J30. In May 1940 she took part in the Dunkirk evacuation rescuing 4,000 men in four trips. Of that number, 2,000 were transferred from the ex-LNER steamer Prague, after the latter had been damaged by near misses from shells and dive bombers off Gravelines. For Operation Overlord in June 1944 she was stationed at Selsey as the Mulberry Despatch Control Ship. After the war she was returned in 1946 to her owners to recommence excursion work around the Thames Estuary. In January 1949 she was sold to Red Funnel and transferred to Southampton. After refitting at Thorneycroft's yard at Northam she was commissioned in the spring as the company's second Solent Queen. For the next two years she operated excursions from Southampton in the summer. In June 1951 while slipped for survey and repair, she caught fire and was written off as a constructive loss. She was scrapped by Dover Industries Ltd at Dover Eastern Docks in 1951 Literature on HMS Queen of Thanet see: Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships...

A 1930s laminated mahogany propeller from a Hawker Hart powered by a Rolls Royce Kestrel V12, dated September 1936. With wall-mounted bracket. ...

This beautiful sterling silver tray has a reticulated border and a fluted rim. It has a pedestal so it’s propped off the surface. It is an octagon shaped...

Hallmarks for R. Wallace & Sons. Dimensions: 14.88” W x 10” D x 1” H.

We are thrilled to offer you this very large sterling silver tray by the Watson Silver Company of Massachusetts. It’s beauty is not found in the...

An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of George VI sterling silver waiters; an addition to our silver tray, salver and platter collection. These exce...

We are happy to offer you this sterling silver tray made by Gorham Silversmiths, hallmarked 1927. Designed in the iconic “Plymouth” pattern, this tray has been restored to it’s origi...

Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1933 by Viner's Ltd., this very handsome, Sterling Silver Bread Dish, is oval in shape, and features a reed border, and slat pierced decoration to the body...