French Multicoloured Enamel and Silver Buckle, Paris, France, circa 1880

Antique French silver gilt leaf shaped tea caddy spoon, Paris, dated circa 1870 Heavy gauge silver, marked with the Minerva Head and graded 800 standard. Nicely embossed leaf shape...

Antique Silver and Enamel Thimble with Dimpled Ruby Glass Top Circa 1920 Made in Germany of 935 standard silver. Lovely flower decoration on the enamel ...

Antique Arts & Crafts silver belt buckle, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, 1902 Assayed in London All hand crafted and hand pierced.

Ornamental Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Serving Spoon Circa 1950 This beautiful spoon measures 8 inches long and has a des...

Oval black and green enamel silver box with marcasite, London, 1930. Silver gilt inside with engine turning underneath.  

Art Nouveau French silver handbag purse dated circa 1900 Very pretty chainmail purse, probably for gold coins with two compartments inside. Really he...

A very fine antique Austrian Viennese Secessionist silver guilloche enamel belt buckle by renowned silversmith Georg Anton Scheid (Austrian, 1838-1921) and dating from around 1900. T...

Late 19th century French 800. silver and blue enamel belt buckle. Hallmarked with French boar head mark and French maker's mark. Maker unidentified. The measurements: Length x wid...

A remarkable intricately designed, handcrafted silver box, circa 1880s. We were told that this box is sterling silver and that the makers mark "M" is that of "M. Mayer". Maurice MAYER was a very prestigious silversmith. Research shows that he was an "Orfèvre de l'Empereur", Napoleon Bonaparte, 1860-1870. The Minerva hallmarks are not visible, may have been rubbed off from use and cleaning. No documentation. This intricately carved box depicts the romantic poem of Le Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose). Comes with the original lock and key. Le Roman de la Rose, begun by Guillaume de Lorris circa 1230 and completed, in a different style, circa 1270-1280, by Jean de Meun, builds on the concept of courtly love found in the poetry of the troubadours. The authors create a complex allegory of the romance between the Lover and the Rose. In the quest to pick the Rose (to achieve the conquest of love), the flower and its attendants represent the Lady and her sentiments while being wooed. In the first part of the poem, written by de Lorris, the Lover recounts his dream, ending with the winning of a kiss from the Lady. In the dream, the Lover discovers a walled garden and gains entrance thanks to a beautiful young woman. He meets Diversion and dancers who represent courtly values such as Beauty and Generosity. A tour of the garden brings him to a beautiful bed of roses by the Fountain of Love...

Probably made for an aristocratics child’s doll house or a copy of the Sterling Silver room furniture of King Louis XIII. Has a chandelier, and opening doors to the Buffets.

Probably French, the open-work exterior adorned with swags of garlanded flowers and fruits separated by ram's heads on top of columns with acanthus and ...

With two large coupes on scroll legs. Surmounted by a winged victory holding a laurel wreath and a cornucopia.