This is a Scottish Victorian Mauchline Ware combination Stamp Box & small letter or stationery rack, in the Black Lacquer Ware finish, & dating to around 1870.
The rack has a scalloped top detail with a hole for hanging, 3 shallow 'letter' compartment ...click for details
This is a stunning little Arts & Crafts Pewter bowl with Ruskin inserts, made by William Hutton & almost certainly retailed by Liberty & Co or Connell of Cheapside, and dating to around 1910.
The bowl, which sits on a circular pedestal foot, has a flared b ...click for details
This is a Victorian Silver and Guilloche Enamel twin bottle travelling Tantalus in a fitted leather case, by the illustrious silversmiths Levi & Salaman, & fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1900.
The stitched leather case is circular in form, with a leather hinge & a buckle fastening, & opens to reveal a leather lined interior wi ...click for details
This is a large Silver cigarette case with an unusual opening, by the illustrious silversmiths A & J Zimmerman, & fully hallmarked (x5) for Birmingham 1919.
The case is believed to have belonged to Robert Barclay Fox of Grove Hill, Falmouth, & bears the s ...click for details
This is an Arts & Crafts galleried Pewter tray, made by Talbot, & dating to around 1910 - 20.
The tray is oval in form & has a fairly deep gallery, which folds inwards towards the centre & curves upwards at either end to accommodate the handle apertur ...click for details
This is a stunning hallmarked French Silver Art Nouveau vesta case or matchsafe with a repousse 'Water Lily' decoration, by the Paris silversmith Charles Murat, & dating to the end of the 19th Century, around 1900.
This is an original, early Victorian reverse painted ring or trinket box, almost certainly made as a souvenir to mark the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, & dating to 1851.