SOUND 8V ZAL HNSDORF C-A.TAXjOOXJE 6 OF ©IS Enoltsb SILVER PLATE, THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF RANK, COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF THE TIME OF Charles 11., Queen Anne, and the Early Georgian Period, AND A FEW PIECES OF Foreign Silver & Silver-Gilt, USEFUL PLATED ARTICLES, &c.; A SMALL COLLECTION OF SILYER, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN; &c. &c.: fpUWiEowQ^ti 0 ^' ^ ^ ^ NS TouNC - Mljtdj brill to ^olb bjj Jlitrliott bn Hesses. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT TOEim ©mHAT ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. --* o> - May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catalogues bad, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, It. James's Square, S. TV. l-KHj CONDITIONS OF SALE. - o - 1. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall bo immediately put up again and re-sold. II. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. On WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. The following are the Property of A LADY OF RANK. SILVER —At per Oz. 1 A Fiddle-Pattern Service, consisting of— Twenty-three table-forks Fifty-one table-spoons Nineteen dessert-forks Thirteen dessert-spoons Two soup-ladles Five gravy-spoons and one strainer Four skewers A pair of sauce-ladles, and A pair of toddy-ladles. 2 Thirteen threaded fiddle-pattern table-forks; fourteen dessert-forks ; seventeen tea-spoons ; and fourteen x smaller ditto ...... F 82 3 Seven plain table-forks ; four table-spoons; a pair of sauce-ladles; a pair of sugar-sifters; two marrow- spoons ; seventeen tea-spoons; seven egg-spoons y s and a pair of salt-shovels .... 47 4 Seventeen dessert-spoons, with plain bandies and fiddle shoulders. ..... 20 oz. dwt. 236 10 15 13 13 A B 2 4 5 / 12 15 12 13 0 23 20 6 8 < oz. dwt. 5 Twelve ditto tea-spoons; a pair of pierced sugar-tongs ; and a sugar-ladle, with foliage handle . . 9 6 A pair of large gravy-spoons ; and a pair of fish-slicef^/^ 22 7 A plain globular tea-pot; a smaller ditto ; and a sugar- basin and cover, en suite . f'/ 59 8 A flat-shaped hot-milk jug and cover, with trefoil collar, chased with a band of foliage ./A 9 An oval-shaped tea-pot, engraved with festoons^ of flowers and other ornament—1783 . . 10 A small shaped coffee-pot, spirally fluted and chased with foliage—1765 . . • . 11 A coffee-pot, with dome lid, chased with figures, flowers and scrolls ...... /ye^ 12 A helmet-shaped engraved cream-ewer, with beaded border, on square foot . . . 13 A smaller ditto, nearly similar ; and one, on round foot^/6 5 14 An oval-shaped egg-frame, with gadroon borders, eight egg-cups and spoons, and a salt-cellar . 37 15 A plain vase-shaped pepper-caster—1759; nine wine -. labels; a small salt-spoon ; and two egg-cnps 8 14 16 An oblong-shaped mustard-pot, with gadroon border . and glass liner ...... /'lyv 4 17 A pair of plain boat-shaped salt-cellars, on oval feet with reeded borders . ... 18 A set of eight circular salt-cellars, gadroon borders chased with festoons of flowers and lions’ masks, and claw feet; and eight king’s-pattern salt-spoons, chased with lions’ masks . . . ,yyj? 54 19 A set of six shell-shaped salt-cellars, with chased shell handles and feet, gilt inside ; and six silver-gilt spoons, with chased handles . . . r^yo ■ 20 A pair of small plain sauce-boats, on three feet, with escalloped edges—1750 .... //^ 19 ‘ ' j o ' 7 /- 0 12 4 11 10 44 18 ^ 21 A pair of larger ditto, nearly similar wJ 8 16 5 beaded 22 A Warwick cruet-frame, with gadroon border, on shell and scroll feet, with four silver-mounted cut-glass bottles—1762 ..... 40 23 A soy-frame, nearly similar, with six cut-glass bottles and six labels ..... 24 An oblong toasted-cheese dish and cover, with border. ///? 15 25 A pair of oval meat-dishes, with shaped gadroon borders -14* in. long —1767-76 65 26 A pair of ditto—17f in. long . . . Ill 27 One ditto—20 in. long ..... 74 28 One ditto—21£ in. long ..... 85 29 One ditto—23^ in. long .... 30 A pair of plain oval meat-dishes, with gadroon borders— 15 in. long. ..... .Ly\f~ 88 31 One ditto—20 in. long ..... 96 32 A set of four oblong entree-dishes and covers, with gadroon borders ..... ^//. 33 A set of four larger ditto, with gadroon border's and plain high covers .... •V'v** oz. dwt. 2/y^W S'/; , 4 / J/l ls 7 'X 7 . S' 2 A — 15 10 ^ — 0 15 10 266 0 348 0 rn £2*? 34 An oval soup-tureen and cover, with gadroon borders, the handles and feet chased with foliage and scrolls, . and with branch knob . . . . 110 10 35 A pair of small circular waiters, with shaped shell and scroll borders, the centres chased with scrolls anc trellis ornament—6^ in. diarn.- 14 -1758 . . 36 A circular salver, with gadroon and scroll border, the centre chased with baskets of flowers and scrolls ony trellis ground—lOf in. diarn .—1762 . . // £> 20 Av — 13 / 37 Another, with shaped gadroon border chased with scroll foliage, with'plain centre engraved with long inscrip¬ tion—12^ in. diam .—1766 . . . 31 Presented to John Dunning, Esq., Barrister-at- Law, by Arthur Beardmore, 1766 B 3 A.’jr- 6 oz. diet 38 A Circular Salver, with shaped shell and gadroon border, the centre chased with vines, scrolls and trellis panels—14^ in. diam. —1776 . 38 4 ^ 39 A Large Salver, with shell’ and scroll border, the centre chased with animals and birds emblematic of the elements, flowers and scrolls—18^ in. diam.-y 1757 . Y/& 74 5 ✓ 40 A Larger Ditto, with beaded and chased border, the centre chased with birds, fruit, foliage and scrolls— 20^ in. diam. —1770 ..... 100 8 A 41 An open lyre-shaped taper-stand, with threaded border and extinguisher 4 ii y 42 A pair of chamber candlesticks, with beaded borders anc extinguishers ...... * 1 21 1(1 ^ 43 A Set of Six Table Candlesticks, on vase-shaped '—1744-47 44 A half-pint mug, with reeded bands 45 An engraved goblet, on round foot 46 A pair of plain beakers—1745 . with narrow borders of ornament . Said to have been used by Queen Anne e corners . ///}» 15 V . 6/* 6 7 x . 12 3 / ■/ 4 /* 9 1 ✓ engraved 0 */ 1 •2 <> 48 A Queen Anne Plain Tumbler Cup* gilt inside— 1706 2 49 A Charles IT. Plain Tumbler Cup, gilt inside—'' maker 8 mark I\ .N., with mullet, below in plain angular shield—circa 1665 . . . . ^ 4 14 ^ 50 A Larger Ditto — by the same maker 8 7 51 A small plain tumbler cup—Chester hall mark, 1776; oz. diet. and a larger ditto 52 An Oval Pieeoed Bread-Basket, tbe border finely chased in relief with masks, vines, grapes, flowers and scrolls, terminal busts and flowers on the handle, and on shell feet chased with corn— hy F. Kandler, 1750 .//' 67 1U 53 A Large Queen Anne Montkith, fluted and chased with shields, the rim escalloped and with moulded scroll border, the foot gadrooned—13 in. diam.—y 1710. 86 10 FOREIGN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT. 56 A pair of pierced boat-shaped salt-cellars, with handles terminating in cocks’ heads ; and twelve small Dutch spoons, with twisted and figure handles. . //^ 9 15 r / 57 Six French silver-gilt tea-spoons, with chased handles-— J S . lAC 2 11 -m case >8 An Oval Dish, the border finely chased with subjects from the life of Christ in four medallions, arabesque foliage and flowers in relief—15i in. by 11^ in.- Herzogenbusch hall mark — 17th cent ary . ■ / K 20 17 59 A Circular Bose-Watek Dish, with raised centre and border, chased with flowers and scrolls in relief— 15 in. diam. . , ^ , » c? 8 SILVER —All at. A < , v 60 A. ai A /iT. * 02 _ 63 ^ Cr-. -V ' A & 04 7 A* 5 ' /&* # 155 611 FA /e . $ A punch-ladle, inlaid with a gilt coin of Charles III. of Spain, and with bone handle; and a cheese-scoop, with threaded handle b Eighteen dessert-knives and forks, with mother-o’-pearl handles, mounted with silver caps t4 Eighteen dessert-knives, with plain silver handles Twenty-four dinner-knives, with silver pistol handles with chased shell ends Fifty-six dinner-knives ; eight small knives; three carvers; an