Sterling silver

A lovely antique sterling silver vesta case. The case is egraved and hallmarked to Birmingham 1875. The Hallmarks are distinct and the striker on the bottom is in good condition. There a few small dints which are to be expected with an item that is 131 years old. The chain is sterling silver but is not the original chain. The vesta is about 3 cms by (just under) 4 cms.

This is a Russian early 20th century tea cup holder, which is stamped "POMMET" in Cyrillic on the base. There is also another stamp that is difficult to make out but seems to involve numbers. The body of the holder is made of filigree silver and the cup is decorated on the top and on the handle. There are no dents and there is no damage to the filigree. The cup stands nearly 9 cms high and has a diameter of 7 cms.

This is a lovely rounded edge small Art Deco sterling silver cigarette case hallmarked to Birmingham 1924. It is in very good condition....just a few dints on back.

This is a most unusual and very collectable piece. It is an Australian Colonial sterling silver cigar ashtray mounted on a horse's hoof. It is stamped with a swan in a shield and "silver". It was most probably made by Lazarus of Melbourne. It stands about 8.5 cms high and is about 14.5 cms long. On the bottom there is a note...made from the hoof of Thos. Hayward's pony in England.

A lovely boxed sterling silver and paua shell spoon made in New Zealand. the box itself is quite impressive with a reptile skin effect. the label inside the box reads "FINEST PAUA SHELL IN STERLING SILVER". The spoon has a good weight to it and is just over 11 cms long.

This is a set of 6 suberb Victorian sterling silver Old English Pattern ice cream spoons, hallmarked to Sheffield 1896.

They are made by Walker and Hall.

There are 14.5 cms long and in excellent condition. I have also placed a 10 cent coin in the photograph so you can 'see' their size better...they are somewhere between a teaspoon and soup spoon size. They are dated to 1896, and made by the reknowned silver-smith Walker & Hall. You don't see ice-cream spoons come up often. They are a touch bigger than teaspoons and a touch smaller than desert spoons.