Michael Baggott Silver and Antiques

Enlarge	A very rare Charles I pair of silver scissors maker's mark W or WD in monogram, London, c.1635-40 the silver handles with chevron engraved finger rings and stylised foliate engraved shafts, the steel blade with the cutlers mark of a halberd beneath a heart, also stamped 'TAX' Note: this pair of scissors adds to a very small group of the earliest recorded English silver scissors with distinctive foliate engraving to the handles and openwork sections above the finger grips. The earliest dated pair known are inscribed 1630 with another pair dated 1635 (previously in the Albert Collection, laterly sold at Christies auctioneers) which can be seen to be very similar to this pair. Four other examples (though some are later) are known contained within a shagreen shaving case dated 1640. References: 'Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England' P.Glanville, Over Wallop, 1990 p.364 fig 217 'The Collectors Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America' M. Clayton, London, 1971 p241 'The Albert Collection' R.Butler, London, 2004 p.321 Cat nos 72 Size: 12cm long Stock Number: A319 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	An extremely rare Queen Anne Provincial silver marrow spoon Richard Waynes, York, 1706 of typical form with a rattail bowl bearing the contemporary initials 'MP' Note: this rare marrow spoon bears the seldom seen 'E' date letter within a circular punch for 1706 (revised Bradburys, Mr N.Shaw, 2002) together with the punch attributed to Richard Waynes at the end of his working life (see Jacksons p.462). Size: 22cm long Weight: 1oz 14dwt Stock Number: A318 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	Scottish Provincial: A rare George IV silver soft sugar spoon William Mill, Montrose, c.1820-5 Old English pattern, initialled 'AM' Note: whilst there is no maker's mark the style of flower used is that found on the work of William Mill, the lack of the maker's own mark and the initials of the owner might suggest that it was made for a member of the Mill family. The sugar spoon also bears a much rarer 'Zodiac' style mark. Size: 15.5cm long Weight: 16dwt Stock Number: A317 Price: £375
Enlarge	A very fine Victorian silver and mother of pearl pocket fruit knife Hilliard and Thomason, Birmingham, 1864 the handle finely engraved with diaper work, scrolls and unusually a Beehive, in the original tooled leather case. Size: 14.5cm long open Stock Number: A316 Price: £145
Enlarge	Scottish: A George II silver tablespoon Robert Luke, Glasgow, c.1725-35 Hanoverian pattern with a fine period crest for Dunlop. Note: This spoon Bears Luke's very rare variant Glasgow town mark of a separate Fish, Tree and Bell with a shield. An old discreet repair between the bowl and stem Size: 20.5cm long Weight: 1oz 16dwt Stock Number: A315 Price: £350
Enlarge	An early Dutch Provinical silver dognose spoon Johan Dronrijp, Groningen, 1713 Dognose pattern with a later inscribed date and initials 'WHP 1769' Size: 19cm long Weight: 1oz 12dwt Stock Number: A314 Price: £690
Enlarge	A fine Portugese silver beaker maker's mark IMS, Lisbon, 1803-13 of flared cylindrical form, finely engraved with a Coat of Arms Note: much Portugese silver of this period can be found engraved with British Arms due to the military presence of British Officers in Portugal during the period of the Peninsular War. Given its simple form this beaker was most likely purchased to be used on campaign. Size: 10cm high Weight: 4oz 19dwt Stock Number: A313 Price: £490
Enlarge	Irish Provincial: A George III silver salt spoon Cork, c.1770, stamped 'STERLING' only Celtic Taper pattern, bright-cut engraved and initialled 'D' Size: 10.5cm long Weight: 5dwt Stock Number: A311 Price: £110
Enlarge	Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers: A rare George III silver tablespoon one George Smith IV, London, 1799 one GC, London, 1803 Dognose pattern with rattail bowls, each finely engraved with the arms of the *Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers* Provenance: these spoons have been in the possession of the Company since purchased. Size: 20cm long Weight: 2oz 2dwt Stock Number: A310 Price: £675 each
Enlarge	A George III silver 'pictureback' teaspoon no maker's mark, London, c.1760 Hanoverian pattern, the bowl decorated with a Squirrel on an Oak Stump Size: 10.5cm long Weight: 6dwt Stock Number: A309 Price: £180
Enlarge	A Victorian silver tablefork Francis Higgins, London, 1852 Ornamental Elizabethan pattern, crested and engraved with the cypher 'RG' beneath a French coronet. Note: this pattern was produced by Higgins for Hunt and Roskell and the fork bears the Patent Office Registration Diamond for the design, 21st December 1852. Size: 21cm long Weight: 3oz 1dwt Stock Number: A305 Price: £160
Enlarge	A Victorian Provincial silver caddy spoon Clement Gowland, Newcastle, 1852 Fiddle and Shell pattern, initialled 'M'. Note: though registered with the Newcastle office in 1845 no submissions for assay by Gowland are recorded upto his retirement in 1852. It follows any examples of his work must have been brought in from other Newcastle goldsmiths and marked, consequently pieces bearing his mark are seldom seen. A rare caddy spoon. Size: 10cm long Weight: 8dwt Stock Number: A303 Price: £295
Enlarge	A George II silver four prong tablefork Ebenezer Coker, London, 1753 Hanoverian pattern, finely engraved with an Earls crest. Size: 20cm long Weight: 2oz 6dwt Stock Number: A302 Price: £225
Enlarge	A rare Charles II North Country silver trefid spoon maker's mark WB only, ascribed to William Busfield of York, c.1675-80 the ridged rattail bowl with a Trefid stem, initialled 'B over AF'. Note: the spoon is an excavated example and the marks appear not to have been recorded in any of the standard referrences. An example with a North Country provenance has know come to light and it seems likely that the mark is an unrecorded example used by William Busfield of York. The mark bears the resemblance to a Pewterer's punch in that it is more elaborately decorated in it's cutting. Given that William's father Thomas was a pewterer it may be an early variation of his mark in his fathers style. Size:* 19cm long Weight: 1oz 17dwt Stock Number: A301 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	A George II Provincival silver tablespoon Edmund Richards, Exeter, 1732 Hanoverian pattern, initialled and dated 'MM/RM/1734' Size: 20.5cm long Weight: 1oz 3dwt Stock Number: A300 Price: £290
Enlarge	A very fine Maltese silver fish slice Gio. Carlo Cassar, Ball period, 1800-1809, Maltese standard the shaped scimitar blade with a pale pierced border and engraved trophies bordered by flowers, with a plain one piece faceted solid silver handle. Size: 31cm long Weight: 6oz 5dwt Stock Number: A299 Price: £425
Enlarge	A fine George II enamel snuff box York House, Battersea or Birmingham, c.1755-60 rectangular with a plain white ground enamelled with Watteauesque scenes of a Lady having her picture painted within an Arcadian setting, the sides with smaller vignettes, with gilt metal mounts Size: 8.5cm long Stock Number: A293 Price: £1750
Enlarge	Arts and Crafts: An Edwardian silver coronation spoon Archiblad Knox designed for Liberty & Co., Birmingham, 1901, stamped 'CYMRIC' and 'Rd 391479' the bowl chased 'AC 1902 EVII' with a tapering naturalistic stem with chased ball knop. Knox designed numerous small and large spoons to mark the Accession of King Edward VII, this small example appears to be one of the rarer examples. Size: 11cm long Weight: 18dwt Stock Number: A291 Price: £1250
Enlarge	A very fine Irish George II silver orange strainer Matthew Alanson, Dublin, 1735 the central pierced bowl with shaped lug handles, each marked with one bearing the scratch weight '3-16' the other with a finely engraved crest within a period foliate cartouche Size: 18.5cm long Weight: 3oz 14dwt Stock Number: A290 Price: £2400
Enlarge	A set of four silver novelty napkin rings G & C Hodgetts, Birmingham, 1913/15 retailers stamp of J.C.Vickery, Regent St each modelled as a wishbone with applied cast gillded bird, chick, partridge, woodcock and cockerell, all in the original velvet and silk lined fitted case Size: each 6.5cm long Stock Number: A288 Price: £740
Enlarge	An Irish Victorian silver sugar bowl JM & EM, Dublin, 1842 of lobed baluster form with foliate chased panels of flowers on a matted ground, with twin leaf capped scroll handles, finely crested for Hendrick-Aylmer of Kerdiffstown Co.Kildare. Size: 25cm across Weight: 16oz 3dwt Stock Number: A287 Price: £640
Enlarge	A George III silver gravy spoon William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1819 Fiddle and Thread pattern, crested. The bowl fitted with a pale pierced strainer. Size: 31cm long Weight: 5oz 7dwt Stock Number: A286 Price: £420
Enlarge	Irish Provincial: A silver medal Patrick Archer, Cork, c.1930-50 pierced and engraved as a Celtic cartouche surmounted by the Cork city arms of a ship between two embattled towers, applied with a Mercurial foot Size: 3cm long Stock Number: A284 Price: £95
Enlarge	A William IV Scottish set of four silver toddy ladles Marshall & Sons, Edinburgh, 1836 Fiddle pattern, superbly engraved with three crests bordered by twin mottos, probably for M'Dougall Size: 15.5cm long Weight: 4oz 11dwt Stock Number: A281 Price: £375
Enlarge	A George III Scottish Provincial silver punch ladle maker's mark only AR, Dingwall or Tain, c.1780 the turned baluster handle with a superb heavy double lipped waved silver bowl attached by a bifurcated scrolls and a plain silver socket, initialled 'RH over JH' and beneath that 'A.L'. The 'AR' punch has previously been attributed to Alexander Ross of Dingwall, though the sunburst punch sometimes found alongside this mark can be attributed to some Tain silver. The engraving of the initials in style and placement is typical of Scottish work, though the very heavy gauge of the silver used for both the bowl and stem mark this out as a ladle of the very highest quality. Size: 37cm long Stock Number: A276 Price: £575
Enlarge	A George II pair of silver tea tongs possibly Denis Boursin, London, c.1725-30 of scissor form with serpent scroll finger loops and engraved eagle's heads to the grips, with foliate engraved bursts to the hinge and arms terminating in cast shell bowls. Minor faults Note: only two other pairs of this very rare design have been noted, one marked for 'DB' possibly for the Huguenot maker Denis Boursin, the other pair unmarked. In both cases the decoration is cast not engraved, making this pair a very valauble addition to that small group. Given the cross over of working styles within the Huguenot community it is possible that these tongs may have been made by a member of the Harache family (who also produced silver tea tongs) but favoured fine foliate engraved decoration rather than casting, until the later work of Francis Harache in the 1740's. Ref: 'Eighteenth Century Silver Tea Tongs' Dr D.Shlosberg, Cheshire 2004 p.150. Size: 11cm long Weight: 19dwt Stock Number: A273 Price: £625
Enlarge	An early Dutch silver mounted knife and fork c.1600 with finely cast figurative handles and steel blades and tines, the knife depicting the figure of Christ with the rood and the Crown of Thorns, the fork depicting Christs betrayal by Judas with a kiss. Note: An almost identical pair are illustrated in 'Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons' K.Marquardt, p.53 Cat No.140 Size: 19.5cm long Stock Number: A265 Price: £1950
Enlarge	A George IV silver caddy spoon John Bettridge, Birmingham, 1822 Old English pattern, unusually the bowl is decorated with a scene of a young woman attended by her dog beneath a tree, encircled with roses. Size: 7cm long Weight: 4dwt Stock Number: A262 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	A Superb French silver and niello novelty vesta case unmarked, Paris, c.1870 of horseshoe form, decorated with a Huntsman on horseback and to the reverse with a bundle of smoking paraphenalia in which a similar horseshoe vesta case is depicted. The decoration is simply of the finest quality. Size: 5cm long Stock Number: A249 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	A set of three George II silver wine labels Sandilands Drinkwater, London, 1738/9 of escutcheon form titled 'MOUNTAIN', 'MADEIRA' and 'CLARET' Size: 5.5cm long Weight: 7dwt each Stock Number: A248 Price: £1,050
Enlarge	A very rare Charles II silvergilt vinaigrette unmarked, c.1670 of circular form with a scalloped border raised on three ball feet, the cover superbly pierced and engraved with a coat of arms within profuse foliate mantling. Size: 4.5cm diameter Weight: 10dwt Stock Number: A243 Price: £2,250
Enlarge	An American Colonial silver soup ladle Daniel Van Voorhis, New York, c.1785 Old English pattern with a bright-cut foliate stem and cartouche, initialled 'H.A.M' Note: A matching set of twelve tablespoons were sold at Christies New York in 2009, these initials being for the Morris family of New York. Size: 32cm long Weight: 4oz 8dwt Stock Number: A241 Price: £775
Enlarge	A William IV provincial set of six silver teaspoons Jospeh M.Latimer of Carlisle, Newcastle, 1837 Fiddle pattern, initialled 'S' Note: Latimer only submitted silver over the period 1837-9 at Newcastle but throughout that period had much of his silver broken as being substandard. He wrote, at length, complaining to the Newcastle assayers as his work, when tested in Glasgow, was found to be of the required sterling standard. His brief period of assay and poor relationship with the Newcastle assay office mean any pieces by him are seldom seen. Superb condition. Size: 14.5cm long Weight: 3oz 12dwt Stock Number: A236 Price: £320
Enlarge	A superb Dutch Provincial silver teapot Henrick de Wint I, Hague, 1746 of inverted baluster form with a wood scroll handle amd domed cover with a turned button finial, flat chased with foliate sprays around the cover, spout and base, later initialled 'CCW' Also bearing later tax marks to the cover and base and with two distinct assay scrapemarks to the base. Size: 11.5cm high Weight: 10oz 6dwt Stock Number: A230 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	An Early German silvergilt sweetmeat dish/wine taster Paul Hoschel, Augsburg, c.1640-50 of lobed oval form with a chased central panel of a mother and child with an attendant framed within auricular scrolls, with twin cast leaf capped scroll handles to the sides. Size: 13cm long Weight: 3oz 12dwt Stock Number: A229 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	A very rare Scottish Provincial silver medal Thomas Lumsden Brown, Cupar, c.1935 oval with a cast laurel wreath border, engraved 'The Dr Henry Steele Medal for German/Montrose Academy A.A.Valentine 1935', in fitted case Marked with maker's mark only and inscribed 'Solid Silver', the case with the retailers mark of *J.S.Walker of Montrose. Cupar is amongst the rarest of all the Scottish Provincial towns producing silver and this medal would have been made by Lumsden in his last working year. Size:* 9cm long Weight: 2oz 16dwt Stock Number: A224 Price: £675
Enlarge	Channel Islands: A rare George III silver beaker Thomas Bouton, Jersey, c.1770 the collet foot rising to a plain bell shaped bowl, engraved 'TV dit N' to the base. Note: whilst a number of pieces of flatware by Bouton are known this appears to be the only recorded piece of holloware by him. The beaker is similar to those made by Jean Gavey and it may be that Gavey supplied the beaker to Bouton in the white and that he added his mark to the base. Ref: *'Channel Islands Silver', R.Mayne, Chichester, 1985 p.36 Size:* 9cm high Weight: 3oz 14dwt Stock Number: A207 Price: £1,250
Enlarge	A rare George IV silver caddy spoon Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1822 the bowl formed as a tea leaf enclosing a chased scene of a Chinaman carrying a tea plant, the Fiddle pattern handle also chased with a matching teaplant in flower, the reverse initialled 'TR' Minor repair to bowl Note: This rare form of caddy spoon seems only to have been produced by Pemberton in 1822. The only other example of this design appeared at auction in Salisbury on 2004, though this lacked the original handle. Size: 8.5cm long Weight: 4dwt Stock Number: A189 Price: £1350
Enlarge	A fine Victorian silvergilt salt spoon Jean Valentine Morel, London, 1851 cast and chased in the Louis XVI style with a refined shell and scroll stem. Jean Valentine Morel trained under the parisien goldsmith Adrien Vachette. He set up a workshop in Paris but came to London in 1848 with a premises at 7 New Burlington St. His work was of the finest quality and he produced monumental works for the Great Exhibition of 1851 though only shortly afterwards his business closed, the 23 November 1852. Consequently his work is very rare, especially smallwork and flatware, with items by him seldom being offered for sale. Size: 4in long Weight: 8 dwt Stock Number: A159 Price: £225
Enlarge	A very rare Charles I silver miniature sweetmeat dish unmarked, London, c.1630-40 the circular bowl with punch beaded decoration of stylized flowers within compartments, with twin engraved scallop shell handles. This distinctive form of dish (or saucer as they were often known) had a short lived period of use from c.1620 up until the begining of the Commonwealth period when deeper bowls with C or S scroll handles became the fashion. A number of the full size sweetmeat dishes of this period were made by a maker using the mark 'WM' previously ascribed to William Maundy of London. Although this very rare miniature example is unmarked it is most likely to have originated within that workshop. A similar unmarked foliate punch decorated minaiture dish, though some ten years later in style with wirework scroll handles, is within the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Ref: *'Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England'* P.Glanville, Over Wallop, 1990 p.441 Cat No.66. Size: 2 and 1/2in long Weight: 5dwt Stock Number: A144 Price: £P.O.A
Enlarge	A George III gilt metal cased verge pocket watch the movement inscribed 'Pickett & Rundell, London', c.1772-86 the gilt metal pair case with a white enamel dial with arabic numerals and the original gilt handes. Some wear to the gilding. Philip Rundell was apprenticed in Bath in 1760 and arrived in London sometime in 1767 to work as shopman for the firm of Theed and Pickett of Ludgate Hill. In or around 1769-1772 Bridge became a partner in the firm and sole owner in 1785-6 giving the date of this watch. Later this firm was to become Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, the most important Goldsmiths in England at the start of the nineteenth century. Ref: Grimwade (revised) p.648 Size: 2 and 1/4 in high Weight: - Stock Number: A142 Price: £950
Enlarge	'An Illustrated Guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858..' published June 2010, author Michael Baggott 'An Illustrated Guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858 & A Transcript and Index of the York Assay Office Ledger 1805-1821' The book comprises a photographic guide to York hallmarks covering the period 1776-1858, a catalogue of examples of items produced by York silversmiths during this period and most importantly a Transcript and Index of the York Assay Office Ledger (1805-1821) detailing each item sent for assay over this period. The book is Hardback, A4 size, 328 pages with over 120 black and white illustrations. It is a limited editon of 100 copies. Due to size and weight postage for the book within the UK is £7.50 by Royal Mail recorded delivery. Overseas clients are requested to email us for a postage quote Size: A4 Weight: - Stock Number: A127 Price: £95
Enlarge	A Victorian silver sugar sifter, butter knife and a pair of sugar tongs. George Adams for Chawner & Co., London, 1875 Fiddle pattern with profuse bright-cut engraved decoration throughout, initialled ‘AKE’, all in the original fitted leather and velvet lined case. Pristine original condition Size: 7and 1/2in long Weight: 3oz 19dwt Stock Number: A046 Price: £375
Enlarge	A fine Dutch pair of silver tablespoons Servaas Van de Gaaff, Hague, 1751 of a transitional Hanoverian form with finely pronounced ribs to the stems Size: 8 and 1/4in long Weight: 4oz 7dwt the pair Stock Number: A066 Price: £250
Enlarge	A Victorian copper gilt christening set Elkington & Co., Birmingham, c.1860 the handles finely modelled as a Medieval figures, in fitted case Size: 8in long Stock Number: A074 Price: £325

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A very rare Charles I pair of silver scissors

maker's mark W or WD in monogram, London, c.1635-40

An extremely rare Queen Anne Provincial silver marrow spoon

Richard Waynes, York, 1706

Scottish Provincial: A rare George IV silver soft sugar spoon

William Mill, Montrose, c.1820-5

A very fine Victorian silver and mother of pearl pocket fruit knife

Hilliard and Thomason, Birmingham, 1864

Scottish: A George II silver tablespoon

Robert Luke, Glasgow, c.1725-35

An early Dutch Provinical silver dognose spoon

Johan Dronrijp, Groningen, 1713

A fine Portugese silver beaker

maker's mark IMS, Lisbon, 1803-13

Irish Provincial: A George III silver salt spoon

Cork, c.1770, stamped 'STERLING' only

Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers: A rare George III silver tablespoon

one George Smith IV, London, 1799 one GC, London, 1803

A George III silver 'pictureback' teaspoon

no maker's mark, London, c.1760

A Victorian silver tablefork

Francis Higgins, London, 1852

A Victorian Provincial silver caddy spoon

Clement Gowland, Newcastle, 1852

A George II silver four prong tablefork

Ebenezer Coker, London, 1753

A rare Charles II North Country silver trefid spoon

maker's mark WB only, ascribed to William Busfield of York, c.1675-80

A George II Provincival silver tablespoon

Edmund Richards, Exeter, 1732

A very fine Maltese silver fish slice

Gio. Carlo Cassar, Ball period, 1800-1809, Maltese standard

A fine George II enamel snuff box

York House, Battersea or Birmingham, c.1755-60

Arts and Crafts: An Edwardian silver coronation spoon

Archiblad Knox designed for Liberty & Co., Birmingham, 1901, stamped 'CYMRIC' and 'Rd 391479'

A very fine Irish George II silver orange strainer

Matthew Alanson, Dublin, 1735

A set of four silver novelty napkin rings

G & C Hodgetts, Birmingham, 1913/15 retailers stamp of J.C.Vickery, Regent St

An Irish Victorian silver sugar bowl

JM & EM, Dublin, 1842

A George III silver gravy spoon

William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1819

Irish Provincial: A silver medal

Patrick Archer, Cork, c.1930-50

A William IV Scottish set of four silver toddy ladles

Marshall & Sons, Edinburgh, 1836

A George III Scottish Provincial silver punch ladle

maker's mark only AR, Dingwall or Tain, c.1780

A George II pair of silver tea tongs

possibly Denis Boursin, London, c.1725-30

An early Dutch silver mounted knife and fork

c.1600

A George IV silver caddy spoon

John Bettridge, Birmingham, 1822

A Superb French silver and niello novelty vesta case

unmarked, Paris, c.1870

A set of three George II silver wine labels

Sandilands Drinkwater, London, 1738/9

A very rare Charles II silvergilt vinaigrette

unmarked, c.1670

An American Colonial silver soup ladle

Daniel Van Voorhis, New York, c.1785

A William IV provincial set of six silver teaspoons

Jospeh M.Latimer of Carlisle, Newcastle, 1837

A superb Dutch Provincial silver teapot

Henrick de Wint I, Hague, 1746

An Early German silvergilt sweetmeat dish/wine taster

Paul Hoschel, Augsburg, c.1640-50

A very rare Scottish Provincial silver medal

Thomas Lumsden Brown, Cupar, c.1935

Channel Islands: A rare George III silver beaker

Thomas Bouton, Jersey, c.1770

A rare George IV silver caddy spoon

Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1822

A fine Victorian silvergilt salt spoon

Jean Valentine Morel, London, 1851

A very rare Charles I silver miniature sweetmeat dish