22nd May, 2019 12:00
European & Asian Works of Art
530
FIVE SILVER BOXES
FIVE SILVER BOXES, VARIOUS DATES
comprising: a navette-shaped nutmeg grater, bright-cut, grille missing, John Whittingham, London, 1790, 5.5cm; a heart-shaped spice box (hovedvandsæg), crown finial, gilt interior, unmarked, probably Danish, late 18th/early 19th century, 6.7cm high; a circular pill box, the detachable cover inset with a cast copy of an ancient Syracuse coin with profile and dolphins, unmarked, probably Giacinto Melillo or Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples, early 20th century, 5cm diameter; an engraved oval snuff box, Paris, 1789, 7cm wide; and a rectangular box for two small decks of playing cards, engraved 'Xmas 1905,' gilt interior, William Hutton & Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1904, 7.2cm high
Sold for £150
FIVE SILVER BOXES, VARIOUS DATES
comprising: a navette-shaped nutmeg grater, bright-cut, grille missing, John Whittingham, London, 1790, 5.5cm; a heart-shaped spice box (hovedvandsæg), crown finial, gilt interior, unmarked, probably Danish, late 18th/early 19th century, 6.7cm high; a circular pill box, the detachable cover inset with a cast copy of an ancient Syracuse coin with profile and dolphins, unmarked, probably Giacinto Melillo or Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples, early 20th century, 5cm diameter; an engraved oval snuff box, Paris, 1789, 7cm wide; and a rectangular box for two small decks of playing cards, engraved 'Xmas 1905,' gilt interior, William Hutton & Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1904, 7.2cm high
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 22nd May, 2019
