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Collections > Silver
Regency dining wares, snuff boxes, costume jewellery and automata including the famous life-sized silver swan by James Cox c 1777.
Tankard with hinged cover
Cylindrical, the hinged cover with upturned scrolling thumb piece. The cover domed and stepped and engraved on the top with two coat of arms surrounded by laurel... view details
Candlestick
Part of a pair of candlesticks. Raised on a high domed foot which terminates in an octagonal rim and formed into two rounded steps richly with a meander of flowers,... view details
Standing Wine Cup, 1635
The bowl of inverted bell shaped form, the lower part chased with pomegranate motifs and foliage, the upper part chased around the rim with stylised leaf ornament and... view details
St.Sebastian, 1523
St. Sebastian, Spanish, dated 1523 Silver and silver-gilt Height: 26.2 cm... view details
Standing Cup, c.1580
Standing Cup German, c.1580 Silver Gilt and Rock Crystal Height: 16.6 cm. view details
Tankard, late 17th century
Tankard German, late 17th century Silver parcel gilt Height: 23 cm view details
Standing Cup
Standing cup of inverted bell shaped form flaring slightly towards the rim, which is moulded with a broad ridge, below the rim a band of engraved decoration formed of... view details
Dirk
Blade fitted with a carved bog-oak handle, the top set with an oval pink Scottish stone, the carved wood simulating rope twists mounted centre front with a countess'... view details
Spoon, mid 19th century
Spoon German, mid 19th century Silver and silver parcel gilt view details
Items form John and Josephine Bowes
This photograph shows silver snuff boxes, which are engraved of Josephine Bowes, Countess of Montalbo - JMB, surmounted by a Countess's coronet. The snuff-horn and... view details