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Grape Scissors in Original Case, Victorian Item number: 9258 Date: late 1800s Price: NZ$170.00 Silver plate grape scissors in their beautiful original presentation case – the scissors have twist pattern handles with fancy finials. The maker’s mark is for William Hutton and Sons, Sheffield, England. Late Victorian period, late 19th century. Scissors are 17.75 cm long (7 inches). They are in excellent condition, and so is the handsome presentation case. Case is lined with purple silk and velvet. |
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1920s EPNS Fish Knives and Forks, Cased Item number: C11862 Date: 1920s Price: NZ$85.00 Vintage fish knives and forks in their original black box. The handles are celluloid (grained to look like ivory) and the tines and blades are silver plated. In very good, but well–used condition. The plating is intact – just one knife has some dark spots (see photo) – but there are scuffs commensurate with use. Circa 1920s. |
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Pair Victorian Fish Servers Item number: C12483 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$86.00 Silver plate late Victorian fish servers: a slice and a fork. Very nice twist details to handles. (Handles are made in celluloid to look like ivory). Acanthus scrolls engraved to blade. Maker is Philip Ashberry & Sons, Sheffield, England. Knife measures 28 cm long (11 inches). Very good condition, just one small patch of wear to rear of knife blade. |
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Victorian Stilton Cheese Scoop, Silver Plate Item number: C12383 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$168.00 Ornate 19th century Victorian cheese scoop, for Stilton cheese. Ornate floral and scroll design all over handle and knob finial. No maker’s name. Item measures 24.5 cm long, and curved scoop is 2.8 cm wide. Excellent condition. |
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Bon Bon Dish, Heart Shaped, Victorian Silver Plate Item number: c11933 Date: circa 1890s Price: NZ$85.00 Attractive late Victorian bon bon dish with lattice and flowerhead design to the rim. Shaped like a heart, it stands on three scroll feet. Quite large, measuring about 20 cm diameter (8 inches). It has one area of wear on the dish (see photo), otherwise perfect. Maker is Thomas Latham and Earnest Morton, Birmingham, circa 1890s. |
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Edwardian Silver Plated Hand Bell Item number: 8962 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$126.00 Very nice silver plated handbell – the handle is made in what looks like amber, but is probably bakelite – a lovely deep yellow colour with silver finial. (It is actually a bit deeper in colour than the photo shows). Bell is stamped E.P.N.S. in gothic letters (electroplated nickel silver). Measures 13.5 cm high with a base 5.75 cm diameter. Excellent condition. |
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Grape Scissors, Silver Plate Item number: 8958 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$65.00 Vintage silver plate grape scissors — quite a plain pair, but elegant. Measures 14.5 cm long and 5 cm wide. No maker’s marks, but a very nice efficient pair of scissors. Some age scuffing, but in very good condition. |
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Boxed Set of 6 Teaspoons, Silver Plate Item number: 8938 Date: 1950s to 1960s Price: NZ$46.00 English EPNS teaspoons in their original box. Floral motif on handle finial. Standard English teaspoon size (they are 12.2 cm long or 4.3/4 inches). Circa 1950s–60s. Excellent condition. |
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Art Deco Cake or Pie Slice Item number: 8843 Date: 1920s–50s Price: NZ$35.00 Silver plated cake or pie slice, very pure Art Deco design. Marked as “Waterhouse Plate. EPA1”. Good heavy quality. Measures 21.5 cm long (8.1/2 inches). Has been used, so a few minor surface scuffs, but excellent condition overall. |
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Silver Plate Table Bell with Striker Item number: C11770 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$185.00 Lovely bell for the dining table (summon the servants to clear the plates away) or for the boardroom (Order! Order!). Silver plated, early 20th century. Stand has a rack for the striker baton. Very nice twist detailing to the supports, with ornate cast bases to the columns. Measures 17.5 cm high, 18 cm wide and 9 cm deep (7 inches by 7.1/8 inches by 3.1/2 inches). With age comes some wear to the plate on the bell where it has been struck to ring (brassy colouration showing through, but still shiny), and some pitting to the plate on the stand base. Overall though, a great little antique item, and rarely seen. |
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Tiki Napking Ring, New Zealand Souvenir Item number: 8803 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$22.00 Vintage napkin ring with enamelled green tiki with Rotorua NZ under it. Maker’s mark is “Exquisite Plate” – strictly speaking this is in the wrong category, as it appears to be chrome plate not silver. Ring measures 25 mm high and 47 mm diameter. Colourful enamelled tiki. Excellent condition. |
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Pair Australian Column Candlesticks, Silver Plate Item number: C11359 Date: early half of 20th century Price: NZ$465.00 Unusual pair of column candlesticks, made for Hardy Brothers, Sydney & Brisbane. (Marked as such inside the sconces). Beading along edges, reeded detail to lower sconce, four column support. Detachable inner sconces. They measure 15.3 cm high and the bases are 8.5 cm square (6 inches by 3.3/8 inches square). Excellent condition. Circa early part of 20th century. |
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Victorian Silver Plate Napkin Ring Item number: 8467 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$24.00 Napkin ring, silver plate, with design of fan and leaves engraved. Blank initial cartouche. Typical late 19th century design. Measures 27 mm high and 44 mm diameter (just over an inch by 1.3/4 inches). A few scratches on the inside, but otherwise very good condition. |
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Old Sheffield Plate Candle Snuffers and Tray Item number: c10929 Date: circa 1810 Price: NZ$185.00 Georgian period Old Sheffield Plate candle snuffers and snuffer tray. The tray looks like it has been gilded over copper internally, but this is now wearing thin, and copper bleed is showing. Rim is still intact plated. Nice decoration to the rim of trumpet flowers and shell scrolls. The snuffers are in very good condition. Some minor plate wear to underneath feet and internal to wick trap. No maker’s mark on either item. Circa 1810. Tray measures 23.75 cm long and 10 cm wide. |
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Crumb Tray, Ivory Handle with Silver Plate Item number: c10931 Date: circa 1893 plus Price: NZ$86.00 Large Victorian period crumb scoop – engraved pattern on silver plate for the tray, and an ivory handle. Maker’s mark is A & S, for Charles James Adams & Sidney Darwin, Sheffield, England, circa 1893 plus. Item measures 33.5 cm long. Very good condition. Some minor plate pitting near the handle. |
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Sheffield Plate Ink Stand Item number: C9149 Date: mid 19th century Price: NZ$285.00 Victorian Old Sheffield Plate standish with two pots — one for ink and the other with perforated shaker top for sand (to blot the ink). Pen rests at either side. Gadrooned edge with shell motif handles and paw feet. Measures about 26 cm wide and 18.5 cm deep. Basically very good condition — a few minor nibbles around the (hidden) glass tops of the pots, and some bleed showing at edges of the pen rests and on the ink pot top. No maker’s marks or registration marks. |
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Victorian Meat Skewer, Silver Plated Item number: C10042 Date: mid to late 19th century Price: NZ$75.00 Victorian period meat skewer, silver plate with initials in garter circle on the top panel. Initials are BWB or similar (not sure about the W). Maker’s mark is for Elkington & Co, Birmingham. Skewer measures 25.5 cm long. Very sound condition – scuffs etc. commensurate with age, but nothing serious. |
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Victorian Spoon Warmer, Shell Shaped Item number: C10286 Date: mid to late 19th century Price: NZ$85.00 Victorian silver plated nautilus shell–shaped spoon warmer. Sits on a stand emulating rocks and a clam shell. Shell can be detached from the base by means of a butterfly nut for cleaning. Looks like silver plate on Britannia metal – no maker’s marks. Measures 14 cm high, 16.5 cm long and 9 cm wide. There is quite a bit of wear all round to the plate and crinkling of the silver surface. Quaint item though. |
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Victorian Plated Bottle Label, Initial L Item number: C9654 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$45.00 Silver-plated decanter or bottle label, Victorian period, late 19th century. It is in the shape of the initial “L”. Initial measures 44 mm by 23 mm. Very good condition, just the normal minor scuffs of use. |
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Pair of Large Victorian Butter Knives Item number: C8143 Date: 1880–1896 Price: NZ$55.00 Silver-plated butter knives, by J Round & Sons, Sheffield. Victorian period, circa 1880–1896. Butter knives measure 21 cm long. Used but excellent condition. |
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Victorian Mother-of-Pearl Knife Rests Item number: C8433 Date: circa 1880s Price: NZ$215.00 Centre bars of mother-of-pearl with silver-plated ends make up these Victorian knife rests, circa 1880s. They each measure 4.2 cm high and 10 cm long. Excellent condition. I’m not sure which way up they go, so I’ve photographed them both ways. |
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Pair of Knife Rests, Children Jumping Gate, 1869 Item number: C8432 Date: 1869 Price: NZ$185.00 Pair of silver-plated knife rests, in the shape of a child leaping over a gate at each end of the rest. Beautifully detailed. The children’s backs are stamped with English registration marks for 1869 — Victorian period. Each rest measures 4.8 cm high and about 10 cm long. Excellent condition. |
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Bread Fork, Mother-of-Pearl Handle Item number: C9729 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$46.00 Silver-plated bread fork with mother of pearl handle. Made by Martin Hall & Co, Sheffield. Fork measures 16.5 cm long. Very good condition. Very early 20th century. |
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American Quad Plate Shaving Mug Item number: C7656 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$95.00 Shaving mug, wide mouthed, with ornate applied flower and swags decoration to the sides. Stamped underneath “Quadruple Plate. Meriden Conn. W.L.Cox Silver Plate. Patn’d Aug. 12, 1902. 52”. Measures 6.5 cm high and 8.75 cm diameter excluding handle. Excellent condition. |
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Silver-Plate Edwardian Rose Bowl on Stand Item number: C8438 Date: circa 1917 Price: NZ$185.00 A presentation rose bowl — silver plated from Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England. It has a frilled edge and pretty applied detail of leaves and panels. Small presentation engraving on one side “From the girls at the BNZ. 30.9.1917. Auckland”. On its wooden pedestal, it measures 16.5 cm high. Diameter at top of bowl is 15 cm. Condition is very good overall, just the one fault — scratches around the rim. |
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Novelty Forceps Style Sugar Tongs, EP Item number: C7664 Date: circa 1920s Price: NZ$46.00 English sugar tongs, silver plate, in a novelty design. Squeeze them in the middle to open the tongs, forceps style. Regd No 702274, which would make them 1920s. Maker is H T & S. Tongs measure 11.5 cm long. Very good condition. |
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Art Deco Sugar Shaker, Silver Plate Item number: C7669 Date: 1930s–50s Price: NZ$135.00 A silver-plated sugar castor, or sugar shaker — screw top, with total height of 13 cm high. Base diameter is 7.5 cm. Maker is Walker & Hall (New Zealand) Ltd. Excellent condition. Circa 1930s to 50s. |
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Three-Piece Condiment Set, Silver Plate & Blue Glass Item number: C8234 Date: 1930s–50s Price: NZ$185.00 Large open salt, lidded mustard and upright pepper pot — classic design, all silver plated, with the mustard and salt having blue glass liners. Lovely scroll details to the rims, and all have lion’s mask and paw feet. All stamped “Made in Sheffield, England”. Good quality items. Mustard is 114 mm by 113 mm. Salt is same width. Pepper is 96 mm high. Pepper and mustard are both in excellent condition. The salt has some bubbling underneath the glass liner (where salt has been left on the surface), and to the narrow rim around one side of the liner. Not a noticeable fault. Glass liners are in excellent condition. Very decorative and usable set. Probably dates 1930s–50s. |
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Silver-Plate Ice Bucket Item number: C4857 Date: circa 1983 Price: NZ$98.00 A beautiful silver-plate ice bucket — this would also look fabulous as a vase. It has an inscription on one side “Best wishes on your retirement, from your fellow Distribution Managers. 1983.” However, if you used this as a vase, this could be turned away to the reverse side. The bucket is good quality plate, with attractive handles and a nice conical shape with banded detailing. Measures 19 cm high and is 26 cm wide handle to handle. In very good condition. Bottom marked “Sherwood. EPA1”. |
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Large Silver-Plate Vase Item number: C6962 Date: circa 1983 Price: NZ$66.00 A large vase, possibly a rose bowl, originally won as a trophy. Silver plate on copper, with slightly lobed sides, standing on a circular foot rim. Vase measures 17 cm high, and is 21 cm diameter at the top, tapering to the base. Engraved on one side is “The Academy 1983. C.C.” Maker’s mark underneath reads “Primrose Plate, Canada”. Excellent condition. Inside is a little dirty. Would look stunning with a great clump of flowers in it. |
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Large Round Silver Plate Tray Item number: C7082 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$55.00 A large round tray, silver plate, with applied rim in grapes and vine pattern. Back mark reads “Malboro Plate”. Tray measures 32 cm diameter. Excellent condition — just a few minor scuff marks from use. |
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Silver-Plate Sherry Decanter or Bottle Label Item number: C1763 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$39.00 A silver-plate decanter or bottle label for your sherry. Label measures 5 cm wide and 4 cm high — in very good condition. |
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Whangarei Silver-Plated Napkin Ring Item number: C8869 Date: 1930s–1950s Price: NZ$22.00 Vintage napkin ring, with enamelled crest of “Whangarei, Northland, NZ”. Bunch of grapes surrounded by green feathers (!?). Napkin ring measures 4.5 cm diameter and 2.5 cm high. Very good condition. |