Silver

The Silver department holds quarterly which include antique and modern items, flatware, foreign, Scottish and Irish silver, objects of vertu and private collections.  The department holds a number of records for highest prices, including a Victorian silver 'castle-top' card case of Dublin Post Office for £9,800, which was part of the Arthur Holder Collection of Silver and Objects of Vertu.  Recent highlights also include a Victorian silver centrepiece presented by the King of Netherlands, which was sold for £36,000 to an overseas museum.  Highlights from the the October 30th 2018 Fine Silver sale included a silver and enamel tea set by Fred Rich, which sold for £13,000 and a vase by the same maker for £11,000.  From the collections of early spoons, one highlight was a Henry VIII silver Lion Sejant affronté spoon, by William Simpson, London 1530, which sold for £9,000.

Please contact the department to discuss consigning any items, whether collections or single lots.

Upcoming Sales

The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019

Silver and Objects of Vertu - 23rd January 2019 - entries are now closed.

Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 16th and 17th April 2019 - closing date for entries - 1st March 2019