SOLD FOR £1900
A cased set of silver gilt Faberge shell shaped table salts, the handles with entwined mice and a frog with stamped 88 head and makers mark AN, 7cm
SOLD FOR £130
An 18th Century silver mounted shell snuff box, engraved, with monogram and 1759 8.5cm
SOLD FOR £500
A carved wooden Maori Kotiate short hand club, "liver cutter" measuring 35 cm long x 13cm wide. The reke (butt) of the handle a carved tiki with inset paua (abalone) eyes. At the base of the carved tiki a hole with possible original harakeke (flax) string. The body of the club is carved in the rauponga pattern making the origin likely to be the Waipu Valley on the North East Coast of New Zealand. The pattern consists in each quarter a row of dog-tooth notches (pakati) on each side of which are parallel grooves (haehae) and ridges (raumoa). The club body is inset 3 paua (abalone) shells. The club is identically carved each side and inset a total of eight shells.
SOLD FOR £65
A Royal Albert Memory Lane tea, coffee and dinner service comprising milk jug, 8 tea cups (3 seconds), 8 saucers, 7 dinner plates (6 seconds), 7 dessert bowls (1 second), 2 shell shaped dishes, 5 two handled bowls (4 seconds), 6 saucers (1 second and 1 is a/f), 8 small plates (6 seconds), 8 medium plates (6 seconds), a sugar bowl (a/f) and the following which are all seconds - teapot, cream jug, meat plate, sauce boat stand, tureen (no lid), 2 soup bowls, 2 vegetable dishes, a salad bowl, a sandwich bowl, serving plate
SOLD FOR £55
An Edwardian silver shell shaped butter dish Sheffield 1909, 3 condiments, 178 grams
SOLD FOR £220
A ship's log report on the pearl-shell fisheries of Torres Strait, HMS Beagle 1879 and other expeditions, half leather bound
SOLD FOR £280
Five 19th Century Japanese woodblock print of a geisha, ditto of a water carrier, a lady collecting shells, a geisha and two ladies, all 24cm x 18cm, framed
SOLD FOR £70
A nest of 3 Georgian style rectangular inlaid mahogany coffee tables with shell decoration, raised on turned supports 59cm h x 50cm w x 35cm d
SOLD FOR £60
A circular silver dish Sheffield 1939, a Sterling vase, a shell salt and 2 spoons, 68 grams
SOLD FOR £220
Two Chinese carved mother of pearl shells decorated birds, raised on carved and pierced stands 23cm x 18cm
SOLD FOR £270
A 19th Century French Rococo style arched plate mirror contained in a decorative gilt frame with shell shaped crest 162cm x 95cm
SOLD FOR £110
An American pineapple training hand grenade and various shell cases etc
SOLD FOR £70
A pair of Tiffany silver dishes with shell rims, 14cm, 183 grams
SOLD FOR £60
A silver wine coaster with scroll and shell rim Sheffield 1964, 16.5cm
SOLD FOR £500
A George II silver salver with shell and scroll rim, raised on scroll feet with chased armorial London 1754, maker WT, 1107 grams 35cm
SOLD FOR £300
A silver salver with shell rim and engine turned decoration Birmingham 1990 30cm, 791 grams
SOLD FOR £80
A pair of Edwardian silver shell shaped salts Chester 1906, a pair of Victorian round ditto Birmingham 1894 and a pair of oval silver ditto Birmingham 1919, all cased, 74 grams
SOLD FOR £60
Two Victorian silver shell butter dishes London 1890 and Sheffield 1896, 146 grams
SOLD FOR £95
A Trench Art tea gong formed from a section of propellor and an engraved 1916 brass shell case 39cm h x 29cm w x 16cm d
SOLD FOR £60
An 18ct yellow gold shell tie pin
SOLD FOR £60
A George III silver cream jug of helmet form on a square base, London 1809, 17cm, a silver mounted condiment spoon, 2 shell salts and a nail file, 207 grams
SOLD FOR £95
A canteen of Mappin and Webb silver plated cutlery for 6 with shell terminals contained in an oak canteen
SOLD FOR £160
A 1930's 33 piece Shelley Eve pattern, shaped dinner service, comprising 6 twin handled soup bowls and 6 saucers, 6 dinner plates, 6 breakfast plates, 7 tea plates, tea cup and saucer
SOLD FOR £140
A reproduction scrimshaw turtle shell decorated a portrait of John Adams and Abraham Lincoln with sailing ship and paddle steamer 62cm h x 48cm w
SOLD FOR £340
A pair of Edwardian silver candlesticks with quadruple column stems on spread bases with shell decoration, London 1903, maker Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd. 24cm