Hollow silver lady
Deeply raised image of lady's head - separate silver
back. Chester 1906. There is also a side view which
shows the depth (12mm) of the profile. 29mm
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Irish silver
Wolf? - 25mm height - hollow, with gas vent hole at
back. hm on back.
Also a scan of the back to show the hm and the blow
hole. |
Silver boat
Stamped silver with foreign
import marks London 1896. 41mm |
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Enamel and silver Horner
S ilver with basse-taille
enamel, another Charles Horner, Chester 1913. enamel
set in silver frame with a separate silver back - hm
on the back. 32mm |
Silver and stone Horner
S ilver with stone, another
Charles Horner, Chester 1900 - set with a stone - hm
on the loop. 24mm |
Silver Horner
Stamped Charles Horner, Chester 1906 (typical Horner
design and hm on the button's loop). 34mm |
Art Nouveau lady
Stamped brass face, affixed to cast brass back - hollow.
45mm |
Dutch silver
Octagonal 'peasant' button - hand incised design of
a lion with arrows - which is a departure from the normal
'horse and rider' which is more commonly found. hm on
the back - attributed to Jurjen Harmanus Yskamp of Harlingen,
Holland about 1835. 23mm |
Cast silver dragon
Birmingham 1901. 36mm |
Brass and mother of pearl
Mother of pearl disc with overlaid pierced brass design.
Set in a brass frame with
a black japanned back. 31mm |
Bimini lady
White glass with gilt applied to border and to back.
Large brass plate to back with 'made in England' and
the little tree in a pot logo. 52mm |
Satsuma 1
Meiji satsuma.
Gilt over cobalt border - cobalt back - signed.
38mm |
Satsuma 2
Meiji satsuma. Gilt
over cobalt border - cobalt back - signed. 38mm |
Litho under glass and steel
Stamped and pierced brass frame, set with facetted cut
steels in the border, the
centre set with a lithograph of an 18C
lady under a glass disc. A.P. and Co., Paris. (Albert
Parent) 3rd quarter of 19th Century. 27mm |
Watch glass
Sepia paper cut-out set under a very thin glass (similar
to the front of a watch - hence the US name of 'watch
crystal' button - I believe more typically called watch-glass
in the UK. Sealed onto a metal back - whole
button is only 3mm thick - very fragile - unusual to
find them in this large size. I think this may depict
Red Riding Hood and The Wolf. 36mm |
Painted enamel 1
Cast gilt brass - champleve enamel border - scroll-decorated
inner border with paillons of turquoise enamel - central
panel with painted 18C
lady. 31mm |
Painted enamel 2
with similar construction and another image of 18C
lady. 31mm |
Enamel figural
Cast gilt brass with scroll
decorated border and a central panel of painted enamels
with gold flecks - figure goes under the title of 'The
Little Nut Boy' A. P. and Co., Paris , later 19th century.
31mm |
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Gladiators
A one-piece, stamped and
pierced brass of a gladiator duel. 40mm |
Enamel and steels
Stamped and pierced brass, set with facetted steels
- the three outer steels also act to fix the centre
piece to the separate brass border which is decorated
with painted enamels. I've
included a rear view to show the construction method.
36mm |
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Pierced enamel
Cast and pierced brass with champleve enamels and painted
enamel flowers. 40mm
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