Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1

This auction will be held over three days, 31st October - 2nd November 

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Day 1 - Tuesday 31^st October: Lots 1500-1920

Day 1 on 31st October 2023 includes a Private Collection of Silver and also The Wood Hall Collection of Omar Ramsden.

The extensive private collection is formed of approximately three hundred lots. Acquired between the mid-1980s to around 2020, the majority of the items were purchased at auctions held in the UK and America. Comprising a wide variety of collectable gold, silver and old Sheffield plate, the focus is mainly on tea-related objects, snuff boxes and vinaigrettes. Estimates range from £100-2,000.

The Wood Hall Collection of Omar Ramsden was established over a number of years and features twenty-two lots of some of Ramsden’s finest work.  Six lots were purchased from the Campbell Collection (Christie’s, 2005), which is considered the most important sale of Ramsden that has come up for auction. Also included are pieces made in collaboration with Alwyn Carr, a partnership which lasted until Carr’s commission into the Royal Army Corps in 1915.

Highlights of the collection include the Poulton silver and enamel casket of 1921, (estimate £15,000-20,000), The Stella Maris silver and enamel plaque of 1922 (Estimate £10,000-15,000), and The Garden of Hesperides fruit stand, of 1938. (Estimate £5000-7000). 

The three-day sale also includes a private collection of early spoons, led by a rare late 16^th century  Barnstaple Wrythen Knop spoon, by J. Parnell, circa 1580. Estimate £5,000-7,000, and an Edward IV silver Diamond-point spoon, London circa 1470, Estimate £6000-8000.