A Late Victorian silver and tortoiseshell reception bell, London 1897, maker William Comyns & Son Ltd., having domed tortoiseshell body, with silver rimmed and wooden foot, 10cm diameter
Lockdales
Lot 692
18/06/14
A George V silver and tortoiseshell bottle holder, London 1913, maker possibly William Comyns & Son Ltd., having square glass scent bottle and stopper, the holder inlaid with silver garland, 12cm high
Lockdales
Lot 686
18/06/14
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER NOVELTY SWEETMEAT DISH, WILLIAM COMYNS & SONS, LONDON, 1907
formed as a wheelbarrow, the bird and scroll foliate engraved and pierced sides with applied openwork cast scroll foliate rim, the leg brackets and wheel similarly cast
33cm long, 870gr (27oz)
For a similar Comyns wheelbarrow but with glass body, see Christie`s, London, 27 November 2012, lot 572, and for a Comyns wine trolley of very similar form see Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, 20 November 2012, lot 131.
Matthew Barton
03/06/2014
lot 180
03/06/2014