Dec
23
2010

A fine circular pot pourri box.
The cast silver lid pierced and decorated with a merman holding a garland of flowers, two birds at his feet surrounded by foliate decoration. The body of the box entwined with lotus buds, flowers and leaves.
London HM 1908
2.25”dia
1”deep
Ebay
Someone_normal
22/11/09
1 comment | tags: Pot Pourri Box | posted in Boxes & Jewellery Caskets, COMYNS SILVER, Pot Pourri Box
Dec
23
2010

A silver mounted box fitted with a magnifying glass and electrical connections for a battery linking to a lightbulb and switch mechanism.
London Hm 1903.
Height = 15.5cms Length = 12.3cms Width = 10cms.
Ebay
Acetreble99
22 November 2009
1 comment | tags: electric lamp | posted in COMYNS SILVER, Lamps & Lights
Dec
23
2010

A Silver and tortoiseshell jewellery casket inlaid with silver, abalone and mother of pearl.
Length 6″, depth 4 1/2″ and height 2 3/4″.
Pecboy1
Ebay
12/11/09
1 comment | tags: Jewellery Casket, Tortoiseshell | posted in Boxes & Jewellery Caskets, COMYNS SILVER
Dec
23
2010

A silver photograph frame.
London 1885
The decorative pierced frame is adorned with birds, a cherub face, flowers, leaves and swirls. The cartouche is engraved with a crown and the initials YM.
3 5/8 inches high and 2 3/8 inches across.
Ebay
Sue Raisin Antiques
2/11/09
1 comment | tags: Photograph Frame | posted in COMYNS SILVER, Mirrors & Frames
Dec
23
2010

A heart shaped box with embossed decoration of a Scottish castle with birds, a bridge and hills.
London 1882
The base is hallmarked RM over EH, anchor, lion passant, m showing that it was hallmarked in Birmingham in 1911.
The box measures 4 3/4″ long by 4 1/2″ wide by 1 1/2″ deep.
Bbjohnboy
EBAY
31/10/09
1 comment | tags: Box | posted in Boxes & Jewellery Caskets, COMYNS SILVER
Dec
21
2010

A Victorian silver chatelaine by William Comyns & Sons Ltd., the top cast with putti masks and gryphons, the whole hung with seven cast chains with scissors in a sheath, a pen knife, a bodkin case and a smelling salts horn, three of these pieces matching; the scissors sheath by another maker. London 1889
David Lay
Penzance
Lot 2708
6/5/10
1 comment | tags: Chatelaine | posted in Chatelaines, COMYNS SILVER
Dec
21
2010

An early 20th Century silver mounted intaglio engraved clear glass bowl, possibly Webb, the shallow circular body cut and polished with a repeated design of flower buds and stems framing a larger flowerhead to the base, all beneath a silver mounted oval rim applied with a border of scrolling foliage,
London 1911, length approx 24cm
Lot 347
Tooveys
19/5/10
1 comment | tags: Glass Dish, silver | posted in COMYNS SILVER, Rock Crystal Glass
Dec
21
2010

A silver coffee pot,
Charles and Richard Comyns, London 1921,
baluster form, dome cover, wooden scroll handle, leaf capped spout, on a spread circular foot ,
height 25.5cm, weight 22.3oz.
Bonhams
Lot No: 221
Silver & Objects of Vertu inc Post-War
Knightsbridge, 26 May 2010
1 comment | tags: Charles and Richard Comyns, coffee pot | posted in COMYNS SILVER, Tea & Coffee Wares
Dec
21
2010

A George V silver sugar castor of inverted baluster form raised on a stepped base,
Richard Comyns,
London 1928, h18.5cm, 9oz
Lot 256
Lock and England
Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Walton House, The Parade, Leamington Spa
27 May 2010
1 comment | tags: sugar castor | posted in COMYNS SILVER, Sugar Caster
Dec
21
2010

A late Victorian glazed silver portrait frame, ornately cast with satyr masks, birds, flora and foliage William Comyns & Sons London 1891 3.75” x 3′
Amersham Auction Rooms
03/06/2010
Lot 171
1 comment | tags: frame | posted in COMYNS SILVER, Mirrors & Frames