A Silver mounted Tortoiseshell string holder the cover with lobed mount and knop finial, with gadrooned strap work sides.
Crimped border on foot.
London Hm 1889
13cm high Phillips (lot 567)
21/5/01
A Silver mounted tortoiseshell page turner, the silver handle embossed in high relief with 18th Century figures.
In a fitted case, retailed through Cathchpole & Williams, Oxford St.
London. Hm 1905
41 cm Long
Sothebys(Billingshurst)
23/4/01 Lot 241
A silver and tortoiseshell small mantel clock by William Comyns, London 1914, with a French brass platform escapement movement with a white Arabic numeral dial marked for J. C. Vickery, Regent St., London’, in a dome top case, the front with pique scrolling, on block feet, 13.5cm (5.25in) high
Sale: Silver & Objects of Vertu, Donnington Priory, 07 November 2007
Lot 190
A Mantle Clock with enamel dial in silver gilt and tortoiseshell case, the case rectangular with laurel border by William Comyns 1910,
15.5cms high
Lot 478
Lawrence Crewcerne
A miniature carriage clock. Tortoiseshell inlaid with silver.The husk mounts enclosing tortoiseshell panels inlaid with silver pique swags on 4 bun feet.
7cm 2 & 3/4in
Lot 198
Sothebys Olympia 12/03/05
A balloon shaped tortoiseshell mantle clock, inlaid with gold, With gold scroll feet.
The pique decoration in the form of a two handled vase with Flowers, swags and ribbon bows.
Sothebys (Olympia)
Lot 365
2/10/03
A silver mounted tortoiseshell mantle clock of domed oblong shape with Black Enamel dial.
Decorated with inlaid silver motif, silver border and with a silver
Plinth base. On four bun feet.
Christies SK
3/12/02
Lot 133
A Silver mounted and inlaid Tortoiseshell boudoir clock with silver laurel leaf borders. White enamel Dial. Roman numerals.
Mappin and Webb. London 1917
15.5cm high
Charles and Richard Comyns
Bonhams (BS) Lot 8
19/7/02
A Miniature Tortoiseshell and Silver Mounted Carriage Clock.
White Enamel Dial with Roman Numerals
With a silver inlay of foliate festoons and tied ribbons.
3.5 inches high.
4 Button Feet
London 1914
Lot 54
Woolley & Wallis
17/07/02
A Silver mounted overlay tortoiseshell miniature carriage clock with enamel dial and roman numerals.
Kleanthaus Antiques.
Olympia November 2001