GERALD BENNEY: A unique impressive silver-gilt and enamelled 'skyscraper' timepiece London 1992

Distinguished Design and Post-War Silver

Auction 19950

28 Nov 2012, starting at 11:00 GMT.

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Distinguished Design and Post-War Silver, starting with lot 1.

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Sold for £22,500 inc. premium

GERALD BENNEY: A unique impressive silver-gilt and enamelled 'skyscraper' timepiece London 1992

SIMON BENNEY: An 18 carat gold and diamond set boomerang London 2004

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SIMON BENNEY: A unique 18 carat gold and diamond set boomerang maker's mark for Simon Benney, London 2004

DUNHILL-NAMIKI: A rare cased silver and Namiki cigarette case and lighter the silver lighter with hallmarks for Wise & Greenwood, London 1925, the cigarette case, by Adie Bros, Birmingham 1929, also with A/D retail mark and engraved ALFRED DUNHILL PARIS

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DUNHILL-NAMIKI: A rare cased silver and lacquered cigarette case and lighter the silver lighter with hallmarks for Wise & Greenwood, London ...

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A fourteen-piece 9 carat gold backed dressing table set by Charles & Richard Comyns, London 1925

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1	A novelty cased 9ct gold chess set by The Albion Craft Company, London 1968 (32)	£3,999 €4,735 US$ 6,093
2	A Jaeger-Le-Coultre 'Marina Aquarium' Lucite Atmos Clock with wall bracket signed	£1,062 €1,257 US$ 1,618
3	A pair of silver clock garnitures, modelled as knights with an onyx clock the knights with import marks for Israel Freeman & Son Ltd, London 1969 (3)	£999 €1,183 US$ 1,523
5	A modern silver and amethyst sculpture applied plaque indistinctly signed J Wengrow(?)	£562 €665 US$ 856
6	A silver and silver-gilt incense burner on stand, with cancelled marks and additional London Assay Office marks for London 2012, also marked 925	£1,374 €1,627 US$ 2,094
7	Four silver table ornaments, modelled as partridges by Edward Barnard & Sons, London 1969	£1,624 €1,923 US$ 2,475
8	Two silver novelty 'pig' condiments maker's mark N B & S within a trefoil punch, London 1990 (2)	£499 €591 US$ 761
9	A cased set of four silver and silver-gilt novelty rabbit peppers maker's mark WH, possibly for William Edward Hurcomb, London, one 1907, three 1908	£749 €887 US$ 1,142
11	A pair of Continental silver gilt pheseants with import marks for Israel Freeman & Son Ltd, 1964 together with a pair of cockerels (4)	£1,499 €1,775 US$ 2,285
13	A Hungarian gold cigarette box maker's mark overstruck J?, with 580 standard mark for Vienna 1922-37	£1,374 €1,627 US$ 2,094
14	A 9 carat gold cigarette case and compact by W H Manton, Birmingham 1947 (2)	£3,437 €4,069 US$ 5,236
16	A fourteen-piece 9 carat gold backed dressing table set by Charles & Richard Comyns, London 1925	£9,999 €11,837 US$ 15,234
17	A 9 carat gold trimmed crocodile leather clutch bag the corner gold mounts marked T.H.L, London 1929	£562 €665 US$ 856
18	A cased Art Deco silver and guilloche cigarette case and compact by Joseph Gloster, Birmingham 1937 (2)	£224 €266 US$ 342
20	A 9 carat gold two-handled trophy cup by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1924	£4,124 €4,883 US$ 6,284
21	A cased pair of 9 carat gold napkins rings by A Wilcox, Birmingham 1958	£937 €1,109 US$ 1,428
23	ASPREY: An 18 carat gold small spirit flask by Charles & George Asprey, London 1903	£1,999 €2,367 US$ 3,046
25	A 9 carat gold cigarette case maker's mark D BROs, possibly Davies Brothers or Dingley Brothers Birmingham 1958, together with a 9 carat Ronson gold mounted lighter, the mount, only part marked, maker's mark HCD in conjoined circles, London (2)	£2,249 €2,663 US$ 3,427
26	A 9 carat gold cigarette case Birmingham 1929, also incuse retail marked LEIGHTON BURLINGTON ARCADE LONDON	£974 €1,154 US$ 1,485
28	ASPREY: A silver model of a soldier on Camel back base of camel with lion passant and town mark only visible, also engraved Algernon Asprey Ltd, only date letter visible on applied plaque, London 1973	£2,249 €2,663 US$ 3,427
29	ASPREY: A pair of silver sauceboats, by Asprey & Co. Ltd, London 1979 (2)	£1,874 €2,219 US$ 2,856
31	ASPREY: An electroplated novelty cocktail shaker, modelled as a hand bell by Asprey & Co, with patent number 12739 / 37, also incuse number 3447 together with another electroplated novelty cocktail shaker, modelled as a dumb bell weight, by William Suckling Ltd, incuse pattern number 6333 (2)	£874 €1,035 US$ 1,332
32	ASPREY & GARRARD: A silver mounted glass caviar bowl with import marks for London 1998	£624 €739 US$ 952
33	ASPREY: A matched silver-gilt novelty 'Penguin family' condiment set the peppers, by Asprey & Co, London 1961, the mustard, by R. Comyns, London 1963 (3)	£1,062 €1,257 US$ 1,618
34	GARRARD: A silver two-handled bowl and cover, by Robert Garrard, London 1863	£212 €251 US$ 323
35	GARRARD: A silver model of a horse by Garrard & Co. Ltd, London 1992	£2,249 €2,663 US$ 3,427
36	GARRARD: A pair of silver table ornaments modelled as pheasants by Garrard & Co. Ltd, London 1962 (2)	£3,249 €3,847 US$ 4,951
39	CARTIER: Six pencil and gouache jewellery designs, each stamped "Cartier Paris" (6)	£812 €961 US$ 1,237
40	CARTIER: A framed collection of four design drawings	£374 €443 US$ 571
41	CARTIER: A 18 carat gold cased tank wristwatch with deployant buckle signed and numbered 780865903 case back, with 18 carat gold common control mark	£3,124 €3,699 US$ 4,760
42	An unmarked gold and diamond set 'commitment range' ring by Hennell's of New Bond Street, incuse mark HBS, designed by chief designer Dennis Gardner	£562 €665 US$ 856
43	A pair of enamel opera glasses Fitted in a Cartier case but apparently unsigned	£624 €739 US$ 952
45	CARTIER: A French silver-gilt and enamelled box with mixed gold and silver mixed articles mark, rim also engraved Cartier, MADE IN FRANCE	£262 €310 US$ 399
47	An early 20th century French platinum-mounted and diamond-set agate cigarette case maker's mark mistruck, (?) B, possibly Boucheron	£1,624 €1,923 US$ 2,475
48	BOUCHERON: A silver and gem set vanity compendium unattributed mark, ?H &M ?N import marks for London 1959 impressed MADE IN FRANCE, engraved Boucheron London,	£2,249 €2,663 US$ 3,427