NEWPORT HOUSE October 20th & 21st 2026

14 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 61. A group of four English silver Georgian period Vinaigrettes, of variant shapes and design, each with hinged lid, filigree and pierced centers, hallmarked, London. Edward Stammers and Joseph Wyatt, as a lot. (4) €250 - €320 64. A fine quality 20th Century Italian silver and gilt filigree type Pocket Container, with link and speckled design and hinged opening, approx. 7cms (3”) long, 33gms. (1) €150 - €220 65. A heavy silver chased decorated English Cigarette Case, Chester, William Neale & Sons, approx. 5.47 ounces, crested and with initials; also a silver chased and decorated silver Card Case, with engraved initial ‘D’ hallmarked Chester, E.J. Trevitt & Sons Ltd., two silver Vestas of etched design (one shield shaped) and a seal handle, as a lot. (5) €200 - €300 66. An attractive early 19th Century French Agate and ormolu mounted Jewellery Casket, with hinged lid and spherical feet, approx. 14cms (5½”) wide; together with a smaller ‘Moss’ Agate gilt metal Casket Box, of similar design, approx. 13cms (5”) wide. (2) €350 - €420 67. A cased set of 6“Apostle” type silver Spoons, with matching Tongs, each with shell decorated bowls, hallmarked Birmingham, Miller Bros., 1901, in original presentation red leather box. (1) €200 - €300 68. An Edwardian oak cased set of crested bone handled Cutlery, (Dunlop crest ‘E-Spinis’) 12 piece setting; together with a similar smaller set. (2) €120 - €180 70. A cased pair of etched silver Fish Servers, with bone handles, hallmarked London. (2) €80 - €100 62. A rare early 18th Century silver ‘Boscobel oak’ Snuff Box, of oval form, the hinged lid with a carved foliate border and inset etched image depicting King Charles II in an oak tree, with soldiers at base, and motto ‘Sacra Jovi Quercus,’ approx. 8cm long. (1) Note: The Antique Collector’ Club 2015, pages 98/99, entry number 85. Snuff boxes of this form are reputed to have been made from timber from the ‘Boscobel Oak’. After defeat at Worcester 1651, Prince Charles, later Charles II, took refuge at Boscobel, near Donnington in Shropshire at the home of Colonel Pendril, and for the first night they successfully hid him in a tree while Parliamentary soldiers searched for him. Provenance: James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658-1712) by decent. €1500 - €2000 63. An 18th Century Irish silver oval shaped bright cut Box, hallmarked Dublin, Alexander Tichnell, 1794, engraved with initials, approx. 2.59 ounces. (1) €600 - €800 69. A fine quality English Georgian 60 piece silver Canteen of Cutlery, with beaded edge design, comprising 12 dinner forks; 12 dinner spoons; 12 entrée forks; 12 teaspoons; 12 serving spoons; all hallmarked, varied makers, overall approx. 2.5kg (total). (60) €2000 - €3000