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#0853 Antique 18K Gold Ladies Remontoir Pocket Watch, circa 1875-1910 **SOLD**
Only 1 left in stock- Product Code: Sold in our Liverpool Shop - January 2015 / 利物浦店内售出 - 2015年1月
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#0940 Victorian Leather Cased Sterling Silver Thimble, Chester 1892 **SOLD**
Only 1 left in stock- Product Code: Sold in our Liverpool Shop - October 2015 / 利物浦店内售出 - 2015年10月
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#1081 Victorian Gold and Emerald Pendant on Gold Chain, circa 1860 **SOLD** through our Liverpool shop December 2016
Only 1 left in stockA finely engraved yellow gold pendant (15ct to 18ct), set with six emeralds suspended from a 9ct gold chain coated with a high purity gold plate.
This item was made during the middle of the reign of Queen Victoria in the third quarter of the 19th Century.
Condition: very good - the heart has a replacement (not gold) jump ring and one of the emeralds has been glued in place.
45cm (17.6 inches) long.
Weight: 5gm (0.2oz)
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#1673 Victorian Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Commemorative "Scrimshaw" Shell S.S. Great Eastern, circa 1866 **Sold** February 2018
Only 1 left in stockA rare dedicated souvenir "Turban Shell" (Latin: Turbo Marmoratus) hand engraved, onboard ship, "with a penknife" by C H Wood.
This presentation piece was commisioned by the ship's Chief Engineer William Driver, for his brother Charles in 1866, to commemorate the laying of the transatlantc telegraph cable.
The Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was an iron steam sailing ship which, from it's 1858 launch until 1899, was the largest ship ever built.
The inscriptions, in addition to the ship's dimensions, read:
"A Present from the Gt Eastern (Lying in the River Mersey)."
"To Charles Driver from his brother William"
"As a gratifying remembrance of laying the submarine Telegraph Cable of 1866 from England and America, and recovering the last Cable of 1865. And with triumphant success accomplished the laying of that also"
"J Anderson Commander" (Sir James Anderson was Captain of the Great Eastern from 1865 to 1866)
"W Driver Chief Engineer S crew"
signed Eng "With a penknife by C Wood.
Condition: very good. There is a crack to the inside of the mouth which, for the most part, is not visible on the outside. There have been no repairs or restoration.
13cm / 5 inches long
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#1690 Victorian Sterling Silver Photograph Frame, Birmingham 1889 **Sold** March 2019
Only 1 left in stockA sterling silver photograph or picture frame finely worked and intricately decorated in eastern Aesthetic Movement style and assayed in Birmingham in 1889.
Condition: there is wear to the fabric backing but the frame itself is in unusually good condition.
17.2 cm (6.75 inches) wide; 21 cm (8.25 inches) high
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#1687 Bisque Porcelain Figures from France, circa 1900-1915
Only 1 left in stockEarly 20th Century
Condition: there is a chip to the foliage above the top right of the male figure; the central feather on the lady's hat is missing and there are very minor chips elsewhere.
20cm / 8 inches high
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#1677 Silver 1889 Queen Victoria Crown Pendant **SOLD** May 2018
Only 1 left in stockA silver pendant comprising a silver mounted 1889 Queen Victoria 'Jubilee Bust' crown with a 61cm / 24 inch box chain.
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#1686 Sterling Silver Tea Strainer, London 1919 **Sold** February 2019
Only 1 left in stockA solid Sterling Silver tea strainer made by London silversmiths Wakely & Wheeler of Hatton Garden and assayed in London in 1919,
Condition: excellent - no damages or losses.
14cm / 5.5 inches long; 5.7cm / 2.25 inches diameter.
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#1837 Rare Boer War Pyramid Shaped Pincushion, circa 1899-1902
Only 1 left in stock"God Bless Our Heroes"
"Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue"
Condition: some beads missing but iotherwise in exceptionally good condition for it's age
Height: 16 cm / 6.25 inches
Weight: 1.19 kg / 2 lb 10 oz