BIJOUTERIE
VISITING CARD CASES
PORTRAIT MINIATURE
TOOTHPICK BOXES
A fine Victorian mother-of-pearl card case , veneered witha diaper pattern and engraved with flowers, 101mm high
A Victorian tortoiseshell card case with silver hinge and escutcheon on top, engraved "MS" in cursive script, 80mm high
An unusual late Georgian card case of green morocco with polished steel corner ornaments of fan design, 80mm high
A Victorian blonde tortoiseshell card case with pewter stringing and ivory trim, 95mm high
A late Victorian silver card case engraved with an all-over design of foliate scrollwork, each side centred by a vacant escutcheon, hallmarked Birmingham, 1894, maker indistinct
A George III ivory toothpick box with gold piqué stellar decoration and gold escutcheon engraved "MG" in cursive upper case, having four interior divisions containing a bodkin case, a thread holder, a toothpick with ear-wax spoon terminal or tongue scraper and three gaming pieces, circa 1800, 87mm long
A late Georgian ivory card case with an all-over design of gold piqué point, 90mm high
A group of three second-quarter 19th-century Cantonese carved ivory card cases for the European market and a similarly carved example in sandalwood. (Clockwise from left) 85mm, 113mm, 114mm and 116mm high
An early 19th-century portrait miniature of a lady, with lace bonnet and wearing a garnet brooch, in gilt-metal frame, circa 1830, 64mm high excluding suspension
An early Victorian silver vinaigrette of cartouche design, the hinged cover engraved with a lake scene with buildings and a sailboat, the underside engraved with foliate scrollwork, the scroll-pierced grille gilt, hallmarked Birmingham, maker Frederick Marston, 52mm long
A George III oval unmarked high-carat gold vinaigrette, with simply pierced grille, the hinged cover inset with a panel of carnelian having banded inclusions of chalcedony, with chamfered edge, 25mm long, in original fitted red morocco case, 35mm overall
A George IV silver vinaigrette, engine-turned with foliate purchase, hallmarked Birmingham, 1828, maker Thomas Shaw, 33mm long
A George III ivory toothpick box of plain design with circular gold vacant escutcheon, with three (of four) gaming pieces, 86mm long
A George III ivory toothpick box, oblong with rounded ends, the hinged cover inset with a carnelian cabochon within a gold bezel, between two gold roundels, 84mm long
VINAIGRETTES
Two views of a Stationers Company London Almanac for 1791, in leather pocket-book case, 2.5cm long, (closed)