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A circular box with enamelled decoration and impressed with a rose , circa 1680. Inside are a collection of toys, minute replicas of dining wares ─ 4 dinner plates, a salt cellar and two trefid spoons.
Price: £495.00

A toy circular platter, by John Clayton of London circa 1736-1737 .
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John Clayton is believed to be the son of David Clayton, arguably the leading specialist in silver toys in the late seventeenth century and the first quarter of the eighteenth. John Clayton registered his maker's mark as a smallworker at Goldsmiths' Hall on 2nd November 1736 from 'Flower de Luce Court Blackfriars' and a goldsmith of the same name was declared bankrupt in 1737. Another possibility is that John was a less successful relative of David Clayton as the goldsmithing partnership of John and Anthony Clayton is recorded at the Blackfriars address between 1704-1706.

A set of six George II Hanoverian pattern toy spoons made by Marmaduke Daintrey of London, circa 1750.

Price: £365.00

A set of six George III Old English pattern toy spoons made in London in 1805 by William Eley, initialled {AR}.

Price: £325.00

The size of these spoons would suggest that they were snuff spoons but it is unlikely one person would have had a set of over six snuff spoons. They are, therefore, more likely to be toy spoons or made for a very specific purpose (the lack of gilding in the bowls precluding one involving salt).

An Alexander III miniature spoon with enamel decoration made in Moscow circa 1880 by Gustav Klingert.

Price: £195.00

Gustav Klingert (active 1865-1916) was born in Germany and began his career working as a master for Fabergé. In 1865 he founded his own factory in Moscow employing over 200 artisans and manufactured items worth 400,000 roubles. In 1889 he exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris where his works were granted honourable mentions. Four years later at the World Fair in Chicago,  Klingert was described as one of the most important firms in Russia. After this the firm started to export objects to the United States, where they were sold through Tiffany and Company. In 1896 Gustav Klingert was granted the Imperial Warrant.

The firm specialised in silver gilt, cloisonne and champleve enamel snuff boxes, cigarette cases and tableware. Until 1899 Klingert used to mark his items with Latin characters GK (as found on this spoon) but a cyrillic punch was used after that.

A George II miniature or toy Hanoverian pattern spoon (4.1 cm long), unmarked circa 1740, initialled {AC}
Price: £185.00

A Queen Anne Dognose snuffspoon, unmarked circa 1710, initialled {W}.

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A William IV/Victorian toy porringer in the Queen Anne style, assayed by George Richards in London in 1833 (when it was a watchcase) and subsequently re-assayed in 1899 by the Parsons family (owners of Tessiers) including lions passant on the two handles added at this time.
Price: £165.00

The lack of a Duty mark in the 1833 hallmarks on this piece, along with their configuration, indicate the original appearance and purpose of this piece as being a watchcase (an item specifically exempted from the payment of Duty). The appearance of the maker's mark of George Richards, a noted watchcase maker, makes this certain. When this piece was converted in 1899 the much smaller set of new hallmarks was placed in the space where the duty mark would have been on a piece of hollowware(along with the lion passant on each handle). In order to keep the piece as a legal one after the alteration was performed Tessiers hallmarked the handles as well.

A pair of George III Old English pattern snuffspoons made in London in 1791 by Peter and Ann Bateman.

Price: £110.00

A pair of George III Old English pattern toy spoons made in London in 1805 by William Eley, initialled {AR}.

Price: £95.00

The size of these spoons would suggest that they were snuff spoons but it is unlikely one person would have had a set of over six snuff spoons. They are, therefore, more likely to be toy spoons or made for a very specific purpose (the lack of gilding in the bowls precluding one involving salt).

2 pairs available (10 spoons available in total including stock number 9390)