The March sale included a specialist Silver and Jewellery sale. It began with the Foreign Metals to include an extensive continental 800 mark silver canteen of cutlery fetching £2200 (lot 25). From the same vendor came a large collection of 800 mark silver and also a large portion of the jewellery, to include the gold bullion bars and many items of fine jewellery. Also within the Foreign Metals there was a silver gilt drinking set by Bointaburet á Paris fetching £640 (lot 55), a continental mark silver scallop form dish fetching £200 (lot 57). The Silver section included an Art Deco silver four piece tea service fetching £880 (lot 95), a George VI silver two handled tray fetching £700 (lot 94), a George II silver gilt salver by George Wickes fetching £940 (lot 117) and a set of twelve Victorian silver dessert knives and forks fetching £340 (lot 139). The Jewellery section included a single vendor collection to include the nine 100g fine gold bars fetching in excess of £10,000, an 18ct white and yellow gold diamond encrusted and blue enamel panel bracelet fetching £920 (lot 182). Also within the jewellery was an Art Deco white metal diamond and sapphire encrusted bracelet with a pair of matched earrings fetching £3200 (lot 218) and, probably the star, a pair of Art Deco white metal diamond and pearl drop earrings by Tessiers Ltd, New Bond Street, London, fetching £4900 (lot 219), also a 18ct white gold three stone diamond ring fetching £1600 (lot 293) and an 18ct gold two stone diamond ring fetching £1050 (lot 294). The Ceramic section included a pair of late 18th/early 19th Century Delft lidded vases fetching £140 (lot 484), a bisque model of a veiled mother and child by the Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union fetching £620 (lot 425) and the highlight of the ceramic sale with the Royal Doulton figure ‘The Bather’, modelled by John Broad circa 1912, fetching £2000 (lot 469). Highlights of the Works of Art included a pair of large patinated bronze figures Napoleonic Soldiers fetching £450 (lot 596) and an unusual French brass jewellery box in the form of a beehive mounted with cornelian and tiger’s eye fetching £185 (lot 569). The Clocks and Barometers highlights included a William IV mahogany longcase clock fetching £1200 (lot 635). Highlights of the Furniture section included a George I walnut chest on stand fetching £1200 (lot 710), an early 19th Century mahogany library partners’ table fetching £620 (lot 712), a 19th Century satinwood bow fronted painted commode fetching £1250 (lot 736), a 17th Century oak small chest fetching £1500 (lot 733), a Victorian walnut marquetry inlaid Davenport fetching £700 (lot 764), a George III mahogany chest on chest fetching £2900 (lot 799) and a set of eight Edwardian mahogany dining chairs fetching £760 (lot 826)

an extensive continental 800 mark silver canteen of cutlery fetching £2200 (lot 25)