The sale began with the specialist Silver and Jewellery sale. The Silver section had its highlights, the main highlights being a Victorian silver large two handled presentation rose bowl by Elkington & Co fetching £4600 (lot 113). Other highlights included an unusual Arts & Crafts silver dish silver stand fetching £1100 (lot 110) and a sterling silver canteen of cutlery fetching £920 (lot 79). Highlights of the Jewellery section included an 18ct white gold solitaire diamond ring fetching £2500 (lot 260) and an 18ct gold three stone diamond ring fetching £2400 (lot 282), an 18ct gold brooch by Cartier fetched £820 (lot 153), a gold brooch in the form of a butterfly with rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds fetched £980 (lot 285) and a pair of 18ct white gold and diamond stud earrings fetched £920 (lot 278). The highlights of the Ceramics included a 19th Century Berlin porcelain plaque fetching £1050 (lot 419), an unusual early 19th Century Prattware pipe fetching £380 (lot 319) and a 19th Century French enamel and gilded metal casket fetching £460 (lot 423). The highlight of the Picture section was a collection of 16 pen and ink small illustrations by Arthur Rackham, collected by a friend who worked with him at the Westminster Fire Office, fetching £1000 (lot 484). The highlights of the Works of Arts were an ivory sectional walking cane fetching £210 (lot 562), a taxidermy snow leopard skin fetching £700 (lot 568), a 19th Century tortoiseshell and white metal mounted casket fetching £700 (lot 604), a mahogany and glazed barograph fetching £460 (lot 624) and a Chinese red cinnabar vase stand, sold on behalf of Cancer Research, fetched £1650 (lot 633). The Clocks and Barometers had its highlights with a gilt metal and porcelain mounted three piece clock garniture fetching £400 (lot 648) and a 19th Century patinated bronze and ormolu timepiece, unusually in the form of a dog carrying basket, fetching £2800 (lot 654) and a George III mahogany longcase clock fetching £800 (lot 649). The Antique Furniture section had its highlights with a William IV mahogany extending dining table with four leaves fetching £2000 (lot 843), a 17th Century oak moulded chest fetched £850 (lot 788), a set of ten Hepplewhite style dining chairs fetched £2000 (lot 840), a George III mahogany chest on chest fetched £1250 (lot 780), a large oak refectory dining table fetched £1400 (lot 772) and a Victorian mahogany wind-out extending dining table with three extra leaves fetched £1100 (lot 894).

Lot 604: a 19th Century tortoiseshell and white metal mounted casket. Hammer Price £700