The first, an English silver dressing box, mark of William Comyns and Sons, London (1895), retail mark of Wilson & Gill, London, with repousse gadrooning and crimped edges, engraved "Minnie" to lid; the second, an English silver miniature coffee pot, mark of Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings Shepherd, Chester (1896), without a monogram; a pair of salt cellars marked "sterling" with neoclassical decoration and glass inserts, together with a pair of sterling silver salt spoons, without monograms; and a Continental silver miniature teapot, rubbed mark, with crown and shield monogram, acid tests silver, content unknown.

The largest 2 3/4 in. (English miniature coffeepot)

5.55 total troy oz.

From the Estate of the late Janet and Clarence Adams, Raleigh, North Carolina

The English miniature coffee pot with scattered denting; one glass insert with break, salt spoons and cellars with corrosion spots.