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Lot 1231
Collection of Miniature Silver Accessories
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: a George V silver miniature shoe with buckle, Birmingham (1897), rubbed maker's mark; an Edwardian miniature Bishop's chair, mark of Levi & Salaman, Birmingham (1901); a miniature censor in the Chinese taste, poorly struck mark likely reading "Sterling", acid tests silver; a miniature teapot marked "sterling"; an art nouveau miniature pill box marked "Sterling" with figural repousse decorated lid; a Sterling silver filigree miniature sofa, bearing marks of Gorham and Sheibler, pattern number 5828; a Chinese export silver miniature figure of a man pulling a cart; and (4) silver filigree items including a carriage, pair of chairs, and table, without marks, acid test silver, content unknown; all times without monograms.

The largest 3 x 4 1/2 in. (Sofa)

8.95 total troy oz. (includes felt liners)

Slipper with denting, bishops chair missing finial and separation at right side, wear to felt liner; miniature teapot with verdigris to spout; miniature sofa with corrosion and degradation to seat; the Chinese export figure with some warping; the filigree items with minor warping and wear.