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Kettle, screw top lid, wicker handle, tea insert strainer, from Drew & Sons "En Route" Tea Basket, c1890. Overall: 155 mm x 165 mm x 115 mm; strainer: 102 mm x 50 mm.

Kettle for En Route lunch set

Passenger Comforts

1890-1910

Table knife, stainless steel with silver plated handle, by Mappin & Webb, (Rd No 664260), Midland Railway, marked on blade "Midland". Overall: 11 mm x 245 mm x 21 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife - Midland Railway

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, Great Northern Railway - Dining Cars, made by Mappin & Webb and Thomas Firth & Sons, Sheffield; ribbed handle, G.N.R.D.C in sans serif letters on shield on handle; "GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY" marked on blade (blade broken). Overall: 12 mm x 158 mm x 20 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated table knife, Great Northern Railway - Dining Cars

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, British Railways, Eastern Region, made by Lambert & Blaber, Sheffield; bulbous handles marked BR(E), from Hudson House, York. Overall: 12 mm x 246 mm x 23 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, British Railways (Eastern Region)

Passenger Comforts

Tinted stereo daguerreotypes by Thomas Richard Williams; portrait of seated man with bald head and sideburns; hand-coloured with gilding.

Tinted Stereo Daguerreotypes

Photographs

1854-1864

Daguerreotype view of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio. This is one of a series of eight forming a panorama of the city, taken by Lorenzo Suscipi in 1841. This daguerreotype was taken from a viewpoint near the church of San Pietro in Montorio (St Peter's on the Golden Hill) on the Janiculum Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome. (6 of 8).

Daguerreotype of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio, 1841 by Lorenzo Suscipi

Photographs

1841

Daguerreotype view of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio. This is one of a series of eight forming a panorama of the city, taken by Lorenzo Suscipi in 1841. This daguerreotype was taken from a viewpoint near the church of San Pietro in Montorio (St Peter's on the Golden Hill) on the Janiculum Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome. (8 of 8).

Daguerreotype of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio, 1841 by Lorezno Suscipi

Photographs

1841

Daguerreotype view of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio. This is one of a series of eight forming a panorama of the city, taken by Lorenzo Suscipi in 1841. This daguerreotype was taken from a viewpoint near the church of San Pietro in Montorio (St Peter's on the Golden Hill) on the Janiculum Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome. (7 of 8).

Daguerreotype of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio, 1841 by Lorenzo Suscipi

Photographs

1841

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by George Butler & Co, Sheffield; ornate handle, "LMS HOTELS" in block letters on blade. Overall: 14 mm x 258 mm x 25 mm, 0.08 kg.

Silver plated table knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by George Butler & Co, Sheffield; ornate handle, "LMS HOTELS" in block letters on blade. Overall: 13 mm x 263 mm x 24 mm, 0.08 kg.

Silver plated table knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by George Butler & Co, Sheffield; ornate handle, "LMS HOTELS" in block letters on blade. Overall: 14 mm x 261 mm x 24 mm, 0.08 kg.

Silver plated table knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Table knife with bulbous handle, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle; stamped with Pullman Car Company Limited roundel. Unknown maker. Overall: 14 mm x 250 mm x 24 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, Pullman Car Company Limited

Passenger Comforts

Salt pot, silver plated, London & North Eastern Railway, glass base with silver plated screw-on tops, ten sided glass base. Overall: 76.2 mm 31.75 mm.

Silver plated salt pot, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948

Table knife with bulbous handle, stainless steel blade and silver plated handle, stamped with Pullman Car Company Ltd roundel. Unknown maker. Overall: 12 mm x 214 mm x 21 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, Pullman Car Company Limited

Passenger Comforts

Pair of silver plated steel framed spectacles, fitted with lightly blue tinted glass lenses (non-corrective, may be artist aid), unsigned, British, 1838-1870. Supplied by C. W. Dixey and Son, London, England.

Pair of metal spectacles with blue tinted lenses

Optics

1838-1870

Pocket ophthalmoscope, without case, fitted with 8 lenses in rotating housing, and mirror, unsigned, European, 1850-1911

Pocket ophthalmoscope, without case, fitted with

Optics

1850-1911

Round framed silver plated pince-nez spectacles with steel spring bridge but without nose pads, unsigned, British, 1870-1900. Supplied by C. W. Dixey and Son, London, England.

Round framed silver plated pince-nez spectacles

Optics

1870-1900

Cruet set, silver plated with cut-glass bottles, mustard spoon missing, by Maple & Co. London, 1900-1923, marked 'Victoria Station Hotel, Nottingham'.

Silver plated cruet set, with glass bottles, Victoria Station Hotel - Nottingham

Passenger Comforts

1900-1923

Masticator, silver plated steel, by John Weiss and Son, London, England, 1880-1890

Masticator, silver plated steel, by John Weiss and

Orthopaedics

1880-1900

Achromatic prospect glass telescope, silver-plated brass, two-draw tube with ivory covering, incomplete (objective lens missing), by Thomas Blunt, London, England, 1794-1823

Achromatic prospect glass telescope

Optics

1794-1823

Spoon, London & North Western Railway 1837-1906 commemorative spoon, picture of engine in bowl, Britannia on top of handle in enamelled design. Overall: 144 mm x 29 mm.

London & North Western Railway ornamental spoon depicting britannia

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1906

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, by Elkington & Co, Great Western Railway, ribbed handle, GWR coat of arms on blade with "GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY HOTELS" banner below.

Silver plated table knife, Great Western Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, stainless steel blade, silver plated handle, BR-M, made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham. Overall: 11 mm x 209 mm x 20 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, BR-M

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, stainless steel blade, silver plated handle, BR-M, made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham. Overall: 11 mm x 209 mm x 20 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, BR-M

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, British Railways (M), reeded handle, made by Elkington & Company, Birmingham, no date mark. Overall: 10 mm x 213 mm x 20 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel knife, British Railways (M)

Passenger Comforts

Serving fork, (from set with knife) stamped BR Steamers (M) on handle, stainless steel blade and silver plated handle. Made by Elkington & Co Ltd, date unknown. Overall: 36 mm x 283 mm x 23 mm, 0.13kg.

Stainless steel and silver plated serving fork, BR Steamers (M)

Passenger Comforts

Ashtray, silver plated brass, London & North Western Railway, by James Beresford and Sons, Birmingham, 1890-1914, marked "LNWR" and 234.

Silver plated ashtray, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1890-1914

Ashtray, silver plated brass, London & North Western Railway, by James Beresford and Sons, Birmingham, 1890-1914, marked "LNWR" and 56.

Silver plated ashtray, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1890-1914

Daguerreotype of Pompeii, Italy, taken by Alexander John Ellis [1818-1890],on 22 April 1841. It is entitled 'Pompeii, The West side of the Street of Tombs with the remains of the Ancient Inn'. Ellis made eight daguerreotypes in Pompeii between April 21 and May 12, 1841, also taking daguerreotypes in nearby Paestum at the same time. In 1839, the Daguerreotype, invented by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre [1787-1851], became the first photographic process to be announced to the public. A highly-polished silver surface on a copper plate was sensitised to light by exposing it to iodine fumes. After exposing the plate in a camera it was developed with mercury vapour. Daguerreotypes are unique images which may appear as a positive or negative depending on how light hits the surface. Between Easter 1840 and the summer of 1841 Alexander Ellis toured Italy, taking daguerreotype panoramas, landscapes and architectural views. In total, Ellis took or acquired 159 daguerreotypes. He intended to publish engravings made from these as a book entitled 'Italy Daguerreotyped', but sadly the project was never realised.

Pompeii, the West side of the Street of Tombs...

Photographs

1841

Daguerreotype of Pompeii, Italy, taken by Alexander John Ellis (1818-1890),on12 May 1841. It is entitled 'Pompeii, The Temple (called that of Jupiter) at the northern extremity of the Forum' Ellis made eight daguerreotypes in Pompeii between April 21 and May 12, 1841, also taking daguerreotypes in nearby Paestum at the same time. In 1839, the Daguerreotype, invented by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre (1787-1851), became the first photographic process to be announced to the public. A highly-polished silver surface on a copper plate was sensitised to light by exposing it to iodine fumes. After exposing the plate in a camera it was developed with mercury vapour. Daguerreotypes are unique images which may appear as a positive or negative depending on how light hits the surface. Between Easter 1840 and the summer of 1841 Alexander Ellis toured Italy, taking daguerreotype panoramas, landscapes and architectural views. In total, Ellis took or acquired 159 daguerreotypes. He intended to publish engravings made from these as a book entitled 'Italy Daguerreotyped', but sadly the project was never realised.

Pompeii, The Temple (called that of Jupiter)...

Photographs

1841

Daguerreotype view of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio. This is one of a series of eight forming a panorama of the city, taken by Lorenzo Suscipi in 1841. This daguerreotype was taken from a viewpoint near the church of San Pietro in Montorio (St Peter's on the Golden Hill) on the Janiculum Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome.i (5 of 8).

Daguerreotype of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio, 1841 by Lorenzo Suscipi

Photographs

1841

Daguerreotype view of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio. This is one of a series of eight forming a panorama of the city, taken by Lorenzo Suscipi in 1841. This daguerreotype was taken from a viewpoint near the church of San Pietro in Montorio (St Peter's on the Golden Hill) on the Janiculum Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome. (3 of 8).

Daguerreotype of Rome, Panorama from San Pietro in Montorio, 1841 by Lorenzo Suscipi, 1841

Photographs

1841

Table knife, stainless steel blade with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by George Butler & Co, Sheffield - 'Cavendish'; ornate handle, "LMS HOTELS" in block letters on blade. Overall: 13 mm x 258 mm x 24 mm, 0.08 kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Fruit knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, London & North Eastern Railway, LNER block capitals on handle, by Walker & Hall (BTH 16E).

Silver plated fruit knife, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Abbe crystal refractometer by Carl Zeiss, Jena in Germany, 1898

Abbe type Crystal Refractometer by Carl Zeiss, Jena, German, 1898

Optics

1898

Dessert knife, stainless steel with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; lined handle, "HOTELS LMS" block logo (late pattern). Measurements overall: 9 mm x 213 mm x 18 mm, 0.05 kg.

Stainless steel and silver plated dessert knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Dessert knife, stainless steel with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels, made by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield; lined handle, "HOTELS LMS" block logo (late pattern). Measurements overall: 8 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm, 0.05 kg.

Stainless steel and silver plated dessert knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, steel blade with silver plated handle, London Midland & Scottish Railway, unknown maker; bulbous handle, "LMS HOTELS" in block letters on blade. Overall: 13 mm x 138 mm x 24 mm, 0.06 kg.

Silver plated and steel table knife, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, British Rail, made by British Silverware Limited, Sheffield, crossed arrows logo on handle. Overall: 10 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, British Rail

Passenger Comforts

1965

Hors d'oeuvres knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, British Rail, no maker's mark presumed to be made by British Silverware Limited, Sheffield. Overall: 9 mm x 197 mm x 16 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel hors d'oeuvres knife, British Rail

Passenger Comforts

Table knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, British Rail, made by British Silverware Limited, Sheffield, crossed arrows logo on handle. Overall: 10 mm x 236 mm x 21 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, British Rail

Passenger Comforts

1965

Ink pot, British Transport Commission. Cut glass. Overall: 97 mm x 70 mm.

Silver plated ink pot, British Transport Commission Cars

Passenger Comforts

Knife, stainless steel blade and silver plated handle, stamped with Pullman Car Company Ltd roundel; made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; 'non-stain'. Overall: 9 mm x 223 mm x 20 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel knife, Pullman Car Company Limited

Passenger Comforts

Dessert knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, British Rail, made by British Silverware Limited, Sheffield, crossed arrows logo on handle. Overall: 11 mm x 208 mm x 20 mm, 0.05kg.

Stainless steel and silver plated dessert knife, British Rail

Passenger Comforts

1965

Table knife, silver plated handle with stainless steel blade, British Rail, made by British Silverware Limited, Sheffield, crossed arrows logo on handle. Overall: 10 mm x 236 mm x 21 mm, 0.07kg.

Silver plated and stainless steel table knife, British Rail

Passenger Comforts

1965

Hors d'oeuvres knife, silver plated, stainless steel blade, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, London & North Eastern Railway, shaped blade, "Coronation" block logo on handle, c1937

Silver plated hors d'oeuvres knife, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1937

Hors d'oeuvres knife, silver plated, stainless steel blade, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, London & North Eastern Railway, "Coronation" block logo on handle, c1937.

Silver plated and stainless steel hors d'oeuvres knife, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1937

Hors d'oeuvres knife, silver plated, stainless steel blade, by Walker & Hall, London & North Eastern Railway, "Coronation" block logo on handle, c1937.

Silver plated and stainless steel hors d'oeuvres knife, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1937

Crumb tray, silver plated with horn handle, by GW, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, with decorative fleur de lys design.

Silver plated crumb tray, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Passenger Comforts

1847-1897

Souvenir spoon, silver plated with enamel decoration, bearing black monogram. Overall: 120 mm x 26 mm. Part of a set of three designs.

Silver plated souvenir spoon

Passenger Comforts