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Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Medal for merit, G. F. Keen - Southern Railway

Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

1501-1599

Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece

1870

Hand magnifier or quizzing glass

1795-1805

Copley Medal

1914

Silvered medal advertising Montecatini by the sea

1904

Silvered token

1850-1900

Silvered trade token payable in London

1794

Pap boat

1818

Universal pocket sundial

1701-1721

Pocket watch in silver gilt case with calendar dial

1790-1810

Pedometer signed 'PVP', 1880-1920

1880-1920

Brooch With Ambrotype Portrait of a Man

circa 1860

Medal, Gard Railway

1836

Silver gilt filigree pendant

1900-1930

Hughes Medal of the Royal Society, London

1939

Supersonic' by Roy Nockolds

1948-1952
Sugar bowl, silver gilt, Great Western Railway, ornately embossed with GWR coat of arms, from tea service purchased by Sir Daniel Gooch and donated to the GWR by Sir Felix Pole in 1941.

Silver gilt sugar bowl, Great Western Railway - Sir Daniel Gooch tea service

1834-1889
Cream jug, silver gilt, Great Western Railway, unidentified maker; ornately embossed with GWR coat of arms, from tea service purchased by Sir Daniel Gooch and presented to the GWR by Sir Felix Pole in 1941.

Silver gilt cream jug, Great Western Railway - Sir Daniel Gooch tea service

1834-1889
Two seals mounted on ivory handles. The first seal is made of cornelian and set in a silver gilt mount. The second is cut in silver. Also, a cotton bag in which they would have been stored. In the same inventory listing is an armorial clasp from which Sir David Salomons’ shrieval chain was suspended.

Two seals and an armorial clasp

Watch with detent

Watch

1810
Button, pearl, 56 lignes, design in blue and white stones, inset circle of gilt metal, unsigned, British, 1780-1820

Button, pearl, 56 lignes

1780-1820
Button, fluted steel, 55 lignes, inset circle of gilt metal, centre disc of carved pearl, unsigned, British, 1780-1820

Button, fluted steel

1780-1820
Snuff box, silver, lid engraved with illustration of Locomotion No 1and text 'S & D R', '1825', 'Mr R L English', made by George Unite & Sons, Birmingham, 1874, probably produced for the 50th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. With engine turned decoration. Overall: 12 mm x 78 mm x 38 mm.

Commemorative snuff box of Locomotion No 1

1874
Gold award medal, Southern Railway, for merit G. Wiltshire. Medal: 3 mm x 32 mm; overall: 74 mm x 32 mm x 8 mm.

Gold award medal, Southern Railway award for merit - G Wiltshire

Gilt award medallion, Antwerp International Exhibition 1894. Depicting globe over Antwerp and Head of King Leopold II. Overall: 4 mm, 61 mm.

Antwerp International Exhibition 1894

1894
Medal, gilt, silver prize, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, F W Webb, cased.

paris exposition model

1900
Photographic Society of London Silver Medal. Awarded to James Mudd of Manchester, for landscape photography 11 December 1866. Obverse shows Apollo in chariot, reverse is bust of Prince Albert.

Photographic Society of London Silver Medal. Awarded to James Mudd of Manchester

1866
Sundial, 2¼-inches, brass with silvered hour-ring, made by Lorenz Grassl, Augsburg, Germany, 1751-1800. In leather case with table of latitudes and directions for use (see note).

Equinoctial sundial in brass and silver

1751-1800
Medal, silver gilt, London & North Eastern Railway 15 Years First Aid Efficiency, C Edwards, with 3 gold bars for 20 years, 25 years and 30 years. Boxed. Box: 20 mm x 60 mm x 44 mm; medal: 84 mm x 31 mm x 6 mm.

London & North Eastern Railway first aid medal and bars

1922-1948
Pendant containing photographic portrait of a woman, reverse contains a lock of hair, c.1850. Oval daguerreotype of middleaged woman, slightly discoloured, 45x55mm. In gilt mount with swivel ring; hair back on opal glass.

Pendant containing a photographic portrait

circa 1850