Four English silver spoons, the shafts with little coffee beans made of dark brown wood. The “bean end” design appeared already in the late 1800’s, in the Arts and Crafts period. There are coffee pots and other coffee utensils related to Christopher Dresser with coffee beans on (like the pots in pic 1), but it has not yet been proved that he was behind the idea of using the coffee bean as a design motif. These spoons have silver hall marks for Birmingham 1895. Length "3 ¾ / 9,5 cm...

A pair of silver plated jugs: one for coffee, the other for milk, both English and from the Arts & Crafts period. Bean ends to the lid handles, in the style of Christopher Dresser. Christopher Dresser is thought to have originated the idea of coffee beans as a design motif and many fin-de-siècle silver plated utensils with wooden coffee beans (such as the coffee spoons in pic 1) are attributed to Dresser. Both jugs have been re-plated...

An elegant knife rest, silver plated and late 19th century, English, unmarked. Modeled as two resting dogs (whippets?) supporting a whip. Width “3 ¾ / 9,2 cm. Condition: fine.

A beautiful pair of scissor shaped sugar nips or tongs, with shell bowls. Silver, probably Irish, Rococo style, late 18th century. Unmarked, like most early sugar nips. Width: "6 ¼/ 16 cm. Condition: the joint is somewhat unsteady, and apparently these sugar nips have not been restored.

A sterling silver bowl by Frank Whiting, c 1900, with a splendid hibiscus and scroll-work border, the style of which combines Rococo and Art Nouveau. Engraved monogram CN or NC. Diam: "5 ¾ / 14,5 cm, as indicated by the back stamp, which also includes the Whiting lion mark and 6072. Condition: fine.

Japanese hair or hat pin with flower finial, mid 19th century. Three stamped hallmarks, two of them similar. Length: "3 ¼ / 8 cm. Condition: fine.

German silver basket bowl, delicately wrought and engraved in Neo-Rococo style. German hallmarks, late 19th century. Width: "5 ¼/ 13 cm, height: "1 ½/ 4 cm. Condition: fine.

A pair of English cast and silver gilt salt spoons, in the style of Paul Storr. Both made in London, one by George Adams, 1864, the other signed WT, 1874. Shell-shaped bowls with finely punched surface, the ends with diminutive engraved initials. Small - length "4 ½ / 11 cm - but massive, these spoons weigh almost 30 grams each. Condition: fine.

A silver butter knife with family crest, marks for 1806 (George III). Length: "6 ¾/ 17,5 cm. Condition: traces of an old soldering on the handle, otherwise fine.

Large silver plated dish by WMF/Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik c 1910. Border with an elegant relief pattern of fuchsia and butterfly, the well undecorated. Marks WMF and N, (rectangular mark) 1/0 = medium thick silver plating. Width: "12 ½ / 32 cm, height: " ¾ / 2 cm. Condition: fine.

A silver plated bowl by WMF, Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, c 1900. Naturalistically modelled as a crumbled leaf with its network of nerves and irregular curves. Width: "5 ¼ / 13 cm. Mark: ostrich in diamond, WMF and G. Condition: fine.

A jigger, small measure for liquor (1 ½ ounce). Silver plated and at one end marked "RF" and crown, at the other "PAT.ANM". Early 20th c, possibly German. Width: "4 ¾ / 12 cm. Condition: fine.