A GROUP OF FIFTEEN CONTINENTAL SILVER MINIATURE ITEMS, PREDOMINANTLY DUTCH, 18TH CENTURY |

comprising; a lidded tankard and cream jug, Arnoldus van Geffen, Amsterdam, 1762 & 1768, the tankard 5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. high; a footed tazza, Amsterdam, circa 1750, with die-stamped beaded rim, 6cm., 2 3/8 in. diameter; a table bell, Amsterdam, 1754, later crested, 5.1cm., 2 in. high; a spitoon, Willem van Strant, Amsterdam, circa 1735, 3.4cm., 1 3/8 in. diameter; a large bowl with six smaller bowls; control mark only, largest 4.2cm., 1 6/8 in. diameter; a ewer, stamped FA three times only, probably Neopolitan, early-18th century, panelled helmet form, 2 3/8 in. high; and a pair of mounted hardstone goblets, unmarked, probably 17th/18th century, banded in four sections, baluster stems, on silver-gilt rimmed circular bases, copper inner rims

Agate Goblets - Apparently unmarked. Each agate body with a couple of natural flaws. One leans slightly but could be easily straightened. Otherwise very good condition for age. The bell with slightly bent handle. The ewer with removed coat of arms. The spittoon and bell with illegible makers marks. The suite of bowls with faint traces of parcel-gilding. Generally good condition.
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