Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 12 November 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 12 November 2026

Catalogue

Lot 154: A Collection of Edwardian? and Later Gilt-Metal Effect Personal Accessories

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Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

A collection of vintage personal and vanity accessories featuring varied decorative motifs. The group includes a circular box with a mother-of-pearl inset lid, applied with an enamelled crest featuring a crown, wreath, and serpent, with a blue scroll reading IN ARDUIS FIDELIS. A fan-shaped vanity case is decorated with a transfer print depicting a woman in an elaborate hat. A circular white metal case features an etched portrait of a bearded man? in profile. Also present is a small shaped pill box embossed with a rose design, and a rectangular cigarette case with a textured black exterior and an engine-turned barleycorn pattern to the gilt-metal effect interior, fitted with a spring-loaded retaining bar. The items are constructed from various yellow and white metals with etched, enamelled, and transfer-printed finishes.