SILVER
fine silver
5 june 2023
NOW INVITING ENTRIES
Duncan Campbell, Head of Silver and well known expert on BBC Antiques Roadshow, comments:
"Since before the Romans, Greeks or Ancient Egyptians, silver has been considered the most treasured form of applied art by virtually every culture on earth. Unique in the world of antiques, silver is guaranteed by law. Similarly, the hallmark on silver makes the maker, date and origin a matter of fact and not a subject for opinion. Silver is, quite literally, made out of money and so its makers and owners take it very seriously indeed. At its best, a collection of silver clearly shows the cultural, artistic and economic history of our civilisation."
Contact Duncan Campbell to discuss offering your silver at auction.
duncan.campbell@doreandrees.com
UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS - FINE SILVER 5 JUNE 2024
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![SILVER GILT HARE CARAFE]()
A LARGE 19TH CENTURY SILVER-GILT MODEL OF A HARE WITH REMOVABLE HEAD TO FUNCTION AS A CARAFE
ESTIMATE: £500 - £700
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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![GOLD MEDAL]()
A GOLD MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE CENTENARY OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION C.1789
ESTIMATE: £1,000 - £1,500
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024 -
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A TUMBLER CUP, THOMAS MANGY, YORK 1677
ESTIMATE: £800 - £1,200
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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A THREE PIECE KNOX DESIGN LIBERTY TEA SET, BIRMINGHAM 1906
ESTIMATE: £650 - £800
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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AN EARLY AMERICAN PUNCH STRAINER, WILLIAM BREED, BOSTON C.1745
ESTIMATE: £1,200 - £1,500
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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A GILT APOSTLE SPOON, THOMAS DARE II, TAUNTON C.1666
ESTIMATE: £400 - £600
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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![SILVER PENNER]()
A LATE 17TH CENTURY PENNER
ESTIMATE: £200 - £300
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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![SILVER NUT GRATER]()
A LATE 17TH CENTURY HEART SHAPED NUT GRATER
ESTIMATE: £250 - £350
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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A SILVER MOUNTED AGATE TOBACCO BOX
ESTIMATE: £500 - £700
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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![SILVER GILT BEAKER]()
A RUSSIAN PARCEL GILT BEAKER
ESTIMATE: £200 - £300
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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A MODEL OF A CURLEW, GERMAN WITH IMPORT MARKS FOR 1964
ESTIMATE: £250 - £350
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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![TREFOIL SILVER GILT BOX]()
A SCARCE SILVER GILT TREFOIL SHAPE COUNTER BOX, C.1680
ESTIMATE: £200 - £300
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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AN OCTAGONAL FAUX WATCH BOX, C.1740
ESTIMATE: £150 - £200
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS - THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS, 21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024, OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
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AN URN SHAPED VICTORIAN CLARET JUG, LONDON 1873
SOLD: £845
THE PRIVATE COLLETION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2023 -
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A VERY LARGE PAIR OF CORINTHIAN COLUMN CANDLESTICKS, LONDON 1763
SOLD: £845
THE PRVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY 2024 -
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A PAIR OF SILVER MOUNTED CLARET JUGS, LONDON 1862
SOLD: £1,105
THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ‘GREAT’ GEORGE WITHERS
21, 22, 23 FEBRUARY
RECENT RESULTS
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![silver warming dishes]()
AN ANGLO-INDIAN PAIR OF WARMING DISHES, CALCUTTA C.1811
SOLD: £3,900
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
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A DOZEN SILVER PLATES, LONDON 1755
SOLD: £8,450
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
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A KASHMIR SILVER LOTUS SHAPED BOWL C.1880
SOLD: £2,860
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
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AN OVERSIZED TWO HANDLED TRAY, DUBLIN 1806.
SOLD: £2,600
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
A SILVER WINE COOLER, LONDON 1836, ARMS OF ROTHSCHILD
SOLD: £8,320
FINE SILVER
28 JUNE 2023 -
A SILVER SWING HANDLE BASKET, LONDON 1744
SOLD: £8,320
FINE SILVER
28 JUNE 2023 -
![Silver monteith]()
A SILVER MONTEITH JOHN BODDINGTON, LONDON 1703
SOLD: £11,180
FINE SILVER
28 JUNE 2023 -
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A CHARLES I SILVER COUNTER BOX
SOLD: £1,560
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29 JUNE 2022 -
![silver tea caddies and sugar box]()
A SET OF TWO CASED GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES AND A SUGAR BOX, BY PIERRE GILLOIS, LONDON 1755
SOLD: £3,900
SELECT INTERIORS
18 AUGUST 2021 -
GEORGE III SILVER CRUET FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
SOLD: £3,750
INTERIORS
18 AUGUST 2021
consultant Specialist
Duncan Campbell
Having been fascinated by hallmarks as a child, Duncan got his first proper introduction to antique silver working for a well known silver dealer on Portobello Road while still at university in 1987. After graduating, Duncan worked for a Merchant Bank in the City for a few years before the attractions of his Saturday job, inevitably, were too compelling. Duncan has spent the last 30 years immersed in antique silver.
As a valuer he has catalogued collections for, among others, The Middle Temple, Lloyds of London, The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, The City of Nottingham Museum and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
He has appeared regularly as a specialist silver valuer on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, having started on the same show, Hertford College Oxford, as Fiona Bruce, in 2008.
As a dealer, after running his own stand on Portobello Road Duncan moved to the west country in 2001 and has had a specialist antique silver shop in Bath since 2010. After 12 years of retail, it was time for a change:
“I have always had a hankering to put on a really good silver sale and so the opportunity to host a specialist silver collectors’ auction at Dore & Rees, alongside all my Antiques Roadshow friends, is too good a prospect to pass up.”
Request auction estimate
We offer free auction estimates by email or by appointment. Duncan will review your items and provide you with an indication of the guide value at which Dore & Rees believe the item would be offered for sale.
Please send us an email with good quality photographs, dimensions, history, provenance and known background. Alternatively, do give us a call to discuss your item.
