CORNELIUS DESORMEAUX SAUNDERS & JAMES FRANCIS HOLLINGS SHEPHERD, AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVER AND MOTHER OF PEARL BABY’S RATTLE, HALLMARKED BIRMINGHAM 1920, TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF EDWARDIAN AND LATER SILVER ITEMS Comprising a sugar sifter, hallmarked Birmingham, 1936, silver fronted picture frame, hallmarked A&J Zimmerman Ltd, Birmingham, 1917, silver trinket box, blue satin and felt interior (lacking foot), hallmarked Deakin & Francis Ltd, Birmingham, 1910, silver topped oval box, hallmarked Edwin Joseph Houlston, Birmingham, 1905, novelty silver hand mirror, hallmarked Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham, 1909, silver baby pusher, hallmarked Allen & Darwin, Sheffield, 1922 and silver butter spreader, hallmarked Francis Howard Ltd, Sheffield, 1975. (h 15.5cm x d 7cm, gross weight 362.5g)

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