A group of silver and silver mounted vanity vessels and brushes. Various dates and makers. The group comprising: a Victorian repousse decorated cylindrical silver vessel with hinged cover, London, 1895, William Comyns, 11.5cm high; a shorter silver cylindrical vanity box with pull off cover, Birmingham, 1901, Synyer & Beddoes, 7cm high; a rectangular silver mounted glass box, Birmingham, 1901, Thomas Hayes, 4cm high, 11.2cm wide; a Victorian silver mounted globular glass scent bottle, London, 1889, William Harrison Walter, with silver screw cap engraved 'Daisy', 14cm high; a matching silver handled button hook and shoe horn, both by William Comyns; a silver mounted hand mirror; and four silver mounted brushes, total weighable silver approx. 9ozt (11)

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