A group of silver and metalware. Various dates and makers. The group comprising: a silver caster, Birmingham, 1914, Mappin & Webb, of octagonal baluster form, 16.5cm high; a pair of silver ashtrays, Birmingham, 1938, William Neale & Son; an Irish Victorian silver pepper with associated cap, Dublin, 1855, HF, 7.2cm high; an Edwardian silver mounted calendar, Birmingham, 1904, maker's mark rubbed, 8.2cm wide, 4.6cm high; a silver pepper mill, Birmingham, 1973, with bicentenary mark, 9.5cm high; an oval Victorian silver squeeze action snuff box (damaged), Birmingham, 1895, Hilliard & Thomason; a Swedish silver spoon with shell bowl, two silver coffee spoons, a plated teaspoon, and a plated metal pheasant corkscrew, total weighable silver approx. 11.1ozt (a lot)

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