Description A group of 9 silver items. Includes: a sterling duck-form salt container; a swan-form salt shaker; a sterling silver chick-form pincushion; a sterling lidded snuff box; a glass trivet with sterling overlay, possibly by Arthur Worral Staniforth (Sheffield, 1841-1921); a mother-of-pearl and sterling penknife, circa 1905; a cranberry glass perfume bottle with a sterling lid; a silver-plate eagle head vesta; and a silver-plate cat-form box. Dimensions: trivet measures 6 inches diameter; 15.3 cm diameter. Duck measures 1 3/4 inches tall X 2 7/8 inches long X 1 3/8 inches wide; 4.4 cm tall X 7.3 cm long X 3.5 cm wide. Weight: 500 grams. All measurements are approximate.
Condition Report Tarnishing on all pieces. Side dents on swan salt keep and duck. Pill holder has deformed base. Some plating coming off of eagle head. Knife blade shows sign of repeated sharpening.
Provenance From a collection in Northern Virginia.