λ A mixed lot, comprising silver items: a late-18th/early-19th... Lot 44

λ A mixed lot, comprising silver items: a late-18th/early-19th century silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, unmarked, circa 1800, oval form, engraved borders, the cover with initials, plus a Victorian sewing compendium, by Henry Dee, London 1875, egg form, the hinge cover opens to reveal a cotton reel, a 15-carat thimble and holes for pins, a circular dish, a tobacco box, a dressing table box, two lockets, a fox, and a shoehorn, plus an enamel needle case, a pocket barometer by Negretti and Zambra, plus another by Dixey and Sons, and another, all cased, and a gilt metal posy holder set agate panels and with a chain and finger ring, approx. weighable 11oz, approx. weight of gold 4.2g. (qty)