Silver and Tortoiseshell Pique inlaid photo Frame by Henry Matthews

A beautiful hand painted Sevres porcelain plaque depicting a court scene, involving 3 young noble ladies and an older lady, greeting two gentlemen visitors. Set behind them is a beau...

A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, most probably by Bontems, Going barrel movement, Gilt metal two-tone brilliance... When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird pops up through foliate chased gilt grille, then proceeds to move bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to good complex continuous synchronized birdsong. The bird with streaked feathered plumage in brown, yellow, turquoise and red, lime green and purple iridescent highlights, highly polished lid interior for full bird reflection, in plain polished tortoiseshell case, twinned laurel leaf engraved bird lid border with the bird lid engraved with love birds and rose united beneath leaf swag arch, accentuated with gilt on silvered ground, hidden key...

A superb decorative antique sterling silver photo frame by J R F Ltd London, late 19th century in date. Beautiful portrait rectangular frame decorated with trailing blue bells to th...

A superb Antique Victorian decorative sterling silver photo frame bearing hallmarks for Henry Matthews, Birmingham,  and dated 1905. This beautiful  portrait shaped rectangular fram...