Objects of Virtu

An early Victorian tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl inlaid snuff box, length 9cm, a carved coquilla nut egg case and a Victorian carved pendant locket.

A 19th century pressed tortoiseshell cased music box, the hinged lid decorated with two classical profile portraits and standing angels, width 9cm (faults).

A George III boxwood toothpick case, the hinged lid inset with a glazed panel of painted flowers, length 8.8cm, together with a Victorian mulberry snuff box, width 3.2cm.

A modern silver pendant in the form of an apple, height 10cm, together with a silver vesta case, a silver mounted bloodstone rotating fob seal and a pendant locket.

A 19th century carnelian seal matrix, the canted rectangular surface finely engraved with a coat of arms, later mounted as a brooch.

A Regency gold cased fob seal, the carnelian matrix carved with a profile portrait of Neptune, length 3.2cm, together with a 9ct gold fob seal, length 2.2cm.

A 9ct gold mounted folding penknife, length 5.4cm.

A Regency gold cased fob seal with anthemion supports, the rock crystal matrix with engraved initials and crest, length 5cm.

A Victorian silver and gold mounted push-out propelling pencil in the form of a stylized Regency dolphin, mounted on a bow with brooch fitting, length 8.5cm.

A 14ct gold thimble, London 2012, weight 6.3g.

A 9ct gold thimble, made to commemorate the 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation, Birmingham 1953 by James Swann & Son, weight 7.1g, held within a carved wooden case in the form of a walnut.

A 9ct gold Parker fountain pen, cased.

A Montblanc Starwalker ballpoint pen, length 14cm.

A late 18th century Russian silver gilt oval snuff box, dated 1777, finely engraved with figural reserves within stiff leaf bands, width 7.9cm.

A set of six Art Nouveau silver buttons, Birmingham 1903, cased.

A 19th century red stained tortoiseshell and brass boulle work circular box and cover, diameter 10cm.

A 19th century French vernis Martin nécessaire case, the exterior painted with flowers on a green ground, the interior fitted with a green glass scent bottle and a silver thimble, height 10cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.

An Edwardian tortoiseshell and silver mounted tea caddy in the form of a knife box, Sheffield 1902 by Martin, Hall & Co, width 9.3cm.

A 19th century Neoclassical Revival satinwood and foliate painted rectangular box, length 8cm, together with a similar circular box, a painted papier-mâché snuff box and two turned treen cases.