Objects of Virtu

A 19th century papier-mâché snuff shoe, length 8cm, a similar horn example, a tortoiseshell snuff box and a papier-mâché snuff box, the lid printed with an ocean liner.

A 20th century tin glazed earthenware oval trinket box, decorated with a chinoiserie figural scene, width 9.5cm, together with a Samson porcelain oval box, width 6.5cm.

A late 18th century South Staffordshire enamel oval patch box, the lid painted with a figure, width 4.2cm, together with two other enamel patch boxes, one decorated with 'The Victory', width 4cm (faults).

A mid-18th century South Staffordshire enamel oval patch box, the lid painted with a landscape scene, width 5.2cm, together with another similar oval box and another inscribed 'Keep this for my sake', width 4cm (some faults).

A group of three 18th century South Staffordshire enamel oval patch boxes, two painted with birds, the other with a putto carving a sculpture, width 4cm.

A group of three 18th century South Staffordshire enamel oval patch boxes, all painted with flowers, width of largest 5.2cm (some faults).

An 18th century South Staffordshire enamel oval snuff box, the shaped lid and sides painted with flowers, width 5cm.

A mid-18th century South Staffordshire enamel canted rectangular snuff box, the hinged lid painted with a couple in a garden, width 6cm.

An 18th century South Staffordshire enamel rectangular snuff box, the lid painted with a courting couple and a dog, the interior inscribed 'Fidèle en Amour', width 4.5cm, together with another similar snuff box, painted with a harbour scene, width 4cm (some faults).

An 18th century South Staffordshire enamel oval snuff box, decorated with a cowrie shell effect surface, the lid with circular reserve inscribed 'My lovely Fair whom I adore Love or cease to charm me more', width 5.6cm (restoration to lid).

A group of three 19th century papier-mâché circular snuff boxes, two painted with portraits of gentlemen, the other with two figures, diameter 9cm.

A 19th century French steel mounted and tricoloured fabric miser’s purse, fitted with two rings and cut steel tassels, length 33cm (some faults).

An early/mid-20th century Limoges 'Le Tallec' porcelain trinket box of egg form, painted with flowers within raised gilt borders, inscribed makers' mark to underside, width 12cm.

An 18th century North European mother-of-pearl and gilt metal mounted snuff box, the lid carved with a putto within a cartouche reserve, width 8cm.

A mid-20th century 9ct gold rectangular box with overall machine engraved panels within foliate banded borders, London 1962, width 8.3cm, weight 152g.

A 19th century gilt metal and white chalcedony fob seal, height 3.5cm, a smaller gilt metal and jasper fob seal, engraved ‘Emily’, a gilt metal fob seal, inset with a compass, and a Victorian gilt metal brooch.

A Regency gold cased and cornelian fob seal, monogram engraved, height 3.4cm, a two colour gold and cornelian fob seal, engraved with a bird below motto ‘Vite’, and another gold cased and cornelian fob seal, engraved with a portrait of a classical man.

A George IV silver slide-action porte-crayon with seal terminal, Birmingham 1823, length 8.3cm, a silver pin cushion in the form of an elephant, a silver bladed mother-of-pearl folding fruit knife and a group of other items.

A late 19th/early 20th century Austrian Viennese cold painted cast bronze model of a cat playing a violin, height 5cm.