Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A collection of late 18th and 19th century tortoiseshell or silver boxes and vinaigrettes, comprising a George III gold mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, of tapered oval form, the hinged oval lid inset with an oval bright-cut engraved cartouche, opening to reveal a glazed compartment enclosing plaited hairwork inset within the lid; a plain tortoiseshell oval snuff box with hinged cover, unmarked; a George III small cylindrical silver vinaigrette by Samuel Pemberton, bright-cut engraved with domed pull off cover, and gilt pierced grill and interior, hallmarked for Birmingham, probably 1775; a Victorian silver vinaigrette, of deep rectangular form with canted corners, the hinged cover with bright-cut engraved cross hatched decorated, by Joseph Willmore, (no date letter); another silver vinaigrette by Ledsam, Vale & Wheeler, Birmingham 1829, (grill detached at hinge); and two small silver oval pill boxes by Thomas Willmore, Birmingham, one with pull off cover, one with hinged cover (hinge broken), first box height 5.3cm, second length 9cm, third length 3.8cm x depth 2.2cm, fourth height 2.2cm, fifth length 1.8cm, sixth length 2.7cm, seventh 2.5cm. (7) £300-400