A late Victorian beaded tapering oval gilt-lined swing-handled pedestal sugar basin in the 18th Century taste, chased with friezes of acanthus leaves, a drapery swag frieze above, the swing handle decorated with beads and graduated pierced ovals, Thomas and Walter Slater and Henry Holland, London 1896 - 6½in. overall; a George III bottom-marked plain Old English pattern sifting spoon, London 1769; two Victorian butter knives, one with mother-of-pearl handle; a pair of mother-of-pearl-mounted opera glasses in plush bag; and four plated or metal oddments, comprising: a gadrooned telescopic candlestick, two pairs of wick trimmers and a comb. (9)

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A late Victorian beaded tapering oval gilt-lined swing-handled pedestal sugar basin in the 18th Century taste, chased with friezes of acanthus leaves, a drapery swag frieze above, the swing handle decorated with beads and graduated pierced ovals, Thomas and Walter Slater and Henry Holland, London 1896 - 6½in. overall; a George III bottom-marked plain Old English pattern sifting spoon, London 1769; two Victorian butter knives, one with mother-of-pearl handle; a pair of mother-of-pearl-mounted opera glasses in plush bag; and four plated or metal oddments, comprising: a gadrooned telescopic candlestick, two pairs of wick trimmers and a comb. (9)

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