SPECIALISTS: RUPERT SLINGSBY +44 (0) 1722 424 501 rupertslingsby@woolleyandwallis.co.uk


LUCY CHALMERS +44 (0) 1722 424 594 lucychalmers@woolleyandwallis.co.uk


OPPOSITE. By Patrick Mavros, a suite of five modern Zimbabwean silver candlesticks.


Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500


1. A Japanese silver vase, marked to base with Japanese characters. Estimate: £600 - 800


2. A late-Victorian 14 carat gold cased miniature dictionary, ‘The Smallest Dictionary in the World’, the case marked 14K, the dictionary by David Bryce and Sons, Glasgow, c.1890.


Estimate: £100 - 150


3. Two similar William III and Queen Anne silver Trefid spoons.


Estimate: £300 - 400


The set of five palm trees by Patrick Mavros (opposite) show the level of detail and quality he is renowned for. Mavros has a large following and we have had a number of successes with pieces by him; most notably in our 22nd July 2014 silver sale, a pair of candlesticks in the form of trees mounted with elephants and antelopes, which sold for £3,170.


Miniaturised items were primarily a Victorian fascination, and the late 19th century 14ct gold cased dictionary (image 2) to be sold in January is a good example where this was also combined with a certain practicality. The dictionaries were often one of the many household items suspended from a chatelaine - a chain usually worn around the waist of ladies. Other items to be found on the chain included scissors, thimbles, keys, a watch and tweezers.


Collections are often created with a view to buying good examples of their type. This is particularly well highlighted in the private collection of spoons (image 3) and marrow scoops. Collected over many years, it includes Irish, Scottish, provincial and Channel Islands examples. This is also illustrated in the private collection of over 100 lots of various gold coins, included in the sale.


We are delighted to be selling a pair of Royal Fusiliers medal groups, awarded to a father and son. A Great War triple gallantry DSO and Bar, MC, group of seven decorations


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and medals, awarded to Lt Col Percy Norton Whitestone Wilson (image 6 & 7) and Second World War Western Desert MC group of eight to Major Tom Pringle Wilson. Lt Col Wilson (1886-1933) was a career soldier, commissioned Lieutenant and joined Royal Fusiliers in 1906 and was in India at the outbreak of war. He landed at Gallipoli in April 1915, and fought in the Third Battle of Krithia, 4 – 6 June, 1915. He received the DSO for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and later received the Bar to the DSO for duty during an enemy attack.


4. A George IV cast silver- gilt wine label, by Thomas and James Phipps, London 1820, pierced HOCK. Estimate: £400 - 600


5. A pair of George III silver- gilt wine labels, possibly by David Hennell, London 1817, pierced SHRUB and BRANDY.


Estimate: £200 - 300


6. A fine Great War triple gallantry DSO and Bar, MC and Four Mentions in Despatches, group of seven decorations and medals, awarded to Lt Col Percy Norton Whitestone Wilson, Royal Fusiliers.


Estimate: £7,000 - 10,000


7. Picture of Percy Wilson wearing the medals.


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