Image: Waddington's, Ontario
Bidding is open for ‘Decorative Arts: Discovery’, a timed sale scheduled to begin closing on 17 September 2026 at 2 pm ET. The sale is listed in Toronto and comprises 293 lots; previews are available by appointment only.
The sale is described as offering ceramics, glass, silver, sculpture and design. The catalogue lists two lots of Scottish silver-mounted ram’s horn snuff mulls from the 19th century, each estimated at CAD 200–300. The displayed current bid for the first is CAD 110, with two bids; the second has a displayed current bid of CAD 120, with three bids.
A George III silver small oblong vinaigrette by T. Simpson & Son, Birmingham, 1818, carries an estimate of CAD 75–150. Two George III silver snuff boxes, Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1805, and another, London, 1805, are estimated at CAD 150–250.
The catalogue also lists groups of Birmingham silver vinaigrettes. Four examples by Thomas Willmore, Samuel Pemberton and William Pugh date from circa 1801–15 and are estimated at CAD 200–300. Another group of four, by John Shaw, Samuel Pemberton, Matthew Linwood and another, is dated circa 1809–17 and carries the same estimate. A further group of four includes Samuel Pemberton, T. Simpson & Son and another maker, dated circa 1800–16.
Four late Georgian silver vinaigrettes by Thomas & William Simpson, Thomas Shaw and Francis Clark are listed as Birmingham, circa 1823–36. A George IV silver rectangular vinaigrette by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham, 1826, is estimated at CAD 100–200. The catalogue further lists two George IV silver snuff boxes: Francis Clark (probably), London, 1826, and Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1828.
Other lots listed include Victorian and Edwardian silver snuff boxes, a vinaigrette and a perfume phial from London, Chester and Birmingham, circa 1865–1901; six various English silver boxes, mainly Birmingham, from the 20th century; and five North American, Dutch and other Continental silver small boxes from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Additional listings include two American silver vesta cases by Gorham Mfg. Co. and William B. Kerr & Co., circa 1900; two American repoussé silver circular boxes, circa 1900; a Russian silver and champlevé enamelled metal kovsh, Moscow, 1908–17; and a German silver snuff box from Hanau with two Dutch spice boxes dating to the late 19th century.
