Victorian Silver Baby Rattle with Whistle

With lateral spurs and stepped shoulders, the bezel an octofoil with raised hexafoil motif and pellets. 11.08 grams, 25.60 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a tiered body with densely arranged floral and floriate decoration, a D-shaped mouthpiece with a separate suspension loop; stamped 'GU' underneath the mouthpiece. 17.9 grams, 51 mm



Property of Mr & Mrs P.R. of East Sussex, thence by descent to family members. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an old handwritten information tag.

Restrung necklace of dark honey-coloured beads of cylindrical and annular shape formed by hand, containing various organic inclusions. 54 grams, 82 cm



From the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. Acquired in Assam in the 1980s. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Dr Andrew J. Ross FRES, of the National Museum of Scotland, concerning testing carried out on the necklace.

Dr Ross states: 'The internal fractures and flow planes are consistent with what you see in amber, and although it does not contain any identifiable insect inclusions, the organic fragments that are present and the general colours appear consistent with Burmese amber.'