SILVER
fine silver AND
OBJETS DE VERTU
Duncan Campbell, Head of Silver and well known expert on BBC Antiques Roadshow, comments:
"Since before the Romans, Greeks or Ancient Egyptians, silver has been considered the most treasured form of applied art by virtually every culture on earth. Unique in the world of antiques, silver is guaranteed by law. Similarly, the hallmark on silver makes the maker, date and origin a matter of fact and not a subject for opinion. Silver is, quite literally, made out of money and so its makers and owners take it very seriously indeed. At its best, a collection of silver clearly shows the cultural, artistic and economic history of our civilisation."
Contact Duncan Campbell to discuss offering your silver at auction.
duncan.campbell@doreandrees.com
UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS
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INDO-PORTUGUESE SILVER GOBLET, LATE 17TH CENTURY
SOLD: £7,800
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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A heavy, deeply chased bowl with gilt interior, Sri Lanka C.1890.
SOLD: £1,014
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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GOLD BOX WITH ENAMEL DECORATION, PARIS C.1780
SOLD: £4,940
FINE SILVER ADN OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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CHARLES II CHASED TAZZA, LONDON 1664
SOLD £3,120
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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AN ENGRAVED LIDDED CANISTER, ALWAR C.1880
SOLD: £2,080
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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A CHARLES II CARVED AMBER HEART C.1672
PROVENANCE: from the estate of George Withers
SOLD: £1,560
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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AN EDWARDIAN SCOTTISH DIRK, marked R W Forsyth, glasgow, 1902
SOLD: £910
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024 -
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A faux coopered tureen, made by Hamilton & Co., Calcutta C.1840
SOLD: £975
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
27 NOVEMBER 2024
Request auction estimate
We offer free auction estimates by email or by appointment. Duncan will review your items and provide you with an indication of the guide value at which Dore & Rees believe the item would be offered for sale.
Please send us an email with good quality photographs, dimensions, history, provenance and known background. Alternatively, do give us a call to discuss your item.
RECENT RESULTS
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A GOLD MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE CENTENARY OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION C.1789
SOLD: £2,210
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024 -
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A VERY FINE MICROMOSAIC OF SHEPHERDS IN A LANDSCAPE, ITALIAN C.1820
SOLD: £11,700
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024 -
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A LARGE 19TH CENTURY SILVER-GILT MODEL OF A HARE WITH REMOVABLE HEAD TO FUNCTION AS A CARAFE
ESTIMATE: £4,680
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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A TUMBLER CUP, THOMAS MANGY, YORK 1677
SOLD: £3,120
FINE SILVER
5 JUNE 2024PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023).
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN PAIR OF WARMING DISHES, CALCUTTA C.1811
SOLD: £3,900
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
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A DOZEN SILVER PLATES, LONDON 1755
SOLD: £8,450
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
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A KASHMIR SILVER LOTUS SHAPED BOWL C.1880
SOLD: £2,860
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
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AN OVERSIZED TWO HANDLED TRAY, DUBLIN 1806.
SOLD: £2,600
FINE SILVER
29 NOVEMBER 2023 -
A SILVER WINE COOLER, LONDON 1836, ARMS OF ROTHSCHILD
SOLD: £8,320
FINE SILVER
28 JUNE 2023 -
A SILVER SWING HANDLE BASKET, LONDON 1744
SOLD: £8,320
FINE SILVER
28 JUNE 2023 -
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A SILVER MONTEITH JOHN BODDINGTON, LONDON 1703
SOLD: £11,180
FINE SILVER
28 JUNE 2023 -
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A CHARLES I SILVER COUNTER BOX
SOLD: £1,560
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29 JUNE 2022 -
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A SET OF TWO CASED GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES AND A SUGAR BOX, BY PIERRE GILLOIS, LONDON 1755
SOLD: £3,900
SELECT INTERIORS
18 AUGUST 2021 -
GEORGE III SILVER CRUET FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
SOLD: £3,750
INTERIORS
18 AUGUST 2021
consultant Specialist
Duncan Campbell
Having been fascinated by hallmarks as a child, Duncan got his first proper introduction to antique silver working for a well known silver dealer on Portobello Road while still at university in 1987. After graduating, Duncan worked for a Merchant Bank in the City for a few years before the attractions of his Saturday job, inevitably, were too compelling. Duncan has spent the last 30 years immersed in antique silver.
As a valuer he has catalogued collections for, among others, The Middle Temple, Lloyds of London, The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, The City of Nottingham Museum and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
He has appeared regularly as a specialist silver valuer on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, having started on the same show, Hertford College Oxford, as Fiona Bruce, in 2008.
As a dealer, after running his own stand on Portobello Road Duncan moved to the west country in 2001 and has had a specialist antique silver shop in Bath since 2010. After 12 years of retail, it was time for a change:
“I have always had a hankering to put on a really good silver sale and so the opportunity to host a specialist silver collectors’ auction at Dore & Rees, alongside all my Antiques Roadshow friends, is too good a prospect to pass up.”
