A set six Art Nouveau silver dress buttons, King & Sons, Che...

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£80

A set six Art Nouveau silver dress buttons, King & Sons, Chester 1900, each of circular form with pierced floral and foliate detail, each 18mm diameter, together with a Victorian seal fob pendant, the rectangular matrix carved with the profile of a male figure (possibly Mercury), 20mm x 18mm, set to a gold coloured mount with scrolling foliate pendant loop, 30mm high, a silver coloured scroll holder, 13.5cm wide, a Victorian silver coloured mechanical pencil, 76mm long, and a further Victorian silver coloured mechanical pencil, 60mm long (9)

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Buttons: Moderate denting/misshaping to the borders. Denting peppered to the highpoints of the flowers. General scratching and wear throughout commensurate with age and use.

Seal: Matrix in good order, no cracks, chips or losses. Mount shows some denting to the highpoints and borders, some thinning and minor splitting in some places. General scratching and wear throughout commensurate with age and use.

Pencils: Some thinning, splitting and denting around the sliding mechanism on both examples. Paste set matrix in good order, no large cracks, chips or losses. No signs of repair. Both lacking pencil lead. General scratching and wear throughout commensurate with age and use.

Scroll holder: Some thinning and splitting around the pierced detail of the body. Moderate denting to the body and the ends. One of the finials is slightly off centre. General scratching and wear throughout commensurate with age and use.