HIGH-END jewellery, watches and silverware brought some excitement to a Somerset auction.

The February sale at the Somerset Auction Rooms featured lots including a Faberge enamel egg pendant, an Art Deco platinum and diamond ladies cocktail watch, and a rare George I silver saffron teapot.

The highly-collectable teapots were designed to brew extremely expensive saffron, often exceptionally crafted as they were used by a person of high status.

The one on offer at the sale was a George I silver saffron teapot by Richard Bayley – 11cm tall, with plain ‘bullet’-form body with engraved scroll and trellis decorative band around lid rim, fruit wood scroll handle and knop finial.
Hallmarked London 1722, the teapot sold for £1,200.

The George I silver saffron teapot went for £1,200. Picture: GTH

A chunky 9ct gold curb link charm bracelet with five nine-carat charms attached and one loose, sold for £1,700, while two 9ct bracelets made £1,220.

An unusual Austrian 4 Ducat Franz Joseph I coin pendant, dated 1915, with a 9ct gold ribbon scroll setting, hallmarked London 1976, went for £1,300.

An 18ct old cut diamond solitaire ring garnered a good deal of pre-sale interest and this translated into a buyer securing it for £1,550.

A 9ct gold JW Benson half hunter pocket watch, hallmarked Birmingham, drew pre-sale interest and sold for £1,200 – double its pre-sale guide.

A rare 17th century apostle spoon which sold for £1,100. Picture: GTH

Comfortably ahead of its estimate was a 17th Century silver Apostle spoon, with a fig shaped bowl, thought to date from around 1651. Sold from a private collection, the rare example sold for £1,100.

Another spoon consigned by the same collector, potentially made in the Sherborne area, and again from the 17th Century, proved a winner with salegoers and went for £950.

A smart Art Deco platinum and diamond cocktail watch with original presentation case made £1,100.

An Art Deco platinum and diamond ladies cocktail watch made £1,100. Picture: GTH

And a limited edition 18ct gold Faberge enamel egg pendant with original monogrammed wooden presentation box also attracted plenty of pre-sale fervour and sold for £620.

The next similar sale takes place on Thursday, March 5, from 10am. For more information and to consign lots, contact the salerooms on 01278 410250.

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