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A ‘Lady’s Companion’, two others and a rosewood pin cushion, the first in diced brown leather and titled to the ‘spine’, the interior in green silk and velvet with note card, mirror, tool card/skein holder with scissors and stiletto, thimble/reel drawer with silver thimble, pencil and folding knife with reduced blade, 10.5 x 5 x 6cms, a continental leather and steel mounted cylinder form companion with five tools, leather scruffy in parts, 10cm, another of rectangular form lacking ring handle to lid and with only a few accessories, 9cm, and a rosewood table pin cushion fitted drawer to one end, on four brass ball feet, lacking brass ball to one end and base to drawer replaced, 15.5cm.    (4)                                                                                                                       From the collection of Margaret Blakeley

Two late 19th Century French sewing companions, comprising a rectangular example in plum velvet with open work plated mounts on ball feet, the scissor form catch marked ‘Breveté S.S.D.S.’, the interior in ivory silk with five steel tools and replacement silver thimble, 12.5cms, and a blue velvet and gilt mounted purse form compendium the interior in blue watered silk with steel scissors, needle packet holder and flannel, 12.5cm.   (2)                                                                                                                     From the collection of Margaret Blakeley

A 19th Century French ivory etui with a full complement of gold fittings, the case of stepped and shaped outline, the flush set fittings comprising a gold needle case, a gold thimble with floral engraved border and vacant cartouche, a pair of steel scissors with oval section tapering blades to interlaced gold arms below oval loops, a bodkin, and a gold handled steel stiletto, case 10.5cm.                                                                                                                      

A mid Victorian engraved mother of pearl combination sewing and drafting set labelled for ‘L. Leuchars’, the rectangular case with canted lid and engraved with leaf scrolls with a central silver lid tablet, the interior with red velvet lid panel over a flush fitted tray with engraved border silver thimble, steel scissors, fish form silver bodkin, a mother of pearl stiletto a/f, and a silver jewel top pencil, two fittings lacking. The lower tier with a folding engraved silver 6 ins. rule, a set of silver mounted steel dividers and a rectangular mother of pearl box with sliding lid containing a mercury thermometer the scale engraved ‘Huntley, London’, printed label ‘L. Leuchars, 38, Picadilly, London’, below a crown, box 15 x 8 x 4cm.                                                                                                                      

An early 19th Century French Palais Royal small format sewing box, the burr walnut case of twin cylinder form each with a mother of pearl plaque, the interior with mirror lined lid, over a flush fitted velvet base with mother of pearl thimble with gold shield and twin gilt bands, a snowflake winder in mirror compartment, a pair of steel scissors with gilt mounts, the curved mother of pearl arms with inset gold circles below oval loops, and a cut glass scent bottle complete with stopper and screw cover, box 12.2 x 8 x 3.6cms.                                                                                                                     

An unusual 19th Century Palais Royal sewing box with some fittings, the box veneered in burr ash and of elongated octagonal form, the sides painted with garlands of flowers, the lid with steel straps and faceted pin border and painted with elegant figures and sedan chairs around a fountain below a pair of cherubs and an oval female portrait medallion surrounding a pointed oval mother of pearl plaque engraved ‘Souvenir’. The interior with damaged lid mirror over a flush fitted green velvet tray with embroidered pin cushion, one only of four snowflake winders in circular mirror compartments, a stiletto with pansy motif, handle repaired, a pair of scissors with leaf carved arms below oval loops, a damaged thimble, a mother of pearl quiver of arrows needle case with damage to end and a cut glass scent bottle with screw cover, escutcheon lacking, the lid originally with a steel carrying handle, box 19.5 x 13.5 x 7.5cms.                                                                                                                       

A fine Palais Royal burr yew wood sewing/writing and toilet box, circa 1840, of rectangular form, the lid with shield form brass plaque, the front with a moustache form handle above a shield form escutcheon, the sides with flush fitting brass carrying handles. The interior fitted to the lid with a mirror within a red and gilt tooled surround over a pair of gold topped glass inkwells divided by a pen dish with hidden wooden release peg. The writing slopes in replacement but well matched gilt tooled leather, the upper compartment fully fitted with four cut glass jars and bottles with silver lids and divided by a perfume funnel, with a lift out flush fitted tray with ivory, gilt metal and steel embellished tools comprising a quiver form needle case with verre eglomise panel, a thimble with steel dot frieze, a cylinder needle case, a bodkin, an ivory handled seal, a tambour hook, a pair of steel scissors with blued highlights, a folding tweezer/earspoon (lacking three steel discs to handle), a steel bladed eraser, a toothbrush, a folding blade knife, a quill knife and a steel tweezer/ earspoon, complete with complex steel key. Box 32 x 23.5 x 17.5 cms.                                                                                                                        

A fine Palais Royal satinwood dressing and sewing box, circa 1850, of rectangular form, oval mother of pearl escutcheon, steel side carrying handles. The interior with removeable lid mirror over a purple velvet fitted lower section with an arrangement of six bottles and glass jars some with silver gilt lids, a rectangular glass dressing box with pierced silver gilt lid, two tortoiseshell cylinder boxes with mother of pearl lids, a perfume funnel and an eye bath all arranged around a central cut corner rectangular tray flush fitted with mother of pearl sewing tools comprising a set of four snow flake winders, a reel, a thimble, a stiletto, a bodkin, a pair of steel and gilt mounted scissors with chimera carved mother of pearl arms, a swivel action tweezer/ earspoon, and a rectangular needle case. Box 33 x 22 x 12cms.                                                                                                                        

An attractive mid 19th Century fully fitted French etui veneered in burr mulberry, and inlaid with ebony to simulate a barrel, mother of pearl circular tablet and catch mount, the interior with a mirror to the lid over a velvet lined flush fitted base with steel scissors and bodkin, ivory handled steel stiletto, ivory thimble, ivory needle case with gilt metal joint, a reversible ivory crochet hook and a cut glass scent bottle with stopper and silver gilt screw cover, 15 x 8.5 x 3cms max.                For a similar example see Groves (S) – A History of Needlework Tools plate 104.                                                                                                                     

A late 19th Century French opaque glass egg form sewing etui for a child, gilt metal hinge mount, the base with pendant drop, the lid on chain and ring suspension, the interior in ivory velvet with a full complement of gilt metal fittings comprising bodkin, needle case, stiletto, scissors and thimble, 10cm high excluding chain.                                                                                                                       

A miniature etui for a doll or child contained in a natural walnut and commemorating the crowning of Queen Victoria, the walnut with hinged frame the plain brass mount with a pair of steel scissors, a brass thimble, a gilt metal needle case, stiletto and bodkin, the last inscribed ‘Victoria Crowned’, 4.6cms.                               † It is not known when these ‘natural walnut etuis’ first appeared, this example can apparently be reliably dated to 1838 when Queen Victoria was crowned on the 28th June.  See also another in this sale, lot 311 bearing a label for The Palais Royal.                                                                                                                       

A fine Palais Royal sewing box with a full complement of fittings, circa 1830, the lid formed from a large mother of pearl shell engraved with a vase of flowers, gardening tools, torchere and quiver within a border of trailing vines within a gilt metal floral and pierced trellis border, the gilt metal sides with a central mother of pearl and gilt mounted escutcheon flanked by eight glazed domed oval panels each with a display of paper flowers, the back with an engraved panel of mother of pearl, the whole raised on four gilt lion paw feet. The interior with mirror to lid over an ivory velvet flush fitted tray with floral decorated pin cushion, a pair of mother of pearl snowflake winders in circular mirror compartments, an engraved needle case with enamel and gilt pansy motif, a mother of pearl tambour hook, a steel and mother of pearl stiletto with pansy motif, a pair of steel bladed scissors with gilt mounts and leaf carved mother of pearl arms with twin pansy motifs below oval loops, a bodkin/earspoon, a mother of pearl thimble with gilt bands and pansy motifs, a letter knife with gold shield motif, a cut glass scent bottle with screw cover and a pair of mother of pearl reels. Complete with ivory silk squab embroidered with a bouquet of flowers with a leaf border the central display with raised flowers and embellished with sequins. Box 21.5 x 18.5 x 8.5cms.                                                                † For a similar example see Groves(S) – A History of Needlework Tools plate 89.                                                                                                                      

A late 19th Century French oval ivory etui, the lid with engraved motif, the flush fitted interior with engraved border silver gilt thimble and a pair of oval section steel bladed scissors with gilt scroll handles and oval loops, 8.2cms.                                                                                                                      

A late 19th Century French oval ivory etui, the lid with engraved motif the flush fitted interior with engraved silver gilt needle case, thimble and stiletto with steel shaft, scissors and bodkin lacking, 10.5cm.                                                                                                                      

A French leather cased etui for a child, circa 1840, the green leather case of tapering form with gilt tooled decoration, the flush fitted velvet interior with a pair of elegant steel scissors, ivory bodkin, cylinder needle case, thimble and stiletto, 9.2cms.                                                                                                                       

An elaborate mid 19th Century French ebonised sewing box, of rectangular form the front inlaid with brass lines, the canted lid with tulip wood cross banding and centred by a cut and engraved brass panel. The elaborate interior with mirror to lid within draped and pillared frame, the fitted lower section with a lid centred by a gilt brass dish with a glazed oval print of The Palais due Luxembourgh flanked by angled oval panels each with three gilt crochet hook arms, to the fore a pair of green glass scent bottles with gilt hinged covers with floral enamel tops (one bottle broken and re-stuck) and divided by a tool lid with gilt metal stiletto, bodkin, scissors, needle case, crochet hook handle and replacement English silver thimble, with a further pair of lids with box mounts each with a gilt reel, the section below the gilt dish containing a large selection of English visiting cards in fancy envelopes, box 38 x 26 x 16cms.                                                                                                                        

An early 19th Century Vizagapatam ivory veneered sandal wood sewing box of sarcophagal form, engraved with flowers, leaves, branches and other motifs and raised on four carved lion paw feet. The compartmentalised interior with three engraved lids, velvet pin cushion, multiple reel, five ivory cotton barrels, a tape measure with printed tape commencing at 14 ins., a silver thimble and a European ivory pin cushion / needle book, box 21.5 x 16.5 x 9cms.                                                                                                                      

A late 19th Century French ebonised sewing box of rectangular form, with brass line inlay to the front and lid, the latter with tortoiseshell and cut brass medallion. The interior elaborately fitted with a mirror to the lid divided by pillars linked by arches in velvet and gilt, the lower section with twin shaped lids, a pair of gilt star decorated bottles and stoppers, and an oval tool card with gilt needle case, scissors, stiletto, bodkin and silver cable style thimble, the interior elaborately trimmed, 27.5 x 19.5 x 9.7cms.                                                                                                                      

A fine Palais Royal souvenir sewing companion, the rectangular mother of pearl case with gilded borders and spandrils to the lid and base, the former with a love bird and garland tablet inscribed ‘Souvenir’. The interior with silk lid lining over a flush fitted velvet base with a rectangular mother of pearl needle case with gilt joint and oval enamel pansy motif, a reel, a bodkin, a thimble with gold shield and double gilt rim (fine crack or natural fault), a star form thread winder, a pair of steel bladed scissors with gilt mounts, the mother of pearl arms each with an enamel pansy motif below oval loops, and a cut glass scent bottle with screw cover complete with stopper, 10.6 x 6.6 x 2cms.                                                                                                                       

A miniature etui for a doll or child contained in a natural walnut and labelled for the Palais Royal, the decorated hinge mount to a velvet pad with gilt scissors, needle case, stiletto, bodkin and thimble, the red silk lid with an oval printed label ‘F. Bonhomme, 61-62, Palais Royal’, 5.5cms.                                                                                                                      

A 19th Century miniature etui for a doll, contained in a mother of pearl egg with gilt hinge mount on hanging chain, the blue velvet interior with miniature brass scissors and thimble, 5.2cms.                                                                                                                      

Two modern cased sewing trios, each comprising thimble, scissors, and needle case, one in floral decorated green enamel, the other in silver, the scissors stamped Solingen, the cases 10cms sq.    (2)                                                                                                                     

An early 19th Century red leather cased sewing etui, of rectangular form, ivory silk lid lining, the base flush fitted in purple velvet with fish form silver bodkin, steel bladed scissors with silver leaf arms to oval loops with floral sheath, a shell handled steel stiletto, and a silver thimble (holed), case 12 x 6.5cms.                                                                                                                      

A mid 19th Century French sewing etui for a child or doll, in the form of a blue glass egg in a gilded wire work nest, the hinged cover missing the cover glass, the ivory velvet interior with gilt bodkin, thimble, needle case, gilt handled steel bladed scissors and stiletto, 10cms.                                                                                                                      

A 19th Century Anglo Indian ivory sewing companion, of cylinder form with engraved black lac decoration with internal gilt metal triple reel and needle case and silver thimble with Grecian key border, 6.5cms.                                                                                                                     

A mid Victorian rosewood rectangular sewing box with well fitted interior, the lid and front with cut brass borders, lid panel and escutcheon, the lid interior with ruched silk panel within green tooled leather surround. The tray in yellow paper with pewter bobbin mouldings and with five tooled green leather lids, tool mount and thimble stand, with a set of six bone reels, a further pair, two ivory stilettos, a pair of steel scissors and a bone cylinder needle case, 31.5 x 21 x 11.5cms.                                                                                                                      

A Palais Royal style small format sewing box, of rectangular form, the dished lid with steel carrying handle, mother of pearl escutcheon on four steel ball feet. The interior with mirror lined lid over a flush fitted ivory velvet tray with floral painted pin cushion, a pair of floral painted bone star form thread winders in circular mirror compartments, an ivory thimble, ivory and silk bound quiver of arrows needle case, painted bone swivel form earspoon/tweezer, steel scissors, bodkin and steel tweezers, point damaged and probably a replacement, 19 x 8.5 x 6cms.                                                                                                                       

An early 19th Century Anglo Indian sandal wood and Sadeli work sewing box of sarcophagol form, the interior with inset mirror lid panel, over a lidded and compartmentalised tray with a full complement of ivory fittings comprising four cotton barrels, a pair of ivory cylinder jars, six variant thread winders, cylinder tape measure, thimble and a few other bone and ivory accessories, some minor losses to Sadeli borders, 26 x 18 x 11cms.                                                                                                                      

An early 19th Century Anglo Indian sewing box, of sarcophagal form in porcupine quill with engraved Vitzagapatam ivory borders, the interior with hinged lid compartment, the tray with six conforming lids, two fitted pin cushions, thimble and space for tape measure, some losses, 32 x 24 x 13cms.                                                                                                                      

An attractive George III walnut sewing box of rectangular form inlaid and print applied, the lid with an oval coloured print titled to the interior ‘The Shepherdess of the Alps’ within an oval inlaid frame the borders in leaf and dot inlay within coloured lines, the front, sides and back inlaid with leaf and berry ovals. The compartmentalised interior in original pink paper with a full complement of fittings comprising four white wood cotton barrels, a multiple reel, a pair of glass scent bottles (one chipped), a box form pin cushion, two inlaid sliding lid bead boxes, a later silver thimble, and a fitted netting cylinder, 27 x 22 x 7.5cms.                                                                                                                      

A late 19th/early 20th Century sewing companion in the form of a nickel plated circular top tripod table, the top with central pin cushion, two thimble recesses and a reel frame, below the table top a cylinder needle container, the cover opened by a slide to the top, and a clip to hold needle packets, 13cms dia, 10.5cms high.                                                                                                                      From a European Collection

Three English cased sewing sets, comprising a leather cased set of rounded end rectangular form with thimble, two pairs of scissors, tweezer/file and stiletto, 18cms, another in tooled leather marked for Mappin and Webb with mother of pearl mounted and other tools including a good pair of part gilded scissors, 14cms, and a rectangular leatherette cased set with four accessories, 16.5cms.    (3)                                                                                                                     From a European Collection

Three small leather cased sewing sets, comprising a brown leather rectangular example with glazed lid revealing four leather mounted tools (some wear) and a pair of steel scissors, hinged to reveal a concertina compartment with bone tools, 11cms, and two thimble and scissor sets, 8.5 and 7cms.     (3)                                                                                                                     From a European Collection

Two 20th Century continental leatherette cased sewing sets, each of rectangular form, one with three well engraved silver tools, replacement silver thimble and steel bodkin, 11cms, the other with four silver tools and thimble, 12cms.    (2)                                                                                                                     From a European Collection

Two early 20th Century continental cased sewing sets, comprising a leather example with three silver mounted tools, silver thimble and steel scissors, 12cms, the other in leatherette with five silver accessories, 13cms.    (2)                                                                                                                     From a European Collection

A late 19th Century French ivory etui, of rounded corner rectangular form the lid in gilt lacquer with a bird, insect and flowers in shibayama, the flush fitted interior with silver gilt pencil, twin blade knife, stiletto, bodkin, engraved border thimble, tapering needle case, and steel bladed scissors with engraved arms and beaded loops, 12 x 6.5cms.                                                                                                                       

A late 19th Century French ivory etui, of rounded corner rectangular form, the interior flush fitted with engraved silver gilt tools comprising, stiletto, bodkin, star engraved thimble, tapering needle case and a pair of steel bladed scissors with engraved arms and beaded loops, 11 x 6cms.                                                                                                                      

A Palais Royal sewing box with a full complement of tools, the rosewood box with undulating lid the front inlaid with a garland of flowers suspended on rings, the lid with a bouquet of flowers. The interior in corded red cloth, the flush fitted tray in red velvet with a set of four mother of pearl snow flake winders in circular mirror compartments, a mother of pearl rectangular needle case, mother of pearl thimble with twin gilt bands, two pairs of steel scissors, a mother of pearl handled stiletto, a glass scent bottle with screw cover and a silver wire embroidered pin cushion, complete with silk squab, 23.5 x14.5 x 9cms.                                                                                                                       

A mid 19th Century engraved mother of pearl ‘Lady’s Companion’, the lid engraved with a butterfly, the sides with flowers and a bird within trailing leaf borders, the interior with worn and damaged tool/skein holder, a writing tablet, a silver thimble, a mother of pearl handled stiletto, a pair of lightly rusted steel scissors with gold dots and a floral decorated slant top leather needle packet box ‘Rodgers and Sons Cutlers to their Majesties’, small chips to front corners of lid, 6.2 x 5 x 10cms.                                                                                                                      

Two chatelaines and a spectacle case, comprising a continental gilt brass example the hook mount with classical busts and coins, to six floret link chains with tape measure, book form pin cushion, cylinder needle case, scissor sheath with variant steel scissors and a thimble bucket, 38cm max, a white metal chatelaine with elaborate pierced panels with four hooks, one vacant, pencil, scissor sheath and swivel notelet, 21cm, and a floral decorated brass spectacle case on twin chains and lion and shield mount, 32cm.   (3)                                                                                                                      From the collection of Margaret Blakeley

A late 18th Century gilt metal chatelaine and fittings, the scroll border hook mount with classical figures in a garden above a linked border figural panel, the central etui with masks and classical figures amid scrolls and shells and flanked by four rosette link chains one fitted with a gilt key with four sliding implements, another with folding gilt handle knife and flanked by two further chains one with a thimble case, the other matching. With two later fittings comprising a gold border gilt metal thimble and an engraved gold tapering cylinder needle case the top set with a turquoise coloured stone, 5cm, overall 26.5cm max.                                                                                                                       

A late 19th Century plated brass chatelaine, the pierced oval clip mount with three owls on a branch to five pierced panel chains to a thimble bucket, a book form pin cushion, an oval notelet, a pencil, and a scissor sheath, 33cms.                                                                                                                      

A late 19th Century plated brass chatelaine, the pierced triangular clip mount with Roman head and coins, to five pierced link chains to a scissor sheath, a thimble bucket with thimble, a drum form tape measure, a book form pin cushion and a cylinder needle case, 30cms.                                                                                                                     

A good Victorian silver chatelaine, the hook with two piece leaf scroll mount to three panel form chains decorated with masks and flowers extending to five further chains with swivel notelet, the cover pierced with flowers, a drum form tape measure the tape within, a girdle form pin cushion, a pair of scissors with silver arms and loops complete with sheath, and a thimble bucket, the chatelaine Birmingham 1888, the accessories with the exception of the scissors all of uniform date and bearing the makers mark of Lawrence Emanuel, 38.5cms.                                                                                                                      From a European Collection

A combination Tunbridge ware waxer/pin cushion, and a Mauchline ware slant top thimble box, the first in stick ware with green velvet pin cushion, near mint, 3.7cms, the thimble box (The West Cliff, Sherringham), with a dented silver thimble, ‘The Spa’, 3.7cm.    (2)                                                                                                                     

A rare early 19th Century combination ivory lucet, possibly Madras, the lyre shaped frame with brass lined hole on a turned handle fitted as a needle case the terminal as a screw off thimble and two division reel, 15cm high, 5cm wide max.                                                                                                                     

Five needle packet boxes and books, comprising a falling side square section example, green silk interior with central thimble box complete with thimble and pin roll, 12cm high, a wooden pointed top pine box ‘The Gothic Needle Case, Morris and Yeomans’, 13.5cms high, a mirror top needle packet box with internal concertina and four W. Hall and Co. needle packets, 6.2cms, a green leatherette needle book internally labelled ‘The Ladies’ Rust-Proof Needle Case, W. Bartleet….’, 11 x 7.5cms, and another with oval portrait cover titled ‘Coffinieres’ for the French General Grégoire Coffinieres (1811-1887), 9.5 x 6.5cm.     (5)                                                                                                                      From the collection of Margaret Blakeley

Four late 19th Century Tyrolean carved wood needle cases, comprising a standing cylinder form example with internal reel/needle case and thimble stand, 14cms, another standing needle case with pin cushion top, 8.2cms, and two cylinder needle cases, 10cms.    (4)                                                                                                                     From a European Collection

A cased set of four scissors and a scissor and thimble set, the first with oval section blades to part gilded engraved arms and oval loops, largest 14.5cms, in a crocodile pattern triangular leather case, 15.5cms, and a steel pair with thimble in cloth slipper style case, 12cms.    (2)                                                                                                                     From a European Collection

Thimbles and thimble cases, comprising an attractive early Georgian silver thimble guard with engraved panel over a decorative frieze, two silver thimbles, another in white metal cage style case, a steel acorn thimble case with brass thimble, and a rosewood barrel form thimble case with twin reel and needle case, 4.5cm.    (6)                                                                                                                     From the collection of Margaret Blakeley

Three thimble cases, comprising an early 19th Century bone egg covered in coloured beadwork trellis and containing a silver thimble, 4.8cm, a turned and carved vegetable ivory thimble case with original vegetable ivory thimble with pierced border, 6cm, and a mahogany example modelled as a chess piece with needle case and steel thimble, 7.2cm.    (3)                                                                                                                     From the collection of Margaret Blakeley

Four thimble cases and stands, comprising a slant top example in diamond pattern mother of pearl, interior with silver thimble and needle packet divides, small piece of pearl lacking, 5cm high, a wooden acorn form example, a Mauchline ware slant top example (Promenade Pier, Isle of Man) with silver thimble, 3cm, and a floral embroidered purple velvet thimble shoe with modern glass milleflori top thimble, 6cms.    (4)                                                                                                                     

Two thimbles, comprising a silver and red, white and blue enamel example engraved ‘A Stitch For The Red White and Blue’, marks indistinct, and a glass thimble overlaid with white metal trellis.    (2)                                                                                                                     

An attractive rose gold thimble probably American, the frieze engraved with flowers and leaves divided by a rectangular unengraved cartouche, stamped ‘8’.                                                                                                                     

A silver thimble commemorating the Great Exhibition, the frieze with a view of Crystal Palace, the rim inscribed ‘Great Exhibition Hyde Park 1851’.                                                                                                                      

A silver thimble, Crystal Palace, the frieze with a view of Crystal Palace and trees, the rim inscribed ‘Sydenham Crystal Palace’.                                                                                                                     

A rare James Fenton silver ‘bicycle’ thimble, the lady’s bicycle with pneumatic tyres against a leaf and flower background, size 8, Birmingham, 1896, Rd No 280564, by James Fenton.                                                                                                                     

An English porcelain thimble circa 1840, painted with a bird on a flowering branch between gilt lines.                                                                                                                      

A fine early 19th Century carved coconut and bone thimble case of urn form, with ivory thimble, the case carved with love birds and geometric motif, 5.7cms.                                                                                                                      

Two 19th Century ivory thimble cases, comprising an acorn form example with internal reel and damaged silver thimble, 4.2cm, and a ring turned standing example with brass thimble, 3.7cms.    (2)