STERLING SILVER (LION HALLMARK) AND YELLOW GUILLOCHE ENAMEL 4 PIECE VANITY SET 1931 BY ADIE BROTHERS

STERLING SILVER (LION HALLMARK) AND YELLOW GUILLOCHE ENAMEL 4 PIECE VANITY SET 1931 BY ADIE BROTHERS BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND

A STERLING SILVER (LION HALLMARK) AND YELLOW GUILLOCHE ENAMEL FOUR PIECE VANITY SET MADE BY ADIE BROTHERS IN BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND IN 1931. CONSISTS OF A  HAND MIRROR, 2 HAIR BRUSHES AND CLOTHES BRUSH.
 
MARKINGS: THE HALLMARKS ON THE BRUSHES CONSIST OF THE "BROS A LTD" MAKERS MARK CONFIRMING THEY ARE A ADIE BROTHERS PIECE, THE LION PASSANT CONFIRMING IT IS BRITISH STERLING SILVER (925), THE ANCHOR ASSAY MARK CONFIRMING THEY WERE MADE IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE DATE LETTER "G" CONFIRMING IT WAS MADE IN 1931.
REG 758948 APPEARS ON THE HAND MIRROR AND THE LETTER H ON THE CLOTHES BRUSH AS WELL.
 
ADIE BROTHERS: ADIE BROTHERS LTD OPERATED ON FREDERICK STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND FROM 1922 TO 1964. THEY MADE ASH TRAYS, BOWLS, DRESSING & VANITY SETS, GOBLETS, AND OTHER SILVERWARE.

GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IS A TECHNIQUE POPULARIZED IN THE 1880S BY PETER CARL FABERGÉ, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS FABERGÉ EGGS, IN WHICH A SURFACE IS ENGRAVED WITH AN INTRICATE REPEATING PATTERN AND THEN COVERED WITH GLASS ENAMEL. THIS SUNBURST PATTERN REFLECTS LIGHT THROUGH THE ENAMEL IN DIFFERENT WAYS DEPENDING ON THE ANGLE.
 
BEAUTIFULLY MADE AND PRETTILY DECORATED TO THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARDS. THE GEOMETRIC LINES RADIATING OUTWARDS FROM THE BASE OF EACH PIECE INVOKE THE RISING/SETTING SUN MOTIF.
 
CONDITION: SOME ENAMEL CHIPS AND DAMAGE. MIRROR OF HAND MIRROR IS MISSING. SOME DENTS TO STERLING SILVER FRAMES. SOME PATINA TO SILVER. BRISTLES IN OVERALL GOOD AND INTACT CONDITION.
SIZE HAND MIRROR 26,5CM LONG HAIR BRUSHES 24,5CM LONG CLOTHES BRUSH 15CM LONG
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS. I HAVE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL VANITY SET WITH BRASS AND PINK GUILLOCHE ENAMEL ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.