A Collection of EPNS Flatware with Miniature Novelties

This collection features electro-plated nickel silver (EPNS) items, including pieces by notable makers Walker & Hall and Levi & Salaman. The lot includes a pair of sugar tongs hallmarked for Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1895, bearing the marks W&H. A second pair of tongs features claw-shaped terminals. A caddy spoon with a scalloped bowl is marked for Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1923, showing the marks L&S. A larger, decorative Dutch-style caddy spoon is included, featuring an embossed genre scene within a shovel-shaped bowl and a twisted stem terminating in a cast figure of a fisherman. The lot also contains several silver-plated items, including a small butter knife and a spoon marked EPNS, MADE IN ENGLAND, and MADE IN SHEFFIELD ENGLAND. A large spoon with a dark polished horn handle is also present. Miniature collectibles in the group comprise a silver-coloured novelty trinket box with a hinged lid surmounted by a teddy bear on a cushion base, and a small brass and white metal model of a cannon on a wheeled carriage. Scale is indicated by a UK one-pound coin included in the imagery.