Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

Of Naval Interest: A collection of silver items relating to Lieutenant Commander Seymour Tuke, comprising a cigarette box engraved ‘MISCHIEF IPOH 3-8-63’, hallmarked for Birmingham, 1958; a cigarette case, engraved with three crests, hallmarked for Chester, 1915; a visiting card case hallmarked for Birmingham, 1917; a small circular blue enamelled compact, Birmingham, 1930 and a blue enamel cigarette case, by Goldsmith & Silversmiths Co Ltd, Birmingham, 1933, both applied with a naval crown, cigarette box dimensions 8.3 x 8cm. (5) £200-£300

Seymour Charles Tuke, born 1903, served as Lieutenant Commander with H.M.S. Weston (sloop) when she destroyed U-13 with depth charges in the North Sea 12 miles south-east of Lowestoft, 31 May 1940. He subsequently served with H.M.S. Amethyst from August 1943.  He was awarded the DSO in 1940, ‘For enterprise and resource in sinking an enemy submarine.’ (see London Gazette 6 September 1940).