Below are some examples and price guides of silver camels including a Viennese silver timepiece and a bronze camel inlaid with silver and gold.

A VIENNESE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL ENAMELED SILVER TIMEPIECE
Date: Last quarter 19th century
Movement: Gilt full plate key wound with verge escapement, fusee, bridge pieced with scrolls, coqueret, signed “Lorentz Engelbrecht à Wienn”
Dial: Oval gilt with champlevé enamel scrolls enclosing enamel roman chapters, gilt scroll hands
Case: On winged cherub feet, domed base with enamel vignettes of winged Eros with various mythologic personages, supporting a silver camel and oval watch case with further mythologic scene, cherub finial
Size: 18.5 cm high

Sold for US$ 4,462 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020

FAR EAST INDIAN HAND CHASED SILVER BOWL

Depicting exotic animals including: Peacock, camel, lion, birds etc. unmarked 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches Condition: GoodTemp No 58

Sold for US$170 at John McInnis Auctioneers, LLC in 2022

An Edwardian novelty silver pin cushion, Carrington and Co., London 1904, cast in relief as a camel, sitting, with two saddle bags, on a wooden plinth base, 9.5cm long

Sold for £700 at Kinghams Auctioneers in 2022

GOLD & SILVER INLAID BRONZE CAST CAMEL CENSER Height 12 cm / Width 18.5 cm / Thickness 11 cm / Weight 1620g

Sold for US$7,500 at Cordier Auctions & Appraisals in 2022

ELEPHANTS AND CAMEL: A GROUP OF SILVER AND ENAMEL CIRCUS FIGURES, DESIGNED BY GENE MOORE FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1990

comprising four caparisoned elephants, one holding a woman in his trunk, one standing with a dragon cape and with elephant trainer, two with stands, and a caparisoned camel supporting a harlequin, 9 pieces

all marked TIFFANY & CO., STERLING, and Made in Italy

116 oz

3608 g

height of tallest 5⅝ in.

14.3 cm

Sold for 25,000 USD at Sotheby’s in 2020

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Swan Scent Bottles. This post has a gallery and information on scent bottles either in the form of swans or with swan decoration. Thomas Webb and Sons made some excellent scent bottles in the form of swans with silver mounts.

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Pig Pin Cushions. Pin cushions in the form of pigs are an excellent way to start a collection of novelty pin cushions. They are probably one of the most frequently found pin cushions and subsequently the cheapest. They range in sizes from very small  to large.

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Lions have a long history in Art and Design. They have been found depicted on coins as far back as 480BC, possibly earlier. They were an important part of Roman history and other cultures. Below are some examples of lions depicted in silver.

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Swans feature strongly in mythology. In Greek mythology, the story of Leda and the Swan recounts that Helen of Troy was conceived in a union of Zeus disguised as a swan and Leda, Queen of Sparta

Many of the cultural aspects refer to the mute swan of Europe. Perhaps the best known story about a swan is “The Ugly Duckling” fable. Swans are often a symbol of love or fidelity because of their long-lasting, apparently monogamous relationships.

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Elephants are magnificent animals and have been depicted in silver as far back as the 1st century BC, on both Roman and Greek coins, possibly more. Below are some examples of silver elephants.

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