Toast rack

Silver-gilt toast rack with an oval base on six claw feet and twelve curved wire dividers, part of a tea service made for the Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria: French, Paris, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1810, purchased by Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1830

Toast rack

Silver-gilt toast rack with an oval base on six claw feet and twelve curved wire dividers, part of a tea service made for the Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria: French, Paris, by Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1810, purchased by Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1830

Letter rack

Electroplate letter or toast rack with a convex base resting on four bun feet: English, Birmingham, by J.W. Hukin and J.T. Heath, designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, design registered 9 May 1881