Lot 64
64
A VICTORIAN FOUR BRANCH EPERGNE, on four open work feet, the fluted frame hung with ribbon-tied swags and urns and with detachable scroll branches each terminating in a pierced circular dish and with similar detachable boat-shaped central dish, engraved with presentation inscription and facsimile signatures, by Charles Stuart Harris, 1889

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A VICTORIAN FOUR BRANCH EPERGNE, on four open work feet, the fluted frame hung with ribbon-tied swags and urns and with detachable scroll branches each terminating in a pierced circular dish and with similar detachable boat-shaped central dish, engraved with presentation inscription and facsimile signatures, by Charles Stuart Harris, 1889
14¼in. (36.5cm.) high
(79ozs.)
Provenance
Henry Morton Stanley Esq., and thence by descent

Lot Essay

The inscription reads 'TO HENRY M. STANLEY ON HIS WEDDING DAY JULY 12TH 1890 IN COMMEMORATION OF DUTY NOBLY DONE AND A GREAT ENTERPRISE SDPLEDIDLY ACHIEVED IN DARKEST AFRICA FROM THE EMIN RELIEF COMMITEE'. The first signature is that of W. Mackinnon, the Chairman of of the Emin Pasha Relief Commitee

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