Lot Essay
Another Robert Hennell egg cruet of this design is illustrated in Vanessa Brett's The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, 1986, no. 305.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A VICTORIAN SILVER EGG CRUET STAND
MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL III, LONDON, 1853; SPOONS MARK OF FRANCIS HIGGINS
Details
A VICTORIAN SILVER EGG CRUET STAND
Mark of Robert Hennell III, London, 1853; spoons mark of Francis Higgins
The stand shaped oval in basket form with basketweave decoration, with a swing handle, the six egg cups with gilt interiors and six spoons with conforming decoration, fully marked
9in. (22.9cm.) long; 36oz. (1121gr.)
Mark of Robert Hennell III, London, 1853; spoons mark of Francis Higgins
The stand shaped oval in basket form with basketweave decoration, with a swing handle, the six egg cups with gilt interiors and six spoons with conforming decoration, fully marked
9in. (22.9cm.) long; 36oz. (1121gr.)