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RESPECTIVELY MARK OF WILLIAM LEUCHARS OVERSTRIKING ANOTHER, LONDON, 1881 AND MARK OF HENRY WILLIAM CURRY, LONDON, 1886,
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"THE WALRUS & THE CARPENTER", TWO ASSOCIATED VICTORIAN NOVELTY CLARET JUGS,
RESPECTIVELY MARK OF WILLIAM LEUCHARS overstriking another, LONDON, 1881 AND MARK OF HENRY WILLIAM CURRY, LONDON, 1886,
The Walrus with ivory tusks & silver flippers, inscribed "A.C.JERVOISE NOVEMBER 1881", 12¾ in. long (32.5 cm.), the Carpenter with flat cap & neckerchief, his head & shoulders forming the mount above a plain, ovoid glass body, 9 in. high (23 cm.) (2)
RESPECTIVELY MARK OF WILLIAM LEUCHARS overstriking another, LONDON, 1881 AND MARK OF HENRY WILLIAM CURRY, LONDON, 1886,
The Walrus with ivory tusks & silver flippers, inscribed "A.C.JERVOISE NOVEMBER 1881", 12¾ in. long (32.5 cm.), the Carpenter with flat cap & neckerchief, his head & shoulders forming the mount above a plain, ovoid glass body, 9 in. high (23 cm.) (2)
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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
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Provenance:- Major A.F. Clarke-Jervoise, D.L., J.P.; Christie's London, 18/10/1972, lot 136. Literature:- M.Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English & American Silver, p.289, fig.10.