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MARK OF WILLIAM FREDERICK WILLIAMS, LONDON, 1877,
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A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MARINE IVORY NOVELTY FLASK,
MARK OF WILLIAM FREDERICK WILLIAMS, LONDON, 1877,
Modelled as an owl, with detachable silver head set with coloured glass eyes, silver feet & tail feathers, the front applied with a cut-out silver monogram, "RH", below an earl's coronet, 7¾ in. high (19.7 cm.).
MARK OF WILLIAM FREDERICK WILLIAMS, LONDON, 1877,
Modelled as an owl, with detachable silver head set with coloured glass eyes, silver feet & tail feathers, the front applied with a cut-out silver monogram, "RH", below an earl's coronet, 7¾ in. high (19.7 cm.).
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
The monogram, interlocked HR, is believed to be for Hannah, nee Rothschild, wife of Lord Rosebery. (See Sotheby's Mentmore catalogue for a similar example).