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PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND COLLECTION
(LOTS 397-485)
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED BOTTLES AND A VICTORIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL INK-BOTTLE AND STAND
LONDON, 1888; BIRMINGHAM, 1888 AND MARK OF FREDERIC PURNELL, LONDON, 1888
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TWO VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED BOTTLES AND A VICTORIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL INK-BOTTLE AND STAND
LONDON, 1888; BIRMINGHAM, 1888 AND MARK OF FREDERIC PURNELL, LONDON, 1888
Two spirally-fluted, one with screw cover as a toilet-jar, the second an inkpot with hinged cover, engraved with initial 'P' below a duke's coronet, the third with cracked hinged glass cover applied with enamel initial 'P' below a duke's coronet, the base engraved with inscription
the stand 10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) wide
weighable silver 14 oz. (444 gr.)
The inscription reads 'With best wishes from Betty Hastings June 11th 1889'. A wedding present to the 6th Duke from Elizabeth, Lady Hastings (d.1957). (3)
LONDON, 1888; BIRMINGHAM, 1888 AND MARK OF FREDERIC PURNELL, LONDON, 1888
Two spirally-fluted, one with screw cover as a toilet-jar, the second an inkpot with hinged cover, engraved with initial 'P' below a duke's coronet, the third with cracked hinged glass cover applied with enamel initial 'P' below a duke's coronet, the base engraved with inscription
the stand 10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) wide
weighable silver 14 oz. (444 gr.)
The inscription reads 'With best wishes from Betty Hastings June 11th 1889'. A wedding present to the 6th Duke from Elizabeth, Lady Hastings (d.1957). (3)
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