A VICTORIAN NOVELTY SILVER EGG BASKET AND SIX EGG CUPS, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, London, 1851, all with basketweave finish and ropetwist rims, the oval basket with flaring sides, with entwined swing handle, the center applied with low spoon frame, centering engraved motto and crest, egg cup base conformingly engraved, the ground applied with peg supports for the cups--9in. (22.8cm.) long, 28.5oz. | Christie's

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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY SILVER EGG BASKET AND SIX EGG CUPS, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, London, 1851, all with basketweave finish and ropetwist rims, the oval basket with flaring sides, with entwined swing handle, the center applied with low spoon frame, centering engraved motto and crest, egg cup base conformingly engraved, the ground applied with peg supports for the cups--9in. (22.8cm.) long, 28.5oz.

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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY SILVER EGG BASKET AND SIX EGG CUPS, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, London, 1851, all with basketweave finish and ropetwist rims, the oval basket with flaring sides, with entwined swing handle, the center applied with low spoon frame, centering engraved motto and crest, egg cup base conformingly engraved, the ground applied with peg supports for the cups--9in. (22.8cm.) long, 28.5oz.

拍品專文

Cf: V. Brett The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1986, p.305, for a similar example

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