AN EXPORT SILVER REPOUSS VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER

CIRCA 1840, THE BASE STAMPED WITH GOTHIC STYLE H AND ANOTHER CHARACTER

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AN EXPORT SILVER REPOUSS VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER
circa 1840, the base stamped with gothic style h and another character
Of oval form, completely covered in a repouss continuous scene of horses, warriors, and other figures in a mountainous landscape, with dragon headed handles, feet and finial
13 in. long over handles

Lot Essay

Cf. a similar example but with a circular foot in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in Crossman, Carl. The Decorative Arts of the China Trade (Suffolk, England: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1991) pl. 236

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