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A VICTORIAN POLITICAL SILVER AND EBONIZED WOOD SPICE STAND
by George Fox, London 1878 and 1885
The silver pepper and salt cellars sculpted as mocking statues of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) and his political rival William Gladstone (1809-1898), both with detachable heads, Disraeli standing with his right hand in his pocket and holding a monocle, Gladstone standing holding his hat and pointing on the silver mustard pot sculpted as the Royal crown, with hinged lid and glass-lined interior, the silver-gilt spoon shaped as the Royal sceptre; on a circular ebonized wood base surrounded by a silver laurel wreath -- the base 147 mm diam., maximal heigth 137 mm, Disraeli and Gladstone dated 1878, the base and mustard pot 1885
by George Fox, London 1878 and 1885
The silver pepper and salt cellars sculpted as mocking statues of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) and his political rival William Gladstone (1809-1898), both with detachable heads, Disraeli standing with his right hand in his pocket and holding a monocle, Gladstone standing holding his hat and pointing on the silver mustard pot sculpted as the Royal crown, with hinged lid and glass-lined interior, the silver-gilt spoon shaped as the Royal sceptre; on a circular ebonized wood base surrounded by a silver laurel wreath -- the base 147 mm diam., maximal heigth 137 mm, Disraeli and Gladstone dated 1878, the base and mustard pot 1885