MAKER'S MARK OF SERRA, ALSO STAMPED STERLING; THE BOWLS MAKER'S MARK ILLEGIBLE
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AN ITALIAN SILVER TURTLE-FORM BOX AND TWO SILVER-MOUNTED STONE BOWLS
Maker's mark of Serra, also stamped STERLING; the bowls maker's mark illegible
The first with removable back--length over tail and snout 9½in. (24.13cm.), each oval bowl, two differing hard stones, with silver turtle-form lower body--5¾in. (14.60cm.); together with, a small silver-plated? turtle-form table lighter, two French silver-mounted glass toilet jars with silver covers, the larger--7in. (17.78cm.) high, an English example and three small oddments; the remainder silver-plated, comprising a ball-form covered vase, pierced with holes, a twenty-six piece fish set and three pieces of flatware, the turtle--23oz. (40)
Maker's mark of Serra, also stamped STERLING; the bowls maker's mark illegible
The first with removable back--length over tail and snout 9½in. (24.13cm.), each oval bowl, two differing hard stones, with silver turtle-form lower body--5¾in. (14.60cm.); together with, a small silver-plated? turtle-form table lighter, two French silver-mounted glass toilet jars with silver covers, the larger--7in. (17.78cm.) high, an English example and three small oddments; the remainder silver-plated, comprising a ball-form covered vase, pierced with holes, a twenty-six piece fish set and three pieces of flatware, the turtle--23oz. (40)