BY RICHARD HODD & SON, CIRCA 1880

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A silvered metal table lighter
By Richard Hodd & Son, circa 1880
Of globular form on three ball feet with three pins
10cm. high; together with A German glass and silver saltshaker of similar form, circa 1900
Impressed factory marks
See illustration

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Lot Essay

For comparison see:
Herwin Schaefer, Nineteenth Century Modern - the functional tradition in Victorian design, New York 1970, p.106 for a box of comparable design by Henri Stratford, 1881-1884 in the collection of the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

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