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THE PROPERTY OF A MIDWESTERN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT STANDS
MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON, 1858
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT STANDS
Mark of John S. Hunt, London, 1858
Each on triangular base, cast with flowers and scrolls, rising to an entwined tendril stem flanked by figures of two gilt children, one base set with two boys with a gun and dead fowl, the other dessert stand with a boy and girl with wheelbarrow, hoe and chickens, the whole surmounted by a circular basket formed as a grape vine, the base engraved with a crest, fully marked
10¼in. (26cm.) high; 92oz. (2869gr.) (2)
Mark of John S. Hunt, London, 1858
Each on triangular base, cast with flowers and scrolls, rising to an entwined tendril stem flanked by figures of two gilt children, one base set with two boys with a gun and dead fowl, the other dessert stand with a boy and girl with wheelbarrow, hoe and chickens, the whole surmounted by a circular basket formed as a grape vine, the base engraved with a crest, fully marked
10¼in. (26cm.) high; 92oz. (2869gr.) (2)