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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT-STANDS
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT-STANDS

MARK OF FREDERICK ELKINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1876

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DESSERT-STANDS
MARK OF FREDERICK ELKINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1876
Each on tricorn base with tongue and dart border with foliage at the corners, with a plinth supported on four lion's paw feet with palmette and scroll apron, the stem cast as a Greek vase guarded by three winged sphinxes, the beaded border hung with chains, marked on base, on apron, and on wings, the base further stamped 'ELKINGTON & CO. 11575A'
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
86 oz. (2,692 gr.) (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

For a very similar centrepiece also by Frederick Elkington, 1880 see K.C. Jones, The Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks 1750-1980, London, 1981, p. 166, fig. 165 and for a silver pair of dessert-stands see V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, London, 1986, p.302, no. 1414.