An early German silver-mounted tortoise shell and wood casket, a coconut cup, two English silver-mounted horn beakers, a George III silver-gilt small dish, a French silver-mounted glass lined vase and a pair of Dutch silver-gilt sugar-casters
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An early German silver-mounted tortoise shell and wood casket, a coconut cup, two English silver-mounted horn beakers, a George III silver-gilt small dish, a French silver-mounted glass lined vase and a pair of Dutch silver-gilt sugar-casters

THE CASKET, GERMANY, 17TH CENTURY, THE COCONUT AND THE THE HORN BEAKERS ALL APPARENTLY UNMARKED, THE SMALL DISH WITH MARK OF R & S HENELL, LONDON, 1810, THE VASE WITH MARK OF JEAN-PIERRE-NICOLAS BIBRON, PARIS, 1803-1809

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An early German silver-mounted tortoise shell and wood casket, a coconut cup, two English silver-mounted horn beakers, a George III silver-gilt small dish, a French silver-mounted glass lined vase and a pair of Dutch silver-gilt sugar-casters
The casket, Germany, 17th century, the coconut and the the horn beakers all apparently unmarked, the small dish with mark of R & S Henell, London, 1810, the vase with mark of Jean-Pierre-Nicolas Bibron, Paris, 1803-1809
The trunk-shaped casket finely engraved with a coat-of-arms and initials, the three cups all circular and each with plain silver mounts, the small circular vase-mount on three ball feet en openwork winged caryatides, blue glass liner, baluster and festoon decorated sugar-casters, marked on bodies
12.2 cm. long
462. gr. (8)
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Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Sale room notice
Please note that the mount of the coconut cup is below Dutch legal silver alloy.

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