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MOSTLY CONTINENTAL, SOME WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF SEVEN SILVER TOYS
MOSTLY CONTINENTAL, SOME WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising:- a box in the form of a cello, terminating in female head, chased with courting couples in rural settings, apparently unmarked; a Dutch desk, the folding front pierced with figures, import-marked for London, 1892; a German mounted mother-of-pearl chariot with putto driver, drawn by a rearing goat; a chased chariot with putto driver, drawn by a stag; a Dutch piano with hinged cover chased with putti packing goods at a dock whilst another revives a supine figure, import-marked for London, 1890; an English café -au-lait pot by Saunders & Shepherd, Chester, 1901; and a George IV silver quill, London, 1824, probably an academic prize
Cello 9 in. long (23 cm.)
Weighable silver 14 oz. (441 gm.) (7)
MOSTLY CONTINENTAL, SOME WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising:- a box in the form of a cello, terminating in female head, chased with courting couples in rural settings, apparently unmarked; a Dutch desk, the folding front pierced with figures, import-marked for London, 1892; a German mounted mother-of-pearl chariot with putto driver, drawn by a rearing goat; a chased chariot with putto driver, drawn by a stag; a Dutch piano with hinged cover chased with putti packing goods at a dock whilst another revives a supine figure, import-marked for London, 1890; an English café -au-lait pot by Saunders & Shepherd, Chester, 1901; and a George IV silver quill, London, 1824, probably an academic prize
Cello 9 in. long (23 cm.)
Weighable silver 14 oz. (441 gm.) (7)
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