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MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1806
Details
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT EGG-FRAME WITH SIX EGG-CUPS
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1806
The rectangular frame with lobed borders and raised on four bracket supports applied with shells, the corners with caduceus supports, and with central handle formed as arched bi-furcated leaves surmounted by a coronetform finial, fitted for six conforming egg cups engraved with crests and matching coronets
Marked on undersides of frame and cups
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1806
The rectangular frame with lobed borders and raised on four bracket supports applied with shells, the corners with caduceus supports, and with central handle formed as arched bi-furcated leaves surmounted by a coronetform finial, fitted for six conforming egg cups engraved with crests and matching coronets
Marked on undersides of frame and cups
Provenance
The crest is that of the Dukes of Norfolk.
With S.J. Shrubsole, New York, 1980.
Property of a Philadelphia Estate; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 239.
With S.J. Shrubsole, New York, 1980.
Property of a Philadelphia Estate; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 239.