拍品 11
11
The Fountain Top
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The Fountain Top

细节
The Fountain Top
very rare red, green and gold painted cast-metal with wooden handle --4in. (10cm.) high (E); and the original wooden printing block for the catalogue illustration depicting boy playing with this top, stamped J. PAGE ENGRAVER ON WOOD 110 HATTON GARDEN (2)
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文


"This consists of an elegant top which is wound up and spun in the ordinary way, but instead of placing it on the table it is stood in a saucer-full of water. It immediately throws up a magnificent jet of water, varying in height accordind to the strength of the spinner."

This top and the top in the following lot were the purchases that started Arnold Rolak's quest for the complete 1880 catalogue.