• Centuries of Style: Silver, Eu auction at Christies

    Sale 1573

    Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

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    25 - 26 November 2014

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    • A CHELSEA HANS SLOANE FINGER-B
    Lot 66

    A CHELSEA HANS SLOANE FINGER-BOWL

    CIRCA 1755

    Price realised

    GBP 6,000

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 4,000

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    A CHELSEA HANS SLOANE FINGER-BOWL
    CIRCA 1755
    Of slightly baluster form painted with butterflies, moths and insects above a band of green, yellow and turquoise leaves, the interior with an insect, within a petal-shaped brown line rim (two short hairline cracks to rim, a very small flat rim chip, minor scratching to enamels)
    2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high

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    Lot Essay

    See the similar pair sold at Christie’s in New York, 21-22 October 2010, lot 38.

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