Sale 8018
London
|
9 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 1,625
Estimate
A GEORGE II SILVER CREAM-JUG APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1735 Fluted pear-shape and on three hoof feet, with a leaf-capped scroll handle, engraved with lattice-work and foliage, engraved with two crests below a duke's coronet 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high 7 oz. (205 gr.)
Provenance
The Hilmar Reksten Collection; Christie's, London, 22 May 1991, lot 77.
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