Sale 5259
London, South Kensington
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22 May 2007
Price realised
GBP 840
Estimate
A MIXED GROUP OF SILVER & PLATED ITEMS COMPRISING:- A Victorian sugar bowl, London, 1843, with presentation inscription, a sauceboat, a mounted glass decanter, a gadroon-edged teapot, a crested salver on ball & claw feet, 10¼ in. diameter (26 cm.), & the following PLATED items, mostly late Victorian:- a pr. of fluted candlesticks on oval bases, a pr. of dwarf candlesticks with ribbon-tied swags, a salver & a mustard pot, weighable silver 65 oz. (11)
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