Sale 1633
New York
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7 - 8 March 2006
Price realised
USD 6,600
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A ROCOCO STYLE SILVER-GILT ENCRIER, 19TH CENTURY, raised on paw feet, the rocaille body centering a cartouche engraved with a crest, flanked by two candle sockets and fitted with two silver-gilt mounted glass inkwells, the whole surmounted by two putti, the inkstand and inkwell covers bearing marks for Charles and George Fox, London, 1843, marked on reverse, the inkwell covers each marked on socle 11in. (28cm.) high, 12in. (30.5cm.) wide; 46oz. weighable silver (5)
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PROPERTY FROM A CHARITABLE INSTITUTION (LOTS 204-225)
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