Sale 2645
New York
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21 June 2012
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
A SUITE OF SIX GEORGE V SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUPS AND COVERS MARK OF CRICHTON, LONDON, 1923-31 In George I style, each vase form, on a stepped and gadrooned circular base, the lower body applied with strapwork, with a center molded band and cast scroll handles, the domed cover with conforming decoration and baluster finial, each on a circular ebonized wooden stand, the large stand and one small stand with silver plaques with engraved inscriptions, each marked on cover and under base, Britannia standard The large cup and cover 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high on base; 174 oz. (5,420 gr.) weighable silver (6)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 9 April 2009, lot 192
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