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    Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit

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    12 May 2009

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    Lot 28

    AN EARLY GEORGE III IRISH SILVER OIL AND VINEGAR CRUET

    MARK OF WILLIAM BOND, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760

    Price realised

    GBP 2,000

    Estimate

    GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,400

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    AN EARLY GEORGE III IRISH SILVER OIL AND VINEGAR CRUET
    MARK OF WILLIAM BOND, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
    On shell and scroll supports, leaf-capped scroll grip, complete with two mounted glass bottles, the rims of receivers with fine gadroon border
    9¾ in. high (25 cm.)
    20.5 oz. (635 gm.)

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    Post Lot Text

    William Bond entered his mark in 1761. The harp punch on this piece is distinctive (no.31 in Hallmarks on Dublin Silver, National Museum of Ireland publication, 1968, mark no.31)


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