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    • AN EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT COND
    Lot 1227

    AN EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT CONDIMENT SET

    MARK OF C. S. HARRIS & SONS, LONDON, 1905

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    USD 2,125

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    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    AN EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT CONDIMENT SET
    MARK OF C. S. HARRIS & SONS, LONDON, 1905
    Comprising a pair of salt cellars, pepper casters and a mustard pot, each in George II taste; the salt cellars each of circular form, on three lion's-paw feet headed by lion's masks, the sides applied with floral garlands, the rim gadrooned, the mustard pot of similar form, with a domed cover and a scroll handle, the casters each of inverted pear-form, on a circular foot, with pierced domed covers, each engraved with a crest and motto; together with a pair of salt spoons and a mustard spoon, Bacchanalian pattern, 1912 and 1905, various makers, engraved with the same crest; the salts and mustard pot each marked on base, one caster marked on body, one caster with marks obliterated
    The mustard pot 5 1/8 in. (13.1 cm.) long; 41 oz. 10 dwt. (1,299 gr.) (7)

    Provenance

    Christie's, New York, 22 April 1993, lot 294

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