Sale 6649
London, South Kensington
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25 October 1994
Price realised
GBP 110
Estimate
An Edwardian sugar caster of inverted pear shape, decorated with beading and with a vase-shaped finial, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Limited, London 1905 - 7¼in. (18.25cm.), 7oz.
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Pre-Lot Text
Sold in aid of St. Margaret's Hospice, Taunton.
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife