Sale 2357
Amsterdam
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25 November 1997
Price realised
NLG 5,766
Estimate
A Victorian silver tankard Maker's mark apparently unknown, H.P & Co., Birmingham, 1862 The stepped and spreading base rising to a conical body, engraved with foliate-and scroll-mounted shaped cartouches depicting Egyptian scenes, and engraved with initials :RS, the spout chased with a mask, scroll-shaped handle surmounted by a putto and the stepped cover with putto on swan finial 33 cm. (13 in.) high marked at the body 2312 gr.
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