21st Nov, 2024 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
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A VICTORIAN SILVER TRAVELLING LAMP, J. DREW & SONS, LONDON, 1888
of hemispherical section, the top engraved with initials HG hinging open and fitted with hinged hanging hooks, the flat front hinged from the top to act as a reflector and revealing a glass-set panel which cants from the base for further angle, set to the rear with a small Vesta compartment, the retractable stem for the sprung candle with screw-in striker base, 28cm high fully extended, 414g excluding glass but including spring and candle stub
J. Drew & Sons, with retail premises at 33 Piccadilly Circus and 156 Leadenhall Street, as well as works at Hatton Garden, specialised in travel accessories (Culme, pp.127/8).
of hemispherical section, the top engraved with initials HG hinging open and fitted with hinged hanging hooks, the flat front hinged from the top to act as a reflector and revealing a glass-set panel which cants from the base for further angle, set to the rear with a small Vesta compartment, the retractable stem for the sprung candle with screw-in striker base, 28cm high fully extended, 414g excluding glass but including spring and candle stub
J. Drew & Sons, with retail premises at 33 Piccadilly Circus and 156 Leadenhall Street, as well as works at Hatton Garden, specialised in travel accessories (Culme, pp.127/8).
Auction: European Works of Art, Objects & Silver, 21st Nov, 2024
The auction ‘European Works of Art, Objects and Silver’ is one of our biannual live sales offering a range of ceramics, sculpture and works of art, silver from around the world, and objects of vertu.
Highlights in this sale include finely painted KPM plaques, Russian Easter eggs, a marble figure of a young woman by Cesare Lapini, Persian and Iraqi silver, Art Deco Puiforcat silver, Victorian naturalistic silver and fifty lots of silver boxes and smallwork from a private London collection.
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Viewing Times:
18 Nov 2024 10:00 - 20:00
19 Nov 2024 10:00 - 17:00
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