21st Nov, 2024 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
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A VICTORIAN SILVER SPIRIT FLASK, CHAWNER & CO., LONDON, 1877
flattened oval, with detachable beaker base and chained screw-on cap, to one side engraved with an achievement of arms and entwined initials CPdeA, to the other with the family's crest and a monogrammed A, 11cm long, 147g
The arms are those of Ainslie of Pilton, Edinburgh, the flask engraved for General Charles Philip de Ainslie (1808-1889), whose military career culminated in his appointment as a full general in 1877 and who added the 'de' to his surname by deed poll in 1878.
Sold for £350
flattened oval, with detachable beaker base and chained screw-on cap, to one side engraved with an achievement of arms and entwined initials CPdeA, to the other with the family's crest and a monogrammed A, 11cm long, 147g
The arms are those of Ainslie of Pilton, Edinburgh, the flask engraved for General Charles Philip de Ainslie (1808-1889), whose military career culminated in his appointment as a full general in 1877 and who added the 'de' to his surname by deed poll in 1878.
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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