the tapering cylindrical glass body frosted and cut to simulate a coopered pail, with plain base and neck mounts, 14.5cm high with handle raised; together with a pair of Victorian silver tongs, Francis Higgins, London, 1864, formed as bird claws on feathery stems, 14cm long (2)
Sold for £280
the tapering cylindrical glass body frosted and cut to simulate a coopered pail, with plain base and neck mounts, 14.5cm high with handle raised; together with a pair of Victorian silver tongs, Francis Higgins, London, 1864, formed as bird claws on feathery stems, 14cm long (2)
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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18 Nov 2024 10:00 - 20:00
19 Nov 2024 10:00 - 17:00
20 Nov 2024 10:00 - 17:00