21st Nov, 2024 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
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A WILLIAM IV SAMPLER, WORKED BY MARY SMITH, DATED 1836
the upper part worked with two sets of letters flanked by putti in cartouches, with foliate borders between, the lower section with a moralistic text above a house flanked by trees and further stylised foliage inhabited by a variety of birds and animals and a signature panel reading: Mary Smith, Aged 13 years, 1836, 30 x 28.5cm within a glazed satin birch frame 39.5 x 38cm overall
Sold for £480
the upper part worked with two sets of letters flanked by putti in cartouches, with foliate borders between, the lower section with a moralistic text above a house flanked by trees and further stylised foliage inhabited by a variety of birds and animals and a signature panel reading: Mary Smith, Aged 13 years, 1836, 30 x 28.5cm within a glazed satin birch frame 39.5 x 38cm overall
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
20 Nov 2024 10:00 - 17:00
