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Decorative arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 070
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About this Item
A Colonial Indian silver ice bucket, maker's initial 'R', 19th century
the tapering cylindrical body engraved with a crest and initials between bands of reeding, the sides applied with a swing-handle, gilt interior, 10,5cm high excluding handle, 465g
Provenance
Stephan Welz & Co. in association with Sotheby's, Cape Town, 17 & 18 October 2006, lot 864.
Literature
cf. Wynyard R. T. Wilkinson (1973) Indian Colonial Silver, European Silversmiths in India (1790-1860) and their Marks, London: Argent Press, illustrated on page 111, illustration A145.
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