Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 17 March 2014
English Silver, Furniture and Porcelain
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 2 000 - 2 500
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 045
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Four Tunbridge ware stamp boxes
in sizes, one applied with a facsimile of the George V ½d stamp, another with a facsimile of the Victoria 1d stamp, two further examples with geometric borders inlaid with 'Stamps' and 'Postage Stamps', the largest 8,9cm wide; and a commemorative circular fruitwood box, inscribed 'Grown in Abbotsford Garden, Planted by Sir Walter Scott', 4,2cm diameter
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