Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 19 - 21 September 2022
Cape and Continental Silver, Furniture and Design
About the Sessionincluding The Louis & Mavis Shill Collection of Cape Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 967
About this Item
Seven miniature silver animals, Patrick Mavros, Harare comprising: a rhino, an elephant, a giraffe, a leopard, a hippopotamus, a guineafowl and a mongoose challenging a cobra, set to an indigenous Zimbabwean timber base, with maker's initials, the elephant base6,4cm wide
*This lot is not suitable for export
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