Important South African Art & Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 21 October 2013
English Silver and Furniture
About this Item
Birmingham, England
A Victorian silver castle-top vinaigrette of Exeter Cathedral, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, 1843 shaped rectangular, with hinged, engraved cover and moulded thumbpiece, the sides and base with engine-turned detail, the base with a cartouche engraved with the initials 'MHR', with gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with foliage, oxidisation to interior base and grille, grille possibly replaced, 19,3g, 4cm wide; and another, David Pettifer, Birmingham, 1856, shaped rectangular, the hinged cover engraved with a view of Windsor Castle across the River Thames with rowboats in the foreground, the sides and base with engine-turned detail, the base with a vacant cartouche, with gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with foliage, oxidisation to interior, scratches to interior base, 17,4g, 3,6cm wide (2)
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