Important South African Art & Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 21 October 2013
English Silver and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 621
About this Item
Birmingham, England
A Victorian silver vinaigrette, Cronin & Wheeler, Birmingham, 1846 shaped oval, the hinged cover with a vacant cartouche, the whole engraved with alternating plain and engine-turned bands, with concave sides, the gilt interior with pierced and engraved foliate grille 18g, 4,1cm wide; and a Victorian silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1845, floriform, the hinged cover engraved with a vacant cartouche enclosed by scrolling foliate and engine-turned decoration, with conforming base, concave sides and snake-shaped thumb-piece, with gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with foliage, 19,1g, 3,8cm wide (2)
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