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 book-shaped vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1846
the hinged cover with a cartouche engraved with initials against alternating bands of plain and engine-turned decoration, the base similar, with gilt interior and grille pierced and engraved with foliage 12,9g, 3,3cm wide; and a George IV silver valise-shaped vinaigrette, Thomas Edwards, London, 1822, the hinged cover with prick-work floral designs, with thumbpiece, gilt interior with grille pierced and engraved with grapes, 9,7g, 2,1cm wide
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