Important South African Art & Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 21 October 2013
English Silver and Furniture
About this Item
A boot-shaped silver and glass striker, possibly William Vale & Sons, Birmingham, 1906
the glass body with a silver collar, 6,6cm high; another, similar, with brass collar, 6,3cm high; a glass match globe, circular, with the etching of a clover leaf and 'ROSS'S ROYAL BELFAST GINGER ALE' to the upper body, traces of red pigment 6,2cm high; and three further examples, circular, with ribbed bodies, the tallest6,7cm high
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