Robert Harper
Session 1
LOT 41
Robert Harper
A Victorian silver bon-bon dish, Robert Harper, London, 1875
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 3 844
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item
London, England
A Victorian silver bon-bon dish, Robert Harper, London, 1875
circular, embossed and chased with flowers, leaves and foliage, the centre with a vacant cartouche, with everted wavy rim, raised on three lion-mask and paw feet, 165g
height: 5cm; diameter: 14cm
Notes
Robert Harper established his own manufacturing silversmith’s business in London in 1853, having previously worked for the established firm of Joseph Angell III. His workshop produced a broad range of domestic and presentation silver, including tea and coffee services, salvers, prize cups, baskets and tankards, and also undertook specialised chasing and gilding. Harper’s surviving work is of particular interest for the exuberant embossed and chased decoration characteristic of much high-Victorian silver.
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