Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts
Online-Only Auction, 9 - 16 September 2019
English and South African Silver, Ceramics, Furniture and Metalware.
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
About this Item
Birmingham, London & Sheffield, England
A George V silver sugar basket, Mappin & Webb, London, 1920
of navette shape, the lobed body with pierced foliate decoration, foliate- and shell-carved rim, the sides applied with a pierced and scrollwork swing-handle, raised on four legs headed by stylised fleurs-de-lys, on stylised paw feet, blue glass liner, distress to blue liner, chips, split, stamped MAPPIN & WEBB, 20cm wide, 185g; and a pair of George III Fiddle pattern silver sugar tongs, London, 1781, the handle engraved with initials, 45g
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