Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 27 August - 7 September 2020
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 900 - 1 200
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 283
About this Item
Birmingham, England
A Victorian silver christening bowl, George Unite & Sons, Birmingham, 1884
circular, the lower half of the body gadrooned, engraved '*PHILIP GILBERT WILLIAM DIGGLE, FROM HIS GOD-FATHER T.C.E-M. JULY.1886', scratch weight 24613, L/PH/-COMFELETE, 10,1cm diameter, 130g; and another, Elkington & Co, London, 1885, circular, the body embossed with two pairs of birds amongst scrolling foliage and flowerheads, flanked by vacant circular bosses enclosed by bands of flowerheads, the base moulded with a flowerhead centred to the interior by a George II coin, engraved 'Philip Gilbert Diggle *FROM HIS GRANDFATHER Gilbert W. Moss. 29. JULY 1886*', gilt interior, 9,6cm diameter, 135g
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