Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
An extraordinary novelty Victorian silver table lighter, James Barclay Hennell, London, 1879
Lot Closed
May 23, 02:49 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An extraordinary novelty Victorian silver table lighter,
James Barclay Hennell, London, 1879
Modelled as a standing pig relieving himself at a urinal or pissoir while winking cheekily, the tip of the pissoir pulling off to reveal the wick, on an ebonised wood base.
17cm., 6 1/2in. high