Style: Silver, Furniture, Ceramics
Style: Silver, Furniture, Ceramics
Lot Closed
April 22, 04:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A VICTORIAN SILVER-PLATED AND CUT-GLASS SEVEN-PIECE TABLE GARNITURE, PROBABLY DESIGNED BY A.A. WILLMS, ELKINGTON & CO., CIRCA 1865
in Egyptian revival style, the tri-form bases raised on lion paws and supporting fully-modeled sphinxes, stem formed as a three-handled amphora, hung with chains and topped by cut-glass bowls, the seven-light candelabrum centerpiece with a matching mirror plateau, the detachable sconces can be replaced with cut-glass bowls
marked on bases and with diamond registration mark, the largest numbered 12884, medium 10396, smallest 9970, and plateau 8622
height of largest 29⅛ in.
74 cm
A related example of this model is illustrated in Kenneth Crisp Jones, The Silversmiths of Birmingham, 1981, p. 166, fig. 165.