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Lot 217

Three dated chip-engraved bottles

14 – 15 October 2021, 14:00 BST
Edinburgh

Sold for £242.25 inc. premium

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Three dated chip-engraved bottles

Comprising a signed silver-mounted chip-engraved whisky bottle of tapering form, chip-engraved with the inscription 'MURDOCH CAMERON, JAN 1912', crest and motto, all within an arch, two further arches are filled with a peacock perched on an urn and a ewer inscribed 'ELIXIR VITAE & USQUEBAUGH', the neck with applied silver rim and stopper with hallmarks for Glasgow, 1911, signed by the engraver on the base 'A RISK', 33cms high, the second of very slender form and brown tint, inscribed 'Mr E.Thomson, 7th June, 1889', flanked by trees with a thistle, a cockerel and three perching birds suspended from chains, 35cm high, the third of mallet form, engraved with initials JC, and decorated with two horses, two cats, two leafy bushes, an owl, and to the reverse with a stag's head, a perching bird, a dog and two dog's heads joined with a chain, signed by the engraver under the base, 'A. SCOTT, SELKIRK, 1901', 23.2cm high. (3)

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