Philippa Iles
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Collections, Including the Selected Contents of Meldon Park / A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUPS James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield marks 1877, 1878 and 1879 (2) (4)
THE SELECTED CONTENTS OF MELDON PARK
Lot 20
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUPS
James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield marks 1877, 1878 and 1879 (2) (4)
2 February 2023, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh£3,000 - £5,000
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Charlie Thomas
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Madeleine Cater
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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUPS
James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield marks 1877, 1878 and 1879 (2)
Each circular tapered with silver-gilt interiors, richly embossed with foliate scrolls and mask-head mounts, wreath banks and acanthus-leaf bases, the richly embossed cover with fruit-pattern finial, with foliate scroll handles with ringed animal mounts, on double-knopped stems and circular bases, each engraved with presentation inscription, height 40cm, weight 149oz. (4)
Each circular tapered with silver-gilt interiors, richly embossed with foliate scrolls and mask-head mounts, wreath banks and acanthus-leaf bases, the richly embossed cover with fruit-pattern finial, with foliate scroll handles with ringed animal mounts, on double-knopped stems and circular bases, each engraved with presentation inscription, height 40cm, weight 149oz. (4)