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John MORTIMER & John Samuel HUNT
A significant silver (925) …
See original version (French)
97
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John MORTIMER & John Samuel HUNT
A significant silver (925) …
See original version (French)
Estimate €15,000 - €25,000
Voluntary lot
Description
John MORTIMER & John Samuel HUNT
A significant silver (925) table centrepiece depicting a group of stags at the foot of a vine stock, topped with a removable section designed to hold a goblet. Tripod base decorated with acanthus leaves, scrolls and medallions monogrammed ‘H’.
Signed ‘MORTIMER’ on the base and numbered 6959.
London, c. 1840
Hallmark: Rampant lion, leopard’s head; Silversmith: IHS
H. 62 cm
Weight: 8.352 gr
Upper section missing; minor damage
This piece is comparable to a table centrepiece from the same workshop, featuring a similar ornamental repertoire as well as a removable upper section, analogous to our own, allowing the piece to be transformed into a candelabrum (missing from our piece).
See original version (French)
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