5th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Antiques & Interiors, to include Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art
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A Chinese Export Silver Chopstick-Rest, Retailed by Ye Chang, Tianjin, Early 20th Century, circular and with plain rim, engraved with the badge of the Lancashire Fusiliers, the centre set with a sycee or yuanbao ingot, 15cm diameter, 3oz 18dwt, 122gr
Provenance:
Presumably acquired by the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers while posted to China in the 1930s.
Provenance:
Sold by Order of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to Benefit the Fusiliers Aid Society (13 January Jewellery, Watches and Silver sale, lots 2273-2307 and Antiques and Interiors sale, 5 January 2024 lots 1-16).
Tennants are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for his assistance in identifying the marks.
Sold for £280
Estimated at £70 - £100
Auction: Antiques & Interiors, to include Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art, 5th Jan, 2024
The first Antiques & Interiors sale of 2024 comprises over 900 lots and includes a specialist section of Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art, and over 170 lots of Silver, including part of a collection of Regimental Silver, sold by order of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to benefit the Fusiliers’ Aid Society. The second part of the Regimental Silver Collection will be included in the Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale on 13th January.
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Wednesday 27th December - Friday 29th December 11am-3pm, Tuesday 2nd -Wednesday 3rd January 10am-4pm, Thursday 4th January 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 7.30am
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