9th Jan, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST
A Three-Piece Victorian Silver Plate Table-Garniture, Apparently Unmarked, Circa 1880, each piece on trefoil base with cast hippocampus, with fluted stems, each with three scroll branches which terminate in spool-shaped sockets, two with further central socket and one with cut-glass bowl, 58.5cm high and smaller (3)
Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600
. The candelabra each stamped with number 2942(?). There is some surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The wear is noticeable as some loss to the plating. There is some minor bruising to the branches.
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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 9th Jan, 2021
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
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