17th Jul, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver

 
  Lot 2133
 

2133

A French Silver-Gilt Dressing-Table Service by Gustave Keller, Paris, Late 19th Century, each piece

A French Silver-Gilt Dressing-Table Service by Gustave Keller, Paris, Late 19th Century, each piece engraved with a coat-of-arms below a coronet, comprising: A dressing-table mirror with easel-back, 43.5cm high A set of four engraved glass bottles with silver-gilt mounted foot and rim, 17.5cm high and slightly smaller Three engraved glass jars with silver-gilt mounted foot and rim, 12cm high and smaller A pair of candlesticks, 10.5cm high A pin-tray 18.3cm wide A shoe-horn A pair of glove stretchers A pair of clothes-brushes A pair of hair-brushes A pair of small hair-brushes A hand-mirror in fitted brass-mounted oak case, the case 61cm wide, weighable silver 28oz 16dwt, 897gr (20) By tradition the arms are those of van den Bergh.
Not Sold

 

. Each piece is marked on silver-gilt mounts. Most pieces further stamped 'G Keller'. The lock plate stamped 'Gustave Keller Fabricant Orfevre 22 Rue Joubert Paris'. There is some minor surface scratching and wear to the mounts and some scratching to the glass. The mounts on the back of the mirror are brass. The case has some scuffs and has a somewhat glossy finish. There is wear and loss to the bristles.

 


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Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 17th Jul, 2021

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