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178A pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Sèvres vases, circa 1816LOT SOLD.150,000GBP -
126A rare early gold, enamel and pearl musical box, the movement signed: F. Lecoultre, Geneva, circa 1814A rare early gold, enamel and pearl musical box, the movement signed: F. Lecoultre, Geneva, circa 1814LOT SOLD.68,750GBP -
32A commemorative gold and enamel double portrait snuff box, maker's mark IB probably for James Bellis, London, 1767A commemorative gold and enamel double portrait snuff box, maker's mark IB probably for James Bellis, London, 1767LOT SOLD.68,750GBP -
7A German silver-gilt stacking 'Munzbecher', Hans Kellner, Nuremberg, 1592-94LOT SOLD.65,000GBP -
99A rare gold tobacco box, unmarked, probably Dutch, circa 1690A rare gold tobacco box, unmarked, probably Dutch, circa 1690LOT SOLD.62,500GBP
Overview
AUCTION RESULTS
The third edition of From Earth to Fire achieved the strongest results since its creation last year, with a total of £2.2 million and more than 61% lots sold above the high estimate.
Highlights included four dessert plates from the ‘Japanese service’, which sold for more than £140,000, against an estimate of £24,000-32,000; a German silver-gilt ‘Munzbecher’, which sold for £65,000, against an estimate of £8,000-12,000; and a gold and enamel double portrait snuff box, which sold for £68,750 against an estimate of £30-50,000.
AUCTION DETAILS
We are delighted to announce 2017’s first edition of 'From Earth to Fire', the sale that offers fine silver, ceramics and objets of vertu for the modern kunstkammer.
With estimates ranging from £500 to £50,000, this highly curated sale offers something for the aspiring collector as well as the seasoned connoisseur. Highlights of the sale include private collections of early continental silver, English delftware and porcelain and the final part of the Hoffenreich collection of gold and enamel boxes.
