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A Sheffield-plated globe-form tea and coffee machine circa 1800
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- height overall 21 in.
- 53.3 cm
comprising a large and a pair of smaller spherical urns, the larger supported in a frame decorated with lion masks, and the smaller in frames decorated with roses, each engraved with contemporary arms under a viscount's coronet, swiveling on square bases and fitted into a stand with ball supports.
Provenance
Sold, Christie's, New York, October 20, 1998, lot 346
Catalogue Note
The arms are those of Howard quartering Boleyne, as borne by the Viscounts Wicklow.