Lot 480
  • 480

A George V silver table bell, Harman & Lambert, London, 1919

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • SILVER
cast swirl fluted, complete with clapper, maker's mark of Sydney Bellamy Harman, 8.6cm., 2 5/8in. high; together with two silver pepperettes, one vase-shaped, on three rams' head supports, engraved with the Houghton crest, unmarked, circa 1790, 6.5cm., 2 1/2 in. high, the other baluster, engraved with the Crewe crest below a baron's coronet, marks rubbed, Emes & Barnard, London, 1822, 8.5cm., 3 3/8in. high

Literature

Anon., List of Wedding Presents, 6 March 1953, 'Table Bell: Old Lady', given by Sir Hew H. Dalrymple

Condition

bell: marks and condition good; Houghton pepperette, rather worn, otherwise good, no maks; Crewe pepperette, marks and condition rather worn, marks on cover good
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