Lot 1344
  • 1344

A Victorian silver table bell, Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1875

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • marked on interior rim and clapper, rim also stamped Elkington & Co and 1154
  • silver
  • height 4 3/4 in.
  • 12 cm
the bell cast with a reclining female figure and a man kissing a dog within strapwork cartouches topped by putti and flanked by a mask and two swans

Condition

in good condition, but casting is crude
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