Return to Elegance: The Star Collection
Return to Elegance: The Star Collection
Lot Closed
October 20, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A GEORGE V SILVER LARGE CUP AND COVER, SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, DESIGNED BY CHARLES SYKES, 1927
of heavy weight, unengraved, the stem and lower body with fruit clusters between lobes, repeated on the cover below bud finial, engraved underneath "Chas. Sykes, Design" and "Garrard London, Fecit."
marked on body and cover
79 oz
2457 g
height 12¼ in.
31 cm
Charles Sykes is best known as the designer of the "Spirit of Ecstasy", used as the hood ornament by Rolls Royce.