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A Victorian Staghunt centrepiece, Stephen Smith and William…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
14-Nov-2010
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Description:
A Victorian Staghunt centrepiece, Stephen Smith and William Nicholson, London 1850, formed as a rocky leaf and fern decorated outcrop supporting a felled stag, kneeling on top of a wheel a jubilant kilted huntsman holding up the stag's head in his left hand while about to announce his triumph on the horn in his right hand. Partially resting on the rump of the stag, a deer hound howls his support, the outcrop with a vacant cartouche and the whole on a waisted wooden stand with a band of egg and foliate decoration. Marked on the stag, huntsman, hound, outcrop, most foliation and the land around the stand. Height 61 cm. Length 56 cm.
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Category:
Silver: Centrepieces