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A rare and important Australian sterling silver Old English…
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Sydney
Date:
21-Jun-2017
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A rare and important Australian sterling silver Old English pattern canteen of flatware and two serving pieces, Harry Fischer, circa 1895, comprising: six each table forks, table spoons, dessert forks, dessert spoons together with a silver pie server and slice, the handles with undulating sides and pointed terminals, all pieces engraved with monogram for Dr Edward Joseph Brooke du Moulin, stamped 'H. Fischer, Stg. Silver', Total weight 1738 gms, slice 28.4 cm long. Provenance: Dr Edward Joseph Brooke Du Moulin, Dubbo. Private Collection, Dubbo, by bequest from the above. Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above. Literature. J.B Hawkins, Nineteenth Century Australian Silver, Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, England, 1990, vol. 1, p. 307 (illustrated). Harry Fischer was the son of the renowned early Australian silversmith, Edward Fischer, Geelong. On Edward Fischer's retirement Harry continued the business in Melbourne until 1916. This canteen was made for Dr Du Moulin and J.B. Hawkins states in his Nineteenth Century Australian Silver that 'it is possibly the only known complete canteen of 19th century Australian silver flatware'. Dr Du Moulin also owned the silver medal given by Governor King to the Maori Chief Te Pahi in 1806, sold by Sotheby's Australia in 2014.
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