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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
25-Mar-2024
Lot No.
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Description:
A Kerr & Binns Worcester 'Limoges Enamel' decorated exhibition quality chalice and cover, dated 1858, the enamel decoration by Thomas Bott, Snr, the tapering cup-shaped body on a baluster stem and circular foot, the cover with a domed and finialled centre, cobalt ground with enamelled motifs and gilt details throughout, the body decorated all round with a gilt arcade enclosing figures of male saints finely rendered in white enamel, signed by Bott underside with conjoined initials above the printed red shield factory mark incorporating the date mark '58', 27.5 cm high. Condition: vertical hairline crack through the baluster stem (approx. 5 cm)., Wear to the mouthrim with retouching
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Ceramics: Zother - 19th Century British