A DUTCH SILVER MINIATURE FONT DECORATED WITH SWANS
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Part of the collection (lots 167-231) formed by Baron Michiels van Verduynen (1885-1952), the Dutch ambassador to the Court of St James’(1939-1942). After the collection returned to the family’s residence Huys Clingendael. Thence by descent to the Barons Van Tuyll van Serooskerken. |
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| Estimate: |
£200 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£190 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
18th/19th century
the bowl of lobed form incised with swan decorations, with a realistically shaped swan mounted to the centre of the font, surmounted on a tripod shaft formed as swan necks, terminating in a hexagonal stepped base (26.0 grams)
