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AN AUSTRALIAN SILVER TWO HANDLED AGRICULTURAL TROPHY VASE
Maker's mark Brunkhorst, Adelaide circa 1909
Of slender, tapering form, flanked by leaf cast handles, inscribed 'Royal Agric. & Hort. Society of S.A Incorp / Col. Jas. Rowell C.B / President / J.A Riley / Secretary / September Show 1909 / Presented by Alick J. Murray Esq. / For 10 cwt Bacon / in fit condition for Export / Awarded to / W.J Davis,' raised on a stepped circular foot, hallmarked BRUNKHORST, ADELAIDE, with a crown and a lion passant, 582 grs. total weight of silver, 31 cm high.
Note: listed in J.B Hawkin's pulication, Australian Silver 1800-1900, Macarthur Press Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1973, 125, page 86; illustrated in K. Albrecht, 19th Century Australian Gold and Silversmiths, Hutchinson Australia, Richmond 1969, item 38.
Lot 179
Maker's mark Brunkhorst, Adelaide circa 1909
Of slender, tapering form, flanked by leaf cast handles, inscribed 'Royal Agric. & Hort. Society of S.A Incorp / Col. Jas. Rowell C.B / President / J.A Riley / Secretary / September Show 1909 / Presented by Alick J. Murray Esq. / For 10 cwt Bacon / in fit condition for Export / Awarded to / W.J Davis,' raised on a stepped circular foot, hallmarked BRUNKHORST, ADELAIDE, with a crown and a lion passant, 582 grs. total weight of silver, 31 cm high.
Note: listed in J.B Hawkin's pulication, Australian Silver 1800-1900, Macarthur Press Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1973, 125, page 86; illustrated in K. Albrecht, 19th Century Australian Gold and Silversmiths, Hutchinson Australia, Richmond 1969, item 38.
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
LJ Decorative Arts and Fine Furniture Sale
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Sale: LJ5431
6:00pm - 24 May 2010
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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