A MATCHED SET OF SIX LIBERTY AND CO SILVER AND ENAMELLED BUTTONS (6)
Probably designed by Archibald Knox. Comprising; five Birmingham 1903, the sixth very faintly marked, all detailed Liberty and Co Cymric, diameter 2cm, combined gross weight 23.9 grams, with an associated case
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£60 - £90
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Hammer price:
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£950 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.
See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
Condition Report; Two of the buttons are chipped to the front, one of these two the hallmark is very poorly struck, passant lion and date letter are very faint, all six buttons have a few surface marks, one of the 1903 buttons is rather worn to the date letter, shank to one button has cut marks, probably as a result of someone removing the button from a garment, the buttons are of hollow construction. Four of the shanks are slightly bent over, the loops are otherwise intact
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