Lot 704

AN EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZE BRÛLE-PARFUM (3)

Coleridge Collection, With winged swan mount supporting a cut-glass bowl, with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ label, 19.5cm high; Together with a gilt-metal mounted gilt-brass table bell, surmounted by a bird, 15cm high; and a gilt-metal mounted and pearl mounted fob watch holder, mounted on an marble base modelled as a tasselled cushion, possibly Italian, 19th Century, 21cm high

Estimate: £150 - £250
Hammer price: £240
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance

The Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection

Christie's, South Kensington, 15 December 1994, unknown lot (the perfume burner).

Condition Report:

Brule-parfum: central hanging chain is broken and missing a small section; general marks and wear consistent with age and use; glass bowl loose in its gilt-metal mount.

Table bell: evidence of small solder repairs notably to the base of the gilt-metal above the marble; marble base with knocks and scratches consistent with age and use; lacking screw to fix the bell to the base.

Fob watch holder: Wear and discolouration throughout including verdigris to the base of the ‘shell’ ; holder loose on the marble base; marks and wear throughout. 



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