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 |
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.