ID 432587
Lot 145 | A COLLECTION OF KINGFISHER FEATHER AND GILT-METAL HAIR ORNAM...
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 10 000
19TH CENTURY
The group comprises: two elaborate hairpins, each finely detailed in kingfisher feather, one with a design of two confronting dragons 'en tremblant' either side of a flaming pearl of immortality and the other with butterflies, fruit and flowers 'en tremblant', both with tassels hung with various coloured stones; a pair of 'bat and swastika' kingfisher feather hair combs; and three large hairpins decorated in kingfisher feather with fish and insects 'en tremblant'.
The longest 11 ½ in. (29.3 cm.) long
| Category: | Hair ornaments |
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| Category: | Hair ornaments |
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| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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