A DUTCH SILVER BASKET AND A VICTORIAN SILVER BASKET

Lot 137
19.07.2022 11:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 795320
Lot 137 | A DUTCH SILVER BASKET AND A VICTORIAN SILVER BASKET
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
Tapering oval on four paw feet, the sides pierced with panels of horizontal bands centred by a ribbon-tied medallion and framed by two beaded borders, with ram's mask and drop-ring handles, engraved twice with later crest, together with a matching example, engraved with the same crest and inscription '19th September 1875', each marked underneath
53/4 in. (14.5 cm.) long
11 oz. 19 dwt. (372 gr.)
The later crest is that of Schroder, for Baron Sir John Henry Schroder 1st and last Bt. (1825-1910) of The Dell, Old Windsor, Berkshire.
The inscription commemorates the Silver Wedding Anniversary of his marriage to Evelina Dorothea Schlüsser (1828-1900), daughter of Wilhelm Schlüsser of St. Petersburg, which took place at the German Lutheran Church in London on 19 September 1850.
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