ID 432588
Lot 146 | A LARGE COLLECTION OF KINGFISHER FEATHER AND GILT METAL HAIR...
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
19TH CENTURY
The group comprises eighteen kingfisher feather and gilt metal hair pins, decorated with a variety of motifs including flowers, fish, butterflies and dragons, some 'en tremblant'; two large kingfisher feather peony ornaments; a kingfisher feather diadem; a pair of gilt metal hair pins elaborately worked with an abundance of flowers and each set with a carved agate bud; a pair of earrings and two single earrings; a set of five coral, pearl and kingfisher feather-decorated buttons; a peacok feather plume and four further hair pins.
The largest 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) long
| Medium: | Gilding, Pearls |
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| Category: | Hair ornaments |
| Medium: | Gilding, Pearls |
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| Category: | Hair ornaments |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |




