Lot 12
Set of Four Victorian Silver Dessert Stands, Robert Garrard, London, 1875
Lot 12 Details
Set of Four Victorian Silver Dessert Stands, Robert Garrard, London, 1875
of shaped circular form, pierced and moulded with fan panels and scrollwork, the multi-knopped stems cast with animal masks and leaves above domed circular bases pierced and moulded with bead borders, scrollwork and further masks
height 9.4" — 24 cm., diameter 9.1" — 23 cm.
168.1 oz. — 5227 grams
Estimate $3,500-$5,000
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Inscription reads: Presented / TO / Burton R.P. Persse. / by the Members of the / COUNTY OF GALWAY HUNT / AND OTHER FRIENDS / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR / sincere regard. / 1877
Burton Robert Parsons Persse, Esq., J.P., D.L., Moyode Castle, Co. Galway, b.1828, was a celebrated sportsman, Master of the Galway Hunt, ‘The Castle Boy Blazers’ for thirty years, until his death in 1885