Hamilton Illustrated Auction Sale Catalogue - Silver 1919, NMS N/R : Page 15

FOREIGN SILVER-GILT - all at.

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109 A FRENCH EMPIRE SERVICE, chased with winged
figures, Napoleonic emblems, festoons of fruit and flowers,
dolphins and gryphons—signed “BIENNAIS ORFRE DE S.
MrÉ L'EMPEREUR ET ROI “—consisting of—
A large tea-urn-33 in. high
Two tea-pots and stands
A coffee-pot
A milk-jug
A tea-caddy
A cut-glass canister
Two oval dishes, on stands
A tea-infuser and two strainers
Two butter-knives
In case
(Gross weight without glass, 785 oz.)

110 A TRAVELLING SERVICE, comprising an oblong tray, with
double condiment-box at the back, chased in the centre
with the Arms of England surmounted by a Cardinal’s
hat, and the border chased with bucrania and laurel
festoons on a matted ground, with laurel-wreath borders
supported by a figure of an eagle at each corner, two
steel knives with silver-gilt bandies chased with foliage,
two silver-gilt forks, and two spoons—by Valadini, Rome
—in leather case—(weight, without knives, 81 oz. 2 dwt.)

Originally the property of Cardinal York
Exhibited at South Kensington, 1862

111 A LIQUEUR-CASE, en suite, formed as an oblong casket,
chased with swans and herons in oval panels, bucrania
and laurel festoons round the borders, and lion’s-mask
handles, supported at the corners on feet chased as eagles,
the cover surmounted by a group of two Cupids supporting
the Cardinal’s Arms, the interior fitted with six glass decanters
In leather-covered case
Originally the property of Cardinal York
Exhibited at South Kensington, 1862

112 A French Empire ewer, chased with Classical ornament
—(gross weight, 25 oz. 14 dwt.)