Very Rare English Cast-Brass Douter and Tray, early 18th Century
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January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 USD
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Very Rare English Cast-Brass Douter and Tray
early 18th Century
The tray of hourglass shape with an acorn motif side handle on four ball feet with brass douter scissors.
Length of Tray 7 1/4 in.; Length of Snuffer 4 1/2 in.
Christie's, London, The Casimir Collection of Metalwork, January 23, 2008, sale 5087, lot 172.
A nearly identical example is illustrated in Rupert Gentle and Rachel Feild, English Domestic Brass 1680-1810, (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975), p. 132, no. 83.
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