EUROPEAN, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Lot 562

EUROPEAN, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

A GROUP OF TURNED AND CARVED IVORY KUNSTKAMMER OBJECTS

Closed7 December 2018

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GBP 30,000

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EUROPEAN, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
A GROUP OF TURNED AND CARVED IVORY KUNSTKAMMER OBJECTS
Comprising a turned ivory cup and cover, German, late 19th century, with indistinct inscription '...1886' (?); an ostrich egg on a turned ivory stand; German, 18th century, with a turned ebonised wood finial; an ivory and gilt-bronze figure of Henri IV of France, after Barthelemy Tremblay, French, 19th century, on a marble plinth; and an Anglo-Indian ebony and ivory candlestick, 19th century

Ostrich egg on stand: 14 in. (35.6 cm.) high, overall
Candlestick: 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high
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Acquired from Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp between 2007 and 2012.