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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Property From The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE & Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  31 Mar 2015 ~ 6pm Session 1: Lots 1 - 162
  01 Apr 2015 ~ 6pm Session 2: Lots 163 - 461
• Lot #:
  97
• Lot Description:
  A Dutch silver Nef-form bottle holder, circa 1880, bearing sterling silver import marks for London 1926
  modeled as a two masted ship at full sail, the decks with applied cannon and sailors, the figurehead of the hull modeled as a dolphins head, the beak forming the spout, the gilt interior hull repousse decorated with scales and depicting scenes from marine mythology, the rudder modeled as a fish tail, supported on four feet modeled as fins mounted with openwork wheels, marked to all larger parts (2)
  3760 grams, 72 cm high, 59 cm wide, 14 cm deep
• Provenance:
  The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Silver

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