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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Treasures: Important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  24 Oct 2018 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  41
• Lot Description:
  A historically important set of four inscribed and crested George IV sterling silver lidded entrée dishes from the Lonsdale Silver Presentation
  I&I Waterhouse & Co., Sheffield, circa 1828, each with a shallow rectangular body engraved to the front and back with the Lonsdale family Stag insignia, beneath a fitted domed cover inscribed to the front 'Presented / TO William Lonsdale Esqre. / BY CERTAIN INHABITANTS / OF THE TOWN & DISTRICT OF / MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP, / in Testimony of Their high Regard / FOR HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHARACTER, / A.D. 1839', the reverse bearing the Lonsdale family coat of arms with the motto 'BOLD AS VIRTUE', the body and cover of each entrée dish cast with shell and leaf borders, beneath a removable oak branch, acorn and oak leaf cast handle
  approximately 8,376 gms total weight of silver, 31 cm wide, 14 cm high, 24.5 cm deep
• Estimate:
  A$100,000 - 200,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Silver

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