Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25 Apr 2018
λBy H.G. Murphy
λBy H.G. Murphy, a five-piece silver, ivory and niello work Art Deco dressing table set,
London 1932/33, three pieces with the Falcon Studio mark,
comprising: a mirror, a hair brush, two clothes brushes and a comb, with geometric Art Deco niello work decoration, the hair brush and mirror with a carved ivory finial, in the original fitted case, length of mirror 25.7cm,
Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner.
illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 116.