Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25 Apr 2018
λBy H.G. Murphy
λBy H.G. Murphy, a silver, Lapis Lazuli and ivory Art Deco cup and cover,
London 1939, also with the Falcon Studio mark,
tapering circular form, spot hammered decoration, the pull off cover with a raised carved tapering ivory finial with a Lapis Lazuli faceted knop, on a raised circular and panelled foot, height 26cm, approx. weight 17oz.
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 87.