Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29th April 2015

Lot 695

A pair of German silver models of a parrot and parakeet

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000

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Description

A pair of German silver models of a parrot and parakeet,

with import marks for Chester 1905, importer's mark of Samuel Landeck,

both perched on a branch, with detachable heads and hinged wings, the bodies with simulated feathers, on green marble columns, with pierced garlands of flowers, on raised circular bases with acanthus leaf decoration, height 30.5cm, and 28.2cm, approx. total weight of plinths 35.5oz. (2)