Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 710

λBy H.G. Murphy

Estimate £600 - £800

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Description

λBy H.G. Murphy, an early silver and ivory thermometer,

the base with a HGM monogram,

rounded rectangular form, rope-work border and loop terminal, with niello decoration of a sun within foliate and scroll borders, ivory back panel, the glass thermometer broken, length 22.5cm.

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 78.