Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 711

λBy H.G. Murphy

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2400

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Description

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.