Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 713

λBy H.G. Murphy

Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £1100

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Description

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.