Arts and Crafts - 20th June 2018

Lot 289

An H.G. Murphy Falcon Studio Art Deco silver five-bar toast rack

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1600

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Description

An H.G. Murphy Falcon Studio Art Deco silver five-bar toast rack, London 1938, circular bars, central tapering fluted handle, on a rectangular base on four square pad feet, stamped marks, length 9.5cm, approx. weight 6.5oz. Provenance H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner. Literature Paul Atterbury and John Benjamin The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 105 this design illustrated