Arts and Crafts - 20th June 2018

Lot 307

A fine H.G. Murphy Falcon Studio copper tea caddy and cover

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A fine H.G. Murphy Falcon Studio copper tea caddy and cover, shouldered, hammered form with waisted domed cover, the body set with silver chased triangle motif, silver rims to caddy and cover, the finial with cut bands, stamped marks to base 17.5cm. high (2) 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 Collector's Club, page 123 for this example illustrated