Silver & Objects of Vertu - 2nd May 2024

Lot 1547

By Gerald Benney, a pair of modern silver beakers,

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1008

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Description

By Gerald Benney, a pair of modern silver beakers,
London 1987,
tapering circular form, the tops with a single line decoration, gilded bowls, in the original box and with an accompanying note, height 8.7cm, approx. weight 9.9oz. (2)

The note handwritten from Gerald Benney, 23 Feb 1989, 'Dear Harry and Barbara, I would like to think of you both drinking your G & T's out of my beakers so I hope that you will be able to accept the enclosed and have many happy hours raising them! From Janet and Gerald'.