The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 346
RATCLIFF'S 1834 BRASSFOUNDER'S CATALOGUE
Estimate £150 - £200
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Description
RATCLIFF'S 1834 BRASSFOUNDER'S CATALOGUE
FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF TWENTY REPRINTS, 1986
in half leather bound marble boards, published 1986 by Roderick Butler
Catalogue Note
Almost all brassfounder’s catalogues have no owner's details. The original from which this reprint was taken is inscribed Ratcliff, suggesting it may have originally been owned by a member of the Ratcliff family of brassfounders in London. Most other copies if the run of reprints are now held by international museums and institutions.