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Lot 56
Sale 4995 - Silver & Objets de Vertu
Apr 18, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,300
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Fine Irish Regency silver teapot and open sugar william nowlan, dublin, 1817-18
The repoussé and chased teapot and open sugar or wastebowl of squat form with engraved scale-work design surrounded by floral blossoms and C-scrolls and raised on shell-capped scroll feet, the teapot with phoenix-shaped spout and bearded mask below, the sugar with twin maiden-form handles. Engraved with the Fenwick family crest of a phoenix in flames murally gorged above the motto "Resurgam" (I shall rise again).
H: 6 1/4, W: 10 1/2 in. (teapot). Total weight: 48 oz.