Lot 37
Lot 37
AN EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT AND CUT GLASS WHEELBARROW AND A FRENCH SILVER WINE TROLLEY

THE WHEELBARROW MARK OF WILLIAM COMYNS & SONS, LONDON, 1909, THE WINE TROLLEY MARK OF FRAY FILS, PARIS, CIRCA 1885

    Price Realised USD 8,190
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    USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
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    AN EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT AND CUT GLASS WHEELBARROW AND A FRENCH SILVER WINE TROLLEY

    THE WHEELBARROW MARK OF WILLIAM COMYNS & SONS, LONDON, 1909, THE WINE TROLLEY MARK OF FRAY FILS, PARIS, CIRCA 1885

    Price Realised USD 8,190
    Price Realised USD 8,190
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    The wheelbarrow realistically modeled, with removable cut glass basket with flowers and scrolling foliage, raised on two rear legs and an openwork wheel, marked on underside; The wine trolley formed as a chariot, the body engraved with grapevines on a trellis and applied with a border of scrolling grape vine and grapes, the front engraved with Bacchus sitting on a barrel with the initials AM and holding aloft a cup, raised on two openwork wheels to the front centered by lion masks and a central wheel to the back, marked on body
    151⁄2 in. (39.3 cm.) long, the wheelbarrow; 123⁄4 in. (32.4 cm.) long, the wine trolley
    62 oz. 16 dwt. (1,953 gr.) weighable silver
    Provenance
    Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 145 (the wheelbarrow).
    Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 22 April 2010, lot 36 (the wine trolley).
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