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A RARE SILVER SALVER BY WILLIAM EDWARDS, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1859, RETAILED BY WALSH & SONS
A RARE SILVER SALVER BY WILLIAM EDWARDS, MELBOURNE, CIRCA 1859, RETAILED BY WALSH & SONSEstimate $10,000 – $15,000
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engraved to the centre with a fruiting grape vine, the cast applied border with a neo-classical design of masks, animals and baskets of grapes and trailing vine, hallmarked emu, W.E., kangaroo and sterling silver, further marked W. Edwards, manufacturer, Melbourne, by appointment to HRH Duke of Edinburgh
594GMS, 24.5CM DIAM
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For a similar example see Nineteenth Century Australian Silver, J.B. Hawkins, (2 Volumes) Antique Collectors Club, 1990, Vol. 1, p. 203, salver, from the Altmann Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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