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Four Day Auction of Books, Stamps & Three Artists’ Studio, Sporting & Militaria with Furniture & Interiors (Macclesfield)(#216) 15/02/2022 10:00 AM GMT CLOSED

Lot 1 of 3033: MANCHESTER 1857; a rare and important hallmarked silver centrepiece by John Samuel Hunt, the finial with cherub beside a winged bird holding a flaming torch aloft, with central column inscribed 'A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever' and three figures representing the Arts, the domed circular base inscribed with some of the great artists including Rembrandt, Reynolds, Turner and Raphael, with three further cherub mounts, three oval plaques and further applied inscription 'Exhibition of Art Treasure

Lot closed - Winning bid:£21,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

Four Day Auction of Books, Stamps & Three Artists’ Studio, Sporting & Militaria with Furniture & Interiors (Macclesfield)(#216)  15/02/2022 10:00 AM GMT  CLOSED