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A SILVER CONDIMENT SET
A GEORGE I WALNUT BACHELORS’ CHEST
A rare set of silver condiment holders by Alexander Crichton, naturalistically fashioned into the form of acorns, including four salts as cuplets with gilt interiors and spoons each with an acorn finial, two pepper pots with removal nut and a mustard pot with a hinged lid, all resting on oak leaf sprigs. England, circa 1879
A very fine early 18th century walnut bachelors’ chest of fine colour and patina, the turnover top above four graduated drawers with herringbone inlay, all retaining their original handles, the whole supported on bracket feet. England, circa 1720
Height: 3in/8.5cm Width: 3½in/9.5cm Depth: 3in/7.5cm
Height: 28in/71cm Width: 30in/76cm Depth: 13in/32.5cm F3C0371
O3C0381
Alexander Crichton produced some of the finest whimsical silver in the repertoire of the English silversmith, seemingly inspired by the drawings of Sir John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (1872). Crichton’s greatest triumphs are a series of silver mounted glass claret jugs in the form of animals and birds, made between 1881 and 1882, of which the bodies are made of glass and the heads and feet are in silver.
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