Lot 189
Silvered Metal Mounted Rookwood Lamp Base, Harriet E. Wilcox and Kitaro Shirayamadani, c.1900
Lot 189 Details
Silvered Metal Mounted Rookwood Lamp Base, Harriet E. Wilcox and Kitaro Shirayamadani, c.1900
with font, the ovoid body and collar painted with boughs of blossoming prunus and applied with conforming relief-moulded and engraved silver mounts
height 12.8" — 32.5 cm.
impressed marks including S1570, incised artists’ initials and signature
Estimate $1,000-$1,500
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CONDITION DETAILS
Two very small glaze chips at the rim; three very minor firing cracks visible under the base rim and some crazing on the interior are not significant; otherwise substantially in good condition; the mounts on the collar appear to be typical engraved silver overlay technique - the mounts around the base are in very high relief and the silver cladding appears to be over copper, with spots of copper showing through at wear points under the three feet; the silver is not marked at all; the rim of the font is threaded and the base of the font has a hole at the centre - there is no hole in the main body