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Lot 682
A Large Victorian Silver Vanity Set with Cupid Motif
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(15) pieces including: a pair of candlesticks with London (1898) (5.75 in); a shaped gallery tray with London (1900) hallmarks (12.25 x 9 in.); (2) clothes brushes, London (1898 and 1913); a hand mirror with London (1898) hallmarks (some loss to silvering and scratching to glass); a button hook with London (1899) hallmarks; a pair of curling irons with London (1900) hallmarks; a shoe horn with London (1900) hallmarks; a hairbrush with London (1896) hallmarks; a small traveling mirror with London (1900) hallmarks (4 in.) (broken mirror); a dresser jar with rubbed date letter (chipping to interior glass cover); a cylinder lacking glass liner with Birmingham hallmarks (.6 troy oz.); a miniature copy of The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony with silver cover with Birmingham hallmarks (.05 troy oz.) (cover detached, damage to spine); and a copy of The Bible with silver clad cover with Birmingham hallmarks (cover detached and damage to spine). Most items with "WC" sponsor's mark attributed to William Comyns, and most with period monogram "GBT."

Each with wear to design from polishing.