Y A RARE UNRECORDED SILVER MUSTARD POT ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE, FOR THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFTS, UNMARKED, CIRCA 1910-1920 With a circular thumb piece to the domed cover, a turned ivory handle, the body pierced with foliate decoration, on a circular spreading base, scratch engraved to underside 1920 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high 143g (4.6 oz)Literature: Modern English silverwork: an essay by C R Ashbee, plate 39, figure B, published Essex House Press and B T Batsford, London 1908/1909 where described by Ashbee as a "MUSTARD-POT.. is also chased and perforated but is of circular form with an ivory handle and contains a deeper glass vessel: it stands upon eight ball feet"Saleroom notice: This lot contains elephant ivory and is therefore subject to both CITES regulations and the UK Ivory Act 2018. Goods containing African elephant ivory cannot be imported to the USA, while other countries have in place wide-ranging restrictions on exporting and importing property containing elephant ivory. Prospective buyers are advised to familiarise themselves with the export and import restrictions prior to bidding. We will not be able to cancel your purchase if your lot may not be exported, imported or it is seized for any reason by a government authority. Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lot (Ref: JS2FWXAL)
Y A RARE UNRECORDED SILVER MUSTARD POT ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE, FOR THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFTS, UNMARKED, CIRCA 1910-1920 With a circular thumb piece to the domed cover, a turned ivory handle, the body pierced with foliate decoration, on a circular spreading base, scratch engraved to underside 1920 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high 143g (4.6 oz)Literature: Modern English silverwork: an essay by C R Ashbee, plate 39, figure B, published Essex House Press and B T Batsford, London 1908/1909 where described by Ashbee as a "MUSTARD-POT.. is also chased and perforated but is of circular form with an ivory handle and contains a deeper glass vessel: it stands upon eight ball feet"Saleroom notice: This lot contains elephant ivory and is therefore subject to both CITES regulations and the UK Ivory Act 2018. Goods containing African elephant ivory cannot be imported to the USA, while other countries have in place wide-ranging restrictions on exporting and importing property containing elephant ivory. Prospective buyers are advised to familiarise themselves with the export and import restrictions prior to bidding. We will not be able to cancel your purchase if your lot may not be exported, imported or it is seized for any reason by a government authority. Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lot (Ref: JS2FWXAL)
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