Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 8Ф,Y
An extraordinary silver, gold and hardstone fishbowl sculpture by Tétard Frères, Paris circa 1920
27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Michael Moorcroft
Consultant
An extraordinary silver, gold and hardstone fishbowl sculpture
by Tétard Frères, Paris circa 1920
Shaped as the outline of a glass fishbowl, the interior filled with a fantastical collection of fresh water and salt water creatures, including agate goldfish, ivory and mother-of-pearl angel fish with silver bubbles rising from their mouths, an ivory seahorse and frog, mussels and a starfish, set amongst silver and gold reeds and corals, attached to a nephrite base and composite stand, the whole supported on silver base with four mermaids with ivory and mother-of-pearl tails, height 34cm.
Shaped as the outline of a glass fishbowl, the interior filled with a fantastical collection of fresh water and salt water creatures, including agate goldfish, ivory and mother-of-pearl angel fish with silver bubbles rising from their mouths, an ivory seahorse and frog, mussels and a starfish, set amongst silver and gold reeds and corals, attached to a nephrite base and composite stand, the whole supported on silver base with four mermaids with ivory and mother-of-pearl tails, height 34cm.
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