24th Oct, 2024 9:30
Hunt & Roskell (late Storr & Mortimer) a pair of finely cast silver gilt figural table comports, London 1859 by Hunt & Roskell, No9820,, each with a spreading bough with hanging grapes above a lady and gentleman one gathering fruit the other skating on a pond, from the series symbolic of the four seasons,both on a moulded tripartite lobed base with fruit and vines, bearing a dated inscription for 1931, 112 ozt combined 29 cm overall height,
Sold for £2,800
Condition Report
Both comports are missing their glass tops.
The female stand has some slight rubbing to the gilt finish but structurally good.
The male figure stand has an old repair in the form of a plate to tension the figure, the boy seems to have had something in his hand.
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Hunt & Roskell (late Storr & Mortimer) a pair of finely cast silver gilt figural table comports, London 1859 by Hunt & Roskell, No9820,, each with a spreading bough with hanging grapes above a lady and gentleman one gathering fruit the other skating on a pond, from the series symbolic of the four seasons,both on a moulded tripartite lobed base with fruit and vines, bearing a dated inscription for 1931, 112 ozt combined 29 cm overall height,
