AN antique silver collection, featuring more than 800 pieces, has sold for more than £400,000 in the Cotswolds.
The Peter Cameron Collection, a collection of more than 800 pieces collected by 'world-renowned antique silver specialist' Peter Cameron, has sold for 'well over' £400,000 at Kinghams Auctioneers in Moreton.
Standout pieces include a Victorian silver and parcel-gilt novelty huntman inkwell, which sold for £8,528 and a Victorian silver-gilt cased tea set, designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, which also sold for £8,528.
According to associate director at Kinghams Auctioneers and silver specialist Matthew Lafite: "In the world of antique silver, the name Peter Cameron is synonymous with quality, scholarship, and expertise. Peter has a well-earned reputation as a true expert with exacting standards. This collection contains some of the finest pieces of silver encountered outside of a museum. We are delighted to have been entrusted with the collection, and the outcome is extremely pleasing.”
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The huntsman inkwell was possibly modelled after the Duke of Argyll and generated 'worldwide interest and a bidding battle', according to the auctioneers.
Mr Lafite added: “Henry William and Louis Dee made high-quality silver novelties, including a number in the form of political caricatures. There is a striking resemblance to the 8th Duke of Argyll, George John Douglas Campbell, the polymath and Liberal statesman. So far as we know, this piece is a one-off. The quality is second to none. We were delighted with the interest this lot generated, and the result is very pleasing."
A cased Victorian silver coaching horn, presented by the Marquis of Waterford in 1838 almost doubled its top estimate, and sold to a UK-based buyer for £4985.
Mr Lafite added: "Unusual, interesting, and fine quality silver items are very keenly contested in our specialist silver sales, and we were delighted with the strong results achieved in the auction."
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