Lot 3 | A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS FIGURAL WATCH STAND,
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A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS FIGURAL WATCH STAND, MESSENGER & SONS OF BIRMINGHAM, MID 19TH CENTURY modelled as a Jack Tar holding aloft the hook, on square base, underside stamped 'MESSENGER' -- 14cm high Messrs Messenger & Sons were celebrated manufacturers of bronzes, ormolu and especially lamps, with premises in London as well as Birmingham. They exhibited at the 1851 London Internation Exhibition and the author of the Art Journal's illustrated Exhibition Catalogue noted 'We have on former occasions, made ourselves acquainted with the manufactured works of Messrs Messenger & Sons of Birmingham, who are contributors to the great Exhibition of an extensive variety of useful and ornamental productions in iron, bronze etc. distinguished by elegance and correctness of design, and excellent workmanship' (The Art-Journal, 1851, p.184) The firm also exhibited at the Internation Exhibition of 1862 and continued to florish throughout the 19th century. Examples of their work can be seen in the Birmingham Museum and City Art Gallery.
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