A set of three Brass Lizards, Peerage Brass, England 1930s
£45.00
LOT NUMBER 102
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LOT NUMBER 102
A set of three Brass Lizards, Peerage Brass, England 1930s
A set of three brass lizards, naturalistically modelled with crouching feet and sinuous tails, the largest with its head slightly raised and turned to the left and all with carefully punched decoration representing the skin. One of them bears a mark in which the letters 'p' 'e' 'e' and a further 'e' at the end can be made out above 'ENGLAND'. This indicates the English manufacturer 'Peerage Brass' which is known to have commenced in business before 1900' and made original copper & brass ware, with the height of production between 1910-1940's. Their aim was quality period reproductions which were occasionally marked. Peerage Brass became the brand name after World War II until the trademark lapsed in 1991. The format of the mark here, then, indicates a date before the second world war probably in the 1930s. The weight of the brass and the quality of the casting and modelling indicate that the factory certainly attained its goal here. While obviously decorative these animals may well have been intended as desk items, the two smallest perhaps as paperweights. Even larger examples are known and these probably acted as doorstops.| Size: | Max length (largest) 25.5cm (two smaller) 13cm |
| Weight: | 565 gm (largest) 210 gm (two smaller) |
| Date: | 1930s |
| Condition: | Very good condition with no denting to the feet and tails. Very feint traces of old dried brass polish. |
| Price: | £45 |
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