SEVEN HORSE-SHAPED BRASS AND STEEL BETEL NUTCRACKERS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY…

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SEVEN HORSE-SHAPED BRASS AND STEEL BETEL NUTCRACKERS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Mostly South India, 18th and 19th century Comprising three cast brass nutcrackers, with typical tapering handles ending in either horse's hooves or stylised makara heads, two with their matching rider, the sides chased and engraved with vegetal and floral motifs, the longest 18.3cm; and four steel specimens, more rudimental in design, one with gold-inlaid eyes, another with copper-inlaid eyes, and another with a gold rosette at the joint of the forelegs and head, the longest 18.5cm.

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SEVEN HORSE-SHAPED BRASS AND STEEL BETEL NUTCRACKERS AN EYE

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