拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異,而由於其性質使然,拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。
Overall with some scuffs, scratches, and wear to the decoration at the high points consistent with age and use, the taller by Neresheimer with a small hole through the cover at one of the dolphin's nostrils, the female finial lacking her right hand and likely lacking a held object of some sort, as evidenced by the hole in her left hand, the shorter by Neresheimer lacking a section of fruit decoration spacing the figures on the stem, one of the figures on the stem lacking her head, the cover with a number of splits along the seams, especially where the lower edge of the dolphin heads meets the rim, also with some excess solder around the lower brackets that hold the cover on the body, possibly from them being re-attached at some point, the sword held by the female finial with a minor bend to it, that with import marks for John George Piddington with some bends to the rim of the cover, cover slightly out of shape and does not sit flush on body.
283⁄4 in. (73 cm.) high, 83⁄4 in. (22.3 cm.) diameter, the taller by Neresheimer
27 in. (68.6 cm.) high, 91⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diameter, the shorter by Neresheimer
273⁄4 in. (70.5 cm.) high 81⁄2 in. (21.5 cm.) diameter, that with import marks for John George Piddington
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