Lot 101: A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER FIGURAL SALTS, GEORGE FOX, LONDON, 1873

modeled as two couples of strolling musicians, elegantly dressed in 18th century costume and on Chinoiserie fretwork bases, the boy playing a pipe, the girl winding a hurdy-gurdy, all holding on their backs open baskets with gilt interiors A set of four salts of this model by Fox, 1875, were sold Sotheby's, London, June 13, 1983, lot 108, the Property of the Trustees of the Sligo Settled Estates, sold on the instructions of the Earl of Altamont.