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LOT 1832
Victorian Silver Baby Rattle with Whistle
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (18.1 grams, 51 mm).
The body decorated with foliate scrolls; articulate attachment loop to reverse; stamped 'GU' in a rectangular cartouche to underside of mouthpiece; coral stick and bells absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Literature
Cf. The V&A Museum, accession number MISC.90-1963, for very similar.
Footnotes
Traditionally accompanied by a teether of red or white coral, such teethers were both practical aids and examples of sympathetic' magic, symbolising blood or bone.
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