A Silver Decanter Label for 'Poison'; CJ Vander; London 1979 poa-item The double sided sketches in

The double sided sketches in pen and ink comprising of a series of surrealist dogs

and a morally elevating subject

many examples were transported throughout the Empire

the carving could well be a finial or figurehead type ornament from a ship

A Silver Decanter Label for 'Poison'; CJ Vander; London 1979 poa-item The double sided sketches inOrigin: English Period: Mid Late 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1979 Height: 0. 75 or 4 with chain Width: 1. 75 Weight: 8 grams aprx The finely crafted sterling silver decanter label of traditional octagonal form, crisply engraved in bold serif capitals with the single, arresting word POISON, the plate chamfered to the corners with a reeded border and suspended from its original silver chain and fully hallmarked for London 1979 and makers mark C.