Target of a London silver specialist, this pair of late Victorian silver fluted vases, above, was the best-seller at East Sussex auction house Burstow & Hewett (20% buyer’s premium).
Standing 16½in (42cm) tall and each weighing 60oz, the vases with gilded interiors were by Charles Stewart Harris, London, 1891 and sold at a mid-estimate £4000 at the Battle sale on April 17-18.