Important English and Continental Silver and Objects of Vertu
Catalogue Information: 203 lots with images
Date: 2007
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
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Lot 51: A Set of Four George III Silver Table Candlesticks, John Roberts & Co., Sheffield, 1808
on circular partly gadrooned bases with gadrooned borders, tapering cylindrical stems and partly gadrooned campana form sconces, with conforming removable nozzles, weighted, damages, marked on base rims and nozzles, base rims stamped MADE IN SHEFFIEL [...more]
Lot 52: A Pair of George III Silver Meat Platters and a George IV Liqueur decanter stand, maker's mark WS in rectangle, London/ William Eley II, London, 1795/1825
the platters shaped oval with molded gadroon rims, borders engraved with arms and crest, marked on bases; the cordial stand with shaped square base engraved with arms, raised on four paw feet headed by acanthus, bottle holders with shell and foliate [...more]
Lot 53: A Regency Silver Presentation Cup, Samuel Hennell, London, 1813
of campana form, applied with a laurel wreath enclosing a classical maiden with an anchor, the opposite side with matching wreath and engraved presentation inscription, the gadrooned lower body with handles springing from bearded masks, raised on ped [...more]
Lot 54: A Regency Silver Large Pitcher, William Bateman, London, 1815
of partly gadrooned baluster form, the reeded handle applied with elongated acanthus leaves and terminating in an openwork anthemion, marked right of handle
Lot 55: A Regency Silver Soup Tureen and Cover, Benjamin & James Smith, London, 1811
bombé circular with bold gadrooned rim, raised on four paw feet flanked by flowerheads and honeysuckle, the reeded handles terminating in acanthus, engraved with arms, the cover crested, loop finial centered by removable patera, fully marked
