Lot 198
  • 198

A Victorian Silver-gilt Dessert Bacchanalian pattern Flatware Service, George Adams, London, 1851, 1855

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • thirty dessert knives
    thirty dessert forks
    thirty dessert spoons
    90 pieces, in fitted box
engraved with a crest and coronet, comprising:



Provenance

The crest under an earl's coronet is probably that of Grey.

Condition

good condition
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Catalogue Note

Bacchanalian pattern was originally designed by Thomas Stothard for Rundell Bridge and Rundell.  The earliest pieces of this rare pattern date to 1812 and are in the Royal Collection.  Bacchanalian pattern appears to have been produced primarily for dessert services, with most pieces made by Paul Storr and his successors.