Lot 183
  • 183

Two George III Silver Dish Crosses and Two Irish Silver Wine Lables

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • both dish crosses fully marked, one by S. Herbert & Co., London, 1760, the other by Edward Aldridge, London, 1762, the wine labels with maker's mark JT, Dublin, circa 1790

  • Silver
  • length of longest dish cross 11in.
  • 27.9cm
the dish crosses with swiveling arms and openwork sliding supports, raised on shell terminals, one crested, the wine labels bright cur and engraved with a bacchic infant seated on a cask pouring spirits, one engraved MADEIRA, the other CLARET

Provenance

dish crosses: Davidson College, Davidson, NC, sold
Sotheby's, 4-5 April 2007, lot 504 (part)

Condition

dish crosses good condition
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