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Asprey & Co.
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- two silver salvers
- silver
- largest 22cm., 10¼in diameter
Sheffield & Birmingham, 1974 and 1987
silver
the first one inscribed 'M.B. from your staff at Annabel's Christmas 1976', the other engraved with the ship, 'The Halas' on three pierced panel supports, together with a silver waiter, Lee & Wigfull, Sheffield, 1922, engraved 'Oswald Birley from General Lord & Lady Horne of Stirkoke 14th September 1921' (3)
silver
the first one inscribed 'M.B. from your staff at Annabel's Christmas 1976', the other engraved with the ship, 'The Halas' on three pierced panel supports, together with a silver waiter, Lee & Wigfull, Sheffield, 1922, engraved 'Oswald Birley from General Lord & Lady Horne of Stirkoke 14th September 1921' (3)
Condition
some surface scratches otherwise fine condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The vessel engraved on one of these salvers is ‘The Halas’. It has a chequered early history and it was commissioned in 1914 from Fairfield of Glasgow by the Ottoman Government. Before delivery she was seized by the British Government and renamed H.M.S. Waterwitch. After the war she was restituted to the new Turkish Government. and after a number of uses she was for sixty-five years to become a passenger ferry on the Bosporus. Her latest incarnation is now as a luxury yacht.
Interestingly the salver engraved to the reverse bears the name of General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne GCB, KCMG (1861–1929) of the Royal Horse Artillery who was a friend and contemporary of both Birely and other artists of his generation such as John Singer Sargent. Birely painted Horne on no less than three occasions these works are now housed at Harrow school War Museum, Stirkoke House and The Royal Artillery Institution, London.
Interestingly the salver engraved to the reverse bears the name of General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne GCB, KCMG (1861–1929) of the Royal Horse Artillery who was a friend and contemporary of both Birely and other artists of his generation such as John Singer Sargent. Birely painted Horne on no less than three occasions these works are now housed at Harrow school War Museum, Stirkoke House and The Royal Artillery Institution, London.