Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A GEORGE IV GILTWOOD AND SATINBIRCH DOUBLE-ACTION PEDAL HARP BY SEBASTIAN ERARD, LONDON, NOVEMBER 1821
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GEORGE IV GILTWOOD AND SATINBIRCH DOUBLE-ACTION PEDAL HARP BY SEBASTIAN ERARD, LONDON, NOVEMBER 1821
with brass plates engraved Sebastian Erard's Patent no. 3207, 18 Great Marlborough Street, LONDON, the opposing side engraved MAKER By Special Appointment to his Majesty and the ROYAL FAMILY the table with gold and ebonised line decoration, the eight pedals including louvre pedal, together with a red embossed leather cover
170.5cm. high; 5ft 7¼in.
The Erard daybook entry for the offered lot, harp No. 3207 shows that it was completed on the 24th November 1821 and sold on the 19th December to Mrs. Mary Frances Benfield (1771-1828) of 18, Portman Street, Portman Square, London. Her daughter, Henrietta (d.1857) married Robert Berkeley (1794-1874) on the 24th January 1822, it is possible the offered lot was a wedding gift.