Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER SALTS, CORNELIUS BLAND, LONDON, 1790 AND 1791
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER SALTS, CORNELIUS BLAND, LONDON, 1790 AND 1791
two-handled boat form with reeded rims, on oval pedestal bases, engraved with the Berkeley crest
14.7cm., 5¾in. long over handles
633gr., 20oz.
Possibly acquired for the marriage of Robert Berkeley (1764-1845) and Apollonia Lee (1772-1806) in 1792
Inventory of the Best Plate, September 1845, ‘6 salts’;
Inventory, 1949 'SALT CELLARS, a set of six boat shaped, George 3rd, 1790-1791 by Cornelius Bland, and six salt spoons a pair [sic] in the butler’s safe and a pair in use)' in the Strong Room