STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVER WINE COOLERS, MADRID, 1793
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVER WINE COOLERS, MADRID, 1793
engraved with English arms below coronet, motto QUOD POTUI PERFECI, and supporters, drop-ring handles
marked on bases, one with maker's mark but unclear
107 oz 10 dwt
3346 g
height 8½ in.
21.5 cm
The arms are those of Dundas, Viscount Melville, probably for Henry 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE, 1742-1811, 1st Secretary of State for War, and became in 1806 the last person to be impeached for misappropriation of public money, although acquitted, he never held public office again.
A similar set of four Sheffield plate wine coolers, circa 1790, engraved with the Royal arms were supplied to Alleyne FitzHerbert (1753-1839), who served as Ambassador to Madrid, 1790-94, sold Christie's London, January 22, 2009, lot 575. It is possible that they served as the model for the present pair.