Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
FOUR MATCHING GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT SILVER "EGYPTIAN STYLE" SALTS, DIGBY SCOTT & BENJAMIN SMITH I (3) AND BENJAMIN SMITH II & JAMES SMITH III (1), LONDON, 1803 AND 1810
Auction Closed
April 16, 08:57 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FOUR MATCHING GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT SILVER "EGYPTIAN STYLE" SALTS, DIGBY SCOTT & BENJAMIN SMITH I (3) AND BENJAMIN SMITH II & JAMES SMITH III (1), LONDON, 1803 AND 1810
the bowl held by three lion-headed paw feet with shields decorated with oak sprays, gilt interior, the center of each stand engraved with the Lonsdale crest and coronet within the Garter
marked on bases and bowls, two of the 1803 salts also stamped Rundell, Bridge & Rundell Aurifices Regis Londini Fecerunt, the third 1803 salt stamped Rundell, Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principi Walliae Londini Fecerunt
70 oz 5 dwt
2189 g
diameter 4½ in.
11.4 cm
The 1st Earl of Lonsdale had an income of £80-100,000 per annum, and spent lavishly at the Royal Goldsmiths in fitting out his four establishments. In addition to significant pieces by Scott and Smith and Paul Storr, the Earl's purchase of one of the five Achilles Shields places him in the first tier of Rundell and Bridge's patrons.