A EARLY GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER, FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1763
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October 20, 02:45 PM GMT
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A EARLY GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER, FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1763
baluster form boldy chased with spiral flutes and trailing grapevine, engraved with contemporary arms under chased head of Ceres on one side and Bacchus head on the other, the handles topped by goat heads and legs, kneeling Bacchic infant finial present with grapes
marked on base and cover
98 oz 10 dwt
3073 g
height 17 in.
43.1 cm
Christie's, New York, October 25, 2000, lot 559
Christie's, New York, October 19, 2012, lot 183, Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
The arms are those of Arundell with Conquest in pretence for Henry, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour (1740-1808) and his wife Maria Christina, only daughter and heiress of Benedict Conquest of Irnham, married May 31, 1763. A collector and patron, he spent huge sums of money on art and on having the family seat of New Wardour Castle in Wiltshire rebuilt by James Paine and Giacomo Quarenghi, best known for his work in Russia for Catherine the Great.