Property from the Collection of Mr. Joseph Segal
An impressive pair of Victorian 'Doves of Pliny' Silver Centerpieces, Paul Storr for Storr & Mortimer, London, 1838
Auction Closed
December 7, 11:28 AM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Mr. Joseph Segal
An impressive pair of Victorian 'Doves of Pliny' Silver Centerpieces
Paul Storr for Storr & Mortimer, London
1838
The design of each inspired by the mosaic known as the 'Doves of Pliny' or the 'Capitoline Doves' which was part of an ancient Roman floor discovered at Hadrian's Villa in 1737, on square bases supporting cylindrical pedestals applied with festoons of flowers, each of the compressed circular bowls on openwork scrolls and engraved with the cypher of the Duke of Sutherland within a cartouche of wheat sprays below an applied ovolo rim and four cast doves
15116gr.; 486oz.
54cm., 21 ¼ in. high; 35cm., 13 ¾ in. diameter
George Sutherland Leverson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786-1861), by descent to
George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland (1888-1963), sold
Christie's, London, 19 May 1944, lot 94
David Orgell (1921-1987), Beverly Hills, California, 9 January 1974
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