Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
A Set of Twelve Regency Silver Salt Cellars, Robert Garrard, London, 1814
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October 17, 06:02 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Set of Twelve Regency Silver Salt Cellars, Robert Garrard, London, 1814
circular, raised on four lion paw feet headed by lion masks and linked by flower swags, the bases engraved with a crest below a marquess's coronet, each fitted with a liner with gilt interior, marked on bases and liners, the salts and liners numbered 1 to 12
184 oz 15 dwt
5747 g
diameter 3 5/8 in.
8.7 cm
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) and then by descent to
John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896) and then by descent at Longleat
Christie's, London, Furniture, Porcelain and Silver from Longleat, 13 June 2002, lot 449
Robert Garrard's Gentleman's Ledger, 1811-1817, fol. 309 (Victoria and Albert Museum, Archive of Art and Design. MS SD.95.0050)
2nd Marquess of Bath, Heirlooms, 1896 Inventory of Plate: 'Twelve circular salts on feet heavily chased with fruit and lion mask heads.'
The entry for this set of salt cellars in Robert Garrard's Gentleman's Ledger reads:
'The Marquis of Bath
1814
July 15
12 large festoon salts wt lions masks 160oz 5dwt 8/6 £124 16s 2d
12 linings for ditto with gilt interiors 29oz 4s £24 8s 2d
Engr 49 crests & coronets £2 9s'.