A Pair of George III Silver Wine Coolers Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith, London, for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, 1805
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
collars of grapevine linking bacchante masks, engraved on both sides with arms, handles terminate in bearded masks, fitted with detachable rims and liners, fully marked and with signature of Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principis Walliae Londini Fecerunt
220 oz
6842 g
Height 12 1/4 in.
31.1 cm
Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold
Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 191,
Later re-acquired by the Hartmans.
The arms are those of Wilson with Wilson in pretence, for Mathew Wilson (1772-1854) and his wife (and first cousin) Margaret Clive Wilson (1764-1848), whom he married in 1800. She was the only daughter and heiress of Mathew Wilson (1730-1802) of Eshton Hall, and his wife Francis, a sister of Clive of India.
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