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Auction archive: Lot number 182

A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN FROM LOUISA, VISCOUN...

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,958 - US$14,226
Price realised:
£9,375
ca. US$13,337
Auction archive: Lot number 182

A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN FROM LOUISA, VISCOUN...

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,958 - US$14,226
Price realised:
£9,375
ca. US$13,337
Beschreibung:

A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN FROM LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET-SERVICE
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1830 AND 1834
A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN FROM LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET-SERVICE MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1830 AND 1834 The ewer on short spreading foot, the side with plaques chased and cast with Poseidon and Amphitrite surrounded by sea creatures, with ivory insulated handle, the basin circular, chased with palmettes, the centre applied with a plaque cast with Aphrodite the basin 14¾ in. (37.3 cm.) diam. the ewer 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high gross weight 85 oz. 17 dwt. (2,670 gr.) The initials are those of Louisa Beresford (d.1851) wife firstly of Thomas Hope and secondly of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854).

Auction archive: Lot number 182
Auction:
Datum:
16 Mar 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN FROM LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET-SERVICE
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1830 AND 1834
A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN FROM LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET-SERVICE MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1830 AND 1834 The ewer on short spreading foot, the side with plaques chased and cast with Poseidon and Amphitrite surrounded by sea creatures, with ivory insulated handle, the basin circular, chased with palmettes, the centre applied with a plaque cast with Aphrodite the basin 14¾ in. (37.3 cm.) diam. the ewer 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high gross weight 85 oz. 17 dwt. (2,670 gr.) The initials are those of Louisa Beresford (d.1851) wife firstly of Thomas Hope and secondly of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854).

Auction archive: Lot number 182
Auction:
Datum:
16 Mar 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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