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Auction archive: Lot number 521

LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE A SET OF FOU...

Important Silver
29 Nov 2007
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,213 - US$10,356
Price realised:
£7,500
ca. US$15,534
Auction archive: Lot number 521

LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE A SET OF FOU...

Important Silver
29 Nov 2007
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,213 - US$10,356
Price realised:
£7,500
ca. US$15,534
Beschreibung:

LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE A SET OF FOUR GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-BOTTLES
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1828
LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE A SET OF FOUR GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-BOTTLES MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1828 Each inverted pear shaped and on spreading detachable foot, the sides cast and chased with vignettes depicting a figure slaying a dragon and then pursuing and capturing a maiden, all within fruiting grapevines and on textured ground, with detachable cover and fitted with a glass bottle, marked near base, underneath and on cover 7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) and 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high 44 oz. (1,377 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). (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 521
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
29 November 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE A SET OF FOUR GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-BOTTLES
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1828
LOUISA, VISCOUNTESS BERESFORD'S TOILET SERVICE A SET OF FOUR GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DRESSING TABLE-BOTTLES MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT LONDON, 1828 Each inverted pear shaped and on spreading detachable foot, the sides cast and chased with vignettes depicting a figure slaying a dragon and then pursuing and capturing a maiden, all within fruiting grapevines and on textured ground, with detachable cover and fitted with a glass bottle, marked near base, underneath and on cover 7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) and 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high 44 oz. (1,377 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). (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 521
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
29 November 2007, London, King Street
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