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A FLEMISH SILVER-GILT TAZZA

Lot 134
12.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 18 900
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027537
Lot 134 | A FLEMISH SILVER-GILT TAZZA
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A FLEMISH SILVER-GILT TAZZA

THE BOWL APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY FLANDERS, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE UNDERSIDE DISH, STEM, AND FOOT MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1824; PRESUMABLY RETAILED BY KENSINGTON LEWIS

The circular dish embossed and chased with the 'State of Mankind before the Flood', after an engraving by Jan Sadeler, the rim engraved with foliate scrolls, repeated on the underside further engraved with a coat-of-arms, the underside dish chased with four cartouches featuring three reclining female figures depicting Faith, Charity and Hope interspersed with musical trophies, the stem cast and chased with four faun caryatids flanking small cartouches featuring landscapes, the foot chased with three musical muses and musical trophies, engraved on the underside with inscription JUNE 24TH 1824 THIS NEW FOOT HAS BEEN MADE TO RECEIVE A DISH OF UNKNOWN ASSAY OF (THE) THE WEIGHT of 21 oz 12dwt., marked on underside of foot, stem and dish

6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

31 oz. 18 dwt. (993 gr.) gross weight





Provenance

H.R.H. Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, K.G., P.C., G.C.B. (1763 - 1827), second son of George III.

The Magnificent Silver and Silver-Gilt Plate of His Royal Highness, The Duke of York, Deceased; Christie's, London, 22 March 1827, lot 27.

Probably Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (1792-1868).

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

J. Culme, "Kensington Lewis: a Nineteenth-Century Businessman," Connoisseur, September 1975, pp. 31 and 36.
Artist:Edward Farrell (1780 - ?)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Gilding, Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Western Europe, Germany, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Cups
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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