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A GEORGE III SILVER PAGODA-FORM EPERGNE

Lot 11
07.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
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CHRISTIE'S
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1357909
Lot 11 | A GEORGE III SILVER PAGODA-FORM EPERGNE
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
A GEORGE III SILVER PAGODA-FORM EPERGNE
MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1761, SOME BASKETS WITH MARK OF THOMAS BUMFRISS AND ORLANDO JACKSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1770
The base on scrolling legs with four arms supporting openwork baskets with overhead handles, the cast openwork fruiting foliage skirt with four arms each supporting a circular fluted dish, the central basket pierced with geometric motifs and framed by four columns supporting the pagoda-shaped canopy with suspended bells and pineapple finial, all later engraved with an initial S below a Duke's coronet, marked on canopy, finial, basket, frame, four arms, and dishes, two baskets with maker's mark only, the columns, bells, and four arms apparently unmarked, further engraved under the basket 'The Weight of the Whole 230=10'
27 in. (68.6 cm.) long
218 oz. (6,780.4 gr.)
The initial is for H.R.H. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1840), 6th son of King George III.




Provenance

H.R.H. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), sold,
The Late Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, K.G.; Christie's London, 27 June 1843, lot 549.
Possibly acquired by William Townley Mitford (1817-1889), of Pitshill, Sussex, by decent to,
Captain William Slade Mitford (1898-1966), of Pitshill, Sussex, sold,
The Will Trust of the late Captain W. S. Mitford; Christie's London, 27 November 1974, lot 86.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Harris (1922-1990), daughter of Captain W. S. Mitford, by descent, until sold,
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 12 June 2006, lot 114.
An Adventurous Spirit: An Important Private Collection Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation; Christie's, London, 13 December 2018, lot 170.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
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