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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

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08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 50 | A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

MARK OF JOHN BRIDGE, LONDON, 1828

Comprising a coffee pot on stand, a teapot on stand, a cream jug and a sugar bowl, each shaped circular and slightly bombé, on rim foot, the sides chased with panels depicting Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by sea-horses, the coffee pot and teapot also with Amphitrite astride a seahorse, the cream jug and sugar bowl with Aphrodite riding a dolphin, each central figure surrounded by tritons, nereids and putti blowing trumpets and conch shells, all on a textured ground, with foliate and scroll borders, the coffee pot and teapot with ivory scroll handle and hinged cover with fluted ivory finial, the cream jug and sugar bowl with textured serpent handles, the coffee pot warming stand on shaped triangular platform below three winged lion's paw feet, with urn-shaped lamp and cover, each engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the warming stand engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases and covers

the coffee-pot, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

gross weight 120 oz. 11 dwt. (3,751 gr.)

The arms are those of Hope impaling Beresford, for Thomas Hope (1769-1831) of Deepdene, Surrey, and Duchess Street, Marylebone, London and his wife Louisa (d.1851), fifth daughter of William, 1st Baron Decies (1743-1819), whom he married in 1806.





Provenance

Thomas Hope (1769-1831) of Deepdene and Marylebone, then by descent,

The Hope Heirlooms; Christie's, London, 17 July 1917, lot 47 (£36 to Willson).

Richard Minoprio Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1974, lot 114.

The Al Tajir Collection, London.

A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 11 June 2003, lot 32.



Literature

M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, second edition, 1985, fig. 657.

V. Brett, The Sotheby's Dictionary of Silver, London, 1986, no. 1165.

The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 157, p. 204.



Exhibited

London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 157.
Artist:John Bridge (1755 - 1834)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Gilding, Silver
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Table service, Tea service
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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