ID 1071230
Lot 83 | A GROUP OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH SILVER DRINKWARE
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
VARIOUS MAKERS, MID-18TH / 19TH CENTURY
Comprising three French silver wine tasters, circular, handles shaped as snakes, one unengraved with mark of Etienne-Nicholas Ducoudre, Tours, 1778; one inscribed 'Vincente & Caugnie, P.D E.Vernai.Le Chetif', mark of Pierre Carreau, Tours, 1778; another one inscribed 'Jean Martin', mark of Jean Lecestre of Nantes only, mid-18th century; three silver wine funnels, one mark of Charles Aldridge and Henry Green, London, 1773, marked on bowl only; one Irish, marked on side of bowl with partial harp mark only; one with everted rim, engraved with a crest, unmarked, late 18th century; a set of six Victorian liqueur cups, in the form of miniature tankards, engraved with initial 'S' beneath baron's coronet, in original fitted case, mark of Richard Sibley, London, 1872, retailed by L.W. and F.B. Thomas; three George III silver wine labels, inscribed 'Port', 'Madeira', 'Sherry', each engraved with crest, mark of John Raymond, late 18th century
The wine funnel, 4 3⁄8 in. (11 cm.) high
21 oz. 18 dwt. (682 gr.)
The crest on the unmarked funnel is that of Bertie, possibly for General Lord Robert Bertie (1721-1782).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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