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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CONDIMENT URNS

Lot 72
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 15 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 72 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CONDIMENT URNS
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CONDIMENT URNS

MARK OF LOUISA COURTAULD AND GEORGE COWLES, LONDON, 1771

Each of Lebes Gamikos form, on spreading circular foot with gadrooned border, engraved with Greek key and sloping anthemion borders, framing on one a scene of a warrior holding a shield engraved with a crest, standing in front of a tent and a Briton offering a helmet to another warrior, his shield engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other engraved with a standing warrior holding his shield, engraved with the same crest, and on the other side with a warrior holding a sword above a vanquished foe and holding a banner engraved with the same coat-of-arms, with flying loop handles, the removable covers with gadrooned borders and engraved with Greek-key bands and with flute-engraved flame finials, with two pierced ladles suspended from the handles, with feather-edged stems engraved with the same crest, the smaller associated example with plain piercing, the larger pierced with quatrefoils and scrolls, marked on bases, one with maker's mark only, on covers and ladles, the smaller ladle with maker's mark of Thomas Evans

7 in. (18 cm.) high, the ladles 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) and 5 in. (12.6 cm.) long

21 oz. 13 dwt. (674 gr.)

The arms are those of Birch, for Charles Birch (d. 1780) of Woodford, Essex, and London, and his wife, Sarah Creed, daughter of Sir James Creed, whom he married in 1765.





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 341.



Literature

E. M. Alcorn, English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Silver from 1697, Boston, 2000, p. 214-215, n. 10.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Louisa Courtauld (1729 - 1807)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Urn
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
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