ID 1134576
Lot 40 | A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1811
Each on circular domed base with scroll feet, the stems formed as the crouching figure of Atlas, the bowls chased with panels of flowers, on a matted ground, the detachable domed covers with standing soldier finial holding a lance and a shield, engraved on foot-rim with a crest and on the shield with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, on bowls and cover rims
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
35 oz. 5 dwt. (1,097 gr.)
The crest is the ancestral crest of Beckford for William Beckford (1760-1844), inherited from his father Alderman William Beckford (1709-1770).
Provenance
William Beckford (1760-1844) of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire.
Koopman Rare Art, London, 14 October 1996.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Art style: | Regency |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Art style: | Regency |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Cups |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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