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A SET OF FIVE GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DESSERT STANDS AND EIGHT DESSERT PLATES EN SUITE

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07.07.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 13 | A SET OF FIVE GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DESSERT STANDS AND EIGHT DESSERT PLATES EN SUITE
A SET OF FIVE GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT DESSERT STANDS AND EIGHT DESSERT PLATES EN SUITE

MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1823-1825

In the Baroque revival style, comprising a set of four dessert stands, and a larger dessert stand, each on plain trumpet foot, the everted fluted border chased and applied with fruits and foliage framed by large acanthus leaves and grotesque masks, together with a set of eight shaped circular dessert plates, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate baroque cartouche, with duke's coronet above, marked on or under border

the large stand 15 in. (38 cm.) diameter; the four stands 121/2 in. (32 cm.) diameter; the plates 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter

316 oz. 10 dwt. (9,847 gr.)

The arms are those of Manners impaling Howard for John Henry, 5th Duke of Rutland K.G. (1778-1857) and his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, whom he married in 1799.





Provenance

John Henry, 5th Duke of Rutland K.G. (1778-1857), of Belvoir Castle, co. Leicester, then by descent to,

Charles John Robert Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland (1919-1999), of Belvoir Castle, co. Leicester,

His Grace the Duke of Rutland, removed from Belvoir Castle, Grantham; Christie's, London, 26 January 1944, lot 64 (£390 to Lewis Kaye).

A European Collector; Christie's, New York, 20 April 2001, lot 254.



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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:Edward Farrell (1780 - ?)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes, Plates
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