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THE SNEYD TESTIMONIALA VICTORIAN LARGE SILVER EWER AND BASIN

Lot 122
23.10.2024 18:00UTC +00:00
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£ 25 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1309849
Lot 122 | THE SNEYD TESTIMONIALA VICTORIAN LARGE SILVER EWER AND BASIN
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
The ovoid shaped ewer on spreading foot chased with panels of scrolls on matted ground, the body partly fluted and applied with a band of Renaissance style panels interspersed with laurel framed medallions centred with female bust, the front engraved with a crest, the narrow collar cast beneath the spout with a bearded male mask, the scrolling handle with Minerva thumbpiece, the shaped circular basin with gadrooned border, the rim decorated with medallions centred by female bust alternating with the Allegory of the Four Seasons and the Fine Arts, the well fluted, the raised centre with crest framed by cartouche of scrolls and inscription, marked on ewer's foot-rim and underneath basin, further stamped R & S GARRARD PANTON ST LONDON
The ewer 27 in. (68.7 cm.) high; the basin 265/8 in. (67.5 cm.) wide
376 oz. 10 dwt. (11,712 gr.)
The crest is that of the Sneyd for Ralph Sneyd (1793-1840) of Keele Hall, Staffordshire.
The inscriptions read 'THIS SALVER AND EWER WERE PRESENTED TO RALPH SNEYD ESQUIRE BY THE TENANTRY OF HIS ESTATES AT KEELE HALL IN THE YEAR 1860 / A TESTIMONIAL OF THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER AND OF THEIR GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF HIS LIBERAL AND CONSIDERATE CONDUCT AS A LANDLORD.'
Artist:Robert Garrard I (1755 - 1818)
Medium:Silver
Historical era:Victorian period
Place of origin:England
Category:Carafes, Decanters, Jugs, Pitchers
Auction house category:Plates & Dishes
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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09.10.2024 – 23.10.2024
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