Lot Essay
Vuillamy worked at Syston New Hall, Lincolnshire for Sir J.H. Thorold from 1822-24. The house was demolished in 1935 but the fountain still exists to one side of the drive through the park.
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George Fox (c. 1816-1910)
Designs for three Ice Pails to be made by the Royal Goldsmiths', Rundell Bridge, Rundell
inscribed on the reverse of an envelope 'Sir John H. Thorold. Bart./Syston Park/Grantham/Lincolnshire'; pencil, watermark 'Britannia, Smith & Allnutt 1820', unframed
12½ x 7.7/8in. (318 x 198mm.); and designs for a fountain, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on Whatman paper dated 1818, by Lewis Vuillamy (2)
Designs for three Ice Pails to be made by the Royal Goldsmiths', Rundell Bridge, Rundell
inscribed on the reverse of an envelope 'Sir John H. Thorold. Bart./Syston Park/Grantham/Lincolnshire'; pencil, watermark 'Britannia, Smith & Allnutt 1820', unframed
12½ x 7.7/8in. (318 x 198mm.); and designs for a fountain, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on Whatman paper dated 1818, by Lewis Vuillamy (2)