A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM IV SILVER SALT-CELLARS AND A PAIR OF ITALIAN SALT-CELLARS

THE FIRST WITH MARK OF WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1835, THE SECOND WITH MARK OF BULGARI, ROME, 1971

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A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM IV SILVER SALT-CELLARS AND A PAIR OF ITALIAN SALT-CELLARS
THE FIRST WITH MARK OF WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1835, THE SECOND WITH MARK OF BULGARI, ROME, 1971
Each cylindrical on spreading foot with band of foliage, the sides cast and chased with acanthus foliage and rocaille, with gadrooned border, the four engraved underneath 'Arthur's Club', each marked underneath
3 ½ in. (8.7 cm.) diam.
The four 40 oz. 4 dwt. (1,250 gr.)

Provenance

Arthur's Club, 69 St. James's Street, London.
The four possibly anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 24 January 1995, lot 207.

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Lot Essay

Arthur's Club was founded in 1811. It took its name from Arthur's Chocolate House founded by Robert Arthur (d.1761), whose father John had been assistant to Francis White, the founder of White's Club. The club house at 69 St. James's Street, now the Carlton Club, was designed by Thomas Hopper and built between 1826 and 1827. The original subscription was high, being 20 guineas, and members were for the most part country gentlemen. On the closure of the club in 1940 the chattels, including the silver, were mainly purchased by the Carlton Club, although certain items were sold to members as keepsakes.

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