CIRCA 1835

Details

A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ORMOLU WINE COOLERS
CIRCA 1835
Each with the scrolling everted bowl with floral trails and up-turned icicle clasp above a gadrooned rim and the domed foot with floral trails with lion's mask, with later glass liners, re-gilt
11 1/2 in. (29 cm.) high

Provenance

Property from a Private Canadian Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 323 ($36,000).

Special notice

Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

These wine coolers closely relate to English silver-work of the 1820s. Related examples include a pair of silver wine coolers by Robert Garrard dated 1825 (sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 2000, lot 154) and another pair of silver-gilt wine coolers by Benjamin Smith of 1826 (sold Sotheby's, New York, 15 December, 1993, lot 96). Other pieces being supplied by Paul Storr and John Bridge and retailed by the celebrated London firm of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell are also similar to the present wine coolers (see C. Hartop, Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797 - 1843, London, 2005, nos. 26 and 56, pp. 87 and 101).

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