A George III silver-gilt ewer

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN HOULE, LONDON, 1815

细节

A George III silver-gilt ewer
maker's mark of John Houle, London, 1815
Helmet-shaped and on spreading circular foot chased with a band of acanthus foliage, the lower part of the body similarly chased, with beaded and berried laurel scroll handle with rosette and horse-head terminals, the body applied with two berried laurel wreath cartouches, one applied with the inscription WATERLOO, the other WELLINGTON CUP, engraved beneath the curved lip with presentation inscription, the foot further engraved, marked on body
13½in. (34.2cm.) high
61ozs. (1,918grs.)

来源

Won by John, 1st Baron Rous, later 1st Earl of Stradbroke (1750-1827)

拍品专文

The inscription beneath the lips reads SWAFFHAM RACES, 20^th July 1815. Given by the Nobility and Gentry of the COUNTY of NORFOLK as a Memento of NATIONAL GLORY Won by LORD ROUS'S Chesnut Gelding ARAXES

The foot engraved, Major Gen^l The Hon^b^l^e W^m Fitz Roy and H.S. Partridge Esq^r STEWARDS

This relatively minor meeting at Swaffham was presumably patronised by Lord Rous, later 1st Earl of Stradbroke (1750-1827) as he was a local grandee whose estate was at Henham, just over the border in Suffolk. His chesnut colt Arazes, foaled in 1811, by Quiz out of Persepolis won 18 out of his 32 starts.