Lot Essay
The arms are those of Greenwood impaling those of Smythe
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FINE AND UNUSUAL GEORGE IV SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM STROUD, LONDON, 1824
Details
A FINE AND UNUSUAL GEORGE IV SILVER TANKARD
Maker's mark of William Stroud, London, 1824
In the style of Paul de Lamerie; baluster form on circular foot, the body chased with shells and flowers against a matted ground, centering a rococo cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a putto, the scroll handle with finely cast leaf and shellwork, the domed cover with conforming chased decoration and chair-back thumb piece, marked on body and cover bezel
9½in. (24.1cm.) high; 51oz. 10dwt. (1611gr.)
Maker's mark of William Stroud, London, 1824
In the style of Paul de Lamerie; baluster form on circular foot, the body chased with shells and flowers against a matted ground, centering a rococo cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a putto, the scroll handle with finely cast leaf and shellwork, the domed cover with conforming chased decoration and chair-back thumb piece, marked on body and cover bezel
9½in. (24.1cm.) high; 51oz. 10dwt. (1611gr.)
Further details
Detail of arms, lot 338