Lot 51
51
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE-COOLERS AND STANDS

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE-COOLERS AND STANDS
LONDON, 1807, MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II

Of circular form on spreading bases chased wtih a band of acanthus, applied front and back with Royal ducal armorials, each with two serpent and foliate handles terminating in helmetted classical masks issuing from entwined serpents, with removable plain collars with egg-and-dart rims, engraved with the Royal badge, Garter and crown, and cylindrical liners; the square stands with incurved sides, each on four ball feet and supporting four lions sejants with a circular egg-and-dart pedestal on their backs, marked on feet, collars, liners, stand bases, pedestals and seven lions -- overall height 13 in. (33 cm.)
(347 oz.)
Provenance
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., K.T., K.P., deceased, Christie's, London, June 6, 1904, lot 65 (a set of four) or lot 66 ( a pair)

Lot Essay

The arms are the Royal Arms with a label for difference, as borne by one of the sons of George III

Another pair of wine-coolers from the same service, hallmarked 1808 and with the same maker's mark, was sold Parke Bernet, New York, March 20, 1970, lot 229 and subsquently in the same Rooms, April 6, 1974, lot 60.