Lot Essay
A silver-gilt dessert service by Edward Farrell, 1823-25, with borders chased and applied with fruits and foliage sold in these Rooms, April 20, 2001, lot 254
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD DISHES
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1822
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD DISHES
Mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1822
Each circular dish chased with panels of flowers, foliage and grotesque masks, the field of one repoussé and chased with the Victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at Pharsala and engraved 'Caesar Pompejo Victoriam Tulit', the other field with the miracle of St. Paul and the serpent at Malta, each marked on reverse
18in. (45.7cm.) diameter; 108oz. (3361gr.) (2)
Mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1822
Each circular dish chased with panels of flowers, foliage and grotesque masks, the field of one repoussé and chased with the Victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at Pharsala and engraved 'Caesar Pompejo Victoriam Tulit', the other field with the miracle of St. Paul and the serpent at Malta, each marked on reverse
18in. (45.7cm.) diameter; 108oz. (3361gr.) (2)
Provenance
H.R.H. The late Princess Royal, sold Christie's, London, July 6, 1966, lot 113
Sir William Butlin, MBE, sold Christie's, London, July 17, 1968, lot 39 Christie's, London, October 21, 1981, lot 106
Sir William Butlin, MBE, sold Christie's, London, July 17, 1968, lot 39 Christie's, London, October 21, 1981, lot 106
Literature
J.B. Hawkins, The Al-Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, 1983, vol. I, p. 168 and 169
The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver From the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 152, p.199
The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver From the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 152, p.199
Exhibited
"The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection," Christie's, London, 1989, no. 152