Lot Essay
The Royal cypher AR and the late 17th century appearance of the design suggests that they have been copied from earlier pieces.
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MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1825
Details
A pair of George IV silver-gilt sideboard dishes
Mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1825
Each shaped circular, the broad borders cast and chased with putti, animals and grapes and with moulded rim, the centre with a cypher and Royal crown supported by winged cherubs within a ribbon and laurel wreath surround
18¾in. (47.7cm.) diam.
171oz. (5,472gr.) (2)
Mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1825
Each shaped circular, the broad borders cast and chased with putti, animals and grapes and with moulded rim, the centre with a cypher and Royal crown supported by winged cherubs within a ribbon and laurel wreath surround
18¾in. (47.7cm.) diam.
171oz. (5,472gr.) (2)
Provenance
H.R.H. The Duke of York; Christie's London, 19 March 1827, lots 95 and 96
An American Collector; Christie's London, 17 October 1962, lot 100
The Whittaker Family; Christie's London, 15 June 1983, lot 213
An American Collector; Christie's London, 17 October 1962, lot 100
The Whittaker Family; Christie's London, 15 June 1983, lot 213
Literature
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 133, fig. 280
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 258, no. 2
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, no. 154, p. 201
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 258, no. 2
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, no. 154, p. 201
Exhibited
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 154
Special notice
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