Lot Essay
See note to lot 206.
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MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1816
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A REGENCY SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1816
Cylindrical, the openwork base applied with grapes, pomegranates, and birds, the body with mythological scenes including the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis in high relief, the cast handle formed as Bacchus, the domed cover with a chased equestrian scene and the finial formed as a leopard, marked on body and handle
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high; 121 oz. (3774 gr.)
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1816
Cylindrical, the openwork base applied with grapes, pomegranates, and birds, the body with mythological scenes including the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis in high relief, the cast handle formed as Bacchus, the domed cover with a chased equestrian scene and the finial formed as a leopard, marked on body and handle
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high; 121 oz. (3774 gr.)
Provenance
The Trustees of the Cooper-Mullen Trust, Christie's, London, 1 July 1970, lot 45
Literature
John Culme, "Kensington Lewis: A Nineteenth-Century Businessman," Connoisseur, September 1975, fig. 3, p. 28
Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, fig. 7, p. 269
A. Phillips and J. Sloane, Antiquity Revisited: English and French Silver-Gilt, London, 1997, p. 78, no. 17.
Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, fig. 7, p. 269
A. Phillips and J. Sloane, Antiquity Revisited: English and French Silver-Gilt, London, 1997, p. 78, no. 17.
Exhibited
New York, Christie's, Antiquity Revisited: English and French Silver-Gilt from the Collection of Audrey Love. London, 1997