A SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER-GILT SALT CELLARS

MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1813; DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM THEED

Details

A SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER-GILT SALT CELLARS
MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1813; DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM THEED
Each on an oval wave-capped base, supporting a triton pulling a shell, each marked on shell
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long; 47 oz. (1489 gr.) (4)

Literature

A. Phillips and J. Sloane, Exhibition catalogue, Antiquity Revisited: English and French Silver-Gilt, London, 1997, p. 47, no. 6.

Exhibited

New York, Christie's, Antiquity Revisited: English and French Silver-Gilt from the Collection of Audrey Love, September 1997
San Marino, Huntington Art Gallery, November 1998 - January 1999

Lot Essay

These four salt cellars are a variation on the design by William Theed, and a set of eight related salt cellars by Paul Storr is discussed in lot 224. While most examples were made by Paul Storr, William Pitts also worked for Rundell's. As Rundell's owned the drawing for the related model, it is reasonable to assume Rundell's commissioned Pitts to produce this set.

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