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Lot Essay
A similar example, also by Farrell, engraved for Madeira, is illustrated in Robin Butler and Gillian Walkling, The Book of Wine Antiques, page 117, colour plate 33.
Edward Farrell and the retailer Kensington Lewis, who he worked with after about 1820, are two names which are synonymous with the eclectic revivalist or antiquarian style of silver and silver-gilt which was produced during the first quarter of the 19th century.
The use of this style of decoration, based loosly on the Dutch genre scenes of David Teniers II (1610-1690) was popularised on tea and coffee services produced during much of the 19th century. Indeed a service, also by Edward Farrell and hallmarked for London, 1839 was sold Christie's New York, 20 April 2001, lot 245.
Edward Farrell and the retailer Kensington Lewis, who he worked with after about 1820, are two names which are synonymous with the eclectic revivalist or antiquarian style of silver and silver-gilt which was produced during the first quarter of the 19th century.
The use of this style of decoration, based loosly on the Dutch genre scenes of David Teniers II (1610-1690) was popularised on tea and coffee services produced during much of the 19th century. Indeed a service, also by Edward Farrell and hallmarked for London, 1839 was sold Christie's New York, 20 April 2001, lot 245.