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A ROYAL WILLIAM IV SILVER DOUBLE WINE-TROLLEY AND MATCHING VICTORIAN WINE-TROLLEY

MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1836 AND 1843

細節

A ROYAL WILLIAM IV SILVER DOUBLE WINE-TROLLEY AND MATCHING VICTORIAN WINE-TROLLEY
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1836 AND 1843
Each similar and of wagon form with two circular coasters with moulded borders and foliate scroll handle at one end, on four-wheeled carriage, one hinged axis leading to scroll and ring handle, the platform between the coasters on one engraved with two crests, on the other with the Royal crest within garter motto with Royal crown above, marked on reverse, bar, handle and wheels, one base also stamped 'Garrards Panton Street London'
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) long overall
70 oz. (2,189 gr.) (2)

來源

For the 1836 coaster:
H.R.H. Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), 'The Truly Magnificent Collection of Ancient and Modern Silver, Silver Gilt, and Gold Plate, of his Late Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, K.G., amounting to upwards of Forty Thousand Ounces', Christie's London, 22 June 1843, lot 35 (£37 to Byng)
Purchased at the above sale by George Byng Esq., M.P. (d.1847), after which he commissioned its pair, and by descent.

出版

Inventory of Plate and Jewels belonging to George Byng, 1847, Messr's Garrard & Co., Panton Street, Haymarket, London, '2 Bottle Carriages oz 70.

注意事項

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拍品專文

The two decanter wagons comprise a pair of single-wheeled coasters with reed-moulded rims clasped at the back by volute-scroll handles of Roman acanthus. Vine-tendrils provide handles to steer the front coasters, which can be made to swivel; and one has a ring to hook onto the back of its companion wagon. Such wagons were introduced at a time that á la Russe dining dispensed with 'removes' or course changes, and enabled wine to be circulated around the table (P. Brown, 'Wagons and chariots for the table', Antiques, October 1996, pp.525-533). Interestingly, the Duke of Sussex wine-trolley was originallly one of a pair. In the 1843 sale, the pair was split, the first (lot 34) selling to Sir R. Hunter for £34 16s. Byng having acquired the second for £37, naturally turned to Garrards - the Royal Silversmith's as well as his own - to make a second.