MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM THEED

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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM THEED
Cylindrical, on a foot chased with a band of rosettes, the lower part of the body with scrolling foliage frieze incorporating leopards and putti, the upper part cast and chased with a scene of a bacchanalian procession including the drunken Silenus supported by two satyrs, Dionysis reclining on a chariot drawn by two horses and Persephone on a second chariot drawn by leopards, with attendants bearing amphorae and blowing trumpets, on a matted ground, the hinged cover with a palmette thumbpiece and a finial cast as a crest, with a leaf-capped scroll handle, marked near handle, inside cover and on finial, the foot engraved 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS LONDINI'
13 in. (33.5 cm.) high
136 oz. (4,230 gr.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 22 November 1984, lot 91

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Lot Essay

A related example of the same date formerly, in the collection of Sir R. V. Sutton, Bt. was sold Christie's New York, 22 October 1984, lot 173 and is illustrated in Christie's Review of the Season, 1976, p. 218.

The distinctive decoration on this tankard was first used by Rundell's in 1808 on a set of eight wine coolers by Benjamin Smith, now in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen.

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