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MARK OF JOHN TAPLEY, (THE SPIRIT LAMP & INNER DISH BY ROBERT GARRARD), LONDON, 1849,
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AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN REGIMENTAL MESS SILVER TOASTED CHEESE DISH,
MARK OF JOHN TAPLEY, (THE SPIRIT LAMP & INNER DISH BY ROBERT GARRARD), LONDON, 1849,
The cover surmounted by a model mouse-trap with hoist-action trap-door, inscribed "Presented to the Mess of the 2nd Life Guards by George Trafford Heald, Cornet, on his retiring, 1st. August, 1849", the pierced base with rococo side-handles & raised on 4 foliate feet, each applied with a mouse, the feet & handles all with elaborate leafy junctions, complete with spirit lamp, the inner dish with gadroon border & plain liner, 8¼ in. long (21 cm.), 12 in. long (30 cm.), 84 oz.
MARK OF JOHN TAPLEY, (THE SPIRIT LAMP & INNER DISH BY ROBERT GARRARD), LONDON, 1849,
The cover surmounted by a model mouse-trap with hoist-action trap-door, inscribed "Presented to the Mess of the 2nd Life Guards by George Trafford Heald, Cornet, on his retiring, 1st. August, 1849", the pierced base with rococo side-handles & raised on 4 foliate feet, each applied with a mouse, the feet & handles all with elaborate leafy junctions, complete with spirit lamp, the inner dish with gadroon border & plain liner, 8¼ in. long (21 cm.), 12 in. long (30 cm.), 84 oz.
Provenance
The late Miss Eva Goldman; Christie's London, 18/10/1972, lot 115.
Literature
M.Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, P.294, fig.2.
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
A notice in the Cork Examiner of 2nd. July, 1856, announces the death of George Trafford Heald on 20th. June, 1856 at Folkestone & remarks that he was one of the persons stated to have been married to "the notorious Lola Montes".
Lola Montes was an infamous seductress & "gold-digger"who went from continent to continent, pursuing a career as an exotic Spanish dancer & actress, leaving a trail of scandal in her wake. Born Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert in Co. Sligo, Ireland in 1821, to an army officer, she adopted the name of Lola Montes after scandalous divorce proceedings instituted by her first husband. Later she became involved with, amongst others, the composer Franz Lizst & Ludwig I, King of Bavaria. On July 19th, 1849 she married George Trafford Heald but this union was short-lived. The divorce proceedings from her first husband had ended merely in separation & she was arrested for bigamy on August 6th but managed to flee to the United States, returning only in 1851 to continue her stage career.
Lola Montes was an infamous seductress & "gold-digger"who went from continent to continent, pursuing a career as an exotic Spanish dancer & actress, leaving a trail of scandal in her wake. Born Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert in Co. Sligo, Ireland in 1821, to an army officer, she adopted the name of Lola Montes after scandalous divorce proceedings instituted by her first husband. Later she became involved with, amongst others, the composer Franz Lizst & Ludwig I, King of Bavaria. On July 19th, 1849 she married George Trafford Heald but this union was short-lived. The divorce proceedings from her first husband had ended merely in separation & she was arrested for bigamy on August 6th but managed to flee to the United States, returning only in 1851 to continue her stage career.