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Lot Essay
A tankard depicting the same Triumph of Bacchus scene, also by Rundell, 1820 and formerly in the collection of Sir R.V. Sutton, sold Christie's, New York, 22 October 1984, lot 173. Another tankard with this scene, by John Bridge, dating to 1827 is illustrated in Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, 1971, no. 609.
Rundell also produced tankards that depicted the Judgement of Paris. Examples from 1821 and 1820 sold from the Hartman Collection, Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 208 and Sotheby's, New York, 16-17 December 1982, lot 540.
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Design for a wine cooler attributed to John Flaxman or William Theed in Rundell's book of drawings
"Designs for Plate by John Flaxman, etc."
Courtesy Board of Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum
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Roman sarcophagus depicting the Triumph of Bacchus, late 2nd century AD Courtesy Vatican Museum
Rundell also produced tankards that depicted the Judgement of Paris. Examples from 1821 and 1820 sold from the Hartman Collection, Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 208 and Sotheby's, New York, 16-17 December 1982, lot 540.
Photo caption:
Design for a wine cooler attributed to John Flaxman or William Theed in Rundell's book of drawings
"Designs for Plate by John Flaxman, etc."
Courtesy Board of Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Photo caption:
Roman sarcophagus depicting the Triumph of Bacchus, late 2nd century AD Courtesy Vatican Museum