MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1865

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A VICTORIAN SILVER SCULPTURAL-GROUP
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1865
Formed as the figure of a Sabine woman being carried off by a naked Roman warrior on horseback, the base cast and chased to simulate rockwork and with discarded shield, helmet and sword, the shaped oblong wood plinth with curved ends, applied with a broad frieze depicting the Rape of Sabine Women, the plinth further applied with four shaped oval berried laurel cartouches, two later engraved with the cypher 'ECG' and two later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on sculpture base, frieze and cartouches, the sculpture further stamped 'HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER'
weight of silver 431 oz. (13,397 gr.)
The arms are those of Guinness quartering Lee for Edward Cecil Guinness, later 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927). Edward Cecil Guinness (1847-1927), first Earl of Iveagh, was a noted philanthropist and businessman, whose role in the family brewery helped to propel that firm to worldwide renown. In addition to many charitable gifts to the city of Dublin and London, the Earl of Iveagh is remembered for bequeathing a valuable collection of pictures and the estate of Kenwood in Hampstead to the nation.

Provenance

Edward, later 1st Earl of Iveagh K.P. (1847-1927) and thence by descent to
Arthur, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937-1992).
Elveden Hall; Christie's House Sale, 24 May 1984, lot 2,837.

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Lot Essay

Edward Cecil Guinness, K.P., G.C.V.O. (1847-1927) was created 1st Baron Iveagh in 1891 and 1st Earl of Iveagh in 1919. He serviced as Chancellor of Dublin University from 1908, J.P. Co. Dublin, and High Sheriff in 1876. He married his cousin Adelaide Maria, daughter of Richard Samuel Guinness, M.P., of Deepwell, Co. Dublin, in 1873.

Guinness was a noted philanthropist and businessman, whose role in the family brewery helped to propel that firm to worldwide renown. In addition to many charitable gifts to the city of Dublin and London, the Earl of Iveagh is remembered for bequeathing a valuable collection of pictures and the estate of Kenwood in Hampstead to the nation.

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