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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE-TUREENS, COVERS AND LINERS FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE-TUREENS, COVERS AND LINERS FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
Each shaped oval on four foliage scroll and shell feet, applied and chased with oak branches with acorns, and twice with a coat-of-arms, with two reeded foliage handles, the conforming covers each with foliate scroll, floral garland, and scalework border, with shaped rim and detachable foliate handle, the plain conforming liners each with two scroll bracket handles, the covers engraved twice and the liners once with a crest, marked on bases, covers, handles and liners
9½ in. (24 cm.) long
420 oz. (13,115 gr.)
The arms are those of Sutton for Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Bt. (1799-1855). (6)
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
Each shaped oval on four foliage scroll and shell feet, applied and chased with oak branches with acorns, and twice with a coat-of-arms, with two reeded foliage handles, the conforming covers each with foliate scroll, floral garland, and scalework border, with shaped rim and detachable foliate handle, the plain conforming liners each with two scroll bracket handles, the covers engraved twice and the liners once with a crest, marked on bases, covers, handles and liners
9½ in. (24 cm.) long
420 oz. (13,115 gr.)
The arms are those of Sutton for Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Bt. (1799-1855). (6)
Provenance
Sir Richard Sutton 2nd Bt. (1798-1855) and thence by descent to
Sir Richard Vincent Sutton 5th Bt. (1853-1918).
The Trustees of the Late Sir R. V. Sutton, Bt.; Christie's, London, 31 March 1976, lot 85 (part).
Sir Richard Vincent Sutton 5th Bt. (1853-1918).
The Trustees of the Late Sir R. V. Sutton, Bt.; Christie's, London, 31 March 1976, lot 85 (part).
Literature
J. B. Hawkins, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, Sydney, 1979, pp.70-71.
J. B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, pp. 144-147.
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 190-191.
J. B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, pp. 144-147.
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 190-191.
Exhibited
Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, January, 1980, no. 41.
Christie's, London, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 146.
Christie's, London, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 146.
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