A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES, COVERS AND STANDS FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES, COVERS AND STANDS FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE

MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES, COVERS AND STANDS FROM THE SUTTON SERVICE
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
Each shaped oblong with cast foliage scroll and shell border, the covers6with ribbon-tied foliage and rosette border, cast and chased with foliage scrolls, shells, scalework, diaperwork, and floral garlands on a textured ground, applied twice with a coat-of-arms, the conforming plated stands on four feet, the dishes engraved twice with a crest, marked on dishes, covers and handles
The dishes 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) long
370 oz. (11,524 gr.)
The arms are those of Sutton for Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Bt. (1799-1855). (4)
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).
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.
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.

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