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MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1829
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A FINE GEORGE IV SILVER AND CUT-GLASS EPERGNE
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1829
On four lion's-paw feet with acanthus leaf-clad legs and lion's-mask terminals, with a leaf-clad and scroll lower apron, the upper apron a garland of grapevine, with central ring of honeysuckle, supporting a cut-glass bowl, and eight acanthus-clad branches holding glass bowls, marked on frame, each branch, and seven bowl bezels
17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) high, 24½ in. (62.2 cm.) diameter; 285 oz. (8,876 gr.) weighable silver
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1829
On four lion's-paw feet with acanthus leaf-clad legs and lion's-mask terminals, with a leaf-clad and scroll lower apron, the upper apron a garland of grapevine, with central ring of honeysuckle, supporting a cut-glass bowl, and eight acanthus-clad branches holding glass bowls, marked on frame, each branch, and seven bowl bezels
17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) high, 24½ in. (62.2 cm.) diameter; 285 oz. (8,876 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 10 June 1980, lot 257
Christie's, New York, 26 October 2007, lot 135
Christie's, New York, 26 October 2007, lot 135
Literature
Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, pl. 162, p. 210
Exhibited
The Al-Tajir Collection, The Glory of the Goldsmith Exhibition, Christie's, 1990, no. 162
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