拍品 706
706
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER PILGRIM-FLASKS
COLLECTION OF AN ITALIAN PRINCESSLOTS 706-713The Collection of an Italian PrincessThe present collection of silver, including nine pilgrim flasks, must be one of the most comprehensive to exist in private hands. The collection of pilgrim flasks is part of a larger context, an art collection built with beauty and quality as guiding principles, by a charismatic Italian collector with an eye for excellence. The following lots were made by some of the best silversmiths working in the 19th century.Pilgrim FlasksThe pear-shaped form of the pilgrim flask has its roots in the leather water flask carried by the pilgrim or traveller of the Middle Ages. Particularly grand flasks with fine cut-card work were produced in the late 17th and early 18th century. Contemporary prints, such as Martin Engelbrecht's representation of the great silver buffet in the Rittersaal at the Berliner Schloss, circa 1708, indicate that they were arranged on side buffets during formal banquets. When placed in wine cisterns, they also served to decant wine. Late 17th and early 18th century examples provided the inspiration for Edward Farrell and Robert Garrard in the 19th century. These revival pieces were also used as grand display plate. Many of the examples by Garrard were presented by the Royal Families of Europe, such as those exhibited, London, Sotheby's, English Silver Treasures from the Kremlin, 1991, no. 111, which were given by the Royal Families of Greece and Denmark to the Tsar Alexander III on his marriage to Marie Fedorovna in 1866. Another Royal pair by Garrard of 1866 matching the present pair was given to King Christian IX of Denmark, and was sold in the Collection of King George I of the Hellenes, Christie's, London, 24 January 2007, lot 303. A pair of pilgrim flasks in the Royal Collection are illustrated in E.A. Jones, The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, London, 1911, p. 36.Lots 707, 708 and 709 are closely related to the design of the 1710 pilgrim flask by Pierre Platel (1659-1719), currently in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum no. M.854&:2-1927). Platel was one of the most successful of the Huguenot craftsmen working in London and Paul de Lamerie was among his apprentices. Huguenot silversmiths brought designs and techniques to Britain, among them the concept of the large pilgrim flask for use as display. The Platel example is engraved with the arms of General Charles Churchill (1656-1714), and later those of his brother John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER PILGRIM-FLASKS

MARK OF JOHN BRIDGE, LONDON, 1828

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER PILGRIM-FLASKS
MARK OF JOHN BRIDGE, LONDON, 1828
Each slightly compressed lobed pear-shape and on spreading stepped foot, the lower body applied with foliage on a foliage chased and matted ground, the shoulder applied with female masks supporting later chains to the detachable foliage cast cover, engraved on each side with a coat-of-arms, marked on neck, cover bezel and some links, the foot further stamped 'Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis Londini' with scratched inventory number '7528'
17 5/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high
246 oz. 14 dwt. (7,673 gr.)
The arms are those of Neeld for Joseph Neeld (1789-1856) of Grittleton House, Wiltshire.
來源
Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), great nephew of Philip Rundell, and by descent to
Lionel William Neeld Esq., of Grittleton House, Wiltshire, who succeeded to the estates of Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, 3rd and last Baronet on 2 April 1942.
L. W. Neeld, Jr., Grittleton, Wiltshire; Sotheby's, London, 11 February 1943, lot 49 (without chains).

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This pair of pilgrim-flasks was made for Joseph Neeld, great-nephew and heir to the Royal goldsmith, Philip Rundell. Upon Rundell's death in 1827, some £900,000 was left to Neeld, who in taking care of his cantankerous relation had "quitted, for his uncle's sake, a lucrative profession, in which his realizing a fortune was certain... and devoted himself wholly and absolutely to the care of Mr. Rundell for the last thirteen years of his life" (J. Culme, "A Devoted Attention to Business: An Obituary of Philip Rundell," Silver Society Journal, Winter 1991, pp. 91-102). Following Rundell's death, Neeld promptly purchased and enlarged an estate at Grittleton and indulged in his passion for sculpture. He commissioned numerous pieces from Edward Hodges Baily, who had served as a silver designer for his uncle's firm. Neeld acquired a large quantity of plate, including a pair of soup tureens; one, now gilt, is in the Campbell Museum, Camden, New Jersey, the other sold in these Christie's, New York 27 October 1992, lot 222.

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