MARK OF ROBERT AND SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1873 AND 1874, AFTER A DESIGN BY JOHN FLAXMAN

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TWO VICTORIAN SILVER WINE COOLERS
MARK OF ROBERT AND SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1873 AND 1874, AFTER A DESIGN BY JOHN FLAXMAN
In the form of the Theocritus Cup, campana shaped on spreading foot cast with fruiting vine, the lower body chased with acanthus leaves, with classical figures amongst fruiting vines above, engraved below the lip with a coat-of-arms, marked on bodies and stamped on footrims 'R & S Garrard Panton Street London'
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high
144 oz. 17 dwt. (4.506 gr.)
The arms are those of Bingham as borne by the Barons Clanmorris.

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Lot Essay

The design for these wine coolers was created by John Flaxman, the virtuoso neoclassical sculptor, engraver and designer for Josiah Wedgwood and the royal goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Flaxman's design is based on the description of a pottery cup in the first Idyll of Theocritus (c.300-260 BC), the Alexandrian pastoral poet. The pen and ink design drawing by Flaxman is preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V 2410). A Theocritus Cup by Paul Storr for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, 1812, was presented to King George IV, when Prince Regent by his mother Queen Charlotte. It remains in the Royal Collection (RCIN 51538).

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