A WILLIAM IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER INKSTAND
A WILLIAM IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER INKSTAND
A WILLIAM IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER INKSTAND
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A WILLIAM IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER INKSTAND

MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II, LONDON, 1836

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A WILLIAM IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER INKSTAND
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II, LONDON, 1836
Of book form, on a velvet-clad wooden base imitating a cushion and applied with silver-gilt rope-twist and tassel shaped feet, the cover opening to reveal a pen trough and three dividers set with two cut-glass bottles and silver-gilt covers, the cover engraved with a Royal Duke's badge, marked on body and cover, engraved in cover B. SMITH DUK S.t LINC.n INN
11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) long
39 oz. 13 dwt. (1,234 gr.) weighable silver
The Royal crest is almost certainly for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge K.G. (1774-1850), seventh son of King George III (1760-1820) of Great Britain and Ireland. When the inkstand was sold in 1963 a label on the base read 'Cambridge' and it was assumed the inkstand had once been in the collection of the Duke of Cambridge. It does not appear in the 2nd Duke of Cambridge's sale at Christie's in 1904 suggesting it was a gift to the 1st Earl Howe.
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Presumably Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge K.G. (1774-1850), seventh son of King George III, given to,
Richard William, 1st Earl Howe (1796-1870), then by descent to,
Francis, 5th Earl Howe P.C., C.B.E. (1884-1964),
The Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E.; Christie's, London, 15 May 1963, lot 95.
With Bulgari, Rome.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 1995, lot 316.
A Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 27 October 2005, lot 354.
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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Harry Williams-Bulkeley
Harry Williams-Bulkeley International Head of Silver Department

拍品专文


RICHARD, 1ST EARL HOWE
Richard William Penn Curzon was born in 1796 at Gopsall, Leicestershire, the only son of Sophia-Charlotte, Baroness Howe and the Hon. Penn-Assheton Curzon, the eldest son of Assheton, 1st Viscount Curzon. Richard was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount and Baron Curzon of Penn in 1820, taking up his seat in the House of Lords in the same year.

He married Harriet Georgiana (1799-1836), daughter of Robert, 6th Earl of Cardigan in 1820. In the following year he took the name of Howe after that of Curzon, by Royal License, as heir to his mother, who had inherited the Howe barony following the death of her father the Admiral 1st Earl Howe in 1799. The earldom of Howe was regranted to Richard in 1821.

He was made a Lord of the Bedchamber to King George IV from 1829 until the King's death in 1830. He then became Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, the Queen Consort from 1830 to 1831 and again in 1834 until 1837. He remained in the position after the Queen became the Queen Dowager until 1849. He was well liked by both King William IV and Queen Adelaide. Unfounded rumours at the time even suggested he had had an affair with the Queen. He succeeded his mother as Baron Howe of Langar in 1835. He married secondly, in 1845, Anne (1817-1877), daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B. and granddaughter of Admiral Sir George Montagu G.C.B. She had been Maid of Honour to Adelaide, Queen Consort. He died at Curzon House, Mayfair, Middlesex, on 12 May 1870.

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