Sale 5042
London, South Kensington
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2 July 2014
Price realised
GBP 1,875
Estimate
A PAIR OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE WINE COOLERS BASES STRUCK WITH CROWN DEVICE, CIRCA 1820 Of Campana form, with fruiting vines, shell and foliate scroll borders, with detachable collars and liners, tinned interiors, engraved to front with coat-of-arms with motto Garde Bien on oblong silver let-in reserves 11 ¼ in. (28.7 cm.) high
Provenance
The Earls of Eglinton and Winton.
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See Bradbury's History of Old Sheffield Plate, pp. 434-435, for a discussion of the crown device.
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