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拍品 175
A ROYAL CHRISTENING PRESENT:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP & COVER,
MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER & JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1840,
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A ROYAL CHRISTENING PRESENT:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP & COVER,
MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER & JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1840,
Of part-fluted vase form with bifurcated scroll handles hung with pendent bell-flowers, (one handle with part detached but present), the waisted neck applied with floral swags, the body with broad matted frieze decorated in high relief with children & playful putti, the lower body applied with foliage, on pedestal foot decorated with repetitive flower-heads & winged cherub masks, the cover similarly decorated below a fluted pedestal surmounted by a finial of an angel with attendant putto, engraved with Queen Victoria's crowned cypher & inscribed "To VICTOR ALEXANDER ERNEST MARSHALL from his Godmother VICTORIA R. Dec.13, 1841", the cover inscribed around rim "Published as the Act directs by Mortimer & Hunt, 156 New Bond Street, London, Jany.1, 1841, 15 in. high (38 cm.), 62.25 oz.
MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER & JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1840,
Of part-fluted vase form with bifurcated scroll handles hung with pendent bell-flowers, (one handle with part detached but present), the waisted neck applied with floral swags, the body with broad matted frieze decorated in high relief with children & playful putti, the lower body applied with foliage, on pedestal foot decorated with repetitive flower-heads & winged cherub masks, the cover similarly decorated below a fluted pedestal surmounted by a finial of an angel with attendant putto, engraved with Queen Victoria's crowned cypher & inscribed "To VICTOR ALEXANDER ERNEST MARSHALL from his Godmother VICTORIA R. Dec.13, 1841", the cover inscribed around rim "Published as the Act directs by Mortimer & Hunt, 156 New Bond Street, London, Jany.1, 1841, 15 in. high (38 cm.), 62.25 oz.
A ROYAL CHRISTENING PRESENT:- AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP & COVER,
MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER & JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1840,
Of part-fluted vase form with bifurcated scroll handles hung with pendent bell-flowers, (one handle with part detached but present), the waisted neck applied with floral swags, the body with broad matted frieze decorated in high relief with children & playful putti, the lower body applied with foliage, on pedestal foot decorated with repetitive flower-heads & winged cherub masks, the cover similarly decorated below a fluted pedestal surmounted by a finial of an angel with attendant putto, engraved with Queen Victoria's crowned cypher & inscribed "To VICTOR ALEXANDER ERNEST MARSHALL from his Godmother VICTORIA R. Dec.13, 1841", the cover inscribed around rim "Published as the Act directs by Mortimer & Hunt, 156 New Bond Street, London, Jany.1, 1841, 15 in. high (38 cm.), 62.25 oz.
MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER & JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1840,
Of part-fluted vase form with bifurcated scroll handles hung with pendent bell-flowers, (one handle with part detached but present), the waisted neck applied with floral swags, the body with broad matted frieze decorated in high relief with children & playful putti, the lower body applied with foliage, on pedestal foot decorated with repetitive flower-heads & winged cherub masks, the cover similarly decorated below a fluted pedestal surmounted by a finial of an angel with attendant putto, engraved with Queen Victoria's crowned cypher & inscribed "To VICTOR ALEXANDER ERNEST MARSHALL from his Godmother VICTORIA R. Dec.13, 1841", the cover inscribed around rim "Published as the Act directs by Mortimer & Hunt, 156 New Bond Street, London, Jany.1, 1841, 15 in. high (38 cm.), 62.25 oz.
Victor Alexander Ernest Garth Marshall (1841-1928) was a friend of & correspondent with Charles Darwin.
Another example of this same model by the same maker & of the same date, presented to Queen Victoria's god-daughter, Victoria Cotes, was sold at Christies London, 22/11/1995, lot 64.
Another example of this same model by the same maker & of the same date, presented to Queen Victoria's god-daughter, Victoria Cotes, was sold at Christies London, 22/11/1995, lot 64.
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.