拍品 51
51
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GEORGE III OVAL JARDINIERE AND STAND, each on four foliage and bud feet, the sides pierced and applied with folded acanthus leaves and ribbon-tied oval cartouches, the basket with two applied ram's mask and drop ring handles and with pierced Vitruvian scroll rim, each engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest, by John Wakelin and William Taylor, 1779, with gilt copper liner

细节
A GEORGE III OVAL JARDINIERE AND STAND, each on four foliage and bud feet, the sides pierced and applied with folded acanthus leaves and ribbon-tied oval cartouches, the basket with two applied ram's mask and drop ring handles and with pierced Vitruvian scroll rim, each engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest, by John Wakelin and William Taylor, 1779, with gilt copper liner
15in. (38cm.) long
(91ozs.)

The arms are those of Hartley ?????? impaling

拍品专文

A pair of silver-gilt baskets and stands of identical design, by John Wakelin and William Taylor of 1780 are illustrated in R. Rowe, Adam Silver, London, 1965, pl. 66.

A pair of pierced knife trays, again of identical design, by the same, 1778, and known as the 'Chesterfield knife trays' are illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, T. Schroder, Partridge Fine Arts PLC, Recent Acquisitions, The Chesterfield Knife Trays , 1993 p. 6-7, illustrated p. 9, where they are described as 'fine examples of the neocalssical style at its most pure and restrained. The repetoire or ornament used in their design is extremely limited and restricted to flutes, Vitruvian scrolls, husks and boats' masks, but they have been brought together with a remarkable sense of balance and harmony that belies their simplicity.'