MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1833

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A WILLIAM IV SILVER EWER
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1833
Of oinochoe form, on circular foot, the body applied with a figure of Eros and a woman, and engraved with palmettes and flowers, with Vitruvian scroll shoulder and base, with high loop handle, the trilobed spout applied with masks, marked on neck
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 31 oz. 10 dwt. (992 gr.)

拍品专文

This silver wine jug is based upon an oinochoe that figured prominently in the collection of the antiquarian Sir William Hamilton. Made about 350-300 B.C in Apulia, the oinochoe was acquired by the British Museum in 1772. Significantly, this ewer was prominently featured in Sir Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Hamilton, now in the collection the National Portrait Gallery. It was also published in Baron d'Hancarville, Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, tirées du Cabinet de M. William Hamilton, Envoyée extraordinaire et plénipotentiare de S. M. Britannique en Cour de Naples, 1766-67.