A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TOILET BOX

MAKER'S MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1777

细节

A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TOILET BOX
maker's mark of daniel smith and robert sharp, london, 1777
Circular, sides applied with ram's heads and husks, the cover chased with vitruvian scroll and water leaves, centering a plaque with three amorini, marked under base and cover
6¾in. (17.2cm.) diameter; 27oz. (844gr.)

来源

Christie's London, May 23, 1990, lot 128

拍品专文

Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp are well-known as the makers of two celebrated toilet services in the same style, one made for the Queen of Sweden in 1779, and the other, known as the Westmorland Service (see lot 298), made in 1783, but this appears to be the earliest example of the use of purely Adam motifs on a box of this form.