A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE COOLERS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE COOLERS
LONDON, 1828, MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD II

In the style of Paul de Lamerie, on domed circular bases cast and chased with foliage, shells and grapes and with goat-heads between, the inverted pear-shaped bodies chased with a band of alternating waterleaves and acanthus leaves on a matted ground and applied above with elaborate floral garlands, cherub heads and asymetrical rocaille cartouches each engraved with a coat-of-arms, all on a matted ground, the everted rims chased with a band of ovals and paterae, each with two openwork cast foliage and rocaille handles with female masks, with removable plated liners and silver collars, one collar engraved with two crests and a Baron's coronet, marked under bases and on collars, the bases stamped GARRARDS Panton Street LONDON--10 3/8in. (26.3cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

The arms are those of Lister quarterly with those of Cunliffe, probably for Thomas, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale, born in 1790, who suceeded to the title in 1826. His father, the 1st baron had raised a regiment of horse during the War of American Independence at his own expense which was known as "Lister's Light Dragoons."

The 2nd Lord Ribblesdale married in 1826 his 2nd cousin Adelaide, daughter of Thomas Lister. He was described as a cultivated man of kindly disposition and artistic tastes, in politics a Tory who was opposed to Parliamentary Reform.

The earliest version of this revivalist design is a pair with the maker's mark of Paul Storr, 1808, sold Sotheby's, London, October 16, 1975, lot 200, while a set of four by the same of 1817-1818 was sold in the same Rooms November 22, 1984, lot 96. Examples by Robert Garrard include a pair of 1819 sold in the same Rooms, April 28, 1988, lot 587 and a pair of 1835 sold Christie's, New York, October 18, 1989, lot 142.
The present lot was originally part of a set of four; the other two were sold from the Von Bulow Collection, Sotheby's, New York, October 28 and 29, 1988, lot 220.