An Irish Silver Butter Tub, Cover and Later Stand, Dublin, William Homer, Circa 1760 / Robert W. Smith, 1853
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April 5, 04:57 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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An Irish Silver Butter Tub, Cover and Later Stand, Dublin, William Homer, Circa 1760 / Robert W. Smith, 1853
the oval wirework tub applied with hunting and rustic scenes and an oval shield with demi-bull crest, matching cover with cow finial, matching oval stand, clear glass liner, marked on cover with maker’s mark only twice, fully marked on stand
18 oz excluding glass
559 g
length of stand 8 5/8 in.
21.9 cm
Sotheby’s New York, March 30, 2011, lot 577
The scenes are as follows: on one side of the tub, a mounted huntsman with three hounds chasing a stag passing a windmill; on the other a bird in flight above a crested shield between a sheep and a goat, all in treed landscapes; the cover with a mounted hunter with three hounds chasing a fox, a maid churning butter, a pair of sheep and two round towers, one gothic, the other chinoiserie. The stand chased with two towers, a cow, two goats, a windmill, and a pair of sheep.
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