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A set of four George III silver sauceboats, Robert Garrard, London, 1818

Auction Closed

November 9, 04:41 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A set of four George III silver sauceboats

Robert Garrard, London, 1818


shaped-oval form, the bases formed as crashing waves and shells with a coiled snake bracket, the bodies chased with shells and scrolls and engraved with a coat-of-arms, the handles formed as monstrous snakes, two with maker's mark only,

length 25cm., 9 3/4in.

4077gr., 131oz.

Colonel Walter Sneyd (1752-1829) and thence by descent
Christie's, London, 24 June 1924, lot 57, Sale of Sneyd Heirlooms removed from Keele Hall
Christie's, New York, 18 December 1995, lot 316
With Partridge Replica Handbags s, London
Inventory of Sneyde Plate at Keele Hall, described as "4 chased sauceboats, snake handles", 15 June 1849
The arms are those of Sneyd of Keele Hall, near Newcastle-under-Lyme impaling Bagot for Walter Sneyd M.P. (1752-1829), sometime High Sheriff of Staffordshire, who married in 1786 Louisa (d. 1834), daughter of William, 1st Lord Bagot.

These sauceboats are the same model as those marked for John Swift, London, 1764, in The Royal Collection, see A. E. Jones, The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, 1911, plate LXXXII. Paul Storr also made a number of sauceboats in this pattern.