
Property of a New York Private Collector
Lot Closed
April 22, 04:31 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a New York Private Collector
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT MARINE-THEME SAUCE BOATS, ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1820
each on double dolphin and shellwork base, the handles formed as Venus and Adonis, with detachable liners by Sebastian Crespel II
marked on bodies below lips and on liners, numbered 1 and 3
115 oz
3576.5 g
height of taller 9⅝ in.
24.5 cm
The form of these sauce boats is taken from a set of four with figures of Venus and Adonis, made in 1743-44 by Nicholas Sprimont for Frederick Prince of Wales and still in the Royal Collection (see E. Alfred Jones, The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, pl. LI, p. 100, also Arthur Grimwade, Rococo Silver, 1727-1765, pl. 33A).