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Royal: an important pair of George III silver wine coolers, Parker & Wakelin, London, 1763, after a

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An Important English Private Collection
Royal: an important pair of George III silver wine coolers, Parker & Wakelin, London, 1763, after a design by Pierre Germain

on cast circular bases of lobes and rocaille scrolls centred by shells, the bombé bodies applied in relief on both sides with the royal arms of Great Britain above garlands of grapes, leaves and flowers springing from vine stem handles, scratch weights: ‘73=4’ and ‘76=0’,

21cm., 8 ¼in. high

4650gr., 149 ½oz.

This lot will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries on 9th, 10th 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th January 2024.

Provenance
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, to his eldest daughter

Henrietta, married 1793 William Kerr, later 6th Marquis of Lothian, to their son

John Kerr, 7th Marquis of Lothian, and by descent

Sotheby’s, London, 15 May 2003, lot 100

Literature
Helen Clifford, Silver in London: The Parker and Wakelin Partnership 1760-1776, New Haven: Yale University Press for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, 2004, fig. 133, pp. 164-65
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Veuillez noter que l'Article 12 des Conditions Générales de Vente applicables aux Vendeurs (Ventes Effectuées Exclusivement en Ligne) n'est pas applicable pour ce lot.
An Important English Private Collection
Royal: an important pair of George III silver wine coolers, Parker & Wakelin, London, 1763, after a design by Pierre Germain

on cast circular bases of lobes and rocaille scrolls centred by shells, the bombé bodies applied in relief on both sides with the royal arms of Great Britain above garlands of grapes, leaves and flowers springing from vine stem handles, scratch weights: ‘73=4’ and ‘76=0’,

21cm., 8 ¼in. high

4650gr., 149 ½oz.

This lot will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries on 9th, 10th 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th January 2024.

Provenance
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, to his eldest daughter

Henrietta, married 1793 William Kerr, later 6th Marquis of Lothian, to their son

John Kerr, 7th Marquis of Lothian, and by descent

Sotheby’s, London, 15 May 2003, lot 100

Literature
Helen Clifford, Silver in London: The Parker and Wakelin Partnership 1760-1776, New Haven: Yale University Press for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, 2004, fig. 133, pp. 164-65
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Veuillez noter que l'Article 12 des Conditions Générales de Vente applicables aux Vendeurs (Ventes Effectuées Exclusivement en Ligne) n'est pas applicable pour ce lot.

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