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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
Auction Closed
July 5, 02:05 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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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., 8¼in. high
4650gr., 149oz. 10dwt.
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
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