Sotheby's London - English & Continental Silver, Portrait Miniatures & Objects of Vertu Feb 9 1989 Sale #BRITANNIA. Includes separate prices realized list.
This auction catalog contains 505 lots with descriptions, many with color or black&white pictures, dimensions, period or age, provenance, literature, where exhibited. Auction estimates in British Pound Sterling. Auction Included:
- A George III Silver Soup Tureen and Cover, Paul Storr, London, 1799 - sold for 16500 GBP.
- A George IV Silver-gilt Warwick Vase, Paul Storr for Storr & Co., London, 1821 - sold for 24750 GBP.
- A Pair of William IV Three-Light Silver Centrepieces, William Bateman for Rundell, Bridge & Co., London, 1836 - sold for 27500 GBP.
- The Goodwood Cup, 1872. A Victorian Silver and Gilt-metal Trophy, John Hunt & Robert Roskell for Hunt & Roskell, London, 1872 - sold for 16500 GBP.
- A Pair of Victorian Seven-Light Silver Candelabra, James Garrard for R. & S. Garrard & Co., London, 1888 - sold for 12650 GBP.
- Silver-mounted Shagreen Casket, Omar Ramsden, London, 1931 - sold for 11550 GBP.
- A Fine Commemorative Patriotic Plaque 'The British Worthies' by William Hopkins Craft, 1798 - sold for 9350 GBP (pictured on the cover).
- A Pair of Pink-ground Bilston Mustard Pots and Covers, circa 1765 - sold for 7150 GBP.
- A Miniature Portrait of A Lady, by John Downman, circa 1785 - sold for 6050 GBP.
The cover has typical shelf wear. The inside pages are in good condition except for moisture damage on the last few pages (1 inch of the edge is rough where the pages were pulled apart) -- does not impact the usability of the catalog.
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