Lot 161
£65,000
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
each on serpentine square base, elaborately cast with shells, scrolls and four masks, each representing the seasons: Neptune amid rocaille and shells, Flora amid flowers, Pomona amid fruit, Bacchus amid grapevines, the square tapering stem with pendant husks and stylised ornament under a border of acanthus, rising to a circular fluted socket with similar band, the removable nozzle engraved with a crest (4)
22.8cm high, 118oz (4)
Christie’s New York, 20th October 1999 lot 181 The collection of Simone and Alan Hartman.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, June 10, 1980, lot 273 (set of 4).
Christie’s, London February 19-20, 1947, lot 151 (set of 12).
Then by descent of Lancelot Edward, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, O.B.E. (1867-1953), William Viscount and Baron Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844).
Heraldry:
Engraved with the Ducal coronet above a crest within the Garter for Lt. Col. Sir William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale
Literature:
Penzer N.. Paul Storr, p. 174, illus 175, for an identical pair from the Victoria and Albert Museum, from the Duke of Cumberland’s collection, given by Mr. L A Crichton.
Note:
Another set of four sold Christie’s New York, 16th April 1999, Important English silver from a New England Collection, lot 192.