Lot 188
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000
Description
A pair of substantial George III soup tureens, covers, liners and stands
William Cripps, London 1765-66 (tureens and covers)
William Burwash and Sibley, London 1812 (liners)
IH, London 1818-19 (bases)
the tureens of oval form, the domed lid with fixed handle, the top with stippled ground and applied cut card work with leaf clasping and scroll motifs, clasped threaded border with foliate detail, the base with well modelled boar’s head handles, oval cartouche with engraved crest, applied cut card work and lion’s head capitals to the moulded legs, scroll feet, the bases of oval form, the domed flat engraved with a crest and an armorial, the raised wells for the tureen feet with shell detail, the threaded rim, clasped with shell, foliate and scroll motifs all standing on four bold legs, with elongated acanthus clasped rising scrolled handles (2)
Base 57cm across handles, total height 30cm, 418oz
Heraldry:
The shield and crest of Fetherstonhaugh, Baronets of Northumberland, created 1746, extinct 1846
William Cripps, London 1765-66 (tureens and covers)
William Burwash and Sibley, London 1812 (liners)
IH, London 1818-19 (bases)
the tureens of oval form, the domed lid with fixed handle, the top with stippled ground and applied cut card work with leaf clasping and scroll motifs, clasped threaded border with foliate detail, the base with well modelled boar’s head handles, oval cartouche with engraved crest, applied cut card work and lion’s head capitals to the moulded legs, scroll feet, the bases of oval form, the domed flat engraved with a crest and an armorial, the raised wells for the tureen feet with shell detail, the threaded rim, clasped with shell, foliate and scroll motifs all standing on four bold legs, with elongated acanthus clasped rising scrolled handles (2)
Base 57cm across handles, total height 30cm, 418oz
Heraldry:
The shield and crest of Fetherstonhaugh, Baronets of Northumberland, created 1746, extinct 1846
Footnote
The shield and crest of Fetherstonhaugh, Baronets of Northumberland. Created 1746, extinct 1846
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