Lot 137
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Description
An impressive George IV silver dessert bowl
John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, London 1824-25
the large clam shell with a surmount of a twin tailed triton blowing a conch, the shell supported by three hippocamps in a wild sea setting and supported by three groups of clam shells, coral and turtles
38cm high, 42cm wide, 40cm deep, weight 343oz
Provenance:
Sotheby’s New York, 14th April 1999, lot 213
Note:
A similar set of four silver-gilt dessert bowls with covers were made for the Royal Collection by John Bridge 1826-27.
Literature:
Jones, Windsor, p.160, pl. LXXXI; Bury, ‘Rundell’s’, I, p.152 (one of a set)
Exhibited:
Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797-1843, Christopher Hartrop, exhibition by Messrs Koopman Rare Art Ltd. 2005