Description

A pair of late George III silver coasters
Philip Rundell, London 1819-20
of circular form, tied reeded rim above a well-cast band of the young Dionysus holding his thyrus, surmounted by a pine cone, with recumbent lionesses under vine leaves and bunches of grapes, lower acanthus leaf border (2)
8.2cm high, 14.2cm diameter
Heraldry:
The arms of Hollingworth of Cheshire quartering inter alia Green of Alkley, Notts. Captain Robert Hollingworth JP, DL, born 1791, and in 1831 re-purchased Hollingworth Hall estate which had been in the family since before the conquest
Note:
See Christie’s New York, 15th April 1997, lot 281, for a similar set of four coasters

Footnote

The arms of Hollingworth of Cheshire quartering inter alia Green of Alkley, Notts., for Captain Robert Hollingworth JP, DL, born 1791, and in 1831 re-purchased Hollingworth Hall estate which had been in the family since before the conquest

See Christie's New York, 15th April 1997, lot 281for a similar set of four coasters