Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 42
A pair of Victorian silver-gilt dessert stands by John Samuel Hunt, London 1845, also stamped 'Hunt & Roskell, late Storr, Mortimer & Hunt'
5 April 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,625 inc. premium
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A pair of Victorian silver-gilt dessert stands
by John Samuel Hunt, London 1845, also stamped 'Hunt & Roskell, late Storr, Mortimer & Hunt'
Modelled as fruiting vines, the entwined branches supporting red cut-glass bowls with vine decorated silver borders, the bases with reclining putti, two leaning against the shield of ROTHSCHILD, ensigned by the coronet of a Baron of the Austrian Empire, height 24cm, weight without glass bowls and borders 107oz.
Modelled as fruiting vines, the entwined branches supporting red cut-glass bowls with vine decorated silver borders, the bases with reclining putti, two leaning against the shield of ROTHSCHILD, ensigned by the coronet of a Baron of the Austrian Empire, height 24cm, weight without glass bowls and borders 107oz.
Footnotes
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879) was the son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild. He joined the family's banking empire in 1836, and later entered politics, becoming the first Jewish Member of Parliament. He remained MP for the City of London for sixteen years. His son, Nathaniel de Rothschild, became the first Jewish Peer to enter the House of Lords in 1885.
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