Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lots 62-65 are from a Private UK Collection
Lot 64
A pair of George III silver wine coolers by John Houle, London 1814
21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £40,000
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Michael Moorcroft
Consultant
A pair of George III silver wine coolers
by John Houle, London 1814
Compressed campana shape, with detachable collars and drum liners, with bands of beads and tongue and dart, the central body with a leafy band over a stippled ground, below the bellied lower bodies with stiff leaves and fruiting vines, leaf-capped loop handles with bacchanalian mask junctions, on spreading circular bases with acanthus bands, engraved with a Scottish crest: a lion rampant and the motto 'SANS PEUR', height 23cm, weight 315oz.
Compressed campana shape, with detachable collars and drum liners, with bands of beads and tongue and dart, the central body with a leafy band over a stippled ground, below the bellied lower bodies with stiff leaves and fruiting vines, leaf-capped loop handles with bacchanalian mask junctions, on spreading circular bases with acanthus bands, engraved with a Scottish crest: a lion rampant and the motto 'SANS PEUR', height 23cm, weight 315oz.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London 14th March 1996, lot 66.
A private UK collection.
Families using the motto SANS PEUR are ARNELL, HOGART, KARR, SUTHERLAND.
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