Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lot 33
A pair of George III / IV silver wine coolers Philip Rundell, London 1819 / 1822 (2)
27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£25,000 - £35,000
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Michael Moorcroft
Consultant
A pair of George III / IV silver wine coolers
Philip Rundell, London 1819 / 1822
Campana form, with removable liners and collars, the handles formed as entwined vine branches stretching upwards to applied fruiting vine ornament, the bases with gadrooning, engraved with the arms and crests of Sir Robert Howe Bromley, the rim of foot impressed 'Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis Londini', height 26cm, weight 215.5oz. (2)
Campana form, with removable liners and collars, the handles formed as entwined vine branches stretching upwards to applied fruiting vine ornament, the bases with gadrooning, engraved with the arms and crests of Sir Robert Howe Bromley, the rim of foot impressed 'Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis Londini', height 26cm, weight 215.5oz. (2)
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Provenance
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Highly Important Old English Silver: property of Sir Rupert Bromley, 9th Bt., 29th November 1961, lot 23.
Sir Robert (1778-1857) was 3rd Baronet Bromley of East Stoke, succeeding his father, Sir George Smith, afterwards Bromley, in 1808. After entering the Navy in 1791 Sir Robert worked his way up through the ranks, becoming Vice-Admiral of the Red in 1848, of the Blue in 1851 and of the White in 1854.
The difference in the hallmarks dates can be explained by the numbers stamped on the various components of the wine coolers. The pieces hallmarked for 1819 are numbered either 1 or 2, and the pieces hallmarked for 1822 are stamped 3 or 4. This suggests Sir Robert bought a second pair in the same design three years after the first, and the various parts have since been mismatched.
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