A REGENCY BRONZE 'ANTIQUE SALT'

BY VULLIAMY & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1805

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A REGENCY BRONZE 'ANTIQUE SALT'
BY VULLIAMY & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1805
The gadrooned dish supported by naturalistically modelled eagles on a black marble plinth base
4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied by Vulliamy & Sons, London, to Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (1740-1820), itemised in an invoice dated 27 June 1805 and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

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Lot Essay

The present tazza or 'antique salt' is described in invoice books dated 27 June 1805 detailing a commission for Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl Harewood (1740-1820) from the Vuillamy workshops:

'Delivered a bronze tazza supported upon the backs of two eagles mounted upon a circular foot with blocks and Lions Masks the whole executed in bronze in the best manner & mounted upon black marble plinth at 12 guineas'
(C.104/58, No. 31, p. 243.)

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