A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT FURNISHING-BOTTLES

MARK OF LIONEL ALFRED CRICHTON, LONDON, 1927

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A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT FURNISHING-BOTTLES
MARK OF LIONEL ALFRED CRICHTON, LONDON, 1927
In the Charles II style, each pear-shaped on slightly domed foot chased with a leafy band, the bodies with acanthus leaves and ribbon-tied husk and fruit swags, the detachable covers chased with leaves and with baluster finials, each engraved under foot with a crest, each marked near rim and on cover bezel, further stamped 'Crichton Bros 22 Old Bond Street. W'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
52 oz. 2 dwt. (1,620 gr.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 May 2012, lot 402.

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Lot Essay

This pair of furnishing-bottles are copies of a pair made by Thomas Jenkins in 1675. They, along with a further pair, were both exhibited by the leading dealers and manufacturers Crichton Brothers in The Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate held in 1929 at Sir Philip Sassoon's house on Park Lane. Crichton made copies of both pairs. The original vases, which together weighted 118 oz., were most recently appeared on the market at Christie's, London on 26 November 1980, lot 117, when they were the property of a nobleman.

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