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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT NOBLE ITALIAN FAMILY(LOTS 538-564)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE-COOLERS, COLLARS AND LINERS
MARK OF THOMAS AND JOHN SETTLE, SHEFFIELD, 1819
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE-COOLERS, COLLARS AND LINERS
MARK OF THOMAS AND JOHN SETTLE, SHEFFIELD, 1819
Each campana-shaped and on spreading foot, cast and chased overall with foliage scrolls and rocaille, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the collar with gadrooned rim and engraved with a crest, marked on base, collar and liner
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high
209 oz. 14 dwt. (6,524 gr.)
The arms are those of Barry quartering Smith and Heriz, almost certainly for John Smith-Barry (1794-1837), of Marbury Hall Cheshire and Fota House, Foaty Island, co. Cork. He rebuilt the family seat in Ireland in the neo-classical style employing the Dublin architects Richard Morrison (1767-1849) and his son William Vitruvius Morrison (1794-1838).
MARK OF THOMAS AND JOHN SETTLE, SHEFFIELD, 1819
Each campana-shaped and on spreading foot, cast and chased overall with foliage scrolls and rocaille, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the collar with gadrooned rim and engraved with a crest, marked on base, collar and liner
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high
209 oz. 14 dwt. (6,524 gr.)
The arms are those of Barry quartering Smith and Heriz, almost certainly for John Smith-Barry (1794-1837), of Marbury Hall Cheshire and Fota House, Foaty Island, co. Cork. He rebuilt the family seat in Ireland in the neo-classical style employing the Dublin architects Richard Morrison (1767-1849) and his son William Vitruvius Morrison (1794-1838).
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