Lot Essay
A similar silver-gilt columbine cup by Benjamin Smith is illustrated in Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Dictionary of Silver 1600-1940, 1986, p. 275, illus. no. 1267.
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MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH III, LONDON, 1828,
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT COLUMBINE CUPS,
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH III, LONDON, 1828,
each modeled after a German columbine cup, the hexafoil body on a stepped trefoil foot, the body with flowers, foliage, shells and pods on a matted ground, the lobed rims with alternating masks and balls on floral wreaths, the baluster-form stem with alternating ram's-head masks and balls, the upper foot with gadroon and guilloche border, marked on bodies
8 1/8in. (20.6cm.) high; 34oz. 10dwt. (1,081gr.) approximate gross weight
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH III, LONDON, 1828,
each modeled after a German columbine cup, the hexafoil body on a stepped trefoil foot, the body with flowers, foliage, shells and pods on a matted ground, the lobed rims with alternating masks and balls on floral wreaths, the baluster-form stem with alternating ram's-head masks and balls, the upper foot with gadroon and guilloche border, marked on bodies
8 1/8in. (20.6cm.) high; 34oz. 10dwt. (1,081gr.) approximate gross weight
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