Lot 132
A large early Victorian silver Warwick cruet
Edward I, Edward II, James and William Barnard, London 1838-39
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Description
the frame of four eagle’s masks, acanthus and claw and ball feet, with central baluster handle and reeded shell, scroll handle, the base with similar chased border, the front with a foliate scroll and diaper work cartouche, engraved with a coat of arms, fitted with three octagonal lidded casters, each on a spreading octagonal foot, the covers and with pineapple finials, two pierced, one blind, the bodies chased with panels of shells, scrolls and flowers on a matted ground; two silver-mounted cut glass bottles, with silver neck mounts chased with scrolls and foliage and each with leaf-capped scroll handles and hinged domed covers, two casters engraved with a crest, the large caster and the bottle covers engraved with a crest and motto (6)
39cm high, 110oz/r
Provenance
Christie’s London, 15th July 1998,
lot 152 Anon sale
Christie’s New York, 5th October 1979, lot 191
Footnote
The arms are those of Darby with Grant in pretence for Francis Darby Esq., of Sunniside House, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, and his wife Hannah, only daughter of John Grant. Francis Darby was the son of Abraham Darby who, with John Wilkinson, designed and constructed the Iron Bridge over the Severn at Coalbrookdale.