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Charles II Provincial Silver Wine Taster England,c1670 Maker's Mark Only (Indistinct), possibly West Country,
Although there are several records of wine tasters in English 14th and 15th century manuscripts, the earliest British silver wine tasters are from the 17th century, with very few being made after 1750. Most from the 18th and 19th centuries come from France. There were two forms : this form with the shallow bowl and 2 wire loop handles, and a later form with domed center. Interestingly, wine tasters are an outgrowth of small tasters made during the medieval period to taste contents of bowls, to convince guests that the food was not poisoned.
3.5" Diameter / 2 oz. SOLD
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Pair of First Period Worcester Large (Punch) Bowls Rock Strata (Sampan Island) Pattern, England, c1770-80
Punch was a very popular drink in early 18th century Great Britain, prior to the popularity of wine. It was introduced in the mid 17th century, and consisted of five ingredients : water, sugar, limes, lemons or oranges, spices and spirits. It could be served warmed or chilled. SOLD
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George II Engraved Airtwist Ale Glass, England, c1750 The bucket bowl finely engraved with hops and barley raised on a multi-spiral double-knopped airtwist stem above a conical foot; of good weight 6-3/8” High
Very early 18th century English drinking glasses were quite heavy. As the glasses became internationally popular, a large tax was levied upon glass products by weight in 1746 - and additionally thereafter - usually to support a war. Among the most beautiful results of glassmakers' attempts to make glass both lighter and more decorative was to lighten the stems by poking holes in them - first occurring as airtwist stems. English lead glass cooled slowly, enabling the spirals to be turned with absolute precision.
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Pair of George III Scottish Silver Large Goblets Alexander Gardner & Co., Edinburgh, 1801 Of large size and heavy gauge silver, with gilt interior and engraved with the crest of a savage’s head affronte, couped at the shoulders (Fairbairn’s 190/5) below the motto “Will God I Shall” (Menzies), all within a laurel wreath, surmounting a waisted stem with reeded knop over an octagonal base with reeded edge
8.25” High / 22.6 oz.
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Pair of George III Armorial Silver Goblets George Smith and Thomas Hayter, London, 1792 Each bowl engraved with squigglework lip banding above ribbon-tied mantled armorial: Or, a chevron cotised sable, between three auks proper, all within a bordure engrailed of the second, charged with thirteen bezants; crest: Upon a rock an auk proper, holding in the beak a bezant with motto, "Bedhoh Fyr Ha Heb Drok" 6.75" High / 15.05 oz. SOLD
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George III Silver Adjustable Dish Cross with Burner Charles Aldridge & Henry Green, London, 1773
Dish crosses were made primarily during the mid through late 18th century, being used for placement of hot dishes on sideboards. They have sliding supports to fit a varying array of shapes and sizes, making them suitable for a number of contemporary usages - including silver, ceramics, or even decorative objects that one might wish to elevate on a table.
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Provenance: The Scrivener Collection, with collector's label verso, (#108), and a second collector’s label (no. 139). An almost identical example is illustrated in Old English Drinking Glasses, Grant R. Francis (1926) pl. VI, no.31 6.25" High
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Pair of George III Silver Beakers John Lambe, London, 1783 Crested with a mermaid holding in her dexter hand a dagger proper (Broadhurst; Cufack, Ireland; Fennor; Goband; Legget, Scotland; Murray-Pennyland, Caithness-shire, Scotland)
Beakers at any date are comparatively rare. Pairs of beakers are even more uncommon, and very desirable from the standpoint of a collector. 3" High / 5.25 oz . Total Weight
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William IV Silver Bottle Stopper Henry Wilkinson & Co, Sheffield, 1831-1836The finial a cast grape vine stem with leaves and grapes, the leaves finely stippled 2” High / .0665 oz. SOLD
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Georgian Silver Bottle Tickets
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George III Silver Punch Ladles John Moore, London, 1798, Rosenthal, Berlin, early 19th century - SOLD George Gray, London, 1788 - SOLD
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Set of 8 Plain Stem Georgian Wine Glasses England,18th Century Drawn Trumpet Bowls, with good gray tone, all in excellent condition 7" to 7.25" High SOLD
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Set of 3 George III Silver Wine Coasters John Rowbotham, 1775, Sheffield An early set, crested for Everard and an Unknown Family
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Pair of Regency Barrel Cut Decanters England, c1815 SOLD
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Pair of George III Irish 2-Pint Spirit Decanters, c1800 9.25" High x 3.5" Wide
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Early George III Silver Tumbler William Caldecott, London, 1764 2-5/8" Wide x 2.5" High / 2.8 oz.
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Late 17th Century English Tumbler Unmarked, Initials and Numbered Verso Possibly Provincial, with broad short form 1-5/8” High x 2-3/4” Diameter / 1.4 oz
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George III Silver Wine Funnel, Stephen Adams II, London, 1804 - SOLD Shown With George III Irish Provincial Silver Wine Funnel Stand, Joseph Kinselagh, Cork, c1790 - SOLD The domed stand crested for Thomas Carr, Freemason and author of “The Ritual of the Operative Free Masons”
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George I Pedestal (Silesian) Stem Wine with Folded Foot England, c1725 The conical weighted bowl over a 6-sided pedestal (Silesian) stem with central elongated tear above a folded foot with snapped pontil 6" High
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George III Silver Lemon (Punch) Strainer Charles Aldridge & Henry Green, London 1771 8-7/8" Wide / 4 oz.
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George III Silver Lemon (Punch) Strainer Samuel Meriton II, London, 1780 crested for Molyneux, Earls of Sefton 4.25” Diameter x 9.5” Over Handles / 4.4 oz. |
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Fine Pair of George III / IV Old Sheffield Plate Wine Coolers T & J Creswick, c1820, each bearing a coat of arms within a rubbed in silver rectangle, marked beneath the footrim with T&J Creswick crossed arrow mark, footrims marked "2" & "3", arms of Peckham impaling Pauncefote 10 5/8” High x 8 ¾” Wide
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Nine Plain Stem Drawn Trumpet Bowl Georgian Wine Glasses England, c1750-1765 Two with folded feet / Four with stem tears Priced Individually, but can easily be used as a set 6.5" to 7.25" High
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April 23,1815, engraved for HC
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George III Firing Glass, c1780 Engraved with stylized tulips & swags SOLD
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George II Engraved Light Baluster Wine England, c1750 Collector's label verso 6-1/8" High
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Pair of William IV Anglo-Irish Cut Glass Pint Decanters c1830-35 Double neck rings, pint sizes, very heavy glass and oddly fitting stoppers are all characteristic of Irish glass. 8" High
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French .950 Silver Wine Taster Theodor Tonnelier, working in Paris from 1798 "TT" with upright plume above a plowshare in lozenge Paris 1819 Guarantee Mark, 1838 Minerva First Standard
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George III Double Series Opaque Twist Toasting or Wine Glass England, c1765 / Jacobite Interest Single thread surrounding a tightly coiled multi-spiral core, engraved with a jaybird in flight and fruiting grapevines 7.25" High SOLD
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George II Silver Brandy Saucepan EhA, London, 1744 Grimwade, #3543 Useful for warming or serving brandy, butter and sauces
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William Fleming, London, 1716
The mark of William Fleming "is frequently found on well executed small pieces of hollowware such as cream jugs, saucepans, dredgers and miniature porringers."
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Robert Cox, London 1762 SOLD
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George II Cuban Mahogany Wine Table England, c1740 21” High, the dished top 11” Diameter
The tripod table evolved from the rudimentary candlestands coming into England c1680. About 1725, the first tables seen on a straight columnar shaft above cabriole legs are seen. Note the remains of the 17th century platform still discernible where the legs meet the standard. The wine table is a smaller version of the tripod, with a smaller dished top, as above. A table of the same form is illustrated and discussed in British Antique Furniture, Andrews, Figure #890.
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George II / III Brass-Bound Mahogany Cellaret England, c1760, possibly by Gillows* 23.25” High x 24” Wide x 16” Deep
In the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the oval body with vertical staves bound by upper and lower wide brass bands and having lion’s mask ring handles; raised on a conforming oval stand above four square molded splayed legs with C-scroll brackets; tin liner; early if not original finish; originally on casters
*Note : A virtually identical wine cistern was supplied by Gillows as a part of a large consignment of dining room furniture for Williams Hasell or Penrith, in 1774 The same lion masks were used by the firm for dining room urns. The mounts were also used by Thomas Chippendale on two pairs of wine coolers supplied to the 5th Earl of Dumfries, for Dumfries House, Scotland, in 1759 and 1763, respectively
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George I/II Baluster Cordial or Gin Glass Provenance: Jeffrey Rose Collection (sold Sotheby’s March 6, 1987, Lot 40) 5.25” High SOLD
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George II / III Double Series Opaque Twist England, c1760 6.25” High SOLD
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George III Silver Pierced Pastry/Fish Server Charles Aldridge & Henry Green London, 1773 Of the very desirable triangular pierced and bright cut form 12.5" Long / 5.5 oz.
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George III Silver Articulated Cheese Scoop John Lawrence Birmingham, 1814 Silver shaft and ivory handle having a slotted sliding "push" mechanism, reeded ferrule 1.2 Total Oz. / 6.5" Long SOLD
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Victorian Silver & Carved Ivory Stilton Cheese Scoop Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, 1878
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