Live Auction 7561Simon Sainsbury The Creation of an English Arcadia
A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED LEATHER BOMBARD
Lot 14

A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED LEATHER BOMBARD

THE SILVER MOUNT STRUCK TWICE WITH THE MARK OF JOHN HARVEY (I), LONDON, CIRCA 1750

Closed18 June 2008

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A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED LEATHER BOMBARD
THE SILVER MOUNT STRUCK TWICE WITH THE MARK OF JOHN HARVEY (I), LONDON, CIRCA 1750
Bearing a label 'STEPHENSON MEMORIAL HALL EXHIBITION, CHESTERFIELD, 1897. Pro No. 3... Exhibitor Sir T.J. Downes 348'
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high

Sir T.J. Downes, circa 1897. Acquired from Barry Sainsbury, 4 May 1970.

Specialist note

Such handsome leather jugs or bombards, serving as 4 quart ale measures often formed part of the ornamental furniture of the Servants Hall (O. Baker, Black Jacks & Leather Bottells, London, 1921). A pair of large 19th Century blackjacks commissioned by the Ogilvie family with mounts by Thomas Clark, Edinburgh, was acquired by John, 4th Marquess of Bute, for Dumfries House, Scotland (Dumfries House, Christie's London, sale catalogue, 12-13 July 2007, lot 1).