Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
A SWEDISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
Lot 408

A SWEDISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER

MARK OF JOHAN PETTERSSON BERG, NORRKOPING, 1730 OR 1741

Closed23 May 2014

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A SWEDISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
MARK OF JOHAN PETTERSSON BERG, NORRKOPING, 1730 OR 1741
Trumpet shaped, on spreading fluted foot, the sides engraved with two sets of initials below a band of punched foliage, on a gilded ground, marked underneath
3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
2 oz. 6 dwt. (71 gr.)

Probably either Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822), or Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), possibly acquired by the latter when visiting Sweden in 1836, and by descent.