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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL WATER PITCHER
Lot 579 PROPERTY OF SIR CHARLES GLADSTONE 8TH BT OF HARWARDEN CASTLE, FLINTSHIRE

AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL WATER PITCHER

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1879

Closed20 January 2023

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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL WATER PITCHER
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1879
Baulster form, chased in high relief with blossoms in full bloom, buds, and furled foliage at the shoulder against an orange peel ground and applied with copper frogs, lizards, lady bugs, and beetles, the underside engraved W.E.G / 1879, marked on underside and numbered 3463-303 and with other metals number 921
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high
36 oz. 19 dwt. (1,148 gr.) gross weight

Presumably a 70th birthday present given to William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), British Liberal Party Statesman and four term Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, then by descent to his grandson,
William Glynne Charles Gladstone (1885-1915), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by acquisition to his uncle,
Henry Neville Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden (1852-1935), then by decent to his nephew,
Sir Albert Charles Gladstone 6th Bt. (1886-1967), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by deed of gift in 1946 to his brother,
Sir Charles Andrew Gladstone 6th Bt. (1888-1968), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by descent to his son,
Sir (Erskine) William Gladstone 7th Bt. K.G. (1925-2018), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by descent.

Specialist note

Seen as perhaps the greatest British politician of the 19th century, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) is the only Prime Minister ever to have served four terms in office. He is credited as having created the political system and state structure that enjoyed in Britain today, having banished vested interests and enlarged the electorate.