Live Auction 2209Important Silver and Objects of Vertu Including the Inventory of Marks Antiques of London
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Lot 138 PROPERTY OF MRS. PATRICIA M. KLUGE

AN IMPORTANT SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER-GILT SALT CELLARS, WITH A MODERN MATCHING PAIR

FOUR MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1819, TWO MARK OF GARRARD & CO., 1987

Closed22 October 2009

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AN IMPORTANT SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER-GILT SALT CELLARS, WITH A MODERN MATCHING PAIR
FOUR MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1819, TWO MARK OF GARRARD & CO., 1987
Each on rockwork base with shells and coral, applied with a crayfish, two 1819 cellars engraved with a crest, marked on bases, tails and nuts
5½ in. (14 cm.) long; the 1819 set 120 oz. 10 dwt. (3,759 gr.); the 1987 pair 75 oz. 10 dwt. (2,359 gr.) (6)

Ralph Francis Julian Stonor, 5th Lord Camoys (1884-1968), one pair 1819 acquired in 1949, one pair acquired in 1956;
by descent to Lord Camoys, sold Christie's London, 21 March 1979,
lot 24
Garrard & Co. Ltd.

Specialist note

These salt cellars are based on a pair in the celebrated "Marine service" of the Royal Collection. Made by Nicholas Sprimont in 1742, the Royal pair is illustrated in E. Alfred Jones, The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, 1911, illus. pl. 50.