Live Auction 7850Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT VASES
Lot 385 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT VASES

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, THE LARGEST, 1846, THE TWO SMALLER 1845 AND 1848, TWO APPLIED COATS-OF-ARMS, 1849

Closed10 June 2010

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A SET OF THREE VICTORIAN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT VASES
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, THE LARGEST, 1846, THE TWO SMALLER 1845 AND 1848, TWO APPLIED COATS-OF-ARMS, 1849
Each on shaped square plinth with curved angles, the largest with beaded and berried laurel and acanthus borders, cast and chased with panels of strapwork on a matted ground, each base applied twice with the arms of France with a label for difference, accolé with those of the two Sicilies, the two-handled detachable campana-shaped vases formed from cast fruiting vine tendrils, marked on bases, vases and coats-of-arms, each base with retailer's stamp 'HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR, MORTIMER & HUNT', with pattern numbers 2292, 3840 and 2670, the underside of the large plinth engraved 2569 three times
26 in. (66 cm.) and 19 in. (49.5 cm.) high
919 oz. (28,602 gr.)
The arms are those of King Louis-Philippe of France (1773-1850) and his wife Queen Maria Amalia Teresa (1782-1866), daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825). (3)

King Louis-Philippe of France (1773-1850).

Specialist note

These magnificent vases would appear to have been commissioned by Louis-Philippe on his arrival in England. They would have been recorded in the inventory made on his death (Archives Nationales, Paris, 300 AP IV 118) and in his will (Archives du Palais Royal, Brussels, Fonds Leopold 1er, no. 586) which dictated that his porcelain, jewels, and plate go to his widow and then, on her death, to be divided up amongst the children. The grand form of these sculptural vases displays the virtuosity of the casting and chasing of the mid-nineteenth century silversmiths, particularly John S. Hunt, who also made a magnificent pair of candelabra which bear the same arms as the present lot and were sold at Christie's London, 31 March 1998, lot 56.