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A REGENCY BRONZE 'ANTIQUE SALT'
Lot 502

A REGENCY BRONZE 'ANTIQUE SALT'

BY VULLIAMY & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1805

Closed5 December 2012

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GBP 6,000

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A REGENCY BRONZE 'ANTIQUE SALT'
BY VULLIAMY & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1805
The gadrooned dish supported by naturalistically modelled eagles on a black marble plinth base
4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep

Supplied by Vulliamy & Sons, London, to Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (1740-1820), itemised in an invoice dated 27 June 1805 and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Specialist note

The present tazza or 'antique salt' is described in invoice books dated 27 June 1805 detailing a commission for Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl Harewood (1740-1820) from the Vuillamy workshops:

'Delivered a bronze tazza supported upon the backs of two eagles mounted upon a circular foot with blocks and Lions Masks the whole executed in bronze in the best manner & mounted upon black marble plinth at 12 guineas'
(C.104/58, No. 31, p. 243.)