Live Auction 5297Christie's Interiors including The Collection of the Late Serge Baillache
MARK OF THOMAS RICHARDS, LONDON, 1813
Lot 305

MARK OF THOMAS RICHARDS, LONDON, 1813

MARK OF THOMAS RICHARDS, LONDON, 1813

Closed20 May 2014

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GBP 1,625

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MARK OF THOMAS RICHARDS, LONDON, 1813
Rectangular with ribbed sides, cover engraved with the Duke of Wellington leaning against a cannon and holding a rolled up map, a tent behind, trees to the left with a scroll above inscribed VITTORIA, base engraved with a peacock flanked by trees, a house behind, gilt interior
1.7/8 in. long (4.8 cm.)
1 oz. (31 gm.)

Specialist note

On the 21st June, 1813, a British and allied army under Wellington decisively defeated Napoleon near Vittoria in Spain, with heavy losses on both sides. Napoleon narrowly avoided capture but his hold over Spain ended after the battlle