Live Auction 16115The Collector: English & European Furniture, Fine Art, Ceramics & Silver
A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT LARGE EWER
Lot 134 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 86-141)

A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT LARGE EWER

MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1833

Closed10 April 2018

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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT LARGE EWER
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1833
Of baluster form, the shaped circular foot cast with scrolls and grapes, the body chased in high relief on one side with two horses neck-in-neck, the other side engraved with a presentation inscription HOLDERNESS HUNT RACES 1834 R.T HON.BLE VISCOUNT MIDLETON A. BOSVILLE ESQR M.C. MAXWELL ESQR Stewards, marked near rim and with maker's mark right of handle, post-1838 French import mark, also stamped GARRARD Panton Street LONDON
18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm.) high, 122 oz. 18 dwt. (3,823 gr.)

Specialist note

The Holderness Hunt was founded in 1279 by a grant from Edward I to hunt foxes in the Holderness area, Yorkshire. In the Eighteenth century, William 'Squire' Draper of Beswick Hall was responsible for the re-establishment of the hunt. The present ewer is engraved with the names of the stewards of the hunt for the year 1834. These were Viscount Midleton, Mr A. Bosville and Mr M.C. Maxwell. Alexander William Robert Bosville (1800-1847), who was the eldest son of Sir Godfrey Bosville appears with his horse, Andante, in a portrait of 1836 by John Ferneley, sold Christie’s, London, 8 June 1995, lot 62. The Holderness trophy for 1836, was supplied by Paul Storr and sold Christie’s New York, 27 October 2005, lot 349 ($28,800).