Live Auction 18366The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER LARGE FURNISHING VASES
Lot 204 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 204 AND 205)

TWO VICTORIAN SILVER LARGE FURNISHING VASES

MARK OF WILLIAM MOULSON, LONDON, 1855 AND 1856, BRITANNIA STANDARD; PROBABLY RETAILED BY LAMBERT & RAWLINGS

Closed15 July 2020

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GBP 6,875

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TWO VICTORIAN SILVER LARGE FURNISHING VASES
MARK OF WILLIAM MOULSON, LONDON, 1855 AND 1856, BRITANNIA STANDARD; PROBABLY RETAILED BY LAMBERT & RAWLINGS
In the Charles II style, with fruit and acanthus foliage on a matted ground, marked underneath
16 ½ in. (41.8 cm.) high
91 oz. 2 dwt. (2,834 gr.)

The Art of Europe; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2013, lot 123.

Specialist note

Vases of this pattern were shown by Lambert and Co. (successors to Lambert and Rawlings) at the International Exhibition, London, in 1862 illustrated here. The firm was started by Francis Lambert in 1803 and became an important retailer of reproduction and antique silver. William Rawlings became a partner in 1819 after the demise of Lambert in 1841, Rawlings continued the business until his retirement in 1861. Wrangham & Moulson, were one of Lambert's chief manufacturing silversmiths.