Live Auction 20025The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Eaton Square and Turville Grange
AN EDWARD VII SILVER-MOUNTED OAK TANTALUS
Lot 275

AN EDWARD VII SILVER-MOUNTED OAK TANTALUS

THE TANTALUS WITH MARK OF GEORGE BETJEMANN AND SONS, LONDON, 1906; THE LABELS WITH MARK OF W. I. BROADWAY AND COMPANY, BIRMINGHAM, 1996

Closed15 April 2021

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AN EDWARD VII SILVER-MOUNTED OAK TANTALUS
THE TANTALUS WITH MARK OF GEORGE BETJEMANN AND SONS, LONDON, 1906; THE LABELS WITH MARK OF W. I. BROADWAY AND COMPANY, BIRMINGHAM, 1996
The wood stand with silver corner mounts and a sliding handle with side lock mechanism, fitted with three compartments and square cut-glass decanters with stoppers, marked on corner mounts, locks and sliding handle, stamped BETJEMANN'S PATENT 53019 LONDON and THE TANTALUS, further applied with plaque engraved with retailer's name MAWSON, SWAN & MORGAN, NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE; the labels engraved 'Brandy', 'Drambuie' and 'Cointreau', marked on panels
12 5/8 in. (32cm.) high; 16 3/8in. (41.5 cm.) wide; 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

Specialist note

George Betjemann & Sons was a well-known and prolific London-based manufacturing business. Originally established as a dressing case business by George Betjemann, it went onto specialising in the manufacturing and retailing of novelty items. According to an 1894 article in The Stationary Trades Journal, this company "became probably the largest maker of fancy goods in the world; invented the Tantalus spirit stand of which [it] sold many thousands." (J. Culme, Gold and Silversmiths, London, 1987, p.43).