Live Auction 21907Bayreuth: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED AGATE BOWL AND COVER
Lot 8

A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED AGATE BOWL AND COVER

MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1823

Closed7 July 2023

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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED AGATE BOWL AND COVER
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1823
Oval, on lozenge shaped base chased with flowers and foliage, the agate bowl resting on four swan monopodiae, the rim mounts chased with flower garlands, the cover with finial formed as a dying fowl, marked on foot-rim, rim mount, cover mount, finial and nut
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high

Sir Michael Sobell (1892-1993), business man and philanthropist,
The late Sir Michael Sobell; Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1994, lot 127.

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A similar silver-gilt-mounted agate bowl, by Farrell, 1823 was sold Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 262. A pair of silver-gilt and agate candlesticks, by him of 1823, were sold Christie's New York, 20 October 1998, lot 308. For a note on Edward Farrell see lot 13.