A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1830 AND 1834
The ewer tapering cylindrical and on short spreading foot, one side applied with a plaque cast and chased with Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by sea-horses, the other with Amphitrite astride a seahorse, each surrounded by tritons, nereids and putti blowing trumpets and conch shells, all on a textured ground, further chased with palmettes, the neck and hinged cover applied with fruiting grapevines, with a reeded ivory insulated handle, the basin circular, chased with palmettes, the centre applied with a plaque cast with Aphrodite riding a dolphin, the basin engraved four times with initials 'LB' below a viscountess' coronet, the ewer marked underneath, inside cover and on handle and finial, the basin marked on side
the ewer: 27.3 cm. (10 ¾ in.) high, the basin: 37 cm. (14 5⁄8 in.) wide
gross weight 86 oz. (2,670 gr.)
The initials are those of Louisa Beresford (d.1851) wife firstly of Thomas Hope and secondly of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854).
A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, LONDON, 1830 AND 1834
The ewer tapering cylindrical and on short spreading foot, one side applied with a plaque cast and chased with Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by sea-horses, the other with Amphitrite astride a seahorse, each surrounded by tritons, nereids and putti blowing trumpets and conch shells, all on a textured ground, further chased with palmettes, the neck and hinged cover applied with fruiting grapevines, with a reeded ivory insulated handle, the basin circular, chased with palmettes, the centre applied with a plaque cast with Aphrodite riding a dolphin, the basin engraved four times with initials 'LB' below a viscountess' coronet, the ewer marked underneath, inside cover and on handle and finial, the basin marked on side
the ewer: 27.3 cm. (10 ¾ in.) high, the basin: 37 cm. (14 5⁄8 in.) wide
gross weight 86 oz. (2,670 gr.)
The initials are those of Louisa Beresford (d.1851) wife firstly of Thomas Hope and secondly of William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854).
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