MARK OF JOHN HUSTON, LONDON, 1811

Name: A REGENCY SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
Brand: MARK OF JOHN HUSTON, LONDON, 1811
Price: 3800.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 4,788

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USD 5,000 - USD 8,000

Closed: 22 Oct 2024

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A REGENCY SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER

MARK OF JOHN HUSTON, LONDON, 1811

Price Realised USD 4,788

Closed: 22 Oct 2024

Price Realised USD 4,788

Closed: 22 Oct 2024

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Bombé oval with gadrooned rim and raised on four paw feet headed by wild lion masks, each side applied with a cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate foliate and rocaille mantle, with two foliate scroll loop handles centered by shells, the domed cover with gadrooned border and fully modeled leafy pomegranate finial, engraved on both sides with a lizard crest, with removable silver-plated liner, marked on underside and cover, the finial apparently unmarked
14¹⁄₂ in. (36.8 cm.) long, over handles
135 oz. 2 dwt. (4,201.6 gr.) weighable silver

Possibly for Rev. Charles Richard Landon (1766-1834) of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 6 November 2015, lot 792.

D. Goethals de Mude, Magie de l'orfèvrerie. Vol. II, Faste et élégance, cinq siècles d'orfèvrerie européenne dans les collections privées, Brussels, 2004, p. 252, no. 244.

ING Centre Culturel, Brussels, Magie de l'orfèvrerie. Vol. II, Faste et élégance, cinq siècles d'orfèvrerie européenne dans les collections privées, 23 March - 31 May 2004.

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