Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
7th July 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/170
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Al 164 165 166 167 168 A Century } 46 The body of the ewer is formed as a tapering cylinder slightly flattened, the lower part carved with vertical fluting, and the front carved with a caryatid female figure terminating in foliage, the back carved with acanthus leaves issuing from a shell, the cover of rock crystal carved as a dome Mounted on a gold foot of circular shape, the upper surface enamelled with foliage in black; the sides of the ewer studded with small gold medallions chased as rosettes, the lip mounted with silver-gilt and with a silver-gilt handle chased as coiled serpents See Illustration PAIR OF SACRAMENTAL CRUETS—63 in. high— South German, middle of the 16th Century 7c The bodies of the cruets are formed of polygonal bottles of rock crystal, mounted with silver-gilt necks, covers, handles and plinths ; the neck mounts delicately pierced with panels of Gothic tracery, and the covers chased with beading and strap-work and surmounted by knobs chased with cherubs, the handles finely chased with caryatid “female figures and strap-work terminating below in birds’ claws The stems chased with fluting, and the circular feet with borders of acanthus foliage See Illustration A A A The barrel tapers towards the lip, and is engraved with festoons of foliage and a frieze of arabesques, the cover domed and carved with fluting and the handle formed as an S-shaped scroll It is mounted with a short silver-gilt spout, silver- gilt borders and handle mounts slightly engraved Tazza—64 in. high, 72 in. wide—Italian, 17th Century It is shaped as an oval bowl engraved with arabesques, and with ‘three handles carved as dolphins, supported on a baluster stem and oval foot mounted with silver-gilt bands slightly engraved Cup—53 in. high—Italian, 16th Century It is formed as a shell carved with acanthus leaves and supported on a short stem and oval foot carved with fluting ; the foot mounted at a later date with a gold border partly enamelled black and white BoTtLE—63 in. long—ltalian, 16th Century It is formed as a turtle, the markings of the shell engraved and the fins carved, the head forming the neck of the bottle, the lip mounted with gold at a later date, and partly enamelled Ca, J
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