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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER FIGURAL SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON, 1856
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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER FIGURAL SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON, 1856
Each formed as a figure in 18th century costume on gadrooned shaped-square base, the first a girl with basket and a rose in her right hand, the second a boy with basket and a bunch of grapes in his right hand, the third a young girl holding a basket in both hands and the fourth a young boy holding a basket in both arms, the baskets gilt-lined, the bases each engraved twice with a coat-of-arms and twice with two crests and a motto, the bases stamped 'Hunt & Roskell Late Storr & Mortimer 8574', each marked under basket and on base
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 54 oz. 12 dwt. (1,698 gr.)
The arms are those of Thornhill quartering Clarke with Thornhill in pretence for William Capel Clarke-Thornhill Esq. (d.1898) and his wife Clara (d.1865), daughter and heir of Thomas Thornhill Esq. of Fixby, Yorkshire, whom he married in 1855. William was granted the arms of Thornhill in 1856.
MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON, 1856
Each formed as a figure in 18th century costume on gadrooned shaped-square base, the first a girl with basket and a rose in her right hand, the second a boy with basket and a bunch of grapes in his right hand, the third a young girl holding a basket in both hands and the fourth a young boy holding a basket in both arms, the baskets gilt-lined, the bases each engraved twice with a coat-of-arms and twice with two crests and a motto, the bases stamped 'Hunt & Roskell Late Storr & Mortimer 8574', each marked under basket and on base
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 54 oz. 12 dwt. (1,698 gr.)
The arms are those of Thornhill quartering Clarke with Thornhill in pretence for William Capel Clarke-Thornhill Esq. (d.1898) and his wife Clara (d.1865), daughter and heir of Thomas Thornhill Esq. of Fixby, Yorkshire, whom he married in 1855. William was granted the arms of Thornhill in 1856.
Provenance
William Capel Clarke-Thornhill (1832-1898)
Christie's, London, 3 May 1995, lot 28 (the two figures with raised arm)
Christie's, London, 30 - 31 May 2012, lot 380 (two figures with raised arm)
Bonhams, London, 3 June 2015, lot 49 (the two other figures)
Christie's, London, 3 May 1995, lot 28 (the two figures with raised arm)
Christie's, London, 30 - 31 May 2012, lot 380 (two figures with raised arm)
Bonhams, London, 3 June 2015, lot 49 (the two other figures)