Silver & Collectors' Items - 21st & 22nd October - 21st October 2014
Lot 1044
A George II silver Warwick cruet frame
Estimate £2,500 - £3,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A George II silver Warwick cruet frame,
by Samuel Wood, London 1746,
the frame of cinquefoil form, wire-work mounts, scroll supports, central shell capped carrying handle, applied with a cartouche with an armorial, on four shell feet, with a large baluster caster and two smaller casters, the pull-off covers with knop finial, and with two silver-mounted glass oil and vinegar bottles, engraved with a crest, height 23.5cm, approx. weight 54oz.
Provenance: purchased in these rooms, 16 June 1993, lot 280.
The arms are those for the marriage of Joseph Tyndall to Elizabeth Ellen, daughter of Alderman Sir Joseph Hankey of London.