Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018
Lot 765
A George II provincial silver dish ring
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A George II provincial silver dish ring,
by Richard Richardson II, Chester 1748,
circular wire-work form, on three cockerel's feet with textured decoration and spurs, diameter 21cm, height 5.5cm, approx. weight 12.7oz.
Provenance: purchased from J.H Bourdon-Smith, December 1998
The Saunders Collection.
Illustrated in Ridgeway, M., Chester Silver 1727-1827, Phillimore, 1985, plate & and discussed on pages 159-160.
Also illustrated in Antique Collectors Guide, September 1962, page 40, and Country Life, 28 June 1973.