Description:

BENJAMIN SMITH II (English 1764-1823) A GEORGE IV STERLING SILVER PRESENTATION WINE COOLER, LONDON, 1814-1815, the urn form wine cooler with scrolled cast and chased winged handles to each side, flanked by acanthus leaf supported shells within gadrooned everted lip, the upper body with repoussé acanthus scrolls on stippled ground centering an oval reserve on one side with a repoussé reclining female figure with a bird perched on her upraised right hand, to her back an overflowing cornucopia, and to the other side an oval reserve engraved "PRESENTED TO, Captain Fred Bornaby, ROYAL HORSE GUARDS, ON HIS MARRIAGE, BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS, COLONEL O WILLIAMS. LT C. IVES, CAPTAIN MILNE HOME, CAPTAIN HONBLE O MONTAGU, CAPTAIN STIRLING, CAPTAIN EGERTON, CAPTAIN LORD KILMARNOCK, CAPTAIN LORD A. SOMERSET, CAPTAIN HON C WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM, LT & ADJT M'ALPINE, LIEUT VISCT DALRYMPLE, LIEUT CASCOIGNE, LIEUT WICKHAM, and LIEUT FINCH," over gadrooned base, raised on four cast and chased winged chimera feet with serpent tails, marked "BS," "T," and with lion passant, leopard's head crowned, and duty mark. Height: 11 1/8" Width: 13" Depth: 8 1/4"

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May 20, 2018 1:00 PM CDT
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