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Lot #40 - A historically important inscribed and crested Victorian sterling silver soup tureen from the Lonsdale Silver Presentation

  • Auction House:
    Sotheby's Australia
  • Sale Name:
    Treasures: Important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
  • Sale Date:
    24 Oct 2018 ~ 6pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    40
  • Lot Description:
    A historically important inscribed and crested Victorian sterling silver soup tureen from the Lonsdale Silver Presentation
    William Mann, London, circa 1841 and J Wrangham & William Moulson, London, circa 1839, the bombé body inscribed 'Presented to / WILLIAM LONSDALE ESQUIRE. / OF THE TOWN AND DISTRICT OF MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP, / By certain Inhabitants thereof and others interested in the welfare of the District / AS A TESTIMONIAL OF THEIR HIGH ESTIMATION / of his valuable services as a Public Officer, / AND OF HIS EXEMPLARY CHARACTER / in the varied relations of private life. / A.D. 1839', the reverse bearing the Lonsdale family coat of arms with the motto 'BOLD AS VIRTUE', flanked by scroll handles, rising to an undulating rim and a stepped and domed cover inscribed to both sides with the Lonsdale family Stag insignia, within boldly moulded gadrooned borders, beneath a branch, acorn and oak leaf cast handle, raised on scrolling acanthus legs
    approximately 3,682 gms total weight of silver, 42 cm wide, 27 cm high, 26 cm deep
  • Estimate:
    A$200,000 - 300,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Silver

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