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A fine George IV silver-gilt presentation vase and stand, by Philip Rundell, London 1823, also stamped `RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFIES REGIS LONDINI`, the tapering vase of tapering circular form, one side unmounted cavalry offices meeting Indian troops, the other side with an officer on foot with an infantry man and three Indian solders, and trailing grapevines on a matted background, above an acanthus leaf border, with acanthus leaf mounted bi-furcated snake handles, on a raised fluted circular foot, the stand of square form, with each corner applied with an elephant`s head and foliate scroll decoration, applied with two armorials and two presentation plaques, ` A TRIBUTE OF GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE HYDERABAD DIVISION OF H.H. THE NIZAM`S REGULAR TROOPS TO HENRY RUSSELL ESQUIRE`, on four square bracket feet, total height 71.5cm, height of vase 40.5cm, height of stand 31cm, width of vase handle to handle 37cm, width of base 25.3cm, approx. weight 546oz, (17kg). ** Provenance: Sir Henry Russell, (1783-1852) 2nd Baronet, and thence by descent to the current owner. Henry Russell sailed with his father in 1797 to India, where his father took up his appointment as a judge. He was employed in the translators office, and soon became fluent in Indian languages. Four years later he became assistant secretary to the Resident at Hyderabad, James Achilles Kirkpatrick, and in 1804 he became chief secretary. After Kirkpatrick`s death in 1805, Henry Russell embarked on an affair with his widow Khair-un-Nissa,. The story of this relationship is told in William Dalrymple`s book `White Mughals`, Harper Collins, 2002. In 1808 he married Jane Casamajor in Madras, but she sadly died a month later. He went on to become The British Resident at Hyderabad from 1810-20, and in 1816 he married Marie Mottet de la Fontain, daughter of the last French Governor of Pondicherry. During this period he organised what was called the `Russell Brigade`, which was four thousand of the Nizam`s irregular cavalry under British Officers. It was in gratitude for this that the vase and dinner service were presented to him. After returning from the Indian service Henry Russell bought Swallowfield Park near Reading, where he lived until his death in 1852. Extract from `Swallowfield and Its Owners`, by Constance, Lady Russell, Longmans, Green, Meo, 1901 in respect to the vase, she wrote: "There is at Swallowfield a very handsome large gilt vase on a pedestal which was presented to Henry Russell by his subordinates and friends in India. Chantrey (Sir Henry Chantrey, Sculptor) was consulted for the design and chose a plate from Piranesi for the form of the vase. He then proposed that two different groups, capable of telling the story of what had led to the presentation of the vase, should be placed on two sides of it and that for the designs of those groups Stothard, (Thomas Stothard,R. A,1755-1834) should be consulted. He suggested that a tiger should be placed on the centre of the lid (now missing), and elephant`s heads at the four angles of the pedestals, and that instead of the imaginary serpent given in Piranesi on each handle, a real serpent should be modelled from life. When Stothart`s designs and a drawing of the whole vase by Burney a well known artist of the day, where submitted to Chantrey he approve entirely. He said that the pedestal might sometimes be used without the vase to hold a basket of flowers for the middle of the table, and to show what he meant he made a hasty sketch with a pen. The tiger, elephant`s heads and the serpent were modelled from life by Bailey R.A. the cost of the vase was £1100 in 1822".
A mixed lot of silver items, various dates and makers, comprising a coffee pot of tapering circular form, with a side handle, a sugar bowl and a pair of tongs, a cigarette case, a book marker, and a cased four-piece dressing table set with engine turned decoration, approx. weighable 18oz. (6)
A mixed quantity of silver, various maker`s and dates, comprising: three trumpet vases, two small presentation cups, two small capstan inkwells, a cigarette box (a.f.), two Edwardian silver backed dressing table sets, three cigarette cases, four thimbles, two napkin rings, assorted teaspoons, a pair of sugar tongs, a pair of condiment spoons, plus a large quantity of assorted electroplated flatware, some cases, including coin inset coffee spoons with Maltese cross terminals. (qty).
An electroplated King`s pattern canteen for six, comprising: six table forks, six dessert forks, six table knives, six dessert knives, six tablespoons, six dessert spoons, six soup spoons, six cake forks, six fruit spoons, six teaspoons, six grapefruit spoons, six steak knives and forks, a sauce ladle and a butter knife, in a fitted wooden case, plus an oval gallery tray. (2)
A mixed lot of silver items, various dates and makers, comprising: An Edwardian silver mounted tortoiseshell dressing table box, rectangular form, the hinged cover inlaid with a hunting scene, by William Comyns, London 1909, plus a George III mug of barrel form, reeded scroll handle, London 1788, a caddy spoon, London 1807, a mustard pot, a pepper pot, a heart shaped box, and a salt spoon, approx. weighable 8oz. (7)
A mixed lot of silver flatware, comprising: a set of six George IV silver Fiddle pattern table forks, London 1823, a cased set of six silver-handled tea knives, a cased knife, fork and spoon set, a cased spoon, six cased coffee bean end spoons, and six coffee spoons, approx. weighable 15oz. (qty)
A Victorian part-canteen of silver King`s pattern flatware, the majority by William Chawner, London 1828-1831, comprising: a pair of basting spoons, twelve table forks, twelve dessert spoons, ten teaspoons, plus fourteen various dessert knives, in a wooden case, and a pair of Queen`s pattern salt spoons, approx. weighable 88oz.
A mixed lot of silver flatware, various dates and makers, comprising: a George III Bright cut tablespoon, by Hester Bateman, London 1782, a pair of Fiddle pattern sauce ladles, a butter knife, a table spoon, plus two tablespoons with later decoration, approx. weight 12oz. (7)
A late 18th century set of twelve green stained ivory table forks and knives, the blades marked Bellamy, with green stained ivory handles with unmarked silver mounts, the steel forks with two prongs, plus six matching dessert forks and four dessert knives, plus a carving knife and fork. (36)
A small collection of early 19th century silver Fiddle pattern flatware, the terminals crested, comprising: eleven dessert spoons, by William Sherwin, Dublin 1834, three table forks, Dublin 1826, by W Cummins, two dessert forks, Dublin 1843, plus three matching London dessert forks, and a London tablespoon, plus an electroplated dessert fork and two tablespoons, approx. weighable 32oz. (23)
A Victorian Scottish silver part canteen of old English pattern, possibly by J. Muir Junior, Glasgow 1853, comprising: a basting spoon, a pair of sauce ladles, three table forks, three dessert forks, three dessert spoons, a pair of table spoons, five teaspoons, and two egg spoons, approx. weight 35oz. (21)
A collection of old English pattern silver flatware, various dates and makers, including George Adams, comprising: four table spoons, (two with shoulders), six table forks, eight dessert forks, nine dessert spoons, six teaspoons and a christening fork, approx. weight 44oz. (qty)
A silver Sandringham pattern canteen for twelve, by E. Viner, Sheffield, various dates 1931-9, comprising: twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, twenty-four teaspoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve soup spoons, six table spoons, twelve grapefruit spoons, twelve table knives, twelve dessert knives, twelve fish knives and forks, with mother-of-pearl handles, twelve fruit knives and forks with stainless blades and tines, a pair of fish servers, a five piece carving set, four knife rests, two mustard spoons, two salt spoons, a pickle fork, two jam spoons, two butter knives, a pair of salad servers, a soup ladle, and a pair of sauce ladles, in a fitted wooden case with a hinged cover and pull out drawer, on four cabriole legs, approx. weighable 239oz.
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