John James Keith

Grand service à liqueur victorien en argent et verre taillé

England, Circa 1860

£28,000

A Large Victorian Silver and Cut-Glass Liqueur Set. The base boldly cast and pierced with bacchanal masks between fruiting vines and foliate scrolls,...

Dimensions

Height: 52 cm (21 in)
Diameter: 50 cm (20 in)
REF NO : B73114

Description

A Large Victorian Silver and Cut-Glass Liqueur Set.

The base boldly cast and pierced with bacchanal masks between fruiting vines and foliate scrolls, the beaded frame and central shaft terminating with leaf-capped rams mask embellished loop handle, all raised on four beaded scrolling feet, mounted on a wooden base; fitted with four faceted cut-glass decanters and stoppers, and twelve matching liqueur glasses.

Mark of John James Keith, London, 1860.

London, 1860.

Approximate weight of weighable silver 177oz. 4 dwt. (5,500 gr.

 

Date

Circa 1860

Origine

Angleterre

Moyen

Silver & Cut-Glass

Signature

Mark of John James Keith, London, 1860.

John James Keith

John James Keith was known for his ecclesiastical silver and was appointed as the silversmith of the the Ecclesiological Society, who carried out work from designs by William Butterfield – see Culme, J., The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Antique Collectors Club, 1987, Volume I, p. 269-270.

 

Provenance

Lord Ballyedmond.

 

Littérature

Culme, J., ‘The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths’, Antique Collectors Club, 1987, Volume I, p. 269-270.

 

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