Estimate

12.000 - 14.000

Session 2

16 December 2025

Hammer Price

Description

Gilt silver, fineness .925
Oval form
Modelled and chiseled decoration depicting acanthus leaves, grape clusters with vines, horned Bacchus figures and classical urns
Wooden base with English family coat of arms at centre
Sheffield mark (1833) and silversmith's mark of Henry Wilkinson & Co (1831-1848)
(signs of wear, minor restorations)

Height: 7 cm
Diam.: 15,8 cm

Additional Information

Conjugal heraldic composition, uniting two distinct emblems which, arranged according to tradition — the first to the bearer's right and the second to the left — indicate the matrimonial union between two families.
The second coat of arms, positioned to the left, is clearly identifiable as belonging to the Johnson family, a lineage whose heraldry is extensively documented throughout the 19th century. This emblem finds numerous correspondences in the descendants of Stuart Henry James Johnson (1869–1957), resident at Eton Place, Grosvenor Square, heir to a property and family tradition established by his father, Edmund Charles Johnson (1822–1895) — surgeon and later social reformer, married in 1866 to Sophia S. Woodcock. The male line traces back to Richard Johnson, hatter of Edmonton, Middlesex, who in 1809 married Ann Parsons (1787–1858).