Estimate

8.000 - 12.000

Session 1

25 March 2026

Hammer Price

Description

Silver, fineness .925
Rocaille decoration depicting foliage motifs and fruit, with engraved coat of arms at centre
Raised on four feet
London hallmark for 1771 and silversmith's mark of Thomas Pitts I (1761-1791)

6x54x42 cm
2853,2 g

Additional Information

Private collection;
Lot 690 from Christie's Paris auction: The collector (April 2023);
Probably descendants of King George II of the Hellenes (1890-1947);
Until the 1930s from the collection of the descendants of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (1743-1822)