15th Nov, 2024 10:00
Silver & Objects of Vertu
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A late seventeenth-century English silver spice or comfit box, of circular form, the detachable pull-off cover decorated with an allegorical scene depicting Cupid and a lion, with banner and motto above, "Amour Trion(m)phe de Tout", (love conquers all / love is more than everything), possibly after the painting Triumph of Love by Titian, within a border of stiff acanthus, and scalloped moulded rim, the base profusely decorated with foliate scrolls, apparently unmarked, c.1690, diameter 4.9cm, weight 34g/1.09ozt approx
Provenance: E. P. Mallory & Son Ltd., Bath, November 1998
Sold for £900
A late seventeenth-century English silver spice or comfit box, of circular form, the detachable pull-off cover decorated with an allegorical scene depicting Cupid and a lion, with banner and motto above, "Amour Trion(m)phe de Tout", (love conquers all / love is more than everything), possibly after the painting Triumph of Love by Titian, within a border of stiff acanthus, and scalloped moulded rim, the base profusely decorated with foliate scrolls, apparently unmarked, c.1690, diameter 4.9cm, weight 34g/1.09ozt approx
Provenance: E. P. Mallory & Son Ltd., Bath, November 1998
Auction: Silver & Objects of Vertu, 15th Nov, 2024
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