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Robert Garrard II (i.e. Purveyor to the Royal Court, London)

1793 – London – 1881

Decorative box. 1861

Presumably Cornish serpentine stone (serpentinite or a stone with a high lizardite content), from southern England, cut; silver, cast, chased; bronze, silvered. 26 x 36 x 30 cm (10 ¼ x 14 ⅛ x 11 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Robert Garrard II (i.e. Purveyor to the Royal Court, London). Decorative box. 1861.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 12,000

USD 13,700

 

- 16,400

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 29.05.2014

Information

Presumably Cornish serpentine stone (serpentinite or a stone with a high lizardite content), from southern England, cut; silver, cast, chased; bronze, silvered. 26 x 36 x 30 cm (10 ¼ x 14 ⅛ x 11 ¾ in.). BZ London 1861/62, MZ Garrard (from 1822 onwards) [see Grimwade, no. 2322].

Related literature: John Burley Waring / William Robert Tymms, Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the international exhibition, vol. 3, London 1863, plate 221 / catalogue The Gilbert Collection of gold & Silver, Los Angeles 1988, p. 656.

We would like to thank Prof. Simone and Peter Huber, Wiener Neustadt, for the gemological classification and Victoria Platt, from the Archive of the Victoria and Albert Museum London (Garrard Company Archive), for kindly providing additional information.

Private collection, Germany