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Condiment Vase

Louisa Courtauld (first mark 1765, died in 1807)

George Cowles (free 1765, died in 1811)

1771–72

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsOverall: 18.7 x 10.1 cm (8.9 x 3 1/2 in.)
Other (Part A; large): 10.1cm (4in.)
Other (Part A; ftlg (large)): 5.4cm (2 1/8in.)
Other (Part B; small (large)): 18.1 x 8.9cm (7 1/8 x 3 1/2in.)
Other (Part B; ftsm (large)): 4.5cm (1 3/4in.)
Other: 0.4cm (1/8in.)
Other: 0.4cm (1/8in.)
Other: 0.5 kg (1.1 lb.)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour

Accession number1981.21

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on sides of each vase, the arms of Curzon impaling Colyear for Nathaniel Curzon, Baron Scarsdale (b. 1726 - d.1804) of Kedleston Hall, co. Derbyshire and Caroline Colyear.ProvenanceNathaniel Curzon (1726-1804), first Baron Scarsdale, through the family by descent, sold by order of the trustees of the Kedleston Estate, Christie's, London, June 25, 1980, lot 87, Museumpiece, Zurich, purchased February 11, 1981, Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour. (Accession Date: February 11, 1981)