A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE CUP POSSIBLY CREATED BY EDWARD FARRELL IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS, AFTER A DESIGN BY VIRGIL SOLIS The agate carved as a turbo shell surmounted by a figure holding a cornucopia and astride a seahorse, on circular base with stem cast as a satyr holding two dolphins, engraved underneath with an inscription and painted inventory number '718' 9. 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high The inscription reads ' Formerly in the possession of HRH the Duke of York'. Provenance Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827), according to the inscription underneath. Arturo José López Willshaw (1900-1962) who divided his time between the Hôtel Rodocanachi, Neuilly-sur-Seine and the flat of Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé at the Hôtel Lambert, Paris. Twenty-Five Renaissance Jewels and Works of Art from the Collection of the late Arturo-Lopez-Willshaw; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1974, lot 23.
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE CUP POSSIBLY CREATED BY EDWARD FARRELL IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS, AFTER A DESIGN BY VIRGIL SOLIS The agate carved as a turbo shell surmounted by a figure holding a cornucopia and astride a seahorse, on circular base with stem cast as a satyr holding two dolphins, engraved underneath with an inscription and painted inventory number '718' 9. 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high The inscription reads ' Formerly in the possession of HRH the Duke of York'. Provenance Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827), according to the inscription underneath. Arturo José López Willshaw (1900-1962) who divided his time between the Hôtel Rodocanachi, Neuilly-sur-Seine and the flat of Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé at the Hôtel Lambert, Paris. Twenty-Five Renaissance Jewels and Works of Art from the Collection of the late Arturo-Lopez-Willshaw; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1974, lot 23.
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