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The following seven lots were almost certainly acquired by George Byng (d.1847) for the enlarged State Rooms at Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. Designed circa 1754 by Isaac Ware (d.1766) for the unfortunate victim of 'Judicial murder' Admiral John Byng ...

Auction 10.06.1993
10.06.1993
Schätzpreis
30.000 £ - 50.000 £
ca. 45.345 $ - 75.575 $
Zuschlagspreis:
117.000 £
ca. 176.846 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 100

The following seven lots were almost certainly acquired by George Byng (d.1847) for the enlarged State Rooms at Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. Designed circa 1754 by Isaac Ware (d.1766) for the unfortunate victim of 'Judicial murder' Admiral John Byng ...

Auction 10.06.1993
10.06.1993
Schätzpreis
30.000 £ - 50.000 £
ca. 45.345 $ - 75.575 $
Zuschlagspreis:
117.000 £
ca. 176.846 $
Beschreibung:

The following seven lots were almost certainly acquired by George Byng (d.1847) for the enlarged State Rooms at Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. Designed circa 1754 by Isaac Ware (d.1766) for the unfortunate victim of 'Judicial murder' Admiral John Byng (d.1757), Wrotham was inherited by the ' neither learned, eloquent or profound ' (Gentleman's Magazine, 1847, p.309) George Byng on the death of his father in 1789. This harsh dismissal of the Father of the House and Whig Member of Parliament for Middlesex, a tenure which he held for fifty-six years, does not fairly reflect this connoisseur's broad, though selective taste. Following the 1811 improvements, whereby the wings flanking Ware's central block were raised to provide further State Rooms, Byng proceeded to enrich the furnishings of the house in the French taste. The predominance of 'Buhl' furniture, as well as Louis XV and Louis XVI ormolu-mounted objets , typified the fashionable 'goût ' expounded by the marchand-mercier Edward Holmes Baldock (d.1854). Patronised by George IV, Purveyor of China, Earthenware and Glass to William IV (1832-37) and Purveyor of China to Queen Victoria (1838-45), Baldock was responsible for the formation of many of the great early 19th Century collections of French furniture, including those of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Northumberland and William Beckford and it is highly probable that these pieces were supplied by him. Certainly the remarkable picture collection, clearly reveals that Byng was a connoisseur of considerable merit who was prepared to pay high prices for top quality pieces. These characteristics are shared by Baldock's principal clients and are reflected in the furnishings acquired by Byng at such great sales as Wanstead, Essex in 1822 and from the Duke of York's (d.1827) Collection (in these Rooms, 5 April 1827), for Wrotham up until his death in 1847. A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE POWDER-BLUE PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER, the dished lid decorated in the interior with shrubs in red and gilt, with ormolu rim and knob cast with upward-swirling acanthus with flowerheads and berries, the bowl with conforming interior decoration, the pierced rim cast with acanthus scrolls and centred by flowerheads and acanthus, the scrolled bifurcated handles cast with acanthus and centred by berried shoots with flowerheads, the pierced scrolled base cast with rockwork, acanthus scrolls and flowerheads, one handle lacking some flowerheads, very minor cracks to bowl 15in. (38cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) wide; 11in. (28cm.) deep

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 100
Auktion:
Datum:
10.06.1993
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

The following seven lots were almost certainly acquired by George Byng (d.1847) for the enlarged State Rooms at Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. Designed circa 1754 by Isaac Ware (d.1766) for the unfortunate victim of 'Judicial murder' Admiral John Byng (d.1757), Wrotham was inherited by the ' neither learned, eloquent or profound ' (Gentleman's Magazine, 1847, p.309) George Byng on the death of his father in 1789. This harsh dismissal of the Father of the House and Whig Member of Parliament for Middlesex, a tenure which he held for fifty-six years, does not fairly reflect this connoisseur's broad, though selective taste. Following the 1811 improvements, whereby the wings flanking Ware's central block were raised to provide further State Rooms, Byng proceeded to enrich the furnishings of the house in the French taste. The predominance of 'Buhl' furniture, as well as Louis XV and Louis XVI ormolu-mounted objets , typified the fashionable 'goût ' expounded by the marchand-mercier Edward Holmes Baldock (d.1854). Patronised by George IV, Purveyor of China, Earthenware and Glass to William IV (1832-37) and Purveyor of China to Queen Victoria (1838-45), Baldock was responsible for the formation of many of the great early 19th Century collections of French furniture, including those of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Northumberland and William Beckford and it is highly probable that these pieces were supplied by him. Certainly the remarkable picture collection, clearly reveals that Byng was a connoisseur of considerable merit who was prepared to pay high prices for top quality pieces. These characteristics are shared by Baldock's principal clients and are reflected in the furnishings acquired by Byng at such great sales as Wanstead, Essex in 1822 and from the Duke of York's (d.1827) Collection (in these Rooms, 5 April 1827), for Wrotham up until his death in 1847. A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE POWDER-BLUE PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER, the dished lid decorated in the interior with shrubs in red and gilt, with ormolu rim and knob cast with upward-swirling acanthus with flowerheads and berries, the bowl with conforming interior decoration, the pierced rim cast with acanthus scrolls and centred by flowerheads and acanthus, the scrolled bifurcated handles cast with acanthus and centred by berried shoots with flowerheads, the pierced scrolled base cast with rockwork, acanthus scrolls and flowerheads, one handle lacking some flowerheads, very minor cracks to bowl 15in. (38cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) wide; 11in. (28cm.) deep

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 100
Auktion:
Datum:
10.06.1993
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
London, King Street
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