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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art Recent Sales: wager cup
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A Charles II bell. This bell is probably one of those hung from the canopy which covered the new King Charles II in his coronation procession in 1661, and was apparently given to the Duke of Albemarle as a perquisite, or perk, after the ceremony. Now in the Gans Collection. This site was produced by John Adamson Publishing Consultants. Please e-mail your comments to the webmaster.
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art: Jane Austen Ball supper Page
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And the food historian Ivan Day. Produced an authentic Regency ball supper for the BBC2 programme Pride and Prejudice: The Ball. This site was produced by John Adamson Publishing Consultants. Please e-mail your comments to the webmaster.
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art Recent Sales: Charles I recusant chalice
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A Charles I parcel-gilt silver recusant chalice, c. 1630. This site was produced by John Adamson Publishing Consultants. Please e-mail your comments to the webmaster.
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art Recent Sales: Culloden beaker
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A Louis XV silver beaker taken at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Rochfort, 1742 3, makers mark of Jean Tostée I or II. Of bell-shaped form on everted foot rim, the side engraved with a coat of arms and crest within a foliate scroll cartouche, the foot engraved TAKEN AT THE BATLE OF COLODEN APRL. YE 16TH 1746, engraved under the base with the script initials R*K. Height: 3 in. (7.6 cm) Weight: 2 oz. 11 dwt. (79 g). Robin Butler, The Albert Collection: Five Hundred Years of British and European Silver.
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art Recent Sales: Thomas Heming cup
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A George II silver-gilt cup. London, 1753, mark of Thomas Heming. This important cup is the mate to one in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The handles, which were designed by the English engraver George Vertue (1684-1756) and probably modelled by the sculptor John Michael Rysbrack (1693-1770), are similar to those on the massive Jernegan wine cistern in the Hermitage, St Petersburg. The cup was acquired by the Royal Ontario Museum. This site was produced by John Adamson Publishing Consultants.
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Christopher Hartop has curated several exhibitions in recent years including: Eating and Drinking in Georgian England. COPIA, the American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts, 2003); East Anglian Silver, 1550-1750. Norwich Cathedral Treasury, 2004); Royal Goldsmiths, 1797-1843: the Art of Rundell and Bridge. Koopman Rare Art, 2005, to benefit the Princes Trust); and The Classical Ideal: English Silver, 1760-1840. Koopman Rare Art, 2010, to benefit Sir John Soanes Museum).
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art: Book Page
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Click on a book. Is a prolific author on decorative arts, architecture and the history of dining. His book The Huguenot Legacy: 1680 1760. Was awarded the Huguenot Book Prize for 1997. He has also written for Apollo. As well as publishing articles in a number of scholarly journals. This site was produced by John Adamson Publishing Consultants. Please e-mail your comments to the webmaster.
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art: Recent Sales: Franks salver
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An Important George II Silver Salver. London, 1743, makers mark of James Shruder. Acquired by an East Coast museum. Of exceptional size, shaped circular raised on three foliate scroll feet, the openwork border cast and chased with elaborate foliate scrolls, rocaille. And grape-vine, the centre with a large engraved asymmetrical cartouche formed of scrolls, rocaille. And foliage, with a female head at the top and a snake and grotesque male head at the bottom, enclosing a coat of arms. David Franks, the s...
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Christopher Hartop Antique Silver and Works of Art Recent Sales: Boulton and Fothergill ewers
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Pair of ewers, silver, Birmingham, 1776/7, mark of Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill, designed by James Wyatt (1746-1813). Sale recently negotiated by us to Leeds Museums and Galleries (Temple Newsam House). The ewers featured in the exhibition The Classical Ideal: English Silver, 1760-1840. Held at Koopman Rare Art from 3 to 25 June 2010. This site was produced by John Adamson Publishing Consultants. Please e-mail your comments to the webmaster.