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A historically important inscribed and crested Victorian…
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Melbourne
Date:
24-Oct-2018
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A historically important inscribed and crested Victorian sterling silver and parcel gilt four piece tea and coffee service from the Lonsdale Silver Presentation, William Mann, London, circa 1841 and J Wrangham & William Moulson, London, circa 1839, the melon-form teapot and fluted tapering coffee pot inscribed 'Presented / To / William Lonsdale Esq. / by certain Inhabitants / of the / Town & District of / Melbourne, / Port Phillip, / in Testimony of / Their High Regard / for His Public & Private / Character, / A.D 1839', bearing the Lonsdale family Stag crest to the opposing side, each with a leaf capped scroll handle with ivory and horn fillets, beneath a hinged domed cover with an apple finial, the creamer and sugar vessel of compressed fluted form, each with a gilt wash interior, inscribed to both sides with the Lonsdale family Stag crest, flanked by solid cast leaf capped scroll handles, raised on acanthus leaf cast scroll feet, the creamer hallmarked for J Wrangham & William Moulson, London, circa 1839, approximately 2,548 gms total weight, the teapot 14 cm high, the coffee pot 28 cm high, the creamer 11 cm high, the sugar vessel 12 cm high. Provenance: Captain William Lonsdale (1799-1864), acquired 1842, Edgar Lonsdale Esq. (1839-1885), by descent from the above, Granville Lonsdale Esq. (1884-1922), by descent from the above, Mrs Muriel Ruth Lonsdale-Weir (1916-1987), by descent from the above, Mrs Liona Cecilia Newman, by descent from the above. Exhibited: The Lonsdale Silver Presentation: An Exhibition, The National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Como House, Melbourne, 16-31 July 1988, Victoria On Show, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 15-18 February 1996, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 18 September 1996-circa December 1998. Literature: Testimonial to Captain Lonsdale', Port Phillip Herald, Melbourne, 28 January 1840, p. 3, Captain Lonsdale', Port Phillip Herald, Melbourne, 31 January 1840, p. 2, List of Subscribers to the Testimonial to be Presented to Captain Lonsdale', Port Phillip Herald, Melbourne, 31 January 1840, p. 2, Captain Lonsdale', Port Phillip Herald, Melbourne, 15 March 1842, p. 4, The Lonsdale Silver Presentation: An Exhibition, The National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 1988, pp. 3, 5 (illustrated), John M. Wilkins, The Life and Times of Captain William Lonsdale, 'Nieuwe Dieper', 1799-1864: The Biographical Diary of Port Phillip's 'Accredited Spy', J. Wilkins, Melbourne, 1991, pp. 128, 128C (illustrated)
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