An intaglio engraved ewer, in the manner of rock crystal, mo - Lot 75

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1500 - 2000 EUR
An intaglio engraved ewer, in the manner of rock crystal, mo - Lot 75
An intaglio engraved ewer, in the manner of rock crystal, mounted in silver and chased and openworked vermeil. The engraving probably made by Stevens and Williams. Goldsmith Charles Edwards. Bears the hallmarks of London 1899 /1900, (letters date: d and e). (Missing a small stem). H: 35 cmBears a dedication, in English, engraved on a coat of arms, located under the handle: To Alfonso Gandolfi Hornyold, from, his grand parents, on his 21st birthday, June 20 1900. Stevens and Williams, located in Stourbridge, England, was an important centre of glassmaking and was renowned for the quality of its engravers from the end of the 18th century until the middle of the 20th century, from John Northwood to Frederick Carter, to mention only the most famous. Alfonso Gandolfi-Hornyold's grandfather was a wealthy merchant, specializing in the silk trade, whose family of Italian origin had been settled in England since the 18th century and was allied by marriage to the Hornyolds, who have been traced back to 1068 (i.e. approximately since the Norman Conquest). John Vincent Gandolfi (1818-1902), Marquese Gandolfi, received the title of Marquese of Genova given by Pope Leon XIII, in 1899. His son Thomas Charles Gandolfi-Hornyold was the first to bear the title of Duke Gandolfi. His grandson Alfonso Gandolfi Hornyold (named after his godfather, the King of Spain Alfonso XII) second Duke Gandolfi, to whom this elegant ewer was destined, dedicated his life to science.
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