Lot Essay
The arms are those of Foley quartering Hodgetts as borne by the Foleys of Prestwood, Staffordshire and Stoke Edith, Herefordshire.
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CIRCA 1830
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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ORMOLU WINE-COOLERS
CIRCA 1830
Each with ruffled, shell-cast rim above a beaded border, the scalloped edges cast with flower garlands above a campana form body with an applied coat-of-arms for Foley of Prestwood within a floral spray cartouche and flanked by double entwined grapevine handles united by pierced chased grape vines with grape clusters and continuing to a vine form socle, raised on a flowerhead cast shaped base
11½ in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1830
Each with ruffled, shell-cast rim above a beaded border, the scalloped edges cast with flower garlands above a campana form body with an applied coat-of-arms for Foley of Prestwood within a floral spray cartouche and flanked by double entwined grapevine handles united by pierced chased grape vines with grape clusters and continuing to a vine form socle, raised on a flowerhead cast shaped base
11½ in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Probably supplied to Edward Thomas Foley (1791-1846) of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire or his brother, John Hodgetts Foley (later Hodgetts-Foley) (1797-1861) of Prestwood, Staffordshire.
C.G. Sloan & Company, Washington D.C., 15 September 1991, lot 2684.
Bought from Carlton Hobbs, London.
C.G. Sloan & Company, Washington D.C., 15 September 1991, lot 2684.
Bought from Carlton Hobbs, London.