The Principal Contents of Corby Castle, Cumbria
An enamelled and engraved armorial glass part table service, late 19th century
No reserve
Live auction begins on:
November 19, 01:30 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Bid
1 GBP
Lot Details
Description
each piece enamelled with a crowned BC monogram for Baroness Burdett-Coutts, or her coat-of-arms, below gilt rims, some pieces engraved with bands of anthemion, bellflowers and vertical stripes, star-cut bases, comprising:
seventeen monogrammed red wine glasses,
seven armorial white wine glasses,
seven monogrammed champagne glasses,
thirteen monogrammed port glasses,
six monogrammed liqueur glasses,
ten monogrammed plates,
two monogrammed wine flutes,
an armorial decanter and stopper,
an armorial water ewer,
four monogrammed footed water glasses,
four armorial two-handled footed small ice buckets;
together with an engraved glass part service, each with a crest of a stork above a 'MG' monogram, gilt rims, comprising:
ten red wine glasses,
eleven white wine glasses,
eleven small white wine glasses,
twelve water or ale glasses,
eleven bowls;
together with ten frosted glass bowls with engraved and gilt viscount's coronet
(138)
decanter 26 cm, 10 1/4 in. high
Only a selection from this suite will be on view at New Bond Street, with the rest stored at our warehouse in Greenford. We welcome viewings at our warehouse – to arrange, please contact cameron.dileo@sothebys.com.
The armorial part service, probably property of Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906);
Christie's London, 22 November 2011, lot 25 (the armorial service, part lot)
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), was a British philanthropist and art collector, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts. In 1837, she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her maternal grandfather's fortune, following the death of her step grandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans. She joined the surnames of her father and grandfather, by royal licence, to become Burdett-Coutts and spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships, endowments, social housing projects and a wide range of philanthropic causes. She was a close friend of many leading writers, actors, politicians and scientists, and highly influenced by Charles Dickens. In 1871, in recognition of her philanthropic work, Queen Victoria conferred on her a suo jure peerage as Baroness Burdett-Coutts of Highgate and Brookfield in the County of Middlesex.
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