Princely Taste in Regency Silver - Christie's Archives

A FINE GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT TANKARD  MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000 

George IV, as Prince Regent and later as King, was the greatest patron of Rundell’s, commissioning massive works for use at his residences at Carlton House and Brighton Pavilion, and of presentations and celebrations during the Napoleonic Wars. Known as “the engine of fashion,” the Prince Regent was followed in matters of taste by the entire aristocracy, including William Beckford, the Duke of Wellington, and Thomas Hope—all clients of Rundell’s.

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