Marks Antiques
Mayfair, London
AN IMPRESSIVE PAIR OF WILLIAM IV SILVER SIX-LIGHT CENTREPIECES
WILLIAM BATEMAN
LONDON, 1836
RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE & CO
The triform bases engraved with coats-of-arms above cast scroll and foliate feet, the cast twisted vine stems with climbing cherubs and each rising to six scroll branches complete with drip pans, sconces and nozzles, central screw-in shallow baskets and alternate central lights
Height 31 in, 78.8 cm; 838 oz, 26,062 gr, the bases stamped: 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET CO AURIFICES REGIS LONDINI'
William Bateman / Rundell, Bridge & Co
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The arms are those of Rothschild impaling Rothschild for Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879) who in 1836 married his cousin, Baroness Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884), daughter of Baron Carl Mayer Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of Naples.
Rothschild became the first Jewish Member of Parliament, taking his seat on 26 July 1858. He was returned to Parliament in the general elections of 1859, 1865 and 1869. In private life his passion was for horse racing and with his colt Sir Bevys he won the 1879 Derby at Epsom.
