Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson
A Pair of George III Antique English Silver Horse Ear Containers, 1790
Height: 4.5 in. (11.43 cm.)
Weight: 5 oz. 17 dwt.
London
X5393
$ 16,500.00
Each a cylinder shaped like a horse's ear and engraved at the edge, the removable base revealing an actual horse's ear on a silver base, the case engraved: “In Remembrance...
Each a cylinder shaped like a horse's ear and engraved at the edge, the removable base revealing an actual horse's ear on a silver base, the case engraved: “In Remembrance of a Black Gelding Puppet late the property of Francis A Jefferie, which in its time, was supposed to be the fastest Chaise Horse in England, 1790”.
Francis A. Jefferie (d. 1797) was a brewer on Old Street in Middlesex at the firm of Cator, Wilson & Jeffrie.
Christie's London, 16 Oct. 1990, lot 275
Francis A. Jefferie (d. 1797) was a brewer on Old Street in Middlesex at the firm of Cator, Wilson & Jeffrie.
Christie's London, 16 Oct. 1990, lot 275