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Lot 45
A Victorian silver 'Three Graces' centrepiece Edward, Edward junior, John & William Barnard, London 1842
3 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A Victorian silver 'Three Graces' centrepiece
Edward, Edward junior, John & William Barnard, London 1842
Openwork basket with cast floral rim, supported by 'The Three Graces' in classical flowing dresses, each raised on triform pedestal base with scrolling acanthus leaves, with three vacant cartouches, held in fitted wooden carry case, height 47cm, weight 140oz.
Openwork basket with cast floral rim, supported by 'The Three Graces' in classical flowing dresses, each raised on triform pedestal base with scrolling acanthus leaves, with three vacant cartouches, held in fitted wooden carry case, height 47cm, weight 140oz.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Samuel Alcock of the Hill Pottery, Burslem, and thence by family descent
Samuel Alock was presented with the present centrepiece for his role in August 1842 for quelling the Chartist riots in Burslem. It was reported that he was presented with a silver salver, however the presentation was the present silver centrepiece.
His actions were described in The Borough of Stoke Upon Trent by John Ward 1843: "The town of Burslem was fortunately prepared for a proper reception of the Banditti. A small troop of the 2nd Dragoon Guards had arrived there from Newcastle, under the command of Major Trench, and a large body of volunteers, from among the friends of law and social order of all classes of society, had been hastily organized as special constables, by the praiseworthy exertions of Samuel Alcock, Esq., the chief constable of Burslem".