George IV Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Peacocks & Birds in Parkland

A very fine quality large and heavy silver gilt Vinaigrette of rectangular form with engine turned decoration to the base and sides, raised shell and foliate borders, the lid with a classical scene depicting peacocks and other birds in a parkland setting, a walled garden in the background. Possibly after an original 17th century oil painting by Marmaduke Craddock.

The silver gilt interior with an intricately pierced grill depicting feathers.

By Ledsam, Vale & Wheeler, Birmingham, 1829.

Marmaduke Cradock was an English painter of birds, dead game, and other animals, in which he particularly excelled. He was born in Somerton and served an apprenticeship to a house-painter in London. Without the help of an instructor, he became a faithful delineator of birds and animals, which he painted with a freedom and a fire that entitled him to more distinction and a more liberal remuneration than he received during his life. After his death in London his works were sold at three or four times the price he received for them when living.

Sold - £3,650.00