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Catalogue of the splendid service of silver plate : consisting of several thousand ounces, and comprising articles of the most recherchee description ... the whole being the genuine property of the late Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd

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Catalogue of the splendid service of silver plate : consisting of several thousand ounces, and comprising articles of the most recherchee description ... the whole being the genuine property of the late Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd / which will be sold by auction by T. Nisbet, in his great room, no. 11, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, April 7, 9, and 10, 1855, at one o'clock.
Author
Nisbet, T.
Publication
Edinburgh : T. Constable, [1855]

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TextUse in library *GO (Rutherfurd. Catalogue)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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26 p.; 22 cm.
Alternative Title
Catalogue of the objects of virtu of the late Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd
Subjects
Note
  • "Numerous highly valuable and rare objets in rare antique Sevres, Dresden, and oriental china, of unsurpassed beauty, and exquisitely painted with landscapes, figures, &c. Splendid Sevres and bronze and buhl clocks, of the highest quality. Valuable achromatic telescope, by Pistor and Martins, Berlin. Various elegant objects of decorative furniture in handsome buhl library table, and commode, marquetrie tables, occasional tables, mounted with Sevres china. Beautifully sculptured busts of Clytie, Minerva, Juno, Ariadne, Diana, Apollo, Homer, and Demosthenes, in statuary marble, by Theed. Finely modelled bronzes, including an interesting bust of Napoleon le grand, Michael Angelo's Lorenzo, and Julius de Medici, &c. Pictures, by ancient and modern masters, including the celebrated portrait of Sir Thomas Mayerne by Rubens, &c. Also, the cellar of remarkably choice wine and spirits of the highest class, consisting of rare old port, sherry, amontillado, first growth claret, sillery, madeira, constantia, hock, &c., &c."
Linking Entry (note)
  • Supplemented by: List of the prices at the sale of the library of the Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd, commencing 22d March 1855. Edinburgh : T. Constable, printer, [1855].
Call Number
*GO (Rutherfurd. Catalogue)
OCLC
46314341
Author
Nisbet, T.
Title
Catalogue of the splendid service of silver plate : consisting of several thousand ounces, and comprising articles of the most recherchee description ... the whole being the genuine property of the late Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd / which will be sold by auction by T. Nisbet, in his great room, no. 11, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, April 7, 9, and 10, 1855, at one o'clock.
Imprint
Edinburgh : T. Constable, [1855]
Linking Entry
Supplemented by: List of the prices at the sale of the library of the Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd, commencing 22d March 1855. Edinburgh : T. Constable, printer, [1855].
Local Note
Bound with copy 2 of: Catalogue of the ... library of the late Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd ... [Edinburgh, T. Constable] 1855?
Caption Title
Catalogue of the objects of virtu of the late Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd
Has Supplement:
List of the prices at the sale of the library of the Right Hon. Lord Rutherfurd, commencing 22d March 1855 (OCoLC)
Research Call Number
*GO (Rutherfurd. Catalogue)
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