Sold to benefit the Jörg G. Bucherer-Foundation
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Thomas Evans and Edmund Vincent

Four silver sauce tureens and four silver presentation stands

CHF3,200–4,500•︎
€3,500–4,500
$4,000–5,500
Priority BiddingAvailable through 7日 11月 歐洲中部時間下午3时 2026. Learn more
Each sauce tureen of oval form, raised on an oval pedestal foot, decorated with borders of diagonal gadrooning, the reeded handles following the curve of the body, the covers with a raise central section surmounted by artichoke-form finials atop a leaf, the body and cover both engraved with a crest, each measuring approximately 230 x 115 mm, maker's marks for Thomas Evans, accompanied by four oval presentation stands of matching design, measuring approximately 185 x 150 mm, two with maker's marks for Edmund Vincent, two with indistinct maker's marks.
Jörg G. Bucherer was born in Lucerne in 1936. In 1977, he became the third generation to lead the Bucherer Group, founded in 1888 by his grandfather Carl F. Bucherer. Under his leadership, the Swiss family business expanded internationally and became a leading global retailer of luxury watches and jewellery, with innovations including in-house movements and patented technologies.

Having no children, Jörg G. Bucherer sold the company in August 2023 to ensure its continued existence and safeguard its more than 2,400 jobs. He died on 6 November 2023, aged 87. A passionate supporter of classical music and tourism in Central Switzerland, he wished for his legacy to support charitable causes through the Jörg G. Bucherer Foundation. Today, the Foundation supports the arts, literature, music, scientific and technological research, and social welfare in Switzerland, as well as quality tourism and care for the elderly in the Canton of Lucerne.

Lots 317-329, comprising a selection of fine silverware, are offered in support of the Jörg G. Bucherer Foundation, honouring his enduring philanthropic legacy.

Thomas Evans and Edmund Vincent

English silversmiths瀏覽藝術家