A pair of George II silver soup-tureens and covers

MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1758; AND A PAIR OF SIMILAR SOUP LADLES, 1758, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT

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A pair of George II silver soup-tureens and covers
maker's mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1758; and a pair of similar soup ladles, 1758, maker's mark indistinct
The shaped-oval soup-tureens each on four fluted scroll feet and with shell and scroll handles, gadrooned shaped rim and domed detachable cover with detachable pomegranate and foliage finial, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within drapery mantling and a crest beneath an Earl's coronet, each fitted with plain detachable liner, one Edinburgh, 1891, the soup-ladles with shell-fluted bowls and shell terminals, each engraved with acrest beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on tureens, covers, ladles and one liner, the finials apparently unmarked
The tureens 18in. (46cm.) wide
351ozs. (10,927grs.)

The arms and crest are those of Stuart for John, 3rd Earl of Bute, K.T. (1713-1792). (4)

Provenance

Supplied to John, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792).

Lot Essay

The form of these tureens is very similar to one sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 6 December 1978, lot 157, engraved with the Royal Arms. It is struck with the mark of Simon Le Sage, subordinate goldsmith to the King 1754-1759, overstriking another and it is likely that the overstruck mark is that of Thomas Heming, who in the next year was to became principal goldsmith to the King.

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