Lot Essay
The arms are those of Hassell impaling those of Musgrave, as borne by Edward Hassell (1700-1782) and his wife Julia Musgrave of Dalemaine, Cumberland.
These fluted dishes form part of a significant group of silver by Paul de Lamerie commissioned by Edward Hassell and his family in 1736, much of which has appeared on the market during the last thirty years. A matching smaller pair of fluted dishes, from a set of eight all engraved with identical armorials, is illustrated in Susan Hare, ed., Paul de Lamerie: The Work of England's Master Silversmiths, cat. no. 77, pp. 122-123.
A large salver engraved with the arms of Dorothy Hassell, Edward's mother, of the same year, is among the surviving pieces of this important group and was sold at Christie's, New York, on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, on January 10, 1991, lot 71. Dorothy Hassell also commissioned a coffee pot from Lamerie in 1738.
These fluted dishes form part of a significant group of silver by Paul de Lamerie commissioned by Edward Hassell and his family in 1736, much of which has appeared on the market during the last thirty years. A matching smaller pair of fluted dishes, from a set of eight all engraved with identical armorials, is illustrated in Susan Hare, ed., Paul de Lamerie: The Work of England's Master Silversmiths, cat. no. 77, pp. 122-123.
A large salver engraved with the arms of Dorothy Hassell, Edward's mother, of the same year, is among the surviving pieces of this important group and was sold at Christie's, New York, on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, on January 10, 1991, lot 71. Dorothy Hassell also commissioned a coffee pot from Lamerie in 1738.