A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDIES AND A MATCHING SUGAR BOWL AND COVER

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDIES AND A MATCHING SUGAR BOWL AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1750
OF INVERTED PEAR FORM AND ON CAST BASE FORMED AS A SEA MONSTER EMERGING FROM WAVES, THE BODIES CHASED WITH SCROLLS AND SCALEWORK ENCLOSING PANELS OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS ON A MATTED GROUND, THE DETACHABLE DOMED COVERS CHASED WITH FLOWERS AND WITH BUTTERFLY FINIAL, EACH ENGRAVED WITH A LOZENGE-OF-ARMS AND A CREST, MARKED UNDER BASES AND ON SUGAR BOWL COVER, THE INTERIORS OF THE CADDIES TINNED, CONTAINED IN A GEORGE III SILVER-MOUNTED WOOD CASE WITH TWELVE TEASPOONS WITH NATURALISTIC LEAF BOWLS AND TWIG HANDLES, A PAIR OF SIMILAR SUGAR NIPPERS AND A SIMILAR MOTE SPOON, THE CASE, LONDON, 1809, MARKED ON THE SWING HANDLE AND HINGES, THE ACCESSORIES UNMARKED, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY - HEIGHT OF SUGAR BOWL AND COVER 5¾IN. (14.5CM.) HIGH
GROSS 44OZS. (1,371GRS.)

THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF HERBERT QUARTERING SPILLER FOR SOPHIA (D.1787), DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIR OF JAMES HERBERT OF TYTHROP, CO. OXFORD, AND WIFE OF PHILIP, 6TH VISCOUNT WENMAN (1719-1760). THEY MARRIED ON 13 JULY 1741.

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SOPHIA, VISCOUNTESS WENMAN (D.1787) AND THEN BY DESCENT TO HER DAUGHTER
THE HON. SOPHIA WENMAN, WIFE OF WILLIAM HUMPHREY WYKEHAM ESQ. OF SWALCLIFFE AND THEN BY DESCENT TO
AUBREY WYKEHAM ESQ. OF TYTHROP HOUSE, THAME
ANONYMOUS SALE, SOTHEBY'S, 6 JUNE 1933, LOT 132A

Exhibited

SALISBURY, WILTON HOUSE, LOAN EXHIBITION OF ART TREASURES, JUNE, 1933

Lot Essay

WILLIAM CRIPPS WAS APPRENTICED TO DAVID WILLAUME II ON 8 JANUARY 1731. HE BECAME FREE ON 2 MAY 1738 AND ENTERED HIS FIRST MARK AS A LARGE WORKER IN 31 AUGUST 1743. ON THE RETIREMENT OF HIS FORMER MASTER, CRIPPS MOVED TO THE GOLDEN BALL, ST. JAMES'S STREET, WHERE HE HAD SERVED HIS APPRENTICESHIP, WHICH AT THAT DATE WAS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES AND SHOPS OWNED AND RUN BY SUCCESSFUL TRADESMEN. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT CRIPPS RAN HIS BUSINESS AS BOTH MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER AND WAS FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL. AS ARTHUR GRIMWADE NOTES IN LONDON GOLDSMITHS 1697-1837, THEIR MARKS AND LIVES, P.479-480
'AS MIGHT BE ACCEPTED FROM HIS TRAINING UNDER WILLAUME HE BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED CRAFTSMAN AND A VERSATILE EXPONENT OF THE ROCOCO STYLE; TO JUDGE FROM HIS SURVIVING PIECES HE ENJOYED A CONSIDERABLE CLIENTELE'

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