MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1742

Details

A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
Mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1742
Shaped circular, on four cast and pierced feet, the similar cast and openwork border with four classical heads dividing the pierced decoration of fruiting vine branches, the center engraved with a later coat-of-arms, crest and motto in foliate scroll mantling, marked on reverse
22in. (56cm.) diameter; 140oz. (4354gr.)

Provenance

Rt. Hon. Lord Hillingdon, Christie's, London, June 21, 1933, lot 56
S.J. Phillips, London, 1965

Literature

P.A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1935, pl. CXXXVII

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Bridge, Dorset

The border on this salver appears on a select group of Lamerie salvers of differing sizes. See J.B. Hawkins, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, Sydney, Australia, 1980, p.21. Another example, 19¾ inches diameter, is illustrated in T. Schroder, The Dowty Collection of Silver by Paul de Lamerie, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, 1983, no. 13.

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